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This section includes 1405 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1151. |
Interpreting sensory information as meaningful pattern can be defined as_________________ |
A. | closure |
B. | sensation |
C. | gestalt psychology |
D. | perception |
Answer» E. | |
1152. |
The principle of stereoscopic vision is based on _________________ |
A. | accommodation |
B. | convergence |
C. | retinal image |
D. | retinal disparity |
Answer» E. | |
1153. |
Who said “An objective psychologist would be restricted to observing overt responses”: ____________ |
A. | wundt |
B. | kohler |
C. | titchener |
D. | watson |
Answer» C. titchener | |
1154. |
The most effective procedure is CS-US pairing is to present _________________ |
A. | cs before us |
B. | cs after us |
C. | cs along with us |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. cs after us | |
1155. |
The process by which certain infant animals learn to follow or approach the first moving object is __________ |
A. | instinct |
B. | reflex |
C. | imprinting |
D. | generalization |
Answer» D. generalization | |
1156. |
Rapid low amplitude brain wave that are linked to feelings of relaxation is __________________ |
A. | alpha waves |
B. | beta waves |
C. | gamma waves |
D. | delta waves |
Answer» B. beta waves | |
1157. |
The theory that perceptual world is in large measure constructed from experience is called _________ |
A. | adaptation level |
B. | transactionalism |
C. | arousal theory |
D. | vascualr theory |
Answer» C. arousal theory | |
1158. |
The process of organizing environmental stimuli into some meaningful patterns or wholes is known as ________________________ |
A. | sensation |
B. | attention |
C. | perception |
D. | illusion |
Answer» D. illusion | |
1159. |
Escape learning is an example of _______________ |
A. | positive reinforcement |
B. | negative reinforcement |
C. | positive punishment |
D. | negative punishment |
Answer» C. positive punishment | |
1160. |
_______________________ is the smallest difference between two stimuli that can be reliablydetected or discriminated. |
A. | differential threshold |
B. | absolute threshold |
C. | point of subjective equality |
D. | intensity |
Answer» B. absolute threshold | |
1161. |
Which of the following is a cognitive learning? |
A. | motor learning |
B. | serial learning |
C. | insight learning |
D. | classical conditioning |
Answer» D. classical conditioning | |
1162. |
The concept of “Tabula Rasa” was proposed by _________________ |
A. | kohler |
B. | thorndike |
C. | john locke |
D. | skinner |
Answer» D. skinner | |
1163. |
Retinal disparity is ____________________cue of depth perception. |
A. | binaural |
B. | monaural |
C. | binocular |
D. | monocular |
Answer» D. monocular | |
1164. |
____________________ is defined as any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as aresult of practice or experience. |
A. | learning |
B. | cognition |
C. | perception |
D. | attention |
Answer» B. cognition | |
1165. |
_____________________ psychologists views that the organization and relationship of elementsdetermine the mental experience a person has. |
A. | gestalt |
B. | structuralism |
C. | humanistic |
D. | cognitive |
Answer» C. humanistic | |
1166. |
___________________ is the awareness of the distance between an observer and an object. |
A. | depth perception |
B. | depth analysis |
C. | size perception |
D. | shape perception |
Answer» B. depth analysis | |
1167. |
Cessation of breath during sleep is called as _____________ |
A. | apnea |
B. | insomnia |
C. | narcolepsy |
D. | hypersomnia |
Answer» B. insomnia | |
1168. |
The process through which information stored in memory is referred as __________________ |
A. | retrieval |
B. | encoding |
C. | storage |
D. | semantic memory |
Answer» D. semantic memory | |
1169. |
_________________ founded the first psychological laboratory. |
A. | i.pavlov |
B. | wilhelm wundt |
C. | j.b.watson |
D. | william james |
Answer» C. j.b.watson | |
1170. |
__________________ is an opening near the terminal end of the cochlea, where the scala tympanicommunicate with the scala vestibule. |
A. | foves |
B. | helicotrema |
C. | hair cells |
D. | otoconia |
Answer» C. hair cells | |
1171. |
A collection of structures in the telecephalon, concerned with the control of emotional reactivity, isreferred as____________________ |
A. | neocortex |
B. | cortex |
C. | limbic system |
D. | brain stem |
Answer» D. brain stem | |
1172. |
________________ is the founder of psychoanalysis. |
A. | adler |
B. | watson |
C. | freud |
D. | jung |
Answer» D. jung | |
1173. |
________________ is the layer of tissue in the utricle that contains the hair cell receptors. |
A. | otoconia |
B. | corti |
C. | optic disc |
D. | macula |
Answer» E. | |
1174. |
The point on the ventral surface of the brain where the optic nerves from each eye merge togetherthen separate as they continue in the visual pathway, is called________________ |
A. | optic chiasma |
B. | optic disc |
C. | optic pathway |
D. | occipital lobe |
Answer» B. optic disc | |
1175. |
The fissure in the neocortex separating the temporal and parietal lobes is called_____________ |
A. | fissure of sylvius |
B. | fissure of rolando |
C. | follicle cells |
D. | fastigal nucleus |
Answer» B. fissure of rolando | |
1176. |
The fissure in the neocortex separating the frontal and parietal lobes is known as ____________ |
A. | fissure of sylvius |
B. | fissure of rolando |
C. | follicle cells |
D. | fastigal nucleus |
Answer» C. follicle cells | |
1177. |
___________ is impairment in the ability to recognize faces, due to damage in the right hemisphere. |
A. | facial agnosia |
B. | facial apraxia |
C. | facial aphasia |
D. | enkephalin |
Answer» B. facial apraxia | |
1178. |
A scientific discipline dedicated to the understanding of the nervous system is referred as the _______ |
A. | physiology |
B. | neurology |
C. | psychiatry |
D. | neuroscience |
Answer» E. | |
1179. |
__________________ is a fat and protein substance surrounding some axons in the nervous system,arranged as a series of segments along the length of the axon. |
A. | naloxon |
B. | nodes of ranvier |
C. | myelin sheath |
D. | spindle |
Answer» D. spindle | |
1180. |
The structures in the synaptic knobs that store neurotransmitters prior to the release ofneurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, is _________________________ |
A. | synaptic knob |
B. | synaptic vesicle |
C. | synaptic space |
D. | nodes of ranvier |
Answer» C. synaptic space | |
1181. |
The space in the synapse that lies between the presynaptic axon and postsynaptic soma or dendrite, is _______________________ |
A. | synaptic vesicle |
B. | synaptic knob |
C. | synaptic cleft |
D. | synapse space |
Answer» E. | |
1182. |
_____________________ is a portion of the dendrite involved in axodendritic synaptic communication. |
A. | dendritic spine |
B. | dentate nucleus |
C. | cross-cuing |
D. | contrecercep |
Answer» B. dentate nucleus | |
1183. |
The portion of the axon that is located immediately outside the boundaries of the soma is __________ |
A. | end buttons |
B. | axon hillock |
C. | axoaxonic |
D. | axon collateral |
Answer» C. axoaxonic | |
1184. |
__________________ is a portion of the axon after it has subdivided just prior to the synaptic knobs. |
A. | basal ganglia |
B. | axon hillock |
C. | end buttons |
D. | axon collateral |
Answer» E. | |
1185. |
The process by which an image is kept in focus on the surface of the retina while the object beingviewed varies in distance from the eye is referred as the ____________________ |
A. | retinal disparity |
B. | autonomic |
C. | accommodation |
D. | phi phenomena |
Answer» B. autonomic | |
1186. |
________________ referring to a pair of muscles with the same effects at a joint. |
A. | adipose |
B. | agonistic |
C. | atropine |
D. | agenesis |
Answer» C. atropine | |
1187. |
Action potential constitutes the ‘firing’ of the neuron and is also referred to as the ________________ |
A. | nerve impulse |
B. | synapse |
C. | threshold |
D. | refractory period |
Answer» B. synapse | |
1188. |
Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief thatyou remember something when it never actually happened is _________________ |
A. | flash bulb |
B. | confabulation |
C. | misattribution |
D. | eyewitness |
Answer» E. | |
1189. |
The change from the resting nerve membrane potential of approximately -70mV to a new +40mV is ___________________________ |
A. | action potential |
B. | refractory period |
C. | resting potential |
D. | all or none law |
Answer» B. refractory period | |
1190. |
The tendency to look for or pay attention only to information that confirms one’s own belief is ______ |
A. | confirmation bias |
B. | hindsight bias |
C. | justification bias |
D. | cognitive bias |
Answer» B. hindsight bias | |
1191. |
An operant-conditioning process in which successive approximations of a desired response arereinforced _____________________ |
A. | shaping |
B. | extinction |
C. | modelling |
D. | instinctive drift |
Answer» B. extinction | |
1192. |
The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction ___________________ |
A. | generalization |
B. | discrimination |
C. | spontaneous recovery |
D. | stimulus gradient |
Answer» D. stimulus gradient | |
1193. |
A basic kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and the organism’sresponses ____________________ |
A. | trial and error |
B. | conditioning |
C. | cognitive |
D. | insight |
Answer» C. cognitive | |
1194. |
The smallest difference in stimulation that can be reliably detected by an observer when two stimuliare compared, is ____________________ |
A. | absolute threshold |
B. | sensation |
C. | perception |
D. | difference threshold |
Answer» E. | |
1195. |
The dimension of auditory experience related to the intensity of a pressure wave, is _________ |
A. | binatural cue |
B. | loudness |
C. | pitch |
D. | timbre |
Answer» D. timbre | |
1196. |
The accurate perception of objects as stable or unchanged despite changes in the sensory patternsthey produce, is ____________________ |
A. | convergence |
B. | retinal disparity |
C. | monocular cues |
D. | perceptual constancy |
Answer» E. | |
1197. |
The smallest quantity of physical energy that can be reliably detected by an observer is _____________ |
A. | absolute threshold |
B. | sensation |
C. | perception |
D. | difference threshold |
Answer» B. sensation | |
1198. |
A descriptive study that looks for a consistent relationship between two phenomena is referred as ______________ |
A. | field study |
B. | survey |
C. | correlational study |
D. | experimental |
Answer» D. experimental | |
1199. |
A ________________ study is a detailed description of a particular individual, based on carefulobservation or on formal psychological testing. |
A. | observational |
B. | experimental |
C. | field |
D. | case |
Answer» E. | |
1200. |
A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena is ________________ |
A. | theory |
B. | hypothesis |
C. | definition |
D. | skepticism |
Answer» B. hypothesis | |