Basic Psychology MCQs [set-1]

1. The ability to identify previously encountered material is ________________

A. explicit memory
B. recall
C. recognition
D. relearning
Answer: C

2. The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered

material is__________________
A. explicit memory
B. recall
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Answer: B a
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3. Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they
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occurred is ____________________
A. declarative memories
B. semantic memories
C. episodic memories
D. procedural memories
Answer: C

4. Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, and

propositions are referred as _______________________
A. procedural memories
B. declarative memories
C. semantic memories
D. episodic memories
Answer: C
5. Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the
ability to remember similar, more recently learned material is _____________
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. replacement
D. amnesia
Answer: B

6. Any disorder in which the comprehension or the expression of language is

impaired is___________________
A. apraxia
B. astropine
C. aphagia
D. aphasia
Answer: D

7. _________________________ is condition in which there is no inclination to eat,

even under conditions of severe food deprivation.
A. apraxia
B. astropine
C. aphasia
D. aphagia
Answer: D

8. _________________ is a faint copy of the visual input which persists in the visual
sensory register for a few seconds, before it gradually decays.
A. iconic image
B. short-term memory
C. long-term memory
D. episodic
Answer: A

9. Mental pictures of objects or events are known as ________________

A. visual images
B. logical concepts
C. natural concepts
D. mental models

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Answer: A

10. Need hierarchy theory was introduced by _______________

A. alder
B. maslow
C. mc clelland
D. jones and davis
Answer: B

11. Standard Progressive Matrices was developed by ___________________

A. binet
B. weschler
C. j.c.raven
D. simon
Answer: C

12. ‘Archetypes’ is the concept of__________________

A. freud
B. adler
C. horney
D. jung
Answer: D

13. The variable which the experimenter manipulates is called ___________

A. independent variable
B. dependent variable
C. continuous variable
D. intervening variable
Answer: A

14. Two-factor theory of intelligence was proposed by __________________

A. thurstone
B. spearman
C. guilford
D. sternberg
Answer: B

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15. _______________ is the tendency to perceive a stationary point of light in a
dark room as moving.
A. stroboscopic motion
B. phi-phenomenon
C. autokinetic effect
D. illusion
Answer: C

16. _______________ is the father of intelligence testing.

A. alfred binet
B. spearman
C. cattell
D. sternberg
Answer: A

17. ______________ theory advocates that emotions spring from physiological

reactions.
A. cannon-bard
B. james-lange
C. mcdougall
D. schachter and singer
Answer: B

18. Which one of the pairs is not correct?

A. structure of intellect model- guilford
B. pass theory- j.p.das
C. triarchic theory- goleman
D. multiple intelligence- gardner
Answer: C

19. According to Erickson, the crisis in adulthood is ___________________

A. initiative vs. guilt
B. industry vs. inferiority
C. intimacy vs. isolation
D. identity vs. role confusion
Answer: C

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20. A reluctant child forced to bring sugar from a shop, spills half on the way. This
is an example of ______________________
A. hysteria
B. passive aggression
C. disobedience
D. active aggression
Answer: B

21. Which one of the pairs is not correct?

A. transactional analysis- eric berne
B. logo therapy- victor frankl
C. gestalt therapy- rollo may
D. rational emotive therapy- albert ellis
Answer: C

22. _____________ is the one of the determinants of individual differences.

A. intelligence
B. hereditary
C. creativity
D. reactivity
Answer: B

23. ________________ is the cause of stress.

A. family
B. temperament
C. frustration
D. activity
Answer: C

24. Unconscious mind consists of _________________

A. biological drives
B. violent behaviors
C. conflict
D. empathy
Answer: C

25. _________________ is the cause of autism.

A. improper child rearing

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 B. neurological abnormality
C. emotional instability
D. abnormal personality
Answer: B

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