MCQs General Psychology

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The introduction of an aversive stimulus and the withdrawal of a pleasant stimulus are both examples of *

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Negative reinforcement

Positive Punishment

Reinforcement

Punishment

Required

Which of the following emotions do not have a universal facial expression according to Paul Ekman? *

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Disgust

Joy

Envy

Surprise

"Which theory of emotion implies that every emotion is associated with a unique physiological reaction ?" *

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James - Lange theory

Cannon - Bard theory

Two factor theory

Opponent - process theory

A identifies himself as bisexual. This is an expression of________ *

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Gender

Sex

Sexual Orientation

Gender Identity

Arrange the following schools in the order of their emergence: 1: Stucturalism 2. Behaviorism. 3. Psychoanalysis 4. Functionalism *

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1342

4123

1432

4132

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts is a statement made by which school of Psychology *

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Neo-Freudians

Psychoanalysts

Behaviorists

Gestalt Psychologists

Required

"Harlow’s classic studies with baby monkeys and wire or cloth artificial mothers have demonstrated the importance____________ of in the early development." *

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Regular feeding

Classical conditioning

Freedom to explore

Physical contact

Motivation is best understood as a state that: *

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Reduces a drive

Aims at satisfying a biological need

Energises an organism to act

Energises and directs behaviour

The structuralist school of psychology____ *

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used introspection as a method to study conscious experience

Heavily relied on evolution and natural selection

Used Free Association as an assessment technique

was concerned with a holistic view of experiences

The study of mental processes such as thinking. decision making, attention etc is a key element in_____ psychology *

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Experimental

Social

Cognitive

Biological

Required

Which of these following psychosocial stages are experienced by an adolescent, according to Erik Erikson *

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Generativity versus stagnation

Initiative versus Guilt

Identity versus Role Confusion

Integrity versus Despair

"Free will plays the greatest role in which of the following?" *

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Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory

B. F. Skinner’s behaviorism

Carl Rogers’ humanistic psychology

Hans Eysenck’s trait model

The James Lange theory refers to which of the following? *

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The experience of emotions depends on physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal

Physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion.

The experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur simultaneously

The experience of emotion precedes physiological arousal

"Which of the following philosophers insisted that the mind at birth is like a blank slate devoid of character or ideas?" *

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

James Mill

John Stuart Mill

John Locke

"Which of the following factors would best explain why monozygotic twins, raised together, nevertheless develop different personalities?" *

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Shared genetic material

Non-shared genetic material

Non-shared environments

Shared environments

Which of the following is not a law of perception in Gestalt Psychology? *

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Closure

Continuity

Connectedness

Gradient

Required

Rogers used the Q-sort technique to identify – *

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Internal and external frame of reference

Real self and Ideal self

Conditional and unconditional positive regard

Conditions of worth and worthlessness

M has an exam tomorrow. Instead of studying, he goes out to play with his friends, According to Freud, this response is mediated by.....? *

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The id

The super ego

The ego

Electra complex

Who proposed the law of effect? *

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Thorndike

Titchner

Bandura

Skinner

Which of the following is an example of a mnenomic? *

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Foot in the Door Technique

Method of Loci

Door in the Face Technique

Clustering

The Cannon-Bard Theory refers to which of the following? *

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The experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur simultaneously

Physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion.

The experience of emotion precedes physiological arousal

The experience of emotions depends on physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal

"Every time he hears the name of his favorite restaurant, Jacob begins to salivate. In Pavlovianterms, the restaurant’s name is serving as" *

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a conditioned stimulus

a conditioned response

an unconditioned stimulus

an unconditioned response

What according to behaviorism is not an example of a behavior *

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Sneezing

Reflex actions such as pulling one's hand away after touching a hot object

Sleep Walking

Dreaming

"In classical conditioning when a strong CS is paired with a neutral stimulus causing the neutral stimulus to become a second CS is called" *

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Higher Order Conditioning

Stimulus Substitution

Vicarious Conditioning

Discrimination Learning

"According to Sigmund Freud, a child who grabs food from another child because of hunger is driven by" *

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the id

the ego

defence mechanisms

the superego

A salesperson receives Rs 250 as commission for every product sold by them. This is an example of which kind of reinforcement schedule? *

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Variable interval

Fixed interval

Variable ratio

Fixed ratio

"All of the following statements about psychodynamic theorists are correct EXCEPT" *

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"Karen Horney stressed the importance of social relationships between children and their parents."

"Alfred Adler claimed that childhood feelings of inferiority lead to striving for superiority."

"Carl Jung identified two components of the unconscious: the preconscious and the formal unconscious."

"Erik Erikson described conflicts at different stages of development"

In Pavlovian conditioning paradigm the strongest and most rapid conditioning occurs in *

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Simultaneous conditioning

Trace conditioning

Short-delay conditioning

Long-delay conditioning

How is sublimation different from repression? *

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Sublimination is egosyntonic and repression is egodystonic

Sublimination is caused by aversive behavior and repression is caused by negative emotions

Subliminiation involves channelizing socially unacceptable desires in a socially acceptable mannerand repression involves buries desires or fears from conscious awareness

Sublimination involves projecting socially undesirable responses to a vulnerable target, repression involves intentional forgetting

The correct order of the stages of Master’s and Johnson’s sexual response cycle is: *

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plateau, excitement, orgasm, resolution

excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

excitement, orgasm, plateau, resolution

excitement, plateau, orgasm, refractory

Facial Feedback Hypothesis supports *

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Canon-Bard Theory of Emotion

James-Lange Theory of Emotion

Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

Opponent Process Theory of Emotion

The Schacter-Singer theory refers to which of the following? *

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The experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur simultaneously

Physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion.

The experience of emotions depends on physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal

What learning principle was demonstrated by the experiment on 'Little Albert' by Watson and Rayner? *

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Classical Conditioning

Stimulus Generalization

Extinction

All of the above

The Flynn effect describes which of the following? *

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The substantial decreasse in intelligence scores because of excessive dependence on technology

The substantial worldwide increase in intelligence scores of men in the past century

The substantial worldwide increase in intelligence scores in the past century

None of the above

Alpha waves are usually associated with which stage of sleep? *

1 point

REM sleep

Stage 2

Stage 1

Stage 3

"Which of the following therapeutic techniques can be explained by classical conditioning principles?" *

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Modeling and implosion

Modeling and systematic desensitization

Modeling and token economies

Systematic desensitization and flooding

According to Jung, which of the following is the deepest and darkest part of collective unconscious and contains all of the animal instincts *

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Anima

Animus

Shadow

Persona

"Which of the following psychological schools of thought was heavily influenced by pragmatism?" *

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Structuralism

Functionalism

Gestalt

Evolutionary

__________founded the first lab in Psychology *

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Titchner

Watson

Pavlov

Wundt

Required

A consistent style of behaviour or emotion, a person displays across situations is called____ *

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Type

Trait

System

Structure

Which hypothesis predicts that the differences in language cause difference in thinking patterns and other cognitive processes? *

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The Shapiro Wilk hypothesis

The language acquisition device hypothesis

The canon Bard hypothesis

Prerceptual organization hypothesis

The sequence of different dimensions of the Job Characteristics Model are *

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Skill variety, task significance, autonomy, task identity, feedback

Skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback

Task identity, task significance, autonomy, skill variety, feedback

Autonomy, task identity, skill variety, task significance, feedback

Organizing the string of letters B-F-J-T-A-V-K-C into JFK-TV-CAB is an example of *

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simplifying

clustering

chunking

paraphrasing

Who investigated the mechanisms of imprinting? *

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Albert Bandura

Albert Ellis

Donald Winnicot

Konrad Lorenz

"According to Albert Bandura’s approach to observational learning, which of the following is the best example of vicarious punishment?" *

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"A child stops throwing pencils after watching a teacher scold another child for throwing a pencil across the room."

"A child watches a teacher say to another child, “You did so well on that homework that you do not need to take the test tomorrow.”"

"A child acquires a schema about the difference between socially punished behavior and socially rewarded behavior"

"A child is punished on a variable ratio schedule, rather than being punished every time a mistake is made."

A state in which a person performs an action because the act itself is satisfying or rewarding internally is called____________ *

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Fixed Action Pattern

Displacement Activity

Hedonic Bias

Intrinsic motivation

"Which of the following is an example of a self-conscious emotion?" *

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Sadness

Joy

Fear

Guilt

A cluster of many dispositions is called__________ *

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Type

Trait

System

Structure

Who among the following is associated with structuralism *

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Wundt

Titchner

William James

Pavlov

It is difficult to extinguish gambling behaviour because it is conditioned using *

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Fixed Ratio Schedule

Fixed Interval Schedule

Variable Ratio Schedule

Variable Interval Schedule

Delta waves are usually associated with which stage of sleep? *

1 point

REM sleep

Stage 2

Stage 1

Stage 3

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