Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteens were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate________validity.

Accepted Answer

content

Question 2

Psychology is concerned with discovering________at different age levels, tend to respond to environmental stimuli:

Accepted Answer

Individual and groups

Question 3

The children requiring more attention are those who:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Incompleteness of data of interpretation or unwarranted application of conclusions also may be a cause of research:

Accepted Answer

Inadequacy

Question 5

After repeatedly pairing a tone with meat powder, Pavlov found that a dog will salivate when the tone is presented. Salivation to the tone is a (n):

Accepted Answer

conditioned response

Question 6

Pancreatic cells responsible for section of glucagon’s:

Accepted Answer

Alpha cells

Question 7

The area of the brain where short-term memories are transferred to long-term memory is the ________?

Accepted Answer

hippocampus

Question 8

Jill will sit in one position for long periods of time, evidencing muscular rigidity. Jill is exhibiting symptoms of ________?

Accepted Answer

Cataonic schizophrenia

Question 9

The area of cerebrum that sends impulses to voluntary muscles controlling movements:

Accepted Answer

Cerebral cortex

Question 10

The cerebral cortex is composed of two sides or:

Accepted Answer

hemispheres

Psychology MCQs with Explanations