PPSC Lecturer Psychology Test 16 Online Preparation MCQs

Which of the following individual were major figures in behaviorism?

Auditory stimulation is first processed in the-lobes:

An experiment is conducted in which different groups of people are given !Q tests under varying conditions of noise. One group takes the test with high noise, one with moderate noise, and one with low noise. The temperature and lighting conditions are the same for each group. In this experiment what is the independent variable?

A three-year old obeys rules in order to gain rewards and avoid punishment. This child is at Kohlberg's stage of moral development:

The fact that people will work harder for a while after a supervisor speaks to them is an example of:

Psychologists who specialize in the study of language are called:

The elementary units of the nervous system that carry out the functions of the system are called:

The so-called "master gland" which helps control the activities of various ductless glands is the:

The term "cognition" means:

A businessman refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of rupees on military weapons. That person's reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's………….. stage:

Which branch of psychology Is defined as an effort to understand the specific biological mechanisms that control behavior and psychological experience?

Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a/an:

The four parts of the neurons are:

When you smile, a ……………….nerve stimulates face muscles. When you prick your toe, the pain travels to the central nervous system by a nerve:

Which seventeenth-century philosopher believed that some ideas are innate

The Palmer reflex, present in neonates, refers to which behavior?

Wundt's search for elementary mental processes that combine to produce complex mental processes led to which of the following schools of thought?

A double-blind study protects against:

In……………….. the researcher systematically varies …….

Noor's thumb-sucking has become habitual because she begins to feel less anxious whenever she sucks her thumb. This best illustrates the process of:

A study in which the researcher does not manipulate any variable but measures two variables to find relationships between them is:

The process through which heredity caused development of bodily functions is called:

Which school of thought restricted psychology's subject matter to the observable actions of people and other animals?

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a neuron is called the:

Moderate anxiety in a child: