Psychology MCQs

Option A: wholistic functions

Option B: continuity

Option C: proximity

Option D: additive vision

Correct Answer: proximity ✔

Option A: telepathy and precognition

Option B: psycho-kinesis and kinesthesis

Option C: balance and kinesthesis

Option D: psycho-kinesis and clairvoyance

Correct Answer: balance and kinesthesis ✔

Option A: similarity

Option B: symmetry

Option C: holistic perception

Option D: continuity

Correct Answer: continuity ✔

Option A: sight

Option B: smell

Option C: hearing

Option D: taste

Correct Answer: hearing ✔

Option A: extrinsic muscles of the eye

Option B: curvature of lens

Option C: ciliary muscles of eye

Option D: muscles of iris

Correct Answer: ciliary muscles of eye ✔

Option A: Habitual

Option B: complexity of nervous system

Option C: receptor mechanism

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: complexity of nervous system ✔

Option A: salty tastes

Option B: sour tastes

Option C: bitter tastes

Option D: sweet tastes

Correct Answer: sweet tastes ✔

Option A: brightness

Option B: hue

Option C: volume

Option D: saturation

Correct Answer: brightness ✔

Option A: stimulus energies are detected

Option B: stimulus energies are transformed into neural activity

Option C: sensory input is selected, organized and interpreted

Option D: nerve cells respond to specific features of a stimulus

Correct Answer: sensory input is selected, organized and interpreted ✔

Option A: concentrated attending

Option B: stimulus focusing

Option C: selective attention

Option D: structured perceiving

Correct Answer: selective attention ✔

Option A: Cutaneous

Option B: Auditory

Option C: Visual

Option D: Olfactory

Correct Answer: Visual ✔

Option A: Selfridge

Option B: Bruner

Option C: Broadbent

Option D: Lockhart and Craik

Correct Answer: Broadbent ✔

Option A: long distances

Option B: short distances

Option C: moving objects

Option D: both a and c

Correct Answer: long distances ✔

Option A: classical conditioning

Option B: shaping

Option C: superstitious behavior

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: superstitious behavior ✔

Option A: color blindness

Option B: color vision

Option C: lateral inhibition

Option D: sensory transduction

Correct Answer: color blindness ✔

Option A: closure

Option B: proximity

Option C: continuation

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: semantics

Option B: pragmatics

Option C: syntax

Option D: pitch

Correct Answer: pitch ✔

Option A: transudation

Option B: sensation

Option C: perception

Option D: adaptation

Correct Answer: perception ✔

Option A: McDougall

Option B: Jung

Option C: Skinner

Option D: Helmholtz

Correct Answer: Helmholtz ✔

Option A: Autokinetic effect

Option B: Motion parallax

Option C: the phi phenomenon

Option D: The Muller-Lyer illusion

Correct Answer: the phi phenomenon ✔

Option A: audition

Option B: taste

Option C: vision

Option D: touch

Correct Answer: vision ✔

Option A: object size

Option B: perspective size

Option C: retinal size

Option D: a compromise between object size and perspective size

Correct Answer: object size ✔

Option A: development

Option B: learning

Option C: motivation

Option D: perception

Correct Answer: perception ✔

Option A: figure and ground

Option B: law of closure

Option C: consistency

Option D: dark adaptation phenomenon

Correct Answer: law of closure ✔

Option A: prosopagnia

Option B: achromatospia

Option C: dyslexia

Option D: glaucoma

Correct Answer: glaucoma ✔

Option A: location constancy

Option B: brightness constancy

Option C: the phi phenomenon

Option D: binocular disparity

Correct Answer: the phi phenomenon ✔

Option A: binocular disparity

Option B: linear perspective

Option C: accommodation

Option D: assimilation

Correct Answer: accommodation ✔

Option A: relative size

Option B: linear perspective

Option C: interposition

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: lens

Option B: iris

Option C: pupil

Option D: cornea

Correct Answer: iris ✔

Option A: figure-ground discrimination

Option B: depth perception

Option C: feature detection

Option D: signal detection theory

Correct Answer: depth perception ✔

Option A: photons

Option B: waves

Option C: intensity

Option D: photoreception

Correct Answer: photoreception ✔

Option A: stimulus thresholds

Option B: sensory transduction

Option C: the tricolor theory

Option D: reinforcement rate matching

Correct Answer: stimulus thresholds ✔

Option A: delusion

Option B: auto-kinesis

Option C: response in the absence of external stimulus

Option D: accurate perception of an external stimulus

Correct Answer: response in the absence of external stimulus ✔

Option A: telekinesis

Option B: delusion

Option C: hallucinations

Option D: illusion

Correct Answer: illusion ✔

Option A: stroboscopic effect

Option B: shape constancy

Option C: relation of moving object to immobile background

Option D: relation to phi-phenomenon to immobile background

Correct Answer: shape constancy ✔

Option A: linear perspective

Option B: convergence

Option C: light and shadow

Option D: relative position

Correct Answer: light and shadow ✔

Option A: rods

Option B: bipolar cells

Option C: cones

Option D: ganglion cells

Correct Answer: cones ✔

Option A: shape constancy

Option B: size constancy

Option C: motion parallax

Option D: interposition

Correct Answer: size constancy ✔

Option A: auditory

Option B: kinesthetic

Option C: olfactory

Option D: vestibular

Correct Answer: vestibular ✔

Option A: pupil

Option B: optic nerve

Option C: fovea

Option D: ganglion

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: closure

Option B: figure and ground

Option C: proximity

Option D: distance

Correct Answer: figure and ground ✔

Option A: anvil

Option B: ear canal

Option C: basilar membrane

Option D: ear drum

Correct Answer: basilar membrane ✔

Option A: the duplicity theory

Option B: Wever’s volley principle

Option C: Hering’s opponent process theory

Option D: Helmholtz’s trichromatic theory

Correct Answer: C. Hering’s opponent process theory ✔

Option A: vestibular system

Option B: pinna

Option C: round window

Option D: cochlea

Correct Answer: cochlea ✔

Option A: texture-density gradient

Option B: retinal disparity

Option C: reciprocal innervations

Option D: retinal polarity

Correct Answer: texture-density gradient ✔

Option A: provide a sense of balance

Option B: provide the ability to taste

Option C: provide a sense of touch

Option D: provide an ability to feel an emotion

Correct Answer: provide a sense of balance ✔

Option A: transduction

Option B: chaining

Option C: automatization

Option D: loci

Correct Answer: automatization ✔

Option A: texture

Option B: light and shadow

Option C: convergence

Option D: linear perspective

Correct Answer: convergence ✔

Option A: Harlow

Option B: Tolman

Option C: Hull

Option D: Premack

Correct Answer: Tolman ✔

Option A: Weber

Option B: Kohler

Option C: Koffka

Option D: Wertheimer

Correct Answer: Wertheimer ✔

Option A: selective attention

Option B: spontaneous recovery

Option C: good continuation

Option D: echoic memory

Correct Answer: selective attention ✔

Option A: Young and Helson

Option B: Meissner and Middleton

Option C: Rutherford and Young

Option D: Young and Helmholtz

Correct Answer: Young and Helmholtz ✔

Option A: good continuation

Option B: closure

Option C: proximity

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: good continuation ✔

Option A: continuity

Option B: closure

Option C: size constancy

Option D: motion parallax

Correct Answer: size constancy ✔

Option A: cochlea

Option B: ossicles

Option C: round window

Option D: Organ of Corti

Correct Answer: ossicles ✔

Option A: texture-density gradient

Option B: interposition

Option C: binocular vision

Option D: movement detectors

Correct Answer: binocular vision ✔

Option A: Gestaltists

Option B: Phenomenologists

Option C: Cognitivists

Option D: Transactionalist

Correct Answer: Gestaltists ✔

Option A: relates to electrical stimulation of the brain

Option B: deals with experience common to the state of alpha-wave relaxation

Option C: occurs in response to sequentially flashing light

Option D: occurs in response to a spot of light in a darkened room

Correct Answer: occurs in response to sequentially flashing light ✔

Option A: taste buds

Option B: axon

Option C: papillae

Option D: receptors

Correct Answer: taste buds ✔

Option A: structuralism

Option B: behaviorism

Option C: gestalt

Option D: functionalism

Correct Answer: gestalt ✔

Option A: brightness constancy

Option B: shape constancy

Option C: size constancy

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: shape constancy ✔

Option A: convergence

Option B: retinal disparity

Option C: assimilation

Option D: interposition

Correct Answer: interposition ✔

Option A: Zollner

Option B: Wundt

Option C: Muller-Lyer

Option D: Poggendroff

Correct Answer: Muller-Lyer ✔

Option A: dilates

Option B: constricts

Option C: thickens

Option D: remains the same

Correct Answer: dilates ✔

Option A: visual acuity

Option B: auditory thresholds

Option C: cutaneous sensitivity

Option D: binocular depth perception

Correct Answer: cutaneous sensitivity ✔

Option A: Ponzo illusion

Option B: Necker illusion

Option C: phi-phenomenon

Option D: induced movement effect

Correct Answer: phi-phenomenon ✔

Option A: reflex

Option B: convergence

Option C: learning

Option D: instinct

Correct Answer: learning ✔

Option A: perception

Option B: motivation

Option C: cognition

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: perception ✔

Option A: texture gradient

Option B: relative movement

Option C: relative closure

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: relative movement ✔

Option A: loudness and intensity

Option B: resonance

Option C: brightness and hue

Option D: frequency

Correct Answer: loudness and intensity ✔

Option A: frequency theory

Option B: opponent-process theory

Option C: isomorphism

Option D: trichromatic theory

Correct Answer: opponent-process theory ✔

Option A: false sensation

Option B: wrong perception

Option C: false belief

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: wrong perception ✔

Option A: complete figures that have a gap in them

Option B: prefer differential contours

Option C: associate the distal and proximal stimuli

Option D: view on the basis of texture gradient

Correct Answer: complete figures that have a gap in them ✔

Option A: temporal lobe

Option B: occipital lobe

Option C: parietal lobe

Option D: frontal lobe

Correct Answer: temporal lobe ✔

Option A: Purkinje effect

Option B: Zeigarnik effect

Option C: Young-Helmholtz effect

Option D: light adaptation

Correct Answer: Purkinje effect ✔

Option A: relative size

Option B: linear perspective

Option C: convergence

Option D: interposition

Correct Answer: convergence ✔

Option A: loudness

Option B: frequency

Option C: distance

Option D: timber

Correct Answer: frequency ✔

Option A: closure

Option B: similarity

Option C: proximity

Option D: relative size

Correct Answer: relative size ✔

Option A: outer ear

Option B: oval window

Option C: cochlea

Option D: ossicles

Correct Answer: outer ear ✔

Option A: formation of neural impulse

Option B: sound-wave amplification

Option C: sound collection

Option D: transmission to the brain

Correct Answer: sound-wave amplification ✔

Option A: apparent motion

Option B: induced motion

Option C: the autokinetic effect

Option D: binocular disparity

Correct Answer: the autokinetic effect ✔

Option A: stroke

Option B: brain tumor

Option C: alcoholism

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: oxygen deprivation during prenatal development

Option B: fetal alcohol syndrome

Option C: Down’s syndrome

Option D: prenatal smoking

Correct Answer: C. Down’s syndrome ✔

Option A: trust vs. mistrust

Option B: autonomy vs. doubt

Option C: intimacy vs. isolation

Option D: identity vs. role confusion

Correct Answer: intimacy vs. isolation ✔

Option A: trust vs. mistrust

Option B: generativity vs. isolation

Option C: intimacy vs. isolation

Option D: integrity vs. despair

Correct Answer: intimacy vs. isolation ✔

Option A: generativity

Option B: intimacy

Option C: isolation

Option D: integrity

Correct Answer: integrity ✔

Option A: adolescence

Option B: young adulthood

Option C: middle adulthood

Option D: late adulthood

Correct Answer: late adulthood ✔

Option A: larger number of schemes

Option B: new kind of scheme

Option C: increasing use of accommodation

Option D: increasing use of assimilation

Correct Answer: new kind of scheme ✔

Option A: mental retardation

Option B: lower birth weight

Option C: miscarriage

Option D: visual defects

Correct Answer: visual defects ✔

Option A: emotional

Option B: physical

Option C: moral

Option D: social

Correct Answer: moral ✔

Option A: genes or experience

Option B: continuity or stages

Option C: life-span stability or change

Option D: maturation or genes

Correct Answer: genes or experience ✔

Option A: alleles

Option B: dominant genes

Option C: clones

Option D: zygotes

Correct Answer: alleles ✔

Option A: social learning theory

Option B: psychoanalytical theory

Option C: evolutionary theory

Option D: gender schema theory

Correct Answer: gender schema theory ✔

Option A: one’s biological sex

Option B: the sense of being male or female

Option C: the set of expected behaviors for males and for females

Option D: how masculine a boy is or how feminine a girl is

Correct Answer: the sense of being male or female ✔

Option A: stranger anxiety

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: basic trust

Option D: object permanence

Correct Answer: basic trust ✔

Option A: permissive

Option B: Authoritarian

Option C: authoritative

Option D: rejecting-neglecting

Correct Answer: authoritative ✔

Option A: environmental

Option B: physical

Option C: biological

Option D: all of these

Correct Answer: biological ✔

Option A: heterozygous twins

Option B: homozygous twins

Option C: identical twins

Option D: b and c

Correct Answer: b and c ✔

Option A: attachment

Option B: imprinting

Option C: egocentrism

Option D: conservation

Correct Answer: attachment ✔

Option A: Sigmund Freud

Option B: Anna Freud

Option C: Erik Erikson

Option D: Jean Piaget

Correct Answer: Erik Erikson ✔