Suppose a positive correlation is found between amount of coffee drunk and the likelihood of heart attacks. What can be concluded?
Correct answer D. None of these
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Psychology MCQs
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What is the ability to see the world in three dimensions and judge distance called?
Correct answer C. Depth perception
Who proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance?
Correct answer C. Festinger
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A psychologist tells you that learning is best defined in terms of underlying thought processes. Which theory is being described?
Correct answer A. Cognitive learning
For a hungry person, what kind of reinforcer would food be?
Correct answer A. Primary reinforcer
Which part of the nervous system controls breathing and digestion?
Correct answer C. Autonomic
What are tests that use real-life problems an applicant is likely to face on the job called?
Correct answer A. Situational tests
In Piaget’s theory, what are the first two years of life called?
Correct answer A. Sensorimotor
According to Bandura, how is a person socialised?
Correct answer A. Observation
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Which chromosomal disorder can be recognised by slanting eyes and a flat nose?
Correct answer B. Down’s syndrome
What does the term propinquity explain?
Correct answer C. Both A and B
What is a feeling of apprehension or tension called?
Correct answer A. Anxiety
How long after conception does birth typically occur?
Correct answer C. Thirty-eight weeks after conception
What does longitudinal research investigate?
Correct answer A. Behaviour over time as subjects age
What is combining responses or ideas in new ways called?
Correct answer B. Creativity
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What do most IQ tests assess?
Correct answer D. Convergent thinking
What do addictive disorders include?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Among people with severe mood disorders, which condition is most common?
Correct answer A. Depression
What does groupthink refer to?
Correct answer B. Deterioration of mental efficiency
What is the meaningless, speech-like sound that appears between three months and one year of age called?
Correct answer A. Babbling