Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference enhanced the survival of our ancestors genes. This viewpoint best illustrates the ________ perspective.

Accepted Answer

evolutionary

Question 2

Over activity of parathyroid gland result in:

Accepted Answer

Both a & b

Question 3

Which if any, of these statements about Piaget’s conservation test is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Th pre-operational child’s judgement is swayed by one dimension, such as the fact that the contents of one beaker look taller than the other

Question 4

Freud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined by:

Accepted Answer

forces in the personality that are often unconscious

Question 5

The components of personality are:

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 6

The highest and most consistent rate of response is produced by a ________ schedule?

Accepted Answer

variable-ratio

Question 7

If we want to test our prediction that students who underline chapters as they read retain the information better than those who do not, we would first have to state this prediction that is ________?

Accepted Answer

a hypothesis

Question 8

Which of the following statements is NOT true in terms of the repairing damaged brains?

Accepted Answer

Transplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients

Question 9

An innate behaviour in which a directed movement either to or away from a stimulus is shown is:

Accepted Answer

Taxis

Question 10

________ refers to the fading memory traces from short-term memory.

Accepted Answer

Decay

Psychology MCQs with Explanations