Psychological Process Psychology Of Abnormal And Social Behaviour Set 3

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This set of Psychological Process- Psychology of Abnormal and Social Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Psychological Process Psychology Of Abnormal And Social Behaviour Set 3

Q1 | Attention ,encoding and retrieval are basic processes of?
  • reasoning
  • creativity
  • social thought
  • none of the above
Answer: social thought
Q2 | ……….. refers to the processes through which we recover information frommemory
  • attention
  • encoding
  • retrieval
  • observation
Answer: retrieval
Q3 | The bias in which we overlook risks and expect things to turn out well is knownas
  • optimistic bias
  • counter factual thinking
  • pessimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
Answer: optimistic bias
Q4 | announced schedules for public works (e.g., new roads, airports, bridges,stadiums) that have no chance of being met is best explained by
  • counter factual thinking
  • optimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
  • magical thinking
Answer: planning fallacy
Q5 | ………… is the tendency to imagine other outcomes in a situation than the onesthat actually occurred
  • counter factual thinking
  • optimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
  • magical thinking
Answer: counter factual thinking
Q6 | I got up on the left side of the bed today; therefore it will rain- is an example of
  • belief
  • optimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
  • magical thinking
Answer: magical thinking
Q7 | Terror management is a pausible explanation of which bias among the following
  • counter factual thinking
  • optimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
  • magical thinking
Answer: magical thinking
Q8 | Which among below is not an error of social cognition
  • schema
  • optimistic bias
  • planning fallacy
  • magical thinking
Answer: schema
Q9 | In ABC triad what does C stands for ?
  • culture
  • cognition
  • coperation
  • none of the above
Answer: cognition
Q10 | In ABC triad what does A stands for ?
  • aggression
  • affect
  • altruism
  • none of the above
Answer: affect
Q11 | Experiment of norman triplett was on?
  • social loafing
  • social facilitation
  • conformity
  • obedience
Answer: social facilitation
Q12 | Norman triplett”S study on social facilitation was a …………study
  • correlational
  • observational
  • experimental
  • qualitative
Answer: experimental
Q13 | Which among below disciplins are associated with social psychology?
  • cognitive psychology
  • personality psychology
  • clinical psychology
  • all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Q14 | The field which the structure, function, growth, origin, and evolution of livingthings is called
  • biology
  • social psychology
  • neurology
  • structuralism
Answer: biology
Q15 | …………. Field exclusively examines the concept of culture, and specifically therole of culture in influencing people’s attitudes and behavior.
  • anthropology
  • evolution
  • sociology
  • social psychology
Answer: anthropology
Q16 | The group which doesn’t receive any treatment in experimental method istermed as
  • experimental group
  • control group
  • confounding group
  • none of the above
Answer: control group
Q17 | The variable which is manipulated in an experimental research is called
  • dependent variable
  • independent variable
  • extraneous variable
  • continuos variable
Answer: independent variable
Q18 | The variable which is measured in an experiment is called
  • dependent variable
  • independent variable
  • extraneous variable
  • continuos variable
Answer: dependent variable
Q19 | Variable other than independent variable which makes changes in dependentvariable is called
  • control variable
  • continuos variable
  • confounding variable
  • internal variable
Answer: confounding variable
Q20 | ----------- is a standardised, planned, and systematic approach to objectivelyobserve and record behavior
  • survey
  • experiment
  • observation
  • record
Answer: observation
Q21 | Which among below are a type of observation?
  • participant
  • naturalistic
  • structured
  • all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Q22 | Observation in which researcher is not involved with participants is called
  • naturalistic
  • participant
  • non participant
  • unstructured
Answer: non participant
Q23 | A technique which involves observing involves studying the spontaneousbehavior of participants in natural surroundings is
  • controlled
  • naturalistic
  • participant
  • none of the above
Answer: naturalistic
Q24 | When , a researchers ask large numbers of people to respond to questions abouttheir attitudes or behavior. It is
  • survey method
  • experimental
  • observation
  • correlation
Answer: survey method
Q25 | The term ________ refers to a tendency for one event to be associated withchanges in the other
  • relation
  • correlation
  • association
  • dependency
Answer: correlation
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