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This set of Personality Development Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Personality Development Set 5

Q1 | Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike
  • implicit memory
  • explicit memory
  • echoic memory
  • iconic memory
Q2 | Implicit memory is to the ______ as explicit memory is to the _____
  • hippocampus/ cerebellum
  • cerebellum/ hippocampus
  • corpus callosum/ hippocampus
  • hippocampus/ cerebellum
Q3 | The mental processing of retrieval of information from memory.
  • recognition
  • relearning
  • learning
  • recall
Q4 | When choices are given, it is much easier to identify genuine ones. A multiplechoice test is a good example
  • recall
  • relearning
  • recognition
  • deja vu
Q5 | This person studied memory retention by stringing together non sense syllable andmemorizing them
  • herman ebbinghaus
  • skinner
  • thorndike
  • freud
Q6 | Using the acronym VIBGYOR to studying the colors of the rainbow. This is a goodexample of
  • spacing effect
  • visual encoding
  • acoustic encoding
  • mnemonics
Q7 | Encoding information by its meaning to us
  • semantic
  • echoic
  • iconic
  • chunking
Q8 | This person studied the effects of misinformation and false memories
  • ebbinghaus
  • loftus
  • pavlov
  • bandura
Q9 | Which factors were included in Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence
  • tacit, perceptual and interpersonal knowledge
  • analytic thought, creativity and practical knowledge
  • crystallized, fluid and artificial intelligence
  • general intelligence, crystallized knowledge and creativity
Q10 | How many factors did Thurstone associate with intelligence?
  • 12
  • 7
  • 2
  • 3
Q11 | Which of these factors was not included in Thurstone's theory of intelligence?
  • spacial ability
  • memory
  • inductive reasoning
  • deductive reasoning
Q12 | Spiritual and existential intelligence were included in whose theory of intelligence?
  • gardner
  • sternberg
  • binet
  • lashley
Q13 | Intrapersonal intelligence can be characterized by which of the followingprocesses?
  • communication abilities
  • self- reflection and self- awareness
  • musical empathy
  • team cooperation
Q14 | According to Carroll's model of intelligence, at which level are fluid ability andcrystallized intelligence located?
  • highest level
  • lowest level
  • sub-intelligence level
  • intermediate level
Q15 | Which of the following do Gardner's intelligence correlate with?
  • task capacities
  • each other
  • age
  • crystallized intelligence
Q16 | Which test provides scores for verbal IQ, performance IQ, verbal comprehension,working memory, perceptual organization and processing speed?
  • wais-iii
  • binet
  • sternberg\s intelligence quotient
  • stanford
Q17 | Spearman devised which form of factor analysis?
  • structural
  • explorative
  • principle components
  • rotated
Q18 | The concept of primary mental abilities was proposed by which of the following?
  • mcclelland
  • thurstone
  • simon
  • newell
Q19 | How many mental abilities were identified by Guildford?
  • 0
  • 44
  • 120
  • 32
Q20 | Cattell identified which two forms of intelligence?
  • artificial and natural intelligence
  • musical and tactile abilities
  • crystallized and fluid intelligence
  • mental abilities and skills
Q21 | Intelligence can be defined as
  • knowledge of a great many facts
  • ability to get good grades in school
  • all the factors that make one person different from another
  • ability to think abstractly and ;earn from experience
Q22 | . The leading cause of mental retardation is believed to be
  • inherited traits
  • environmental factors
  • organic brain syndrome
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
Q23 | The first intelligence test was designed by two French men
  • binet and simon
  • allen and honzik
  • anastasi and forguson
  • weschlar and fechner
Q24 | In the formula for IQ, CA stands for
  • comparative age
  • chronological age
  • computation argument
  • contrasting arrangements
Q25 | The belief that intelligence is a general ability is a result of the work of
  • binet
  • gardner
  • sternberg
  • spearman