Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

What are the psychological effects of unemployment on individuals?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

Alex feels so hopeless and depressed that he has recently thought about taking his own life. The drug most likely to prove beneficial to him is:

Accepted Answer

Prozac

Question 3

When you perform a learned skill or a habitual response, you are calling on ________ memory?

Accepted Answer

procedural

Question 4

How many pairs of nerves arise or leave brain in humans?

Accepted Answer

36

Question 5

The concept of Rationalism is developed by ________?

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 6

According to Darwin, the variation in behaviour passed from one generation to next generation is due to ________?

Accepted Answer

Inheritance

Question 7

What is a common symptom of GAD (generalized anxiety disorder)?

Accepted Answer

Incessant, constant worry about something unimportant

Question 8

The rectangular table appears rectangular regardless of the distance or angle at which it is viewed. This is an example of ________?

Accepted Answer

shape constancy

Question 9

If psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are, this would indicate that wealth and martial satisfaction are ________?

Accepted Answer

negatively correlated

Question 10

Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale is based on an assumption that

Accepted Answer

Any change in life can be stressful

Psychology MCQs with Explanations