Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Animal intelligence was a major work written by ________?

Accepted Answer

Thorndike

Question 2

Which branch of psychology is defined as an effort to understand the specific biological mechanisms that control behavior and psychological experience?

Accepted Answer

physiological psychology

Question 3

“A race is a valid biological concept. it is a group united by heredity, a breed or genetic strain or subspecies” this definition is attributed to________?

Accepted Answer

James

Question 4

According to Piaget, the process through which a young child relates something he sees to something he already knows is called ________?

Accepted Answer

formal operation

Question 5

Emphasizing what comes to mind first or most readily/quickly is known as ________?

Accepted Answer

Heuristic

Question 6

The use of the anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization allows for the:

Accepted Answer

gradual approach to the feared object

Question 7

Events that occur close together in space or time are generally perceived as belonging together. Gestalt psychologists refer to this as ________?

Accepted Answer

proximity

Question 8

Stuart feels like he has been worrying constantly for the past 4 months. He is worried about making his car payments, losing his job, and how his children are doing in school.He has also started to experience dizziness and occasional heart palpitations.In this case, Stuart’s symptoms are MOST consistent with ________?

Accepted Answer

generalized anxiety disorder

Question 9

If your body is dehydrated, but you are not thirsty, we would say that you have:

Accepted Answer

a need but not a drive

Question 10

Identify the FALSE statement about the neurons in are V1:

Accepted Answer

Neurons in V1 adapt to visual stimulation, so their response to a stimulus increases over time with repeated presentation

Psychology MCQs with Explanations