Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

Addictive disorders include ________?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 2

Psychoanalysis would suggest that resistance during therapy supports and maintains the process of:

Accepted Answer

repression

Question 3

A teacher who contracts an infectious disease such as tuberculosis, or who is affected by another form of sickness is granted a leave from duty for restoration of:

Accepted Answer

Health

Question 4

An interview feels certain that he can tell who is lying in a job interview. His certainly in his ability is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Interviewer illusion

Question 5

On the DSM-IV, disorders of mood would be recorded on ________?

Accepted Answer

Axis I of the DSM-IV

Question 6

Our tendency to notice and remember instance in which a premonition of an unlikely phone call is actually followed by the call most clearly contribute to:

Accepted Answer

an illusory correlation

Question 7

Babar was at a football game, and even though people wearing green jackets were spread fairly evenly throughout the stands, he still perceived all the people in green jackets as a single group of visiting fans. Babar’s perception is most consistent with the Gestalt principle of:

Accepted Answer

Similarity

Question 8

Figure is to ground as ________ is to?

Accepted Answer

moon, sky

Question 9

Ms. Sadaf, a recent stroke victim, cannot consciously perceive the large book on the coffee table in front of her Yet, when urged to identify the book, she correctly reads aloud the printed title on the book cover. Her response best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Blindsight

Question 10

The school psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components as sensations, feelings, and images was:

Accepted Answer

structuralism

Psychology MCQs with Explanations