Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

MRI scans of schizophrenic patients have indicated that:

Accepted Answer

schizophrenic subjects have larger ventricles than nonschizophrenic subjects

Question 2

Which one of the following psychosocial characteristic is developed after resolving the conflict created by trust and mistrust?

Accepted Answer

Hope

Question 3

Groups of ribosomes associated with rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus found in the cell body of a neuron are termed:

Accepted Answer

Nissl’s granules

Question 4

Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:

Accepted Answer

a cross-sectional research design

Question 5

A correlation coefficient is best characterized as a(n):

Accepted Answer

measure of the extent of the relationship between two variables

Question 6

What determines “good and “evil” in Hobbes’s argument?

Accepted Answer

Appetite and aversion

Question 7

Psychology arose in the nineteenth century from developmental in a number of area, primarily ________?

Accepted Answer

science and philosophy

Question 8

The first milk produced by a woman in the first few days after giving birth is called:

Accepted Answer

colostrum

Question 9

why is it so difficult to make generalizations about memory and the brain? Select the answer that is NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

Because so much of the body is active when someone is remembering.

Question 10

In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:

Accepted Answer

childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior

Psychology MCQs with Explanations