Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Benzodiaze pines exert their effects in the brain by enhancing activity at the________receptor.

Accepted Answer

GABAergic

Question 2

Feature integration theory attempts to explain which aspect of object perception?

Accepted Answer

How we integrate individual features of objects to perceive a whole object

Question 3

The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of________on visual perception.

Accepted Answer

Perceptual schemas

Question 4

Of the following who was structuralist?

Accepted Answer

Wihelm wundt

Question 5

Klaus is a psychological graduate student who wants to determine whether electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for schizophrenia. To combine the result of numerous published studies on this issue, Klaus should use a technique called:

Accepted Answer

meta – analysis

Question 6

One difference between classical and operant conditioning is that:

Accepted Answer

classical conditioning involves learning in which antecedent events are associated with one another

Question 7

A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have:

Accepted Answer

a steep, unchanging slope

Question 8

Hallucinations are different from illusions in that hallucinations are:

Accepted Answer

Non-shared perceptual distortions

Question 9

The________competent teacher has the power to apply psychology to the learning situation in subtle ways:

Accepted Answer

Socially

Question 10

Researchers have found the certain factors are related to happiness. One of these is that happy people tend to: ________?

Accepted Answer

Have a satisfying marriage or close friendship

Psychology MCQs with Explanations