List of top Psychology Questions

Which one of the following is a group test of intelligence?
The snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that is filled with fluid is known as:
........... intelligence refers to accumulated knowledge-information we store over a lifetime of experience, plus the application of skills and knowledge to solving specific problems.

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Arrange the following personality theories in chronological order.
A. Social Learning Theory
B. Humanistic Psychology
C. Psychoanalytic Theory
D. Interpersonal Theory
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Which therapy focuses on persuading individuals to recognize and change irrational assumptions that underlie their thinking?
........... is a sensory experience that seems real to the person having it, but occurs in the absence of any external perceptual stimulus.
"Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those Psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment".
This definition of personality was given by:
Who has discussed 'Basic anxiety' and Basic hostility'?
According to Allport, a single trait that dominates an individual's entire personality is called:

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The tendency to perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related is called:
Identify the correct sequence of steps as per the information-processing model of memory:
A. Sensory memory
B. Long-term memory
C. Selective attention
D. Short-term memory
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The formula for changing a raw score to a Z score is:
Where X= Raw Score, M=Mean, SD= Standard Deviation
Research has shown that short-term memory lasts from about ........... seconds without rehearsal.
The chemical substances that can mimic or enhance the effects of a neurotransmitter on the receptor sites of the next cell are called:
Hippocampus plays a role in ............
Which of the following examples are related to punishment?
A. Stopping at a red light to avoid getting in an accident.
B. Losing the privilege of driving because you got into too many accidents.
C. Having to lose some of your money to pay the penalty for late tax filing.
D. Being grounded (losing your freedom) because of disobedience.
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Our ability to recognize the emotions of others, to understand these feelings, and to experience them ourselves at least to a degree is called:
"When the lights are turned on in a sequence, they appear to move". This phenomenon is known as:
Which of the following techniques is based upon the principle of Operant Conditioning?
The tendency to falsely believe, through revision of older memories to include newer information, that one could have correctly predicted the outcome of an event is known as:
In the normal probability distribution, what percent of scores lies between +1 SD and -1 SD?
Identify the subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale from the following:
A. Arithmetic
B. Digit symbol
C. Similarities
D. Object assembly
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