Psychology MCQs with explanations

Question 1

What age group suffers mostly from major depression?

Accepted Answer

Teen – ager

Question 2

The state of conflict someone experiences after making a decision is known as:

Accepted Answer

Cognitive dissonance

Question 3

the approach to psychology that focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called: ________?

Accepted Answer

Structuralism

Question 4

The fatty material protecting the axon in some neurons is called a/an ________?

Accepted Answer

myelin sheath

Question 5

In the Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris argues that the evidence indicates that family environment has________on children’s personalities.

Accepted Answer

surprisingly little effect

Question 6

According to________Educational psychology is “the study of those facts and principles of psychology which help to explain and improve the process of education.

Accepted Answer

Walter B.Kolsnik

Question 7

The horizon Moon appears to shrink in size if it is viewed through a narrow tube that eliminates the perception of distance cues. The best illustrate the importance of:

Accepted Answer

Context effects

Question 8

These may be free nerve endings, expanded tip endings or stray endings that are able to detect stimuli of touch pressure, hearing and equilibrium:

Accepted Answer

Mechanoreceptors

Question 9

Which one set of the following is the correct sequence of vicarious learning process meant of behaviour-modelling practices?

Accepted Answer

Attention, retention, motoric production, motivation

Question 10

A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies is the________division.

Accepted Answer

Sympathetic

Psychology MCQs with Explanations