List of top Psychology Questions

Conscious forcing of desires or thoughts out of consciousness is called:

Which of the following best describes Erikson’s developmental theory?

“Personality is fixed in the early years of life and subject to little change thereafter.” This view is known as:

When Libido is attached to or invested in an object, it is known as:

Excessive competitive drive even when it is unnecessary, is observed in which of the following types of personality?

Ravi believes that experiences throughout his life continually change his personality. Which theorist would probably not agree with this?

Central Traits, Cardinal Traits, and Secondary Traits were prominent in the trait theory of:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Defense Mechanism)		LIST II(Basic Nature)
A	Repression	I	Retreating to an earlier period of life
B	Regression	II	Forgetting unacceptable thoughts or impulses
C	Projection	III	Redirecting an emotional response from a dangerous object to a safer one
D	Displacement	IV	Transferring unacceptable motives or impulses to others

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following questions would be of most interest to a cognitive psychologist? (A) How does a child acquire the concept of color? (B) Are introverted people more likely to be high self-monitors? (C) What mechanisms are invoked in hunger? (D) How is the unconscious represented in dreams? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The characteristics of a fully functioning person are:
(A) Aware of all experiences
(B) Able to face difficulties
(C) Inhibited and not free to make choices
(D) Adapt to the changing environmental conditions
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Which type of measures are EEG and GSR?

The brain's interpretation of neural impulses from receptors defines:

The reduced sensitivity of sense organs to prolonged stimulation is called sensory:

Which perspective maintains that most human perceptual capabilities are inborn and result very little from learning?

In Hans Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome, the final stage is:

Which of the following is not a depth cue that is potentially available for only one eye?

The part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil is known as:

Perceiving a text as words on a page, rather than as black and white pieces of paper, illustrates which principle of Gestalt?

The cat which meows to a doorbell and not a phone ring is exhibiting the learning phenomenon of:

The school of Psychology which aimed to study the adaptive functions of the mind is called:

Information organized in Long-Term Memory (LTM) stores is aided by the reminders which direct memory search to appropriate parts of the LTM repository. These are called:

The forgetting of new learning due to previously acquired material is called:

During extinction, the __ is consistently omitted and the __ undergoes gradual reduction.

The schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcement occurs only after a fixed number of responses have been emitted is called:

Which of the following is a true difference between learning and performance? (A) Learning is observable; performance is not. (B) Learning is permanent as compared to performance. (C) Learning can be measured directly; performance must be inferred. (D) Learning is easier to change than performance. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: