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1981PsychologyMedium

Self actualisation is proposed by ________?

ASigmund Freud

BCarl Roger

CWilliam James

DAbraham Mashlow

Correct answer

D. Abraham Mashlow

Explanation

The correct answer is Abraham Mashlow.

1982PsychologyMedium

Which of the following is classified as a mood disorder?

Amultiple personality disorder

Bdelusional disorder

Cbipolar disorder

Ddissociative disorder

Correct answer

C. bipolar disorder

Explanation

The correct answer is bipolar disorder.

1983PsychologyMedium

In perceiving the distance a sound has traveled, a person depends heavily upon ________?

Afrequency

Bresonance

Cloudness and intensity

Dbrightness and hue

Correct answer

C. loudness and intensity

Explanation

The correct answer is loudness and intensity.

1984PsychologyMedium

“The technique reduces people to puppets controlled by therapists! It doesn’t respect human freedom. “This criticism is most likely to be directed at:

AEMDR

Bsystematic desensitization

Ca token economy

Dpsychoanalysis

Correct answer

C. a token economy

Explanation

The correct answer is a token economy.

1985PsychologyMedium

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is?

ACarver and Scheier’s control theory of human functioning states that there are stable individual differences in the extent to which we attend to aspects of the self

BNone of the above-all are correct

CFenigstein, Scheier and Buss (1975) developed a self-consciousness scale to measure what they considered to be stable what they considered to be stable individual and difference in private and public self-consciousness

DIn control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

Correct answer

D. In control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

Explanation

The correct answer is In control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level.

1986PsychologyMedium

The group in an experiment which receives no treatment is called ________?

ANone of these

BControl group

CExperimental group

DNo group

Correct answer

B. Control group

Explanation

The correct answer is Control group.

1987PsychologyMedium

The cells that response to changes in their environment and signal these changes into nervous system are called ________?

Areceptor

Beffectors

Cstriated

Dmyelin

Correct answer

A. receptor

Explanation

The correct answer is receptor.

1988PsychologyMedium

The child is very egocentric during which of Piaget’s stages?

Aformal

BPiaget does not what stage the example would fit into

Csensorimotor

Dpreoperational

Correct answer

D. preoperational

Explanation

The correct answer is preoperational.

1989PsychologyMedium

Which of the following improves worker skills and reduces frustration and stress?

AJob training

BAn organizational culture

CJob analysis

DNone of these

EAccess to an employee assistance program

Correct answer

E. Access to an employee assistance program

Explanation

The correct answer is Access to an employee assistance program.

1990PsychologyMedium

Which of the following is not a measure of retention?

Aretrieval

Brecognition

Crecall

Drelearning

Correct answer

A. retrieval

Explanation

The correct answer is retrieval.

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is?

ACarver and Scheier’s control theory of human functioning states that there are stable individual differences in the extent to which we attend to aspects of the self

BNone of the above-all are correct

DIn control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

Correct answer

D. In control theory, if we perceive ourselves to have reached too high a standard of behavior, the personality system will increase the discrepancy between the standard and the perceived level

Explanation