Psychology MCQs

Option A: They should be taught to control their emotions

Option B: They should be provided emotional learning

Option C: Their emotions should be respected

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Heredity

Option C: Law of similarity

Option D: Law of modification

Correct Answer: Environment ✔

Option A: Freud

Option B: Skinner

Option C: Watson

Option D: Pavlov

Correct Answer: Watson ✔

Option A: Extreme to middle

Option B: Middle to extreme

Option C: Middle to outer

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Extreme to middle ✔

Option A: Average students will lose interest in teaching process

Option B: Border line students will lose interest in teaching process

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b) ✔

Option A: Genetically

Option B: Before the birth of child

Option C: At the time of adolescence

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Before the birth of child ✔

Option A: Before the birth of child

Option B: After the birth of child

Option C: At the time of adolescence

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: After the birth of child ✔

Option A: Similarity

Option B: Dissimilarity

Option C: Recurrence

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Similarity ✔

Option A: Affected

Option B: Not affected

Option C: Changed

Option D: Harmed

Correct Answer: Not affected ✔

Option A: Height

Option B: Color of skin and hair

Option C: Structure of bones

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Require social attention

Option B: Cannot get advantage of educational opportunities

Option C: Do not succeed socially

Option D: Cannot earn livelihood

Correct Answer: Require social attention ✔

Option A: Parents

Option B: Environment

Option C: Educational institution

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Parents ✔

Option A: Participate in the educative process actively

Option B: Can only perform simple tasks

Option C: Can solve their problems

Option D: Both (a) and (c)

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (c) ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Education

Option C: Grooming

Option D: Heredity

Correct Answer: Heredity ✔

Option A: 50

Option B: 60

Option C: 70

Option D: 80

Correct Answer: 70 ✔

Option A: Ridiculed

Option B: Victims of inferiority complex

Option C: Poor in educational achievement

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Special schools should be established

Option B: Special curriculum should be developed

Option C: Special teachers should be appointed

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Gifted

Option B: Intelligent

Option C: Average

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Gifted ✔

Option A: Heredity only

Option B: Environment only

Option C: Interaction between heredity and environment

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Interaction between heredity and environment ✔

Option A: Environment

Option B: Identity

Option C: Heredity

Option D: Way of thinking

Correct Answer: Environment ✔

Option A: Rebellious

Option B: Truant

Option C: Abnormal

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: All of these ✔

Option A: Starts performing instinctive functions

Option B: Starts effecting other organisms

Option C: Completes training

Option D: Enable to perform social functions

Correct Answer: Starts performing instinctive functions ✔

Option A: Activity

Option B: Growth

Option C: Maturation

Option D: Adolescence

Correct Answer: Growth ✔

Option A: Heredity

Option B: Environment

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Build his personality

Option B: Succeed in life

Option C: Develop his potentials

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Quantitative changes

Option B: Qualitative changes

Option C: Both (a) and (b)

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b) ✔

Option A: Increase in height and weight

Option B: Increase in size

Option C: Strengthening of human skeleton

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Parents

Option B: Teachers

Option C: Educational administration

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Experiences

Option B: Incidents

Option C: Rearing

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Development is a complicated process

Option B: Development is an integrated process

Option C: Development includes observable changes

Option D: Development is a continuous process

Correct Answer: Development includes observable changes ✔

Option A: Positive

Option B: Negative

Option C: Both positive and negative

Option D: Neutral

Correct Answer: Both positive and negative ✔

Option A: grasping

Option B: complementary

Option C: rooting

Option D: startle

Correct Answer: rooting ✔

Option A: post operational

Option B: sensorimotor

Option C: preoperational

Option D: formal operations

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: Birth

Option B: Childhood

Option C: Adolescence

Option D: Old age

Correct Answer: Old age ✔

Option A: Physical

Option B: Cognitive

Option C: Social and emotional

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Democrats; Republicans

Option B: men; women

Option C: socialists; capitalists

Option D: African Americans; white Americans

Correct Answer: men; women ✔

Option A: conventional morality

Option B: theory of mind

Option C: concept of conservation

Option D: secure attachment

Correct Answer: theory of mind ✔

Option A: the nine months after birth

Option B: the nine months before birth

Option C: the time period before conception take place

Option D: the period of time immediately after birth

Correct Answer: the nine months before birth ✔

Option A: zygote and finally develops into a fetus

Option B: zygote and finally develops into an embryo

Option C: fetus and finally develops into an embryo

Option D: embryo and finally develops into a fetus

Correct Answer: zygote and finally develops into a fetus ✔

Option A: preconventional

Option B: egocentric

Option C: conventional

Option D: postconventional

Correct Answer: preconventional ✔

Option A: begins approximately eight years earlier on the average in girls than in boys

Option B: begins approximately four years earlier on the average in boys than in girls

Option C: is about the same time for boys and girls

Option D: begins approximately two years earlier on the average in girls than in boys

Correct Answer: begins approximately two years earlier on the average in girls than in boys ✔

Option A: Empathy vs selfishness

Option B: Initiative vs guilt

Option C: Trust vs mistrust

Option D: Identity vs confusion

Correct Answer: Empathy vs selfishness ✔

Option A: the end of the formal operations stage

Option B: the lose of male sexual potency

Option C: the cessation of menstruation

Option D: irregular timing of menstrual periods

Correct Answer: the cessation of menstruation ✔

Option A: insecure attachment

Option B: object permanence

Option C: curiosity

Option D: basic trust

Correct Answer: insecure attachment ✔

Option A: Abstract reasoning

Option B: Conservation

Option C: Egocentrism

Option D: Reversibility

Correct Answer: Abstract reasoning ✔

Option A: Fluid

Option B: Crystallized

Option C: Emotional

Option D: practical

Correct Answer: Fluid ✔

Option A: Telegraphic

Option B: Operational

Option C: Semantic

Option D: Pre-grammatical

Correct Answer: Telegraphic ✔

Option A: Frontal lobe

Option B: Hypothalamus

Option C: Temporal lobe

Option D: Corpus callosum

Correct Answer: Frontal lobe ✔

Option A: Maturation

Option B: Accommodation

Option C: Growth

Option D: Assimilation

Correct Answer: Accommodation ✔

Option A: Conservational

Option B: Concrete operations

Option C: Sensorimotor

Option D: preoperational

Correct Answer: Conservational ✔

Option A: Egocentrism

Option B: Object permanence

Option C: Abstract reasoning

Option D: Conservation

Correct Answer: Conservation ✔

Option A: Babinski

Option B: Startle

Option C: Rooting

Option D: Moro

Correct Answer: Rooting ✔

Option A: Crisis management

Option B: Attachment

Option C: Bonding

Option D: Depth perception

Correct Answer: Depth perception ✔

Option A: accommodation

Option B: going from bad to worse

Option C: association

Option D: assimilation

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: object permanence

Option B: the rooting reflex

Option C: insecure attachment

Option D: habituation

Correct Answer: insecure attachment ✔

Option A: Just before conception

Option B: Second trimester

Option C: First two months

Option D: First trimester

Correct Answer: First two months ✔

Option A: concrete operational

Option B: preconventional

Option C: conventional

Option D: postconventional

Correct Answer: conventional ✔

Option A: movement

Option B: delight

Option C: affection

Option D: excitement

Correct Answer: excitement ✔

Option A: interpretation of new information in terms of existing schemas

Option B: adjustment of current schemas to make sense of new information

Option C: awareness that things continue to exist when not perceived

Option D: decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed

Correct Answer: decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed ✔

Option A: have low self-esteem and completely dependent

Option B: have high self-esteem and are self-reliant

Option C: are rebellious and have low self-esteem

Option D: have high self-esteem but are somewhat dependent

Correct Answer: have high self-esteem and are self-reliant ✔

Option A: their cohabitation will not influence the success of their marriage

Option B: but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce

Option C: they have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple

Option D: most of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively

Correct Answer: but their marriage will have higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce ✔

Option A: basic trust

Option B: egocentrism

Option C: imprinting

Option D: inner speech

Correct Answer: inner speech ✔

Option A: preoperational

Option B: formal

Option C: sensorimotor

Option D: Piaget does not say what stage the example would fit into

Correct Answer: preoperational ✔

Option A: slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness

Option B: no influence on language skills or aggressiveness

Option C: slightly advanced language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness

Option D: slightly inferior language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness

Correct Answer: slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness ✔

Option A: formal operations; concrete operations

Option B: crystallized intelligence; fluid intelligence

Option C: concrete operations; formal operations

Option D: fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence

Correct Answer: fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence ✔

Option A: temperament

Option B: genetic makeup

Option C: gene type

Option D: phenotype

Correct Answer: phenotype ✔

Option A: Piaget may have underestimated the cognitive skills of children in some areas

Option B: Piaget may have underestimate the influence of cultural factors on cognitive development

Option C: The theory does not clearly address the issue of individual differences in development

Option D: Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answer to

Correct Answer: D. Evidence for the theory is based on children’s answer to ✔

Option A: conventional

Option B: post-conventional

Option C: pre-conventional

Option D: unconventional

Correct Answer: conventional ✔

Option A: on the quality of bonding in the first few hours of life

Option B: exclusively on the infant’s temperament

Option C: on this interaction between the infant’s temperament and the caregiver’s responsiveness

Option D: on how stranger anxiety is handled

Correct Answer: C. on this interaction between the infant’s temperament and the caregiver’s responsiveness ✔

Option A: superiority

Option B: industry

Option C: generativity

Option D: autonomy

Correct Answer: autonomy ✔

Option A: David understands the concept of conservation

Option B: David does not understand the concept of conversion

Option C: David cognitive development is “behind” for his age

Option D: both b and c are the case

Correct Answer: David does not understand the concept of conversion ✔

Option A: can be used to make extremely precise predictions about the age at which an individual child will reach various developmental milestones

Option B: indicate the maximum age at which a child can reach a particular developmental milestone, and still be considered “normal.”

Option C: indicate the average age at which individuals reach various developmental milestones

Option D: involve both a and b

Correct Answer: indicate the average age at which individuals reach various developmental milestones ✔

Option A: cross-sectional study

Option B: life history study

Option C: longitudinal study

Option D: sequential study

Correct Answer: longitudinal study ✔

Option A: visual impairments

Option B: habituation

Option C: egocentrism

Option D: mental retardation

Correct Answer: mental retardation ✔

Option A: crystallized intelligence

Option B: social influence

Option C: abnormal cognitive development

Option D: postconventional moral thinking

Correct Answer: social influence ✔

Option A: zygotic stage

Option B: germinal stage

Option C: embryonic stage

Option D: fetal stage

Correct Answer: embryonic stage ✔

Option A: head-to-foot direction

Option B: center-outward direction

Option C: foot-to-head direction

Option D: body-appendages direction

Correct Answer: head-to-foot direction ✔

Option A: a multi-factorial research design

Option B: a longitudinal research design

Option C: a cross-sectional research design

Option D: a nested condition research design

Correct Answer: a cross-sectional research design ✔

Option A: a longitudinal research design

Option B: a sequential design

Option C: a cross-sectional design

Option D: a multi-factorial research design

Correct Answer: a longitudinal research design ✔

Option A: high levels of parental control and high levels of parental responsiveness

Option B: low levels of parental control and no parental responsiveness

Option C: low levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness

Option D: high levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness

Correct Answer: high levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness ✔

Option A: dopamine

Option B: epinephrine

Option C: acetylcholine

Option D: estrogen

Correct Answer: acetylcholine ✔

Option A: the two having identical genotypes

Option B: the environment

Option C: heredity

Option D: brain chemistry differences

Correct Answer: the environment ✔

Option A: longitudinal study

Option B: more information is needed to determine the design of the experiment

Option C: Gesell’s dome

Option D: cross sectional study

Correct Answer: cross sectional study ✔

Option A: situational referencing

Option B: learned referencing

Option C: perceptual referencing

Option D: social referencing

Correct Answer: social referencing ✔

Option A: social learning

Option B: classical conditioning

Option C: assimilation

Option D: accommodation

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: recessive

Option B: dominant

Option C: chromosomal

Option D: polygenic

Correct Answer: dominant ✔

Option A: from the center of the body to the extremities

Option B: from the past to the future

Option C: from the head to the toes

Option D: from birth to death

Correct Answer: from the head to the toes ✔

Option A: genes

Option B: chromosomes

Option C: zygotes

Option D: gametes

Correct Answer: chromosomes ✔

Option A: grasping

Option B: rooting

Option C: Babinski

Option D: Moro

Correct Answer: Moro ✔

Option A: readiness

Option B: maturation

Option C: mobility

Option D: heredity

Correct Answer: maturation ✔

Option A: carcinogens

Option B: teratogens

Option C: chorionic villi

Option D: antigens

Correct Answer: teratogens ✔

Option A: language development

Option B: sexual development

Option C: social development

Option D: cognitive development

Correct Answer: cognitive development ✔

Option A: William Syndrome

Option B: Exposure to radiation

Option C: Down’s Syndrome

Option D: Color blindness

Correct Answer: Exposure to radiation ✔

Option A: sensorimotor

Option B: preoperational

Option C: concrete operational

Option D: formal operations

Correct Answer: sensorimotor ✔

Option A: More reflex

Option B: grasping reflex

Option C: rooting reflex

Option D: sucking reflex

Correct Answer: grasping reflex ✔

Option A: have limited sense abilities at birth and cannot feel pain at all

Option B: can follow a moving object with their eyes

Option C: cannot learn and must depend on the adaptive reflexes in order to survive

Option D: have extremely poor hearing

Correct Answer: can follow a moving object with their eyes ✔

Option A: warning their body

Option B: comforting their body

Option C: calling attention to objects

Option D: praising their body

Correct Answer: warning their body ✔

Option A: separation anxiety

Option B: learning to walk

Option C: imprinting

Option D: language development

Correct Answer: separation anxiety ✔

Option A: fixed action patterns

Option B: instincts

Option C: conditioned reflexes

Option D: adaptive reflexes

Correct Answer: adaptive reflexes ✔

Option A: perceptual set

Option B: telegraphic readiness

Option C: learning set

Option D: biological predisposition

Correct Answer: biological predisposition ✔