Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The most recent addition to Baddeley’s working memory model describes a component that integrates and manipulates material in working memory. This component is referred to as the:

Accepted Answer

Episodic buffer

Question 2

Clinical Psychology deals with the practical aspect of ________?

Accepted Answer

Abnormal Psychology

Question 3

Arturo believes that most young women from California are extremely good looking and that extremely good- looking women are usually selfish and egotistical. His beliefs are example of ________?

Accepted Answer

stereotypes

Question 4

Despite huge legal costs and social disapproval, Mr. Lambers refuses to pay Income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billion of dollars on military weapons. Mr. Lambers’ reasoning best illustrate Kohiberg’s________stage.

Accepted Answer

postconventional

Question 5

After hearing rumors about the outbreak of an infectious disease, Alyosha began to perceive his normal aches and pains as disease related symptoms. His reaction best illustrated the impact of:

Accepted Answer

Perceptual set

Question 6

An experimenter who has been carefully trained in the techniques of self-observation uses himself as his object. He attempts to analyze his own immediate experience into its elements. This study would most likely occur in the laboratory of ________?

Accepted Answer

Edward Titchener

Question 7

What are the two major approaches to treatment of psychological disorders?
1: Biological.
2: Medical.
3: Chemical.
4: Psychological

Accepted Answer

1 & 4

Question 8

Studies of crowding have found that crowding ________?

Accepted Answer

Can intensify feelings

Question 9

All of the following are characteristics of light except ________?

Accepted Answer

photoreception

Question 10

The fact that fraternal twins are more similar in intelligence than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of ________?

Accepted Answer

common environmental factors.

Psychology MCQs with Explanations