🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
482 MCQs141
Imagine you are a male three-spined stickleback (a fish). You come across a nest of unfertilized three-spined stickleback eggs and you can’t help but do a particular dance and then go ahead and fertilize the eggs. Which theory of motivation accounts for your behavior?
AOpponent-process
BInstinct
CArousal
DBehavioral
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Although Cara has been obese for as long as she can remember, she is determined to lose excess body weight with a low-calories diet. Cara is most likely to have difficulty becoming and staying thin because:
Athe number of calories a person consumes daily has no effect on body weight
Bshe may have a higher-than-average set point for body weight
Cher resting metabolic rate will increase and prompt her to over eat vigorous exercise
Dfat cells can be lost only with vigorous exercise
143
The loss of her in the anorexic is due to:
Adehydration
Ba chromosome difficulty
Cconstipation
Dloss of proteins
144
The body’s tendency to maintain a constant internal state is Known as:
Ainstinct
Brefractory period
Chomeostasis
Dmetabolism
145
Which profession is most directly involved in the application of psychology’s principles to the workplace?
Asocial psychology
Bdevelopment psychology
Cindustrial-organizational psychology
Dpersonality psychology
146
Mr. Walters has many years of experience as a personal officers for a large corporation. He does not review most job applicants’ reference files because he is confident of his ability to predict their future work performance based on his direct face-to-face conversations with them. Mr. Walters’ confidence best illustrates:
Athe interviewer illusion
Bsocial leadership
C360-degree feedback
Dthe halo error
147
Which of the following suggestions would be the worst advice for a dieter?
A“Avoid consumption of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages”
B“Avoid eating during the day so you can enjoy a big meal in the evening”
C“Accompany your diet with a sustained exercise program”
D“Reduce your weight gradually over a period of many months”
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The fact that some people often ignore their hunger and skip lunch in anticipation of a special dinner is a direct contradiction to the_____theory of motivation.
Aopponent-process
Bdrive reduction
Cincentive
Darousal
149
After studying artists who would spend hour after hour painting or sculpting with enormous concentration, Csikszentmihalyi formulated the concept of:
Aflow
Bstrengths-based selection
Ctransformation leadership
Dachievement motivation
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If a food causes sickness or simply precedes sickness caused by something else, a learned______may result.
Apsychosomatic illness
Btaste aversion
Canorexia
Dspecific hunger