Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 42

Question 821 Psychology

The nature versus nurture debate concerns the extent to which traits and behaviour are determined by what?

Correct answer D. Genes or experience

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Question 822 Psychology

Which of the following is NOT associated with smoking during pregnancy?

Correct answer C. visual defects

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Question 823 Psychology

According to Piaget, cognitive development passes through a fixed sequence of stages. What distinguishes each stage from the one before it?

Correct answer D. New kind of scheme

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Question 824 Psychology

An elderly person who looks back on life with satisfaction and a sense of completion has reached which of Erikson’s stages?

Correct answer C. Integrity

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Question 825 Psychology

Choosing a marriage partner and deciding whether to have children relate to which of Erikson’s psychosocial stages?

Correct answer B. intimacy vs. isolation

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Question 826 Psychology

A 30-year-old woman tells a friend she does not want to marry because she fears losing her freedom and independence. In Erikson’s terms, which psychosocial task is she struggling with?

Correct answer B. Intimacy vs. isolation

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Question 827 Psychology

Which of these abnormalities is most likely linked to the mother’s condition at the time of conception?

Correct answer C. Down’s syndrome

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Question 828 Psychology

Which of the following can cause dementia?

Correct answer D. All of the above

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Question 829 Psychology

A stationary point of light seen in an otherwise completely dark room appears to move. What is this an example of?

Correct answer B. The autokinetic effect

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Question 830 Psychology

Which statement best describes the function of the middle ear?

Correct answer D. Sound-wave amplification

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Question 831 Psychology

Which of these is NOT one of Gestalt psychology’s laws of form perception?

Correct answer C. relative size

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Question 832 Psychology

Why do colours at the short-wavelength end of the spectrum appear brighter at dusk?

Correct answer B. Purkinje effect

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Question 833 Psychology

Neural impulses created by sound vibrations in the ear are received in which part of the cortex?

Correct answer C. Temporal lobe

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Question 834 Psychology

Motion parallax allows a person to judge distance from which property of near and far objects?

Correct answer A. relative movement

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Question 835 Psychology

Stationary lights on a neon sign that blink in sequence appear to move. What is this effect called?

Correct answer C. Phi phenomenon

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Question 836 Psychology

In a figure, one half of a line has fins pointing outward and the other half has fins pointing inward, and the first half looks longer. Which illusion is this?

Correct answer B. Muller-Lyer

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Question 837 Psychology

A rectangular table looks rectangular whatever the distance or angle from which it is viewed. What is this an example of?

Correct answer C. shape constancy

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Question 838 Psychology

A tiny point far down a railway track is perceived as a diesel engine. What is this an example of?

Correct answer C. Size constancy

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Question 839 Psychology

In the Stroop task we may need to name the colour yellow when the word printed is ‘blue’. What do our response tendencies demonstrate?

Correct answer B. Automatisation

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Question 840 Psychology

Which sense involves the semicircular canals?

Correct answer B. vestibular

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