Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Which theory would suggest that watching a horror movie late at night could lower your absolute threshold for sound as you subsequently tired to fall asleep?

Accepted Answer

Signal detection theory

Question 2

Associated with his style are the ________ scores on tests.

Accepted Answer

Standardized

Question 3

Which of these drugs is not used to combat either mania, depression, or bipolar disorder?

Accepted Answer

Astelin (azelastine)

Question 4

When there is a conflict between bits of information received by two or more senses, which sense tends to dominate the others?

Accepted Answer

vision

Question 5

The ability of young children to use two-word sentences is referred to as ________?

Accepted Answer

telegraphic speech

Question 6

Our levels of fear may be influenced by:

Accepted Answer

all of the options above

Question 7

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

Accepted Answer

the control group and the experimental group

Question 8

Hammad sets extremely high standards for both himself and others. He tends to be rigid and inflexible and rarely allows himself to enjoy life. Freud would probably conclude that Hammad is dominated by:

Accepted Answer

his superego

Question 9

Dr. Ahmad administerd his new intelligence test to a group of subjects and then compared each subject’s score on the old-numbereds. He found a large positive correlation between the odd and even scores, indicating the test has:

Accepted Answer

criterion validity.

Question 10

Which of the followings show diffused type of nervous system?

Accepted Answer

Hydra

Psychology MCQs with Explanations