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A compilation of the most important and repeated multiple-choice questions (mcqs) for the midterm exam of the psy101 (introduction to psychology) course. It covers a wide range of topics in psychology, including biological factors, family and couples behavior, personality traits, defense mechanisms, research methods, learning theories, cognitive approaches, perception, problem-solving, and more. Explanations and options for each question, allowing students to review and prepare for their midterm exam. The level of detail and the comprehensive coverage of key psychology concepts make this document a valuable resource for university students enrolled in an introductory psychology course.
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Who proposed that a power similar to magnetism existed in humans? ➢ Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer ➢ Philippe pinel ➢ Galen ➢ Plato
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Social phobia is characterized by _____. ➢ A fear of people ➢ A fear of rejection ➢ A fear of social situations ➢ A fear of social isolation Which one is NOT a type of schizophrenia? ➢ Disorganized type ➢ Catatonic type ➢ Paranoid type ➢ Differentiated type Which model of psychotherapy consists of Systematic de-sensitization and contingency management? ➢ Biological ➢ Family and couples. ➢ Behavioral ➢ Cognitive Which one of the following is not a secondary/learnt motive? ➢ Achievement ➢ Power ➢ Hunger ➢ Curiosity __________are enduring dimensions of personality characteristics that differentiate a person from others ➢ Behaviour ➢ Personality ➢ Traits ➢ All of the given options
A correlation is a numerical measure of the__________. ➢ Unintended changes in participant’s behavior due to cues from the experimenter. ➢ Behaviors of participants of different ages compared at a given time. ➢ Behaviors of participants followed and periodically assed over time. ➢ Strength of relationship between two variables. An adjustment in the lens shape in order to keep images in sharp focus is called: ➢ Lens-image inversion ➢ Top-down processing ➢ Accommodation ➢ Optical adaptation ________of the following perspectives would be associated with free will. ➢ Behavioral ➢ Psychodynamic ➢ Biological ➢ Humanistic In the statement “Critical thinking requires reasoned judgments,” the word reasoned means___________ ➢ Giving it a lot of thought ➢ Seeing one side of an argument very clearly ➢ Focusing on opinion ➢ Logical and well thought out Critical thinking means making judgments based on ________________. ➢ Emotion ➢ Authority and expertise ➢ Keeping a closed mind ➢ Reason and logical evaluation
A researcher stops people at the mall and asks them questions about their attitude toward gun control. Which research technique is being used? ➢ Survey ➢ Experiment ➢ Naturalistic observation ➢ Case study In which of the following type of learning, an association is formed between a behavior and a consequence? ➢ Classical conditioning ➢ Operant conditioning ➢ Modeling ➢ Observational learning Which of the following psychologist would argue that a criminal engages in unlawful behavior because he grew up around older boys who engaged in criminal activities? ➢ Behaviorist ➢ Psychoanalytic ➢ Functionalist ➢ Structuralist The rate at which food converts into energy and then is expended by the body is known as what? ➢ Metabolism ➢ Deuteranopia ➢ Calcitonin ➢ Oxytocin )An adjustment in the lens shape in order to keep images in sharp focus is called: ➢ Lens-image inversion ➢ Top-down processing ➢ Accommodation. ➢ Optical adaptation
Which one of the following is not a secondary/learnt motive? ➢ Achievement ➢ Power ➢ Hunger ➢ Curiosity With regard to the types of concepts; which of the following concept is known, familiar and relatively simple concept? ➢ Artificial ➢ Natural ➢ Prototypes ➢ Prolonged Which branch of psychology studies cognition, related areas and issues? ➢ Thinking psychology ➢ Experimental psychology ➢ Developmental psychology ➢ Cognitive psychology According to Jung, which of the following is the energy for personal growth and development? ➢ Archetypes ➢ Superiority complex ➢ Libido ➢ Neurotic needs A rectangle has two opposite sides equal, if it is not the case, then it is not a rectangle. This is an example of which of the following type of concept? ➢ Artificial ➢ Prototypes ➢ Natural ➢ Prolonged
All of the followings are the features of Unconscious EXCEPT: ➢ Instinctual drives ➢ Perception ➢ Desires ➢ Infantile wishes Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment? ➢ Sensory memory ➢ Short-term memory ➢ Long-term memory ➢ Primary memory The ability to produce solutions to problems that are unusual, inventive, novel, and appropriate is called ________________. ➢ Insight ➢ Creativity ➢ Heuristics ➢ Latent learning Laws of perceptual organization were proposed by which of the following school of thought? ➢ Functionalism ➢ Structuralism ➢ Gestalt school ➢ Behaviorism Today psychology is considered as the scientific study of which of the followings? ➢ Mind ➢ Conscious experiences ➢ Behavior and mental processes ➢ Soul
Which of the following law is given by Thorndike that all responses followed by satisfaction are stamped into an individual and he learns those responses? ➢ Law of exercise ➢ Law of effect ➢ Law of insight ➢ Law of belongingness Which perspective of psychology emerged out of a desire to understand the conscious mind, free will, human dignity, and the capacity for self-reflection and growth? ➢ Humanistic ➢ Behavioral ➢ Gestalt ➢ Psychodynamic Which of the following process is suggested by Bandura that help human behavior to learn? ➢ Intention ➢ Observation ➢ Insight ➢ Reinforcement Fatima is using newspaper records to study the rate of crime during the past 20 years. Which type of method is she utilizing? ➢ Participant Observation ➢ Structured Observation ➢ Field experiments ➢ Archival data Gene that only influences the expression of a trait when paired with an identical gene is known as what? ➢ Dominant ➢ Mutated ➢ Recombinant ➢ Recessive
Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget’s four stages of development? ➢ Preoperational, sensory-motor, concrete operations, formal operation ➢ Concrete operations, preoperational, sensory-motor, formal operation ➢ SSensory-motor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operation ➢ Preoperational, concrete operations, sensory-motor, formal operation Which of the following is a scan showing biochemical activity within the brain at any given moment? ➢ CAT ➢ MRI ➢ EEG ➢ PET Which of the following statement best describes “Hormones”? ➢ The male gonads ➢ Chemicals found in the synaptic vesicles, which when released have an effect on the next cell ➢ Chemicals released into the bloodstream by the endocrine glands ➢ The female gonads What do we call thyroid enlargement? ➢ Vitamin deficiency goiter ➢ Calcium deficiency goiter ➢ Protein deficiency goiter ➢ Iodine deficiency goiter Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil? ➢ Retina ➢ Sclera ➢ Iris ➢ Lens
Who gave the theory of “humors”? ➢ Hippocrates ➢ Plato ➢ Socrates ➢ Kraepelin Concepts that have unique sets of traits and features, easy to define and elaborate are known as what? ➢ Artificial concepts ➢ Natural concepts ➢ Prolonged concepts ➢ Prototype concepts Relaxation exercises and meditation are the examples of what? ➢ Mental images ➢ Schema ➢ Concepts ➢ Ideas In which of the following need a person has a tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others? ➢ Arousal ➢ Achievement ➢ Affiliation ➢ Power Learning approaches are primarily based upon the principles of all of the followings EXCEPT: ➢ Classical Conditioning ➢ Operant Conditioning ➢ Gestalt Principle ➢ Cognitive Learning
Which part of brain helps in expression through tone of voice and by controlling facial expression? ➢ The left hemisphere ➢ Limbic system ➢ The right hemisphere ➢ Cerebrum Hunger, thirst and sleep are what? ➢ Learnt motives ➢ Primary motives ➢ Social motives ➢ None of the given options The ABC model suggests that an attitude has three components. Which of the following is not one of them? ➢ Affect ➢ Perception ➢ Behavior ➢ Cognition According to “Theory of Emotions” given by Albert Ellis, emotions do not result from a single cause but originate from different ways. In this regard, all of the followings were identifies by Albert Ellis EXCEPT: ➢ Sensory- motor ➢ Bio-chemical stimulation ➢ Reflex action ➢ Cognitive and thinking processes Who amongst the following used apes in his experiments for knowing the use of insight by animals in problem solving? ➢ J. B. Watson ➢ Wolfgang Kohler ➢ B. F. Skinners ➢ Jean Piaget
If reinforcement is withheld the response rate of the child declines and finally no response is shown by the child, This will be an example of which of the following? ➢ Reward ➢ Shaping ➢ Extinction ➢ Acquisition Who among the following gave the Cognitive Appraisal Theory of emotions? ➢ Richard Solomon and John Corbit ➢ Richard Lazarus ➢ Albert Ellis ➢ Cannon-Bard All of the following statements concern with the concept of learning EXCEPT: ➢ Learning is relatively permanent ➢ Learning involves experiences ➢ Learning is another word for physical growth ➢ Learning involves changes in behavior Which of the following is a desire, instinct or need that speeds up our behavior towards some goal? ➢ Motivation ➢ Vulnerability ➢ Learning ➢ Tendency Which of the following is NOT a type of learning? ➢ Verbal learnin ➢ Problem solving ➢ Motor learning ➢ Synchronicity
In which of the following type of learning; person’s own association, experiences and relations with the phenomenon has been involved? ➢ Verbal learning ➢ Problem solving ➢ Motor learning ➢ Audio learning Cognitive approach emphasizes on all of the followings EXCEPT: ➢ Thoughts ➢ Feelings ➢ Thinking ➢ Genetic makeup The investigator. For example, if a person was angry, they would report all of their experiences during the time they were angry. ➢ Empiricism ➢ Functionalism ➢ Contemplation ➢ Introspection. ________ is the school of thought in where psychology is defined as the study of the structure of the mind. ➢ Functionalism. ➢ Behaviorism. ➢ Structuralism. ➢ All of the above. Which of the following is the ability to use logic, past experience, and learn information for mental processing? ➢ Reasoning ➢ Research ➢ Thinking ➢ Perception
The recording of the behavior of people or animals in their natural environments, with little or no intervention by the researcher is known as what? ➢ Experimental research ➢ Naturalistic observation ➢ Manipulative research ➢ Laboratory observation When a detailed description of a particular individual is gathered, this sort of data collection is known as ➢ A single-blind study ➢ A representative sample ➢ A naturalistic observation ➢ A case study The branch of psychology that studies how physiological and social changes take place over the lifespan is known as what? ➢ Forensic Psychology ➢ Developmental Psychology ➢ Clinical Psychology ➢ Social Psychology Which of the following system is a chemical communication network that sends messages through out the nervous system via the bloodstream? ➢ Endocrine ➢ Neuron ➢ Electrical ➢ Central During which stage of development, the Oedipal and Electra complex takes place? ➢ The Latency Period ➢ The Anal Stage ➢ The Oral Stage ➢ The Phallic Stage
Which of the following will happen where we stop the reinforcement and the behavior will be extinguished? ➢ Generalization ➢ Extinction ➢ Spontaneous recovery ➢ Shaping Identify who among the following developed his system of psychotherapy called Client Centered Therapy ➢ Alfred Adler ➢ William. H. Sheldon ➢ Albert Ellis ➢ Carl Rogers “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts” is a statement associated with the perspective of ____ ➢ Introspection ➢ Gestalt psychologists ➢ Psychoanalysis ➢ Functionalism A branch of psychology that studies the psychology in action at the workplace is known as which of the following? ➢ Clinical psychology ➢ Forensic psychology ➢ Health psychology ➢ Industrial / Organizational Psychology Which of the followings model focuses on how people know, understand and think about the world? ➢ Cognitive model ➢ Behavioral model ➢ Humanistic model ➢ Psychodynamic model