Basic Psychological Process Set 1
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This set of Basic Psychological Process Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Psychological Process Set 1
Q1 | The ___________ perspective focuses on social and cultural forces outside the individual.
- cognitive
- learning
- socio-cultural
- learning
Q2 | The ____________ perspective deals with unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as innerforces, conflicts, or instinctual energy.
- biological
- ecological
- ethological
- psychodynamic
Q3 | An organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specialized set ofphenomena and their interrelations is referred as ____________
- theory
- hypothesis
- definition
- skepticism
Q4 | A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena is ________________
- theory
- hypothesis
- definition
- skepticism
Q5 | A ________________ study is a detailed description of a particular individual, based on carefulobservation or on formal psychological testing.
- observational
- experimental
- field
- case
Q6 | A descriptive study that looks for a consistent relationship between two phenomena is referred as ______________
- field study
- survey
- correlational study
- experimental
Q7 | The smallest quantity of physical energy that can be reliably detected by an observer is _____________
- absolute threshold
- sensation
- perception
- difference threshold
Q8 | The smallest difference in stimulation that can be reliably detected by an observer when two stimuliare compared, is ____________________
- absolute threshold
- sensation
- perception
- difference threshold
Q9 | The accurate perception of objects as stable or unchanged despite changes in the sensory patternsthey produce, is ____________________
- convergence
- retinal disparity
- monocular cues
- perceptual constancy
Q10 | The dimension of auditory experience related to the intensity of a pressure wave, is _________
- binatural cue
- loudness
- pitch
- timbre
Q11 | A basic kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and the organism’sresponses ____________________
- trial and error
- conditioning
- cognitive
- insight
Q12 | The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction ___________________
- generalization
- discrimination
- spontaneous recovery
- stimulus gradient
Q13 | An operant-conditioning process in which successive approximations of a desired response arereinforced _____________________
- shaping
- extinction
- modelling
- instinctive drift
Q14 | The tendency to look for or pay attention only to information that confirms one’s own belief is ______
- confirmation bias
- hindsight bias
- justification bias
- cognitive bias
Q15 | Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief thatyou remember something when it never actually happened is _________________
- flash bulb
- confabulation
- misattribution
- eyewitness
Q16 | The change from the resting nerve membrane potential of approximately -70mV to a new +40mV is ___________________________
- action potential
- refractory period
- resting potential
- all or none law
Q17 | Action potential constitutes the ‘firing’ of the neuron and is also referred to as the ________________
- nerve impulse
- synapse
- threshold
- refractory period
Q18 | ________________ referring to a pair of muscles with the same effects at a joint.
- adipose
- agonistic
- atropine
- agenesis
Q19 | The process by which an image is kept in focus on the surface of the retina while the object beingviewed varies in distance from the eye is referred as the ____________________
- retinal disparity
- autonomic
- accommodation
- phi phenomena
Q20 | The portion of the axon that is located immediately outside the boundaries of the soma is __________
- end buttons
- axon hillock
- axoaxonic
- axon collateral
Q21 | __________________ is a portion of the axon after it has subdivided just prior to the synaptic knobs.
- basal ganglia
- axon hillock
- end buttons
- axon collateral
Q22 | _____________________ is a portion of the dendrite involved in axodendritic synaptic communication.
- dendritic spine
- dentate nucleus
- cross-cuing
- contrecercep
Q23 | The space in the synapse that lies between the presynaptic axon and postsynaptic soma or dendrite, is _______________________
- synaptic vesicle
- synaptic knob
- synaptic cleft
- synapse space
Q24 | The structures in the synaptic knobs that store neurotransmitters prior to the release ofneurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, is _________________________
- synaptic knob
- synaptic vesicle
- synaptic space
- nodes of ranvier
Q25 | __________________ is a fat and protein substance surrounding some axons in the nervous system,arranged as a series of segments along the length of the axon.
- naloxon
- nodes of ranvier
- myelin sheath
- spindle