🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
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Which, if any, of the factors below has probably NOT influenced human sexual behavior in evolution?
AWomen might choose a partner likely to provide reliability and stability
BWomen might be attracted to men who are successful and powerful
CMen might guard the partner from the attentions of other men
DNone of the above-all are true
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Why do we keep drinking even when our bodies are deprived of water?
AWide range of drinks available stimulate desire to drink
BWe drink more when offered variety as opposed to only one type of drink
CEating can stimulate drinking behavior
DAll of the above
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Compared to fraternal twins, identical twins are much more similar in:
Aneuroticism
Btemperament
Cextroversion
Dall of the above
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After Rauf’s serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke’s area. Because of the damage, Rauf is most likely to experience difficulty in:
Aunderstanding what others are saying
Brecognizing familiar faces
Cpronouncing words correctly
Dcontrolling voluntary muscles
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An African butterfly that is green in the summer turns brown in the fall thanks to a temperature-controlled genetic switch. This best illustrates that games are:
Aself-regulating
Bschemas
Cgender-typed
Devolving
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Left-handedness is ___________than normal among artists and __________ than normal among professional baseball players.
Ahigher; lower; lower
Bhigher; higher; higher
Clower; higher; lower
Dlower; lower; lower
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In order to estimate trait heritability, researchers are most likely to make use of:
Agender sachems
Bgender-typing
Ctwin studies
Dcloning
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The technique that uses a magnetic field to develop an image of the brain is called the:
Aclinical scan
Bablation technique
CMRI scan
DEEG
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An innovative scanning technique that uses magnetic technology to visualize brain activity is called:
APET
BMRI
CCAT
DfMRI
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Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:
Aan electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
Ba positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Ca computerized tomography(CT) scan
Da magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan