🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
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When you are walking, the brain sends massages to the skeletal muscles in the legs by way of:
Aefferent fibers
Bcentral fibers
Cmotor fibers
Dsensory fibers
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An action potential actually occurs because:
Athe interior of the nerve cell becomes positive
Bthe interior of the nerve cell becomes negative
Cpotassium ions enter the nerve cell
Dsodium ions level the nerve cell
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Presence of a characteristic red belly in male three-spined sticklike back that elicits aggression in other territorial males is a:
ATaxis
BSign stimulus
CKinesis
DNone of these
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An association of indifferent stimuli or situations without patent reward is:
AConditioning
BOperant conditioning
CLatent learning
DInsight learning
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After noting that a majority of professional basketball players are African-American, Ervin concluded that African-Americans are better athletes than, members of other racial groups Ervin’s conclusion best illustrates the danger of:
AThe false consensus effect
Bthe hindsight bias
Creplication
Dgeneralizing from vivid cases
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A researcher has children watch 30 minutes of violent television, and then counts the number of times they hit each other afterward in a one-hour play period as a measure of aggression. The researcher causes aggression, however this conclusion may be invalid because:
Aall children are prone to aggressive behavior
Bit is unethical to force children to watch violent television
Cthere was no control group
Daggression wasn’t operationally defined
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Professor Vasquez believes that nearly all psychological disorders can ultimately be traced to abnormalities in brain chemistry, Professor Vasquez:
Aevolutionary perspective
Bbiological perspective
Chumanistic perspective
Dcognitive perspective
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Which of the following sources provide information about crime in society?
AThe media
BPersonal expenses
CCrime statistics, research data such as that found on the internet
DAll of the above
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A person with a severe form of antisocial personality disorder can be classified as which of the following?
ATrotiopath
BPsychopath
CTelepath
DMultipath
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Aggression and violent conduct can be best predicted by:
AAntisocial behavior
BHistory of mental illness
CFamily criminality
DA and C