Psychology MCQs

Option A: a drive but not a need

Option B: a need but not a drive

Option C: both a drive and a need

Option D: neither a need nor a drive

Correct Answer: a need but not a drive ✔

Option A: over feeding in childhood

Option B: external eating cues

Option C: severe dieting

Option D: low self-esteem

Correct Answer: over feeding in childhood ✔

Option A: halo errors

Option B: the experience of flow

Option C: homeostasis

Option D: homeostasis

Correct Answer: halo errors ✔

Option A: Strengths-based selection systems

Option B: transformational leadership

Option C: 360-degree feedback

Option D: flow experience

Correct Answer: transformational leadership ✔

Option A: lowering its set point

Option B: destruction of its lateral hypothalamus

Option C: destruction of its ventromedial hypothalamus

Option D: stimulation of its ventromedial hypothalamus

Correct Answer: destruction of its ventromedial hypothalamus ✔

Option A: a stimulus need

Option B: a curiosity drive

Option C: the Coolidge effect

Option D: an episodic drive

Correct Answer: the Coolidge effect ✔

Option A: obligations or approval are factors

Option B: there are obvious external reward for one’s behavior

Option C: there are obvious external factors controlling behavior

Option D: extrinsic motivation is also high

Correct Answer: B. there are obvious external reward for one’s behavior ✔

Option A: emotional distress

Option B: the fear of becoming too thin

Option C: drinking alcohol in small quantities

Option D: the perception that they have cheated on their diet

Correct Answer: the perception that they have cheated on their diet ✔

Option A: may increase towards women

Option B: may perpetuate the myth that women enjoy being raped

Option C: does both a and b

Option D: does neither a nor b

Correct Answer: does both a and b ✔

Option A: They are the primary cause of innate taste aversion

Option B: They greatly affect the incentive value of various foods

Option C: They determine a person’s set point for various foods

Option D: They have a homeostatic influence on amount of food consumed

Correct Answer: C. They determine a person’s set point for various foods ✔

Option A: needs that are learned, such as the needs for power or for achievement

Option B: innate but not necessary for survival

Option C: not innate but necessary for survival

Option D: innate and necessary for survival

Correct Answer: innate but not necessary for survival ✔

Option A: over-preparation

Option B: thought suppression

Option C: regression

Option D: discussing the problem with your professor

Correct Answer: over-preparation ✔

Option A: taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning

Option B: taste aversions can be unlearned as well

Option C: there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier

Option D: there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

Correct Answer: there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier ✔

Option A: drink more water than biologically needed

Option B: refuse to drink until forced to do so

Option C: eat until it becomes obese

Option D: refuse to eat until force fed

Correct Answer: refuse to eat until force fed ✔

Option A: a total loss of appetite

Option B: eating based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger

Option C: some changes in eating, but hunger still occurs

Option D: the need for patients to be “trained” to eat; otherwise they would inadvertently starve to death

Correct Answer: some changes in eating, but hunger still occurs ✔

Option A: needs that are learned, such as the needs for power for achievement

Option B: innate but no necessary for survival

Option C: not innate but necessary for survival

Option D: innate and necessary for survival

Correct Answer: needs that are learned, such as the needs for power for achievement ✔

Option A: behavioral dieting

Option B: fad dieting

Option C: purging

Option D: bulimia nervosa

Correct Answer: bulimia nervosa ✔

Option A: plain water

Option B: a slightly salty liquid

Option C: a beverage containing some alcohol

Option D: milk

Correct Answer: a slightly salty liquid ✔

Option A: sibling rivalry

Option B: an overly realistic view of normal size

Option C: food allergies

Option D: perfectionism

Correct Answer: perfectionism ✔

Option A: Vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight

Option B: There are repeated attempts to lose weight by serve dieting

Option C: It occurs equally in males and females

Option D: It is an adolescent growth phase that a few women go through and later disappears

Correct Answer: Vomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight ✔

Option A: arousal theory

Option B: drive reduction theory

Option C: Yerkes-Dodson Law

Option D: inverted-U function

Correct Answer: Yerkes-Dodson Law ✔

Option A: Zero level of arousal is the most desirable

Option B: High levels of arousal are the most desirable

Option C: Optimal levels of arousal exist for each person

Option D: Optimal levels of arousal exist for various activities

Correct Answer: Optimal levels of arousal exist for various activities ✔

Option A: Alfred Kinsey

Option B: Masters and Johnson

Option C: David Buss

Option D: Sigmund Freud

Correct Answer: Alfred Kinsey ✔

Option A: Thematic Apperception Test

Option B: Sentence Completion

Option C: Rorschach

Option D: MMPI

Correct Answer: Thematic Apperception Test ✔

Option A: Predictions

Option B: Attributions

Option C: Endings

Option D: Prophecies

Correct Answer: Attributions ✔

Option A: insomnia

Option B: dental problems

Option C: loss of hair and nail quality

Option D: low job or school performance

Correct Answer: low job or school performance ✔

Option A: Father

Option B: Skinner

Option C: Taller

Option D: Shorter

Correct Answer: Skinner ✔

Option A: Emotions

Option B: Availability

Option C: Hormones

Option D: Thinking

Correct Answer: Hormones ✔

Option A: Arousal

Option B: Plateau

Option C: Excitement

Option D: Orgasm

Correct Answer: Arousal ✔

Option A: the plateau phase immediately precedes orgasm

Option B: orgasm immediately precedes the excitement phase

Option C: the excitement phase immediately precedes orgasm

Option D: the excitement phase immediately precedes the resolution phase

Correct Answer: the plateau phase immediately precedes orgasm ✔

Option A: extrinsic

Option B: secondary

Option C: learned

Option D: primary

Correct Answer: primary ✔

Option A: lower the body’s set point

Option B: reduce tension and anxiety

Option C: decrease blood glucose levels

Option D: prevent bulimia nervosa

Correct Answer: reduce tension and anxiety ✔

Option A: sexual disorders

Option B: boredom

Option C: hunger

Option D: refractory periods

Correct Answer: boredom ✔

Option A: lack of proteins

Option B: purging

Option C: lack of calcium

Option D: lack of water in the diet

Correct Answer: purging ✔

Option A: your political views

Option B: hunger

Option C: earning money by working at a job

Option D: the need of achievement

Correct Answer: hunger ✔

Option A: incentive

Option B: set point

Option C: instinct

Option D: need

Correct Answer: instinct ✔

Option A: Provide employees with relatively easy work assignments

Option B: inform employee of the exact deadlines for the completion of work projects

Option C: discourage employees from critically discussing controversial company policies

Option D: mediate a personal dispute between two argumentative employees

Correct Answer: mediate a personal dispute between two argumentative employees ✔

Option A: A rigidly patterned behavioral urge characteristic of all people

Option B: anything that is perceived as having positive or negative value in motivating behavior

Option C: an aroused or activated state that is often triggered by a psychological need

Option D: a physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal

Correct Answer: a physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: evolutionary

Option C: arousal

Option D: need

Correct Answer: arousal ✔

Option A: the experience of flow

Option B: performance appraisal

Option C: one’s set point

Option D: homeostasis

Correct Answer: performance appraisal ✔

Option A: Hypothalamus

Option B: Hippocampus

Option C: Frontal lobe

Option D: Carpus Callosum

Correct Answer: Hypothalamus ✔

Option A: Self

Option B: Drug

Option C: Alcohol

Option D: Laxative

Correct Answer: Laxative ✔

Option A: incentive; set point

Option B: instinct; need

Option C: need; incentive

Option D: need; drive

Correct Answer: need; incentive ✔

Option A: Sexual

Option B: achievement

Option C: self-actualization

Option D: safety

Correct Answer: belongingness ✔

Option A: Bees communicating the location of food

Option B: Salmon travelling upstream to spawn

Option C: Spiders spinning complex webs

Option D: Humans breastfeeding their babies

Correct Answer: Humans breastfeeding their babies ✔

Option A: Expectations

Option B: Modeling

Option C: Motivation

Option D: Cognitions

Correct Answer: Expectations ✔

Option A: Environmental

Option B: Personality

Option C: Cognitive

Option D: Dispositional

Correct Answer: Dispositional ✔

Option A: Predict violent behavior

Option B: Relate biology to behavior

Option C: Infer private states from public acts

Option D: Account for behavioural variability

Correct Answer: Predict violent behavior ✔

Option A: External

Option B: Biological

Option C: Internal

Option D: Interactional

Correct Answer: Biological ✔

Option A: Balance production

Option B: Internalization

Option C: Homeostasis

Option D: Tension reduction

Correct Answer: Homeostasis ✔

Option A: Punishers

Option B: Reinforces

Option C: Shaping

Option D: Incentives

Correct Answer: Incentives ✔

Option A: Parallel and visual processing of incoming information

Option B: Independent and neuronal processing of incoming information

Option C: Parallel and visual processing of outgoing information

Option D: Parallel and modular processing of incoming information

Correct Answer: Parallel and modular processing of incoming information ✔

Option A: Adult neurons can sometimes from new connections

Option B: If one input to a target area is lost, the remaining inputs sometimes send out new branches from their axons to colonize the vacant space

Option C: Although transplanted neurons taken from a brain at the right stage of development will grow in an adult host brain, they will not restore normal function

Option D: Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients

Correct Answer: D. Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients ✔

Option A: We cannot repair damaged brains

Option B: We can repair some damaged brains

Option C: We can prevent brain damage

Option D: We can prevent Parkinson’s disease

Correct Answer: We can repair some damaged brains ✔

Option A: Different aspects of a visual stimulus appear to be analysed by different modules in the brain

Option B: It is impossible to use an evolutionary explanation for modularity in the brain

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: Neither (a) nor (b)

Correct Answer: Different aspects of a visual stimulus appear to be analysed by different modules in the brain ✔

Option A: Experience can modify a neuron’s responses

Option B: Experience can modify a person’s potential

Option C: Experience can modify a person’s mental health

Option D: Experience cannot modify a neuron’s responses

Correct Answer: A. Experience can modify a neuron’s responses ✔

Option A: The NMDA receptor is a particular subtype of glutamate receptor

Option B: Sodium entry into cell is one of the triggers for the development of LTP

Option C: NMDA-dependent LTP can only develop in a cell that has been depolarized and then receives a further input

Option D: Experiments have show the blockade of the NMDA receptor by the drug AP5 prevents the development of LTP

Correct Answer: Sodium entry into cell is one of the triggers for the development of LTP ✔

Option A: Neurons are integrators; they can have a vast number of different inputs, but they produce just a single output signal, which they transmit to their targets

Option B: There is a small voltage difference between the inside and the outside of the neuron in it resting state, known as the action potential

Option C: The inputs to neurons are tiny amounts of chemical neurotransmitters

Option D: In the steady state neurons, there is an active pumping of ions across the neuronal membrane

Correct Answer: There is a small voltage difference between the inside and the outside of the neuron in it resting state, known as the action potential ✔

Option A: Antagonists

Option B: Agonists

Option C: A and B

Option D: Synapses

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Inhibitory neurotransmitters increase the excitability of a cell

Option B: The classic inhibitory neurotransmitter is glutamate

Option C: Increasing chloride ion flow into the interior of the cell decreases the cell’s negativity

Option D: Increasing the cell’s negativity is called hyperpolarization

Correct Answer: D. Increasing the cell’s negativity is called hyperpolarization ✔

Option A: A cubic centimeter of glial cells because the damage would be less disabling

Option B: A cubic centimeter of subcortex because the damage would be less disabling

Option C: A cubic centimeter of spinal cord because the damage would be less disabling

Option D: A cubic centimeter of cortex because the damage would be less disabling

Correct Answer: A cubic centimeter of cortex because the damage would be less disabling ✔

Option A: Resting potentials, neurotransmitters

Option B: Neurotransmitters, axon potentials

Option C: Neurotransmitters, depolarization

Option D: Axon potentials; neurotransmitters

Correct Answer: Axon potentials; neurotransmitters ✔

Option A: Seizure were caused by chemical discharges in the brain

Option B: The cortex can be surgically removed to reduce seizures

Option C: Brain regions have highly specialized functions

Option D: (b) and (c)

Correct Answer: (b) and (c) ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 2 & 3

Option C: 1 & 3

Option D: None

Correct Answer: 1 & 3 ✔

Option A: Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe

Option B: Patients with hemi-neglect may ignore the entire left half of the world

Option C: The right hemisphere might be able to support bilateral spatial attentional processes

Option D: When the left hemisphere is damaged the right may be able to take over processes that would normally depend on the left hemisphere

Correct Answer: Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe ✔

Option A: Autonomic nervous system, which includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic system

Option B: Somatic system, which includes the sympathetic system and parasympathetic system

Option C: Autonomic system, which includes the central and somatic system

Option D: Somatic system, which includes the central and autonomic system

Correct Answer: Autonomic nervous system, which includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic system ✔

Option A: The cerebellum plays a key role in making movement smooth and efficient, and lies at the black of the brain

Option B: The motor and sensory systems do not interact

Option C: The spinal cord, made up of both axons and ganglia, provides us with essential reflexes

Option D: The brain comprises two halves-or hemispheres

Correct Answer: The motor and sensory systems do not interact ✔

Option A: The central nervous system includes the nerves through which the central nervous system interacts with the rest of the body

Option B: The peripheral nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord

Option C: Afferent or sensory nerves carry information to the central nervous system from sensory neurons and regulate glandular secretion

Option D: Efferent or motor nerves extend out from the central nervous system to the organs

Correct Answer: Efferent or motor nerves extend out from the central nervous system to the organs ✔

Option A: All neurons have the same function

Option B: The neuronal cell’s metabolic activities take place in the nucleus

Option C: Axons are the input system of a neuron

Option D: All neurons have more than one axon

Correct Answer: B. The neuronal cell’s metabolic activities take place in the nucleus ✔

Option A: Cell body, dendrites, axon

Option B: Cell body, nerves, axon

Option C: White matter, cell body, nerves

Option D: Internal body, external body, nerve branches

Correct Answer: Cell body, dendrites, axon ✔

Option A: morality of the under investigation

Option B: loss of future research possibilities

Option C: falsified results

Option D: invasion of privacy

Correct Answer: invasion of privacy ✔

Option A: Dendrite

Option B: Neuron

Option C: Brain

Option D: Spinal Cord

Correct Answer: Neuron ✔

Option A: axon

Option B: cell body

Option C: soma

Option D: neurilemma

Correct Answer: axon ✔

Option A: dendrite

Option B: axon

Option C: myelin

Option D: soma

Correct Answer: soma ✔

Option A: axons

Option B: axles

Option C: atoms

Option D: axes

Correct Answer: axons ✔

Option A: axon

Option B: axon terminal

Option C: synapse

Option D: soma

Correct Answer: synapse ✔

Option A: Cell bodies

Option B: Non-myelinated nerve fibers

Option C: White matter

Option D: both a & b

Correct Answer: both a & b ✔

Option A: Forebrain

Option B: Midbrain

Option C: Hindbrain

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Forebrain ✔

Option A: Thalamus

Option B: Cerebrum

Option C: Limbic system

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Thalamus ✔

Option A: Meninges

Option B: Meningeal fluid

Option C: Cerebrospinal fluid

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Cerebrospinal fluid ✔

Option A: Medulla

Option B: Pons

Option C: Cerebellum

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: Medulla

Option B: Pons

Option C: Hypothalamus

Option D: Cerebellum

Correct Answer: Medulla ✔

Option A: 12

Option B: 15

Option C: 31

Option D: 36

Correct Answer: 36 ✔

Option A: Cerebral nerves

Option B: Cranial nerves

Option C: Mixed nerves

Option D: both a and & b

Correct Answer: both a and & b ✔

Option A: Sympathetic nervous system

Option B: Autonomic nervous system

Option C: Peripheral nervous system

Option D: Central nervous system

Correct Answer: Peripheral nervous system ✔

Option A: Sensory

Option B: Motor

Option C: Mixed

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: Alcohol

Option B: Nicotine

Option C: dopamine

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Nicotine ✔

Option A: Cerebral cortex

Option B: Corpus coliseum

Option C: Cerebral hemispheres

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Cerebral cortex ✔

Option A: Corpus collasum

Option B: Cerebral cortex

Option C: Amygdala

Option D: Pons

Correct Answer: Amygdala ✔

Option A: 12

Option B: 15

Option C: 31

Option D: 36

Correct Answer: 12 ✔

Option A: Sensory

Option B: Motor

Option C: Mixed

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Motor ✔

Option A: Thalamus

Option B: Cerebrum

Option C: Limbic system

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Limbic system ✔

Option A: Hypothalamus

Option B: Amygdala

Option C: Hippocampus

Option D: Cerebrum

Correct Answer: Amygdala ✔

Option A: Epilepsy

Option B: Alzheimer’s disease

Option C: Parkinson’s disease

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: B. Alzheimer’s disease ✔

Option A: Alcohol

Option B: Nicotine

Option C: Dopamine

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Nicotine ✔

Option A: Cranium

Option B: vertebral column

Option C: Meninges

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: White matter

Option B: Gray matter

Option C: Cell bodies

Option D: Nerve fibers

Correct Answer: White matter ✔

Option A: Ganglia

Option B: Nerves

Option C: Spinal cord

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Ganglia ✔

Option A: Forebrain

Option B: Midbrain

Option C: Hind brain

Option D: Amygdala

Correct Answer: Midbrain ✔

Option A: Corpus callosum

Option B: Pons

Option C: Reticular formation

Option D: Hypothalamus

Correct Answer: Reticular formation ✔