Psychology Multiple Choice Past Paper (19)
Important Question For PPSC , FPSC, NTS And
Various Exams
1. A child is creating new schemata to account for new information , Piaget calls this process
a. assimilation
b. accommodation
c. operations
d. functional autonomy
e. none of these
2. Children begin to understand and use abstractions during which of the Piaget stages of cognitive development
a. oral
b. preoperational
c. state of formal operations
d. secondary stage
e. none of these
3. Which theoretical viewpoint emphasizes the importance of learning for understanding development
a. fruedian
b. information processing theory
c. ecological theory
d. behavioral theory
e. none of these
4. Behavior is governed by its consequences describe:
a. operant conditioning
b. psychological crisis
c. supply demand theory
d. the yerkes Dodson law
e. none of these
5. Which of the following statement is incorrect
a. genetic influences affect children more than adults
b. even if genetic factors underlie a particular behavior, it is subject to change
c. trait suchs as extroversion and introversion are influenced by genes
d. intelligence has a genetic basis
e. none of these
6. If characteristic requires only one gene to show itself the characteristic is considered:
a. dominant
b. co-dominant
c. incompletely dominant
d. recessive
e. none of these
7. A genetic disorder in which the production of mucous affects the respiratory system is
a. huntington’s disease
b. down syndrome
c. cystic fibrosis
d. sickle cell anemia
e. none of these
8. Aptitudes are
a. preferences to perform certain activities
b. high level of achievement in an area en devour
c. the abilities of individual to learn in specific endeavor
d. skills one brings to a given task
e. none of these
9. In psychological research, a ……… is defined as an entity that can occur with different values
a. hypothesis
b. measurement system
c. variable
d. experiment group
e. none of these
10. Ability to exercise precise control over a variable is what distinguishes the ……. Method from other methods of scientific observation
f. control group identification
g. randomized selection
h. hypthesis testing
i. experiemental
j. none of these
11. Consideration of participants in psychological research as …….. in the research enterprise is a central principle of
ethical research today
a. informed participants
b. full partners
c. willing participants
d. co-investigators
e. none of these
12. Maturation refers to
a. the attainment of successive stages of cognitive development
b. relatively stable chancges in an individual’s thought or behavior as a result of a biological process of aging.
c. Relatively stable changes in an individual’s thought or behaior as a result of accumulating experience
d. The development of an individual’s thought and behavior due to interaction of biological and environmental factors
e. None of these
13. Learning refers to
a. the attainment of successive stages of cognitive development
b. changes in an individual’s thought or behavior as a result of biological process of aging
c. changes in an individual’s thought and behavior as result of accumulating experience
d. The development of an individual’s thought and behavior due to interaction of biological and environmental factors
e. none of these
14. Psychodynamic determinism refers to
a. behavior that is ruled by forces over which we have no control
b. behavior that is preconscious in origin
c. id impulses that will forever remain unfulfilled
d. the delimiting characteristics of superego
e. none of these
15. According to Freudian dream terminology, condensation refers to
a. repressed urges that find disguised outlets for expression
b. the bizarre , irrational quality of dream
c. the process whereby unacceptable thoughts or impulses are combined into a single dream
image
d. process where one thing may stand for another in dream interpretation
e. none of these
16. According to one definition, behavior is abnormal if
a. labeled as abnormal by the society in which the individual lives
b. not under conscious control by individual statistically typical
c. statistically typical
d. adaptive to the individual
e. none of these
17. Axis III in DSM-IV address:
a. the major abnormal disorders
b. primary personality disorders
c. physical disorders
d. the severity of psychological symptoms
e. none of these
18. An individual who is identified as having a borderline personality disorder shows
a. perfunctory thoughts
b. exhibitionistic tendencies
c. instability in mood and social relations
d. apathy and indifference to opinion of others
e. none of these
19. Clinical interview typically includes
a. a follow up evaluation and assessment after therapy is terminated
b. the initial diagnosis of a client’s psychological functioning
c. the psycho physiological functioning
d. the client’s initial and final evaluation
e. none of these
20.Two explicitly directive psychotherapeutic approaches are
a. behavior therapy and psychodynamic therapy
b. behavior therapy and humanistic therapy
c. humanistic therapy and existential therapy
d. cognitive therapy and behavior therapy. none of these.
