MCQs of Psychology – Psychology Theories

In which of Freud’s works did he introduce his famous Oedipus complex?

Who developed the theory of drive reduction?

According to John Watson, introspection was:

Which of the following psychological theories is know as the one the emphasizes “free will”?

“the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is represented by which of the following?

Who placed more emphasis on the innate desire for self-fulfillment and a striving for superiority?

Which of the following is the example of social facilitation?

The phrase “a theory must also falsifiable” means:

Researchers use experiments rather than other research methods in order to distinguish between:

The school of psychology that focused on identifying and examining the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings and images was

A postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found in cultures that value

Rodents respond to alarm calls by others in their group if these call are continued and on danger is confirmed further calls may be ignored. it an example of:

A psychologist who is “eclectic” can best be described as:

The psychodynamic view emphasizes the role of ______ in development.

Which kind of therapy developed by Freud is called?

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

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

Who is famous for his work in operant conditioning and behavioral modification.

Who discovered the concept of classical conditioning in an experiment that involved lots of dogs drool?

Who developed a concept of the intellectual growth of children that is widely used in teacher education?

Who developed the theory of drive reduction?

Who is a structuralist?

Some modern psychodynamic theorists or neo-Freudians focused on:

In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys the surrogate mothers were:

According to the Cannon-Bard theory,

Who developed a concept of the intellectual growth of children that is widely used in teacher education?

The structuralist school of psychology

Which of the following best describes a double-bind experimental procedure?

who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?

Who carried out a study on ethnicity in schools?

who suggested that black people over represented in special needs?

Who said black people who do badly at school do so because they are socially deprived?

who mainly presented the idea of social Conflict?

Who advocated the philosophical approach called idealism understanding society?

Who has given the “Deterministic or Single Factor Theory”?

Who is linked the theory of social change with Organism:

” A Race is a valid biological concept a group united by heredity, a breed or definition is attributed to

Who has given the concept of ‘ethnic group’?

Who differentiated among enculturation transcultu-ration and acculturation?

Who among the following is associated with the organic analogy?

Who has suggested that ‘social control can be introduced through exploitative and constructive methods’

His main work was the Philosophy of History’ Identify?

Who distinguished three types of authority namely, traditional, charismatic and rational-legal?

What innate human faculty makes natural man want to escape the state of nature?

What innate human faculty allows natural man to discover how to escape the state of nature?

What determines “good and “evil”in Hobbes’s argument?

Which interactionalists invented the labeling theory?

Jean Piaget’s theory explaining how children’s thought progresses through four stages