What are phonemes?
Correct answer C. The smallest units of sound
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Psychology MCQs
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To which kind of reasoning does the syllogism belong?
Correct answer A. Deductive thinking
Which area of the brain is associated with understanding language?
Correct answer C. Wernicke's
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How is Guilford’s model of intelligence best described?
Correct answer D. A multiple-factor theory
What type of test is the general Graduate Record Examination (GRE)?
Correct answer B. Aptitude test
What kind of test measures what a person has already learned through prior training?
Correct answer C. Achievement test
What qualities must a measuring instrument in psychology have?
Correct answer D. Both A and B
Who first defined convergent and divergent thinking?
Correct answer B. J. P. Guilford
What was Sir Francis Galton’s major contribution to psychology?
Correct answer D. First sensory-motor psychological tests
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What is the earliest stage of speech development called?
Correct answer C. Babbling
What is a predisposition to respond in a particular way called?
Correct answer A. Attitude
Telegraphic speech is most closely associated with which stage of language development?
Correct answer C. Two-word
What is young children’s use of two-word sentences known as?
Correct answer D. Telegraphic speech
Research in which area best shows that we can think without using language?
Correct answer D. Mental imagery
What is most commonly measured when studying human cognitive processing?
Correct answer D. Reaction time
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When the word ‘tree’ is used to refer to a whole category of plants, it is being used as which of the following?
Correct answer B. Concept
Which description best fits social norms?
Correct answer D. Standards and expectations shared by the members of a society
Which therapy is considered the most effective for treating anxiety?
Correct answer A. CBT
In which country did modern psychology begin during the nineteenth century?
Correct answer C. Germany
In which country was the first experimental psychology laboratory set up?
Correct answer A. Germany