Psychology MCQs

Option A: accommodation

Option B: assimilation

Option C: operations

Option D: function autonomy

Correct Answer: accommodation ✔

Option A: a phenotype

Option B: a zygote

Option C: an allele

Option D: a clone

Correct Answer: a zygote ✔

Option A: overextending the word

Option B: babbling

Option C: exhibiting developmental dysphasia

Option D: exhibiting weak attachment to the father

Correct Answer: overextending the word ✔

Option A: genotyping

Option B: crossing over

Option C: mitosis

Option D: meiosis

Correct Answer: mitosis ✔

Option A: paternal genes and maternal care

Option B: genes and environment

Option C: genotype and phenotype

Option D: genotype and karyotype

Correct Answer: genes and environment ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: object prominence

Option C: conservation

Option D: assimilation

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: motor

Option B: social

Option C: emotional

Option D: cognitive

Correct Answer: cognitive ✔

Option A: a recessive gene

Option B: a missing sex chromosome

Option C: an extra autosome or part of one

Option D: an extra sex chromosome or part of one

Correct Answer: an extra autosome or part of one ✔

Option A: identity and independence

Option B: intimacy and identity

Option C: intimacy and generativity

Option D: independence and generativity

Correct Answer: intimacy and generativity ✔

Option A: chromosomes

Option B: phenotypes

Option C: genotypes

Option D: zygotes

Correct Answer: chromosomes ✔

Option A: mistrust

Option B: guilt

Option C: inferiority

Option D: identity

Correct Answer: identity ✔

Option A: egocentric thought

Option B: preoperational stage

Option C: sensorimotor stage

Option D: formal stage

Correct Answer: preoperational stage ✔

Option A: change in their chemical composition

Option B: increase in number

Option C: both a and b

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: increase in number ✔

Option A: innate capability index

Option B: innate surface structure ability

Option C: prosody index

Option D: language acquisition device

Correct Answer: language acquisition device ✔

Option A: Horney

Option B: Piaget

Option C: Erikson

Option D: Freud

Correct Answer: Erikson ✔

Option A: dominant

Option B: co-dominant

Option C: incompletely dominant

Option D: recessive

Correct Answer: dominant ✔

Option A: hypothetical reasoning

Option B: deductive thinking

Option C: concrete operations

Option D: egocentric thinking

Correct Answer: concrete operations ✔

Option A: primary sex characteristic

Option B: secondary sex characteristic

Option C: latent stage trait

Option D: sex-linked trait

Correct Answer: secondary sex characteristic ✔

Option A: organize movements in terms of purpose

Option B: do something when instructed verbally

Option C: make movements

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: Skinner

Option B: Bruner

Option C: Miller

Option D: Brown

Correct Answer: Bruner ✔

Option A: Winch

Option B: Webster

Option C: Finch

Option D: Newcomb

Correct Answer: Newcomb ✔

Option A: nativist

Option B: empiricist

Option C: cognitive

Option D: culture-bound

Correct Answer: nativist ✔

Option A: severe memory loss

Option B: eccentricity

Option C: loss of speed of information processing

Option D: loss of vocabulary

Correct Answer: loss of speed of information processing ✔

Option A: generalization

Option B: accommodation

Option C: assimilation

Option D: transition

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: Macoby

Option B: Gellman

Option C: Piaget

Option D: Spock

Correct Answer: Piaget ✔

Option A: cross-sectional study

Option B: longitudinal study

Option C: life-history study

Option D: sequential study

Correct Answer: longitudinal study ✔

Option A: social isolation

Option B: extreme sensitivity to pain

Option C: stereotyped behavior

Option D: both a and c

Correct Answer: both a and c ✔

Option A: Jean Piaget

Option B: John Locke

Option C: Arnold Gesell

Option D: Lev Vygotsky

Correct Answer: Arnold Gesell ✔

Option A: concrete operational

Option B: sensorimotor

Option C: formal operational

Option D: preoperational

Correct Answer: sensorimotor ✔

Option A: beta

Option B: alpha

Option C: delta

Option D: theta

Correct Answer: alpha ✔

Option A: identity

Option B: initiative

Option C: trust

Option D: autonomy

Correct Answer: identity ✔

Option A: preoperational

Option B: sensorimotor

Option C: concrete operational

Option D: formal operation

Correct Answer: concrete operational ✔

Option A: somatic cells

Option B: ova and sperm cells

Option C: both a and b

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: ova and sperm cells ✔

Option A: abstract thinking

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: contraction

Option D: object permanence

Correct Answer: object permanence ✔

Option A: the effect of thalidomide

Option B: Down’s syndrome

Option C: sickle cell

Option D: a hereditary enzyme deficiency

Correct Answer: a hereditary enzyme deficiency ✔

Option A: Piaget

Option B: Bruner

Option C: Kohler

Option D: Chomsky

Correct Answer: Chomsky ✔

Option A: relationship between sounds and their meanings

Option B: relationship between different languages

Option C: origins of words

Option D: study of infant babbling

Correct Answer: relationship between sounds and their meanings ✔

Option A: visual activity

Option B: auditory sensitivity

Option C: motor movements

Option D: cortex development

Correct Answer: motor movements ✔

Option A: deoxyribonucleic acid

Option B: genes

Option C: atoms

Option D: myelin

Correct Answer: deoxyribonucleic acid ✔

Option A: psycho-grammarists

Option B: psycholinguists

Option C: psycho-metricians

Option D: morphemologists

Correct Answer: psycholinguists ✔

Option A: egocentric thought

Option B: understanding of conservation

Option C: static thinking

Option D: problem solving behavior

Correct Answer: understanding of conservation ✔

Option A: difficulty maintaining body temperature

Option B: difficulty with breathing, sucking, swallowing and digestion

Option C: susceptibility infection

Option D: all of these

Correct Answer: susceptibility infection ✔

Option A: gender identity

Option B: gender role

Option C: sex

Option D: genotype

Correct Answer: sex ✔

Option A: transformational grammar

Option B: zone of proximal development

Option C: psychosocial crises

Option D: strange situation

Correct Answer: zone of proximal development ✔

Option A: the morphemes used

Option B: the phonemes used

Option C: both morphemes and phonemes

Option D: the rules used to connect phrases

Correct Answer: the rules used to connect phrases ✔

Option A: the surface structure of a sentence

Option B: the smallest unit of meaning in a language

Option C: the deep structure of a sentence

Option D: the basic declarative thought of the sentence

Correct Answer: the basic declarative thought of the sentence ✔

Option A: syntax

Option B: babble

Option C: conserver

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: babble ✔

Option A: longitudinal study

Option B: cross-sectional study

Option C: field study

Option D: group construction

Correct Answer: cross-sectional study ✔

Option A: Authoritative

Option B: Authoritarian

Option C: Permissive

Option D: Attached

Correct Answer: Authoritative ✔

Option A: conservation

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: hypothetic-deductive reasoning

Option D: an understanding of cause-and-effect relations

Correct Answer: conservation ✔

Option A: latency stage

Option B: muscular-anal stage

Option C: locomotor-genital stage

Option D: oral-sensory stage

Correct Answer: locomotor-genital stage ✔

Option A: formal-operational

Option B: preoperational

Option C: telegraphic speech

Option D: sensorimotor

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: assimilation

Option B: schemas

Option C: accommodation

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: semantic

Option B: syntactic

Option C: incongruent

Option D: telegraphic

Correct Answer: telegraphic ✔

Option A: productivity vs stagnation

Option B: integrity vs despair

Option C: competence vs inferiority

Option D: pride vs regret

Correct Answer: integrity vs despair ✔

Option A: Phonological

Option B: Morphological

Option C: Prosody

Option D: Syntax

Correct Answer: Syntax ✔

Option A: dependent

Option B: passive

Option C: fixated

Option D: regressive

Correct Answer: fixated ✔

Option A: gaining rewards

Option B: gaining approval

Option C: avoiding punishment

Option D: achieving fairness

Correct Answer: gaining approval ✔

Option A: Neo-pad reflex

Option B: Moro reflex

Option C: Babinski reflex

Option D: Palmar reflex

Correct Answer: Babinski reflex ✔

Option A: language problem

Option B: brain lesions

Option C: bizarre behavior

Option D: extreme aloneness

Correct Answer: brain lesions ✔

Option A: Perkinjie

Option B: Korsakoff

Option C: startle

Option D: rooting

Correct Answer: rooting ✔

Option A: positive reinforcement from caregivers

Option B: positive conditioning from caregivers

Option C: experience and self-correction

Option D: memorizing of what others say

Correct Answer: experience and self-correction ✔

Option A: muscular-anal stage

Option B: latency stage

Option C: oral-sensory stage

Option D: maturity stage

Correct Answer: oral-sensory stage ✔

Option A: sucking

Option B: startle response

Option C: hand grasping

Option D: head turning

Correct Answer: hand grasping ✔

Option A: initiative vs. guilt

Option B: autonomy vs. doubt

Option C: integrity vs. despair

Option D: intimacy vs. isolation

Correct Answer: integrity vs. despair ✔

Option A: a disease of the blood cells

Option B: hyperventilation

Option C: interruption of the oxygen supply to brain

Option D: an oversupply of oxygen to the brain

Correct Answer: interruption of the oxygen supply to brain ✔

Option A: assimilation

Option B: ideation

Option C: conservation

Option D: accommodation

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: mitosis

Option B: meiosis

Option C: parthenogenesis

Option D: mutation

Correct Answer: mutation ✔

Option A: sensorimotor

Option B: preoperational

Option C: formal operational

Option D: concrete-operational

Correct Answer: concrete-operational ✔

Option A: formal-operational

Option B: concrete-operational

Option C: preoperational

Option D: sensorimotor

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: mesoderm

Option B: endoderm

Option C: exoderm

Option D: ectoderm

Correct Answer: ectoderm ✔

Option A: Jean Piaget

Option B: John Locke

Option C: Arnold Gesell

Option D: Lev Vygotsky

Correct Answer: Arnold Gesell ✔

Option A: Babkin response

Option B: rooting response

Option C: Moro response

Option D: grasping response

Correct Answer: rooting response ✔

Option A: schema

Option B: conservation

Option C: formal operational

Option D: object permanence

Correct Answer: object permanence ✔

Option A: constant

Option B: continuous

Option C: slow

Option D: both b and c

Correct Answer: continuous ✔

Option A: genetic

Option B: present at birth

Option C: embryonic

Option D: recessive characteristic

Correct Answer: present at birth ✔

Option A: between 3 and 5 years old

Option B: able to conserve volume

Option C: in the preoperational stage of cognitive development

Option D: engaging in egocentric patterns of play

Correct Answer: able to conserve volume ✔

Option A: preoperational

Option B: sensorimotor

Option C: formal operational

Option D: post-conventional

Correct Answer: formal operational ✔

Option A: sensorimotor

Option B: latency

Option C: formal operations

Option D: concrete operation

Correct Answer: concrete operation ✔

Option A: formal-operational

Option B: concrete-operational

Option C: sensorimotor

Option D: preoperational

Correct Answer: formal-operational ✔

Option A: uterus

Option B: ovaries

Option C: cervix

Option D: fallopian tubes

Correct Answer: fallopian tubes ✔

Option A: Turner’s syndrome

Option B: Kleinfelter’s syndrome

Option C: Down’s syndrome

Option D: Pickwickian’s syndrome

Correct Answer: C. Down’s syndrome ✔

Option A: Freud’s psychosexual stages

Option B: Erikson’s psychosexual stages

Option C: Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages

Option D: Dollard and Miller’s learning stages

Correct Answer: C. Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages ✔

Option A: sensorimotor

Option B: preoperational

Option C: formal operational

Option D: concrete-operational

Correct Answer: sensorimotor ✔

Option A: transduction

Option B: maturation

Option C: learning

Option D: habituation

Correct Answer: maturation ✔

Option A: Wundt

Option B: Dewey

Option C: Darwin

Option D: Watson

Correct Answer: Watson ✔

Option A: a mental representation of some aspect of external world

Option B: a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action

Option C: a deliberate plan of action

Option D: a set of relaxed experiences

Correct Answer: a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action ✔

Option A: are identical twins

Option B: are fraternal twins

Option C: are monozygotic

Option D: have blue-eyed parents

Correct Answer: are fraternal twins ✔

Option A: plain, solid colors

Option B: bright colors

Option C: likenesses of human faces

Option D: likenesses of animals and pets

Correct Answer: likenesses of human faces ✔

Option A: proximodorsal

Option B: cephalocaudal

Option C: corticodistal

Option D: general to specific

Correct Answer: cephalocaudal ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: assimilation

Option D: reversibility

Correct Answer: egocentrism ✔

Option A: brain

Option B: lungs

Option C: heart

Option D: liver

Correct Answer: brain ✔

Option A: molecular configuration making up chromosomes

Option B: germ-cell configurations in genes

Option C: atom structure in genes

Option D: neural structure in cell bodies

Correct Answer: molecular configuration making up chromosomes ✔

Option A: fertilization

Option B: immunization

Option C: reduction division

Option D: zygotic division

Correct Answer: reduction division ✔

Option A: to self-concept formation

Option B: to sensory formation

Option C: to aptitude formation

Option D: to formation of secondary sexual characteristics

Correct Answer: to self-concept formation ✔

Option A: a preadolescent

Option B: an adolescent

Option C: a young adult

Option D: a middle-aged adult

Correct Answer: an adolescent ✔

Option A: learning

Option B: environment

Option C: modeling

Option D: maturation

Correct Answer: maturation ✔

Option A: longitudinal

Option B: clinical

Option C: naturalistic

Option D: cross-sectional

Correct Answer: cross-sectional ✔

Option A: G. Stanley Hall

Option B: Sigmund Freud

Option C: Erik Erikson

Option D: William James

Correct Answer: G. Stanley Hall ✔

Option A: Piaget – cognitive

Option B: Kohlberg – physiological

Option C: Freud – psychosexual

Option D: Erikson – psychosocial

Correct Answer: B. Kohlberg – physiological ✔