Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

All of the following are aspects of organizational citizenship behavior except:

Accepted Answer

Responsibility

Question 2

Phobias differ from ordinary fears in that they frequently involve:

Accepted Answer

intense reactions like vomiting or fainting

Question 3

Five-year-olds who were surprised to discover that a Blind-Aids box contained pencils subsequently delighted in anticipating their friend’s false belief about the contents of the box. This best illustrates that the children had developed a(n):

Accepted Answer

theory of mind

Question 4

________is a response pattern in reaction to a stimulus in the environment.

Accepted Answer

Behavior

Question 5

________ psychologists work to improve the efficiency of people in business?

Accepted Answer

industrial/organizational

Question 6

Which of the following terms is associated with Henry Murray and the Thematic Appreciation Test?

Accepted Answer

need to achieve

Question 7

Psychologists who study ESP are called ________?

Accepted Answer

parapsychologists

Question 8

The fact that eating behavior, sexual desire, and the experience of emotion all depend on interactions between biological and environmental determinants lends evidence lands evidence to which of this text’s organizing themes?

Accepted Answer

The joint influence of heredity and experience

Question 9

The tendency of infants to bring all novel objects to their mouths is an example of which of the following Piagetian processes?

Accepted Answer

assimilation

Question 10

The behavioral changes due to experiences:

Accepted Answer

Both (a) and (b)

Psychology MCQs with Explanations