A. nativist
B. empiricist
C. cognitive
D. culture-bound
Psychology Mcqs
In most social settings, the theory of social attraction of which one of the following appears most applicable?
A. Winch
B. Webster
C. Finch
D. Newcomb
Who would be most concerned with the development of imagery and verbal systems in the infant, and how they are interwoven?
A. Skinner
B. Bruner
C. Miller
D. Brown
Apraxia is characterized by an inability to _______________?
A. organize movements in terms of purpose
B. do something when instructed verbally
C. make movements
D. both a and b
The growth of facial hair in an adolescent male is an example of a ________________?
A. primary sex characteristic
B. secondary sex characteristic
C. latent stage trait
D. sex-linked trait
According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, middle childhood is characterized by ______________?
A. hypothetical reasoning
B. deductive thinking
C. concrete operations
D. egocentric thinking
If characteristic requires only one gene to show itself that characteristic is considered _______________?
A. dominant
B. co-dominant
C. incompletely dominant
D. recessive
Of the following psychologists, who described the identity crisis as a major problem faced by the adolescent?
A. Horney
B. Piaget
C. Erikson
D. Freud
Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?
A. innate capability index
B. innate surface structure ability
C. prosody index
D. language acquisition device
As the individual continues his growth after birth, the neural cells in his brain _______________?
A. change in their chemical composition
B. increase in number
C. both a and b
D. none of these