Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The status of the investigator, the type of the crime, the age of the witness and the type ofing represents variables related to which topic of study by forensic psychologists?

Accepted Answer

Eyewitness testimony

Question 2

All of the following have been linked to aggression EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Self- worth

Question 3

Serat has developed a new test. He gives the test to 1,000 people. Six weeks later he gives the test to the same 1,000 people. Serat is assessing the________of his test.

Accepted Answer

test-retest reliability

Question 4

A concordance rate indicates:

Accepted Answer

the percentage of relatives who exhibit the same disorder.

Question 5

Who coined the term “apotemnophilia”?

Accepted Answer

John Money

Question 6

What is the name for a partial or complete loss of coordination of voluntary muscular movement?

Accepted Answer

Ataxia

Question 7

In________-reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response.

Accepted Answer

continuous

Question 8

The projective test in which a subject is asked, “What might this be?” is called the:

Accepted Answer

Rorschach

Question 9

An individual’s________and maturation can be helped or hindered by the environmental stimulations to which he is exposed:

Accepted Answer

Growth

Question 10

What describes the correct sequence of electrical activity as it passes through a single nerve cell?

Accepted Answer

dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle

Psychology MCQs with Explanations