Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

A chest implant that intermittently stimulates the vagus nerve has been used to treat some patients with:

Accepted Answer

chronic depression

Question 2

After being released from a hospital many schizophernic patients stop taking their anti psychotic medication because:

Accepted Answer

of the unpleasant side effects.

Question 3

Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
4. All of the above

Accepted Answer

2 & 3

Question 4

Performance of an earlier task is interfered with by the learning of a second, more recent task in ________?

Accepted Answer

retroactive inhibition

Question 5

The influence of schemas on our interpretations of ambiguous sensations best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

top-down processing

Question 6

A short attention span is an early warning sign of: ________?

Accepted Answer

schizophrenia

Question 7

The psycho dynamic explanation of depression is:

Accepted Answer

Anger turned inward

Question 8

Which of the following characteristics are contributors to job satisfaction, as identified in Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) influential job characteristics theory? 1: Variety 2: Recognition 3: Task identity 4: Task difficulty

Accepted Answer

1,2 & 3

Question 9

A major area of research on power in organizations examines the experiences of women at work. Which of the statements given below is also true of women at work?

Accepted Answer

It is illegal to treat pregnancy as a cause for dismissal

Question 10

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called: ________?

Accepted Answer

the control group the experimental group

Psychology MCQs with Explanations