MCQs of Psychology – Cognitive Psychology

Whose theory of ‘cognitive dissonance’ received acclaim in the ’60’s?

A theory that children develop a cognitive faramework reflecting the beliefs of their society concerning characteristics and roles of males amd females, and affecting the processing of new social information is known as

For Kholberg, the development of morality primarily involves

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

A psychologist interested is knowing how young children think while learning ‘how to play games’, is a (n)

The study of mental processes such as thinking, perception information processing, etc is a key element in_______psychology.

Perceptual schema is:

Which of the following considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

According to Schachter and Singer, emotional experience involves the interaction of:

In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should be given:

A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a(n):

A post convectional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value:

The psychodynamic view emphasizes the role of________in development.

Which of the following is considered by the text to be a pseudo-psychology?

Development psychologists study the effect of_____on behavior.

The approach to psychology the focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called:

Which is a definition of psychology?

Some modern psychodynamic theorists, or neo-Freudians, focused on:

Some topic in psychology are difficult to study because:

Behaviorism helped makes psychology a:

Psychairists differ from psychologists in that psychiatrists:

Phonemes are the smallest units of______in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.

On Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20 percent chance of rain, so Sharmila took her umbrella to work.On Friday, he reported an 80 percent chance than it would not rain, so Sharmila left her umbrella at home. Sharmila’s behavior ilustrates the impact of:

In general, toodlers can:

An algorithm is a:

If you were to compare adult speech with the speech of infants under 6 months of age you should expect to find that:

Raheem is taking the SAT and he has just answered “A” to seven consecutive questions. He is convinced that if the answers are random this shouldn’t happen, so he changes one of his answers to “B” and one to “D” Raheeem is showing evidence of:

Dolphins have been observed to pause by a mirror to examine ink marks placed on their bodies. This best illustrates their capacity for:

An implicit by which an organism becomes aware of and manipulates past experiences through the use of symbols is our class definition of:

Professor Pegler’s research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks. Which speciality area does his research best represent?

The coonjunction fallacy is a tendency to:

A, an ill are all examples of:

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

The most frequently used method in psychology to explore cause and effect relationships between variables is

Comparative psychologists are primarily interested in:

If Aaliya who is 2 1/2 years old says, “cookie me now”, she is demonstrating

When individuals notice inconsistency between their own behaviour and attitude, they are said to be experiencing:

A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:

Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

Anika resisted changing her answer to a test question after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:

The use of heuristic rather than algorithms is most likely to:

Prohibiting gestures disrupts speech________content.

Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include

The technique of using desensitization involves:

A neutral stimulus is one that:

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

A term coach who benches a player for poor performance is using:

The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to:

Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:

Prototype is to category as______is to_______.

It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos’ rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates:

For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened, the CS must

Stimulus motives are

The polygraph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

The chief antidote for test anxiety is

A simple experiment has two groups of subjects called:

You have a pair of pilers and a bag of nuts in the shell. You are lamenting the fact that you can’t shell the nuts because you do not have a nutcracker. Your inability to perceive the pilers as a makeshift nutcracker demonstrates_______on your part.

Greg is using single words to say a complete thought or idea. What is this called?

If we know that all dogs have tails, and thus poodles must then have tails, we are demonstrating________reasoning?

In wolfgang Kohler’s experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:

Stockbrokers often believe that their own expertise will enable them to select stocks that will outperform the market average. This belief best illustrates:

Thinking that moves from specific cases to general principles is

Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of

The English language has________letters than phonemes and the consonant phonemes generally carry_______information than the vowel phonemes.

What does cognitive psychology investigate?

“Apple is to fruit as hamburger is to_____is an example of

By dividing board concepts into increasingly smaller and detailed sub-groupings, we create:

Which profession is cognitive psychology particularly useful in helping?

Research participants were asked to identify a word that could be associated meaningfully with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s______lobe.

The structures of language include

What do cognitive psychologists compare the mind to?

Chomsky suggested that a person’s unique experiences with a language are most likely to influence the________of that person’s spoken sentences.

A photo type is a:

Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

Which of the following statements are correct?

Which of the following statements are correct?

An authoritarian personality may posses the diametrically opposite characteristics of aggression and submission. This can be explained by

According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic elements of personality are id, ego and super-ego. These three are respectively represented as

Consider the following statements : Moral understanding in a child of 5 years of age is limited because of theiry

People experience learned a helplessness when they encounter uncontrollability. This generates a cluster of syndromes.Which of the following is more likely?

Which of the following is considered true with regards to language development?

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates:

Word meaning is to word order as_______is to_____.

A problem, which naturally occurs in selection process in industrial setting is known as:

B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.

Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of dangling participates and run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty:

Stress may not always be ‘out there’ but mostly originate within individual. Which one of the following is the correct answer to justify the statements?

The mobilization of the body for action when an individual is faced with a stressful situation is known as

College students routinely underestimate how much time it was take them to complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of:

Jimmy is at the stage of language development where he uses one word to convey a complete thought or idea. This is called

The representative heuristic can lead to both

According to Allport, four levels of prejudices are

Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of

The sentences “Mario is easy to please” and “Mario is eager to please” have_______-surface structure and______deep structure.

To solve the “string problem” described in the text, you have to catch the screwdriver while holding the second string. This_______problem is often solved in a burst of_______when a person overcomes_______.

A child is playing with a toy. When you hide the toy, she makes no effort to look for it. According to Jean Piaget, the child is in which stage of cognition?

Semantics refers to the:

Which of these is not a basic assumption of behaviorism?

People with opposing views of capital punishment reviewed mixed evidence regarding its effectiveness as a crime deterrent. As a result, their opposing views differed more strongly than ever. This best illustrates: