Basic Psychology Set 2
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This set of Basic Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Basic Psychology Set 2
Q1 | Disorder involving the inability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep at once it isattained is called __________________
- amnesia
- insomnia
- apathy
- narcolepsy
Q2 | Cognitive events, often vivid but disconnected that occur during sleep are ____________
- dreams
- hypnosis
- consciousness
- none of the above
Q3 | Our ability to pay attention to only some aspects of the world around us whilelargely ignoring others is called___________
- span of attention
- division of attention
- distraction of attention
- selective attention
Q4 | The feeling that we can almost, but not quite, remember some information wewish to retrieve from memory is _________________
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- partial amnesia
- tip-of-the-tongue phenomena
Q5 | The finding that the first and the last items in a series are more likely to berecalled than are intervening items is called_____________________
- serial position effect
- rote memorization
- free recall
- serial recall
Q6 | The tendency to think of wing objects only as they have been used in the pastis __________
- mental set
- algorithms
- functional fixedness
- analogy
Q7 | A theory of omissions suggesting that emotion provoking eventssimultaneously produce subjective reactions and physiological arousal is ________________
- james lange theory
- cannon-bard theory
- activation theory
- cognitive arousal theory
Q8 | The triarchic theory of intelligence is given by _______________
- spearman
- guilford
- sternberg
- gardner
Q9 | Consideration of what is practical and possible in gratifying instinctive needscharacteristic of the ego is called__________________
- defense mechanism
- pleasure principle
- reality principle
- psychic structure
Q10 | Improved retention after an interval is called_______________
- reminiscence
- relearning
- recognition
- eidetic imagery
Q11 | The process requiring time during which memory trace becomes more resistantto extinction is _________________
- consolidation
- organization
- retention
- reminiscence
Q12 | In Maslow’s hierarchy of motives, the most highly evolved motive is ____________
- ambition
- fear
- self-actualization
- the need to explore
Q13 | The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed imagery of somethingthat has been previously seen is called_________________
- flashbulb memory
- mnemonics
- eidetic memory
- repression
Q14 | A mental category for classifying specific people, object, or experiences is a(n) _____________
- image
- concept
- phoneme
- algorithm
Q15 | The term Intelligent Quotient (IQ) was first introduced by_________________
- binet
- terman
- simon
- wechsler
Q16 | Freud believed that the Oedipal conflict took place during the ___________________
- phallic stage
- anal stage
- genital stage
- oral stage
Q17 | The intelligence model consists of _______________ dimensions.
- three
- four
- six
- ten
Q18 | Who proposed that “feeling of inferiority” is control to human behavior?
- jung
- sigmund freud
- adler
- william james
Q19 | Classifying people on the basis of body build is an example of __________approach to personality.
- trait
- dynamic
- type
- behavioral
Q20 | _______________ tests attempt to measure general mental abilities, rather thanaccumulated knowledge or aptitude for a specific subject or area.
- attitude
- personality
- intelligence
- creativity
Q21 | During World War 1 _________ test was developed which was administeredorally to those who could not read, later adapted for civilian use.
- aptitude
- army alpha
- army beta
- intelligence
Q22 | _______________ defined intelligence as the global capacity to think rationally,act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment.
- stanford binet
- david wechsler
- lewis terman
- robert woodworth
Q23 | If a test consistently produces similar scores on different occasions, it is said to be _______________.
- valid
- reliable
- true
- standardized
Q24 | If a test measures what it is supposed to measure, it is said to be ____________.
- valid
- reliable
- true
- standardized
Q25 | Lewis Terman’s approach to measuring and defining intelligence as a single,overall IQ score was in the tradition of British psychologist ________________.
- charles spearman
- david wechsler
- lazarus
- robert woodworth