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351PsychologyMedium

The IQ of mentally backward children is less than:

A50

B70

C80

D60

Correct answer

B. 70

Explanation

The correct answer is 70.

352PsychologyMedium

Besides medication, what is the preferred treatment of OCD called?

AAnxiety reducing therapy

BTalk therapy

CElectric shock therapy

DCognitive behavior therapy

Correct answer

D. Cognitive behavior therapy

Explanation

The correct answer is Cognitive behavior therapy.

353PsychologyMedium

Teacher should be objective and firm is requiring his pupils to meet their classroom obligations, but he also should exercise patience in helping them overcome personal or________difficulties:

ATraditional

BSecret

CLearning

DHuman

Correct answer

C. Learning

Explanation

The correct answer is Learning.

354PsychologyMedium

Damage in Broca’s area will lead to difficulty in ________?

Areading

Bunderstanding other people when they speak

Cremembering past events

Dspeaking fluently

Correct answer

D. speaking fluently

Explanation

The correct answer is speaking fluently.

355PsychologyMedium

Which of the following therapies are mainly intended to eliminate symptoms rather than alter personality?

Apsychoanalysis and drug therapies

Bbehavior and drug therapies

Ccognitive and psychoanalytic therapies

Dpsychoanalysis and client-centered therapy

Correct answer

B. behavior and drug therapies

Explanation

The correct answer is behavior and drug therapies.

356PsychologyMedium

Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

AOlfactory bulb

BSemicircular canals

CThe semicircular canals

DPeriaqueductal gray

Correct answer

B. Semicircular canals

Explanation

The correct answer is Semicircular canals.

357PsychologyMedium

In order for norms to be meaningful what must also occur?

AConsensus

BRandomization

CDirected sampling

Dstandardization

Correct answer

D. standardization

Explanation

The correct answer is standardization.

358PsychologyMedium

What is the slang term for a person with apotemnophilia?

ADevotee

BStump freak

CWannabe

DGreek

Correct answer

C. Wannabe

Explanation

The correct answer is Wannabe.

359PsychologyMedium

The fact that people acquire phobias of ancient sources of threat (such as snakes) much more readily than modern sources of threat (such as electrical outlets) can best be explained by:

Apreparedness.

Bclassical conditioning.

Cobservational learning.

Doperant conditioning.

Correct answer

A. preparedness.

Explanation

The correct answer is preparedness..

360PsychologyMedium

The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

Aspeed up language development in some children

Binvolve greater reliance on language skills

Csave time in arriving at solutions to problems

Dminimize the overconfidence phenomenon

Correct answer

C. save time in arriving at solutions to problems

Explanation

The correct answer is save time in arriving at solutions to problems.

The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

Aspeed up language development in some children

Binvolve greater reliance on language skills

Csave time in arriving at solutions to problems

Dminimize the overconfidence phenomenon

Correct answer

C. save time in arriving at solutions to problems

Explanation

The correct answer is save time in arriving at solutions to problems.