List of top Psychology Questions

You are walking through a forest and a bear jumps out at you. The Nervous System that is immediately called into play is the:

Which of the following is not a part of the Nervous System?

Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Erikson’s Developmental Task)		LIST II (Developmental Stage)
A	Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt	I	Late Adulthood
B	Initiative vs. Guilt	II	Toddler
C	Generativity vs. Stagnation	III	Early Childhood
D	Ego Integrity vs. Despair	IV	Middle Adulthood

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Your weekly visit to your psychoanalyst begins with instructions to "say whatever comes into your mind." Which technique is being used by the psychoanalyst?

A parent who fails to set firm limits on age-appropriate behavior required for a young child would be using which parenting style?

A sudden and extreme disturbance of memory in which individuals wander off, adopt a new identity, and are unable to recall their own past is known as:

What kind of psychologist would be most likely to conduct a study of challenges in problem-solving skills with increasing age?

Parul remembers things from the past very well but cannot incorporate present events into her memory. She is suffering from:

Unlike the Stanford-Binet, the Wechsler test provides:

What is a common symptom of neurosis?

A child whose actions are motivated by an avoidance of punishment shows which level of moral development?

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Scale of Measurement)		LIST II(Examples)
A	Nominal	I	Division of people on the basis of their Socio Economic Status
B	Ordinal	II	Diagnostic groups of Mental Disorders
C	Interval	III	Measurement of weight
D	Ratio	IV	Measurement of temperature on a centigrade scale

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Harry Harlow’s study on baby monkeys indicates that attachment formation is related to:

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

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

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

Psychological research on everyday human concerns reveals that:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Theory)		LIST II(Scholar)
A	Psychosexual Perspectives	I	Erikson
B	Psychosocial Theory	II	Festinger
C	Moral Development Theory	III	Freud
D	Cognitive Dissonance Theory	IV	Kohlberg

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As a science, which of the following does psychology use as its primary source of information?

Sensory is to Motor as Receptor is to:

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

The field of Artificial Intelligence is most closely related to which psychological approach?

The concept of perceptual set comes out of which approach to perceptual processing?

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

The minimum amount of light energy that must be present for vision is called: