List of top Psychology Questions

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

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

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

An Action Potential is accompanied by: (1) Cell's interior becoming positive (22) Cell's interior becoming negative (3) Change from gray matter to white matter (4) Change from white matter to gray matter

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 describes the path of a neural impulse from the sense organs to the brain? (A).Optic Nerve (B).Receptor Cells (C).Ganglion Cells (D).Bipolar Cells Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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 is a common symptom of neurosis?

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

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

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

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

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

A basketball player who is ready to shoot a free throw and is not distracted by the sight of the crowd is demonstrating:

According to B. F. Skinner, the basic mechanism for controlling human behavior is:

What can be calculated by comparing the performance of those who have obtained very low test scores with those who have obtained very high test scores?

Which of the following is least likely to be included in a Binet intelligence test?

Which of the following structures is not part of the central core of the human brain?

Psychological research on everyday human concerns reveals that:

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

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Theory of Motivation)		LIST II(Key Assumptions)
A	Drive Theory	I	Behavior is “pulled” by expectation of de sired outcomes
B	Arousal Theory	II	Biological needs produce unpleasant states of arousal that people seek to reduce
C	Expectancy Theory	III	Setting specific and challenging but at tainable aims and objectives
D	Goal Setting Theory	IV	General level of activation varies throughout the day, which can motivate many forms of behavior

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

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