Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 7

Question 121 Psychology

Which of these is NOT a factor that tends to make intelligence tests unfair to lower-class children?

Correct answer C. Test givers bias the results

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Question 122 Psychology

Which theory proposes that people learn their attitudes by observing their own behaviour?

Correct answer B. Self-perception

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Question 123 Psychology

In ancient times, who was believed to inhabit the body and soul of a ‘crazy’ person?

Correct answer A. The devil

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Question 124 Psychology

Which part of the personality acts as a buffer between the id and the outside world?

Correct answer A. Ego

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Question 125 Psychology

The argument that people respond to their subjective thoughts about the world rather than to the objective environment supports the effectiveness of which therapy?

Correct answer C. Cognitive therapy

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Question 126 Psychology

What is the maintenance of a stable internal biological balance called?

Correct answer A. Homeostasis

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Question 127 Psychology

What do the basic assumptions of humanistic theories include?

Correct answer A. Humans are basically good and worthy

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Question 128 Psychology

What is the central concept in Gestalt therapy?

Correct answer D. Awareness

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Question 129 Psychology

Which statement about the techniques used in behaviour modification is correct?

Correct answer D. They employ the principles of learning

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Question 130 Psychology

What is the theory called which states that emotions result jointly from non-specific physiological arousal and the interpretation of that arousal?

Correct answer B. Two-factor theory of emotion

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Question 131 Psychology

Smoking during pregnancy is linked with which outcomes?

Correct answer D. Both B and C

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Question 132 Psychology

A person’s behaviour is usually attributed to external causes under all but one of these conditions. Which is the exception?

Correct answer C. The person seems aware of the environment

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Question 133 Psychology

What has research found about the role of reinforcement in insight therapy?

Correct answer A. It does play a role

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Question 134 Psychology

What have studies of crowding found about its effects?

Correct answer A. It can intensify feelings

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Question 135 Psychology

What is gradual exposure to a real feared situation called?

Correct answer B. In vivo desensitization

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Question 136 Psychology

How do learning theories explain the attachment of infants to their parents?

Correct answer D. Conditioning

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Question 137 Psychology

Which two factors do developmental psychologists believe shape human development?

Correct answer A. Genetic make-up and experience

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Question 138 Psychology

In what way can morality enter therapy covertly?

Correct answer C. By the use of techniques to alter a sexual preference

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Question 139 Psychology

As E scores on the I-E scale show a general upward trend, what is observed?

Correct answer A. People show more reserve suspicion and withdrawal

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Question 140 Psychology

Which area of psychology applies psychological theories, methods and techniques to practical human problems?

Correct answer A. Applied psychology

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