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1961PsychologyMedium

A ________ contact is made to enable the researcher and those with whom he is working to get to know themselves and one another better:

ASpecific

BContinual

CDetailed

DBetter

Correct answer

B. Continual

Explanation

The correct answer is Continual.

1962PsychologyMedium

The consumption of carbohydrates is most likely to:

Alower the body’s set point

Bdecrease blood glucose levels

Cprevent bulimia nervosa

Dreduce tension and anxiety

Correct answer

D. reduce tension and anxiety

Explanation

The correct answer is reduce tension and anxiety.

1963PsychologyMedium

Experiments with children have suggested that the point at which a child begins to walk is primarily a function of ________?

Amaturation

Blearning

Cenvironment

Dmodeling

Correct answer

A. maturation

Explanation

The correct answer is maturation.

1964PsychologyMedium

Sherif’s autokinetic experiments and Asch’s line studies demonstrated the power of which social psychological factor on the degree to which people confirm?

AGroup norms

BIndividual identity

CGroup identity

Dindividual norms

Correct answer

A. Group norms

Explanation

The correct answer is Group norms.

1965PsychologyMedium

Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to result in:________?

Aconduction hearing loss

Bloss of movement

Cnerve deafness

Daccommodation

Correct answer

C. nerve deafness

Explanation

The correct answer is nerve deafness.

1966PsychologyMedium

If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin that twin

AWill be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic

Bis also likely to have more than one personality

Cis almost sure to become schizophrenic

DWill have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic

Correct answer

D. Will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic

Explanation

The correct answer is Will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.

1967PsychologyMedium

The book “Personality Development” is written by:

AKudu C.L.

BJerome Kargon

CNone of these

DSkinner

Correct answer

B. Jerome Kargon

Explanation

The correct answer is Jerome Kargon.

1968PsychologyMedium

Progesterone inhibits further secretion of________from pituitary:

ALuteinizing hormone

BProlactin

CVasopressin

DFollicle stimulating hormone

Correct answer

D. Follicle stimulating hormone

Explanation

The correct answer is Follicle stimulating hormone.

1969PsychologyMedium

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of stages of memory?

AEncoding-storage-retrieval

BEncoding-decoding-storage

CStorage-organization-recall

DRecall-encoding-decoding

Correct answer

A. Encoding-storage-retrieval

Explanation

The correct answer is Encoding-storage-retrieval.

1970PsychologyMedium

Following are the affects of numerous stressors:

AInformation Overload

BUncertainty and under-stressors

CAll of these

DDanger

Correct answer

C. All of these

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these.

If a person suffering from schizophrenia has an identical twin that twin

AWill be no more likely than anyone else to become schizophrenic

Bis also likely to have more than one personality

Cis almost sure to become schizophrenic

DWill have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic

Correct answer

D. Will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic

Explanation

The correct answer is Will have a 46 percent chance of becoming schizophrenic.