Psychology MCQs

Option A: somatic nervous system

Option B: central nervous system

Option C: sympathetic nervous system

Option D: parasympathetic nervous system

Correct Answer: sympathetic nervous system ✔

Option A: adrenal cortex

Option B: pituitary

Option C: pancreas

Option D: adrenal medulla

Correct Answer: adrenal medulla ✔

Option A: a long, thick myelinated fiber

Option B: a long, thin myelinated fiber

Option C: a short, thick myelinated fiber

Option D: a short, thin myelinated fiber

Correct Answer: a long, thick myelinated fiber ✔

Option A: non-myelinated neurons

Option B: myelinated neurons

Option C: efferent neurons

Option D: afferent neurons

Correct Answer: efferent neurons ✔

Option A: located in the dorsal column of spinal cord

Option B: located in the ventral column of spinal cord

Option C: not located in spinal cord

Option D: found only in striated muscles

Correct Answer: located in the dorsal column of spinal cord ✔

Option A: actomyosin

Option B: acetylcholine

Option C: acetyl cholinesterase

Option D: luteinizing hormone

Correct Answer: acetylcholine ✔

Option A: Broca’s area

Option B: Sylvain fissure

Option C: Wernicke’s area

Option D: fissure of Ronaldo

Correct Answer: A. Broca’s area ✔

Option A: thalamus

Option B: amygdala

Option C: reticular activating system

Option D: cerebellum

Correct Answer: cerebellum ✔

Option A: heart activity

Option B: blood pressure

Option C: verbal association

Option D: muscle movement coordination

Correct Answer: muscle movement coordination ✔

Option A: receptor

Option B: effectors

Option C: myelin

Option D: striated

Correct Answer: receptor ✔

Option A: dolphins

Option B: elephants

Option C: gorillas

Option D: chimpanzees

Correct Answer: dolphins ✔

Option A: Broca’s area

Option B: recognition of faces

Option C: mathematics

Option D: logic

Correct Answer: recognition of faces ✔

Option A: chimpanzees

Option B: humans

Option C: elephants

Option D: dolphins

Correct Answer: humans ✔

Option A: instincts

Option B: reuptake

Option C: effective

Option D: reflexes

Correct Answer: reflexes ✔

Option A: thyroid gland

Option B: parathyroid gland

Option C: adrenal gland

Option D: pituitary gland

Correct Answer: pituitary gland ✔

Option A: is a subdivision of somatic nervous system

Option B: is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

Option C: parallels to effects of the parasympathetic nervous system

Option D: preserves the homeostatic model

Correct Answer: is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system ✔

Option A: sham rage

Option B: narcolepsy

Option C: anterograde amnesia

Option D: retrograde amnesia

Correct Answer: anterograde amnesia ✔

Option A: axon, dendrite, soma, vesicle

Option B: soma, cell body. Dendrite, vesicle

Option C: soma, vesicle, dendrite, axon

Option D: dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle

Correct Answer: dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle ✔

Option A: 3 to 200 miles an hour

Option B: the speed of light

Option C: 600 miles an hour

Option D: 200 miles a second

Correct Answer: 3 to 200 miles an hour ✔

Option A: cell body

Option B: dendrites

Option C: axon

Option D: terminal endings

Correct Answer: dendrites ✔

Option A: spatial summation

Option B: relative refractory periods

Option C: absolute refractory periods

Option D: excitatory postsynaptic potentials

Correct Answer: absolute refractory periods ✔

Option A: parasympathetic system

Option B: limbic system

Option C: sympathetic system

Option D: sensory neurons

Correct Answer: limbic system ✔

Option A: cerebral cortex

Option B: amygdala

Option C: corpus collosum

Option D: hypothalamus

Correct Answer: hypothalamus ✔

Option A: temporal lobes

Option B: occipital lobes

Option C: parietal lobes

Option D: frontal lobes

Correct Answer: occipital lobes ✔

Option A: right hemisphere

Option B: limbic system

Option C: visual cortex

Option D: left hemisphere

Correct Answer: left hemisphere ✔

Option A: stimulus constancy

Option B: absolute threshold retention

Option C: nondecremental property

Option D: all-or-none property

Correct Answer: nondecremental property ✔

Option A: auditory perception

Option B: abstract problem solving

Option C: visual perception

Option D: walking

Correct Answer: abstract problem solving ✔

Option A: pituitary

Option B: adrenal

Option C: thyroid

Option D: parathyroid

Correct Answer: pituitary ✔

Option A: alligator

Option B: pigeon

Option C: dog

Option D: rabbit

Correct Answer: dog ✔

Option A: break down epinephrine

Option B: bypass the nodes of Ranvier

Option C: decrease the speed of natural transmission

Option D: increase the speed of natural transmission

Correct Answer: increase the speed of natural transmission ✔

Option A: peripheral nervous system

Option B: central nervous system

Option C: antagonistic nervous system

Option D: residual nervous system

Correct Answer: peripheral nervous system ✔

Option A: refined body movements

Option B: spatial perception

Option C: long-term planning

Option D: homeostatic regulation

Correct Answer: homeostatic regulation ✔

Option A: vesicles

Option B: end plates

Option C: receptors

Option D: dendrites

Correct Answer: vesicles ✔

Option A: medulla

Option B: cerebellum

Option C: limbic system

Option D: reticular formation

Correct Answer: reticular formation ✔

Option A: pituitary gland

Option B: adrenal gland

Option C: thyroid gland

Option D: pineal gland

Correct Answer: thyroid gland ✔

Option A: CNS and PNS

Option B: somatic and visceral

Option C: somatic and autonomic

Option D: visceral and central

Correct Answer: somatic and autonomic ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Descartes

Option D: Locke

Correct Answer: Descartes ✔

Option A: connects with a diversity of other fields

Option B: is independent of other fields

Option C: is focused primarily on basic research

Option D: is focused on applied research

Correct Answer: connects with a diversity of other fields ✔

Option A: industrial/organizational

Option B: clinical

Option C: personality

Option D: biological

Correct Answer: clinical ✔

Option A: Locke

Option B: Descartes

Option C: Darwin

Option D: Von Helmholtz

Correct Answer: Descartes ✔

Option A: health psychologist

Option B: educational psychologist

Option C: clinical psychologist

Option D: counseling psychologist

Correct Answer: educational psychologist ✔

Option A: Humanism

Option B: Psychoanalysis

Option C: Gestalt

Option D: Structuralism

Correct Answer: Gestalt ✔

Option A: anything a person does or feels

Option B: any action we can observe and record

Option C: any action, whether observable or not

Option D: anything we can infer from a person’s action

Correct Answer: any action we can observe and record ✔

Option A: perceptions. Behavior, mental health

Option B: effect, behavior, cognition

Option C: thoughts, feelings, sensations

Option D: behavior, cognition, perception

Correct Answer: effect, behavior, cognition ✔

Option A: philosophy and chemistry

Option B: philosophy and physiology

Option C: Physiology and chemistry

Option D: Physiology and physics

Correct Answer: philosophy and physiology ✔

Option A: case study

Option B: survey

Option C: correlational

Option D: experimental

Correct Answer: case study ✔

Option A: case history

Option B: correlation

Option C: negative correlation

Option D: positive correlation

Correct Answer: correlation ✔

Option A: clinical psychology

Option B: personality psychology

Option C: industrial/organizational psychology

Option D: psychiatry

Correct Answer: industrial/organizational psychology ✔

Option A: personality psychologist

Option B: educational psychologist

Option C: clinical psychologist

Option D: developmental psychologist

Correct Answer: personality psychologist ✔

Option A: behavioral

Option B: behavior genetics

Option C: cognitive

Option D: evolutionary

Correct Answer: behavioral ✔

Option A: humanist

Option B: gestalt

Option C: psychoanalytic

Option D: behaviorist

Correct Answer: behaviorist ✔

Option A: cognitive

Option B: developmental

Option C: industrial/organizational

Option D: psychological

Correct Answer: industrial/organizational ✔

Option A: behavioral

Option B: social-cultural

Option C: neuroscience

Option D: cognitive

Correct Answer: behavioral ✔

Option A: psychologists only study observable behaviors

Option B: psychologists approach the study of thoughts and actions

Option C: psychological research is free from value judgments

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: psychologists approach the study of thoughts and actions ✔

Option A: Wundt and James

Option B: Rogers and Maslow

Option C: Watson and Skinner

Option D: Freud and Jung

Correct Answer: Rogers and Maslow ✔

Option A: theory of infantile sexuality

Option B: focus on individual differences

Option C: creation of standardized measures of intelligence

Option D: explanation of the phi-phenomenon

Correct Answer: focus on individual differences ✔

Option A: philosophy of brain

Option B: Darwin’s theory

Option C: increased understand and use of computers

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: increased understand and use of computers ✔

Option A: patterns

Option B: consequences of responses

Option C: predictability of responses

Option D: strength of responses

Correct Answer: consequences of responses ✔

Option A: the mind and the brain

Option B: the heart and the will

Option C: the body and the soul

Option D: the brain and the muscles

Correct Answer: the body and the soul ✔

Option A: intervening variable

Option B: independent variable

Option C: dependent variable

Option D: irrelevant variable

Correct Answer: dependent variable ✔

Option A: stability

Option B: personal

Option C: continuous

Option D: selective

Correct Answer: stability ✔

Option A: humanism

Option B: interactive dualism

Option C: phenomenology

Option D: psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: psychoanalysis ✔

Option A: applied research

Option B: basic research

Option C: clinical research

Option D: developmental research

Correct Answer: applied research ✔

Option A: invalid

Option B: biased

Option C: error

Option D: unreliable

Correct Answer: biased ✔

Option A: random combination

Option B: whole form

Option C: conscious perception

Option D: unconscious illusion

Correct Answer: whole form ✔

Option A: comparative psychology

Option B: clinical psychology

Option C: physiological psychology

Option D: neuropsychology

Correct Answer: neuropsychology ✔

Option A: an experiment

Option B: a correlational study

Option C: a descriptive study

Option D: a self-report study

Correct Answer: a descriptive study ✔

Option A: Structuralism

Option B: physiological psychology

Option C: behaviorism

Option D: ethnology

Correct Answer: behaviorism ✔

Option A: animal behavior in the natural environment

Option B: intellectual development in children

Option C: the mental rules underlying languages use

Option D: information processing in computers

Correct Answer: intellectual development in children ✔

Option A: John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner

Option B: Jean Piaget and John

Option C: Watson C. Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget

Option D: B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky

Correct Answer: A. John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner ✔

Option A: ethnology

Option B: neuropsychology

Option C: physiological psychology

Option D: structuralism

Correct Answer: physiological psychology ✔

Option A: free will

Option B: knowledge

Option C: observation

Option D: objectivity

Correct Answer: knowledge ✔

Option A: physiological psychology

Option B: cognitive psychology

Option C: ethnology

Option D: behaviorism

Correct Answer: cognitive psychology ✔

Option A: how the behavior of individuals is influenced by others

Option B: how the behavior of groups is influenced by their cultural heritage

Option C: how the behavior of individuals in influenced by the their cultural heritage

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: how the behavior of individuals is influenced by others ✔

Option A: replication

Option B: placebo

Option C: random sample

Option D: double blind

Correct Answer: placebo ✔

Option A: innate factors

Option B: learning and experience

Option C: external stimuli

Option D: unconscious thought processes

Correct Answer: unconscious thought processes ✔

Option A: structuralism

Option B: behaviorism

Option C: Gestalt psychology

Option D: psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: behaviorism ✔

Option A: research hypothesis

Option B: observer expectancy effect

Option C: independent variable

Option D: inferential statistics

Correct Answer: research hypothesis ✔

Option A: survey research

Option B: naturalistic observation

Option C: experimentation

Option D: replication

Correct Answer: naturalistic observation ✔

Option A: psychoanalysts

Option B: behavioral psychologists

Option C: cognitive psychologists

Option D: functionalists

Correct Answer: cognitive psychologists ✔

Option A: functionalism

Option B: structuralism

Option C: reflexology

Option D: psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: functionalism ✔

Option A: stable family relations

Option B: unconscious thought processes

Option C: strong ego defenses

Option D: positive self-concepts

Correct Answer: positive self-concepts ✔

Option A: require the lowest energy expenditure

Option B: they individually select from various natural alternative

Option C: they learn from their parents

Option D: help them to survive and reproduce

Correct Answer: help them to survive and reproduce ✔

Option A: developmental psychologist

Option B: clinical psychologist

Option C: psychiatrist

Option D: personality psychologist

Correct Answer: psychiatrist ✔

Option A: Rene Descartes

Option B: William James

Option C: Sigmund Freud

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: behavior can be influenced by physiology and the mind cannot

Option B: behavior can be influenced by the environment and the mind cannot

Option C: behavior can be observed and the mind cannot

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: behavior can be observed and the mind cannot ✔

Option A: structuralism

Option B: behaviorism

Option C: gestalt school

Option D: functionalism

Correct Answer: structuralism ✔

Option A: the hindsight bias

Option B: the false consensus effect

Option C: an illusion of control

Option D: illusory correlation

Correct Answer: illusory correlation ✔

Option A: casually related

Option B: negatively correlated

Option C: independent variables

Option D: dependent variables

Correct Answer: negatively correlated ✔

Option A: Structuralism

Option B: functionalism

Option C: both Structuralism and Gestalt psychology

Option D: both Functionalism and Structuralism

Correct Answer: Structuralism ✔

Option A: assessing the linkages between biology and behavior

Option B: the experimental study of motivation and emotion

Option C: the systematic study of how people are influenced by enduring personality traits

Option D: providing therapy to troubled people

Correct Answer: providing therapy to troubled people ✔

Option A: replication

Option B: random sampling

Option C: the hindsight bias

Option D: the false consensus effect

Correct Answer: the false consensus effect ✔

Option A: Wundt

Option B: Skinner

Option C: Bandura

Option D: Watson

Correct Answer: Watson ✔

Option A: one’s own conscious sensory experience

Option B: how one’s own personality affects one’s conscious sensory experience

Option C: how one’s own behavior affects one’s conscious sensory experience

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: A. one’s own conscious sensory experience ✔

Option A: industrial/organizational psychologists

Option B: developmental psychologists

Option C: personality psychologists

Option D: biological psychologists

Correct Answer: industrial/organizational psychologists ✔

Option A: the survey

Option B: experimentation

Option C: naturalistic observation

Option D: the case study

Correct Answer: naturalistic observation ✔

Option A: experiment

Option B: the survey

Option C: the case study

Option D: naturalistic observation

Correct Answer: the survey ✔

Option A: survey research

Option B: case study research

Option C: correlation

Option D: experimental research

Correct Answer: experimental research ✔

Option A: genetics, nutrition and blood chemistry

Option B: environmental forces

Option C: unconscious desires and unresolved conflicts

Option D: a conscious understanding of life circumstances

Correct Answer: unconscious desires and unresolved conflicts ✔

Option A: nativism

Option B: empiricism

Option C: dualism

Option D: interactionism

Correct Answer: empiricism ✔