🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
482 MCQs31
Fritz Heider postulated that the outcome of your behavior can be attributed to situational factors or________factors.
AEnvironmental
BPersonality
CCognitive
DDispositional
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All of the following are reasons psychologists use the concept of motivation EXCEPT to:
APredict violent behavior
BRelate biology to behavior
CInfer private states from public acts
DAccount for behavioural variability
33
The source of motivation can be thought of in terms of all of the following EXCEPT:
AExternal
BBiological
CInternal
DInteractional
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An organism’s drive to reach a state of equilibrium is known as:
ABalance production
BInternalization
CHomeostasis
DTension reduction
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Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:
APunishers
BReinforces
CShaping
DIncentives
36
The brain can solve immensely difficult computational problems and thus allow us to function in our environments by relying on which type of processing?
AParallel and visual processing of incoming information
BIndependent and neuronal processing of incoming information
CParallel and visual processing of outgoing information
DParallel and modular processing of incoming information
37
Which of the following statements is NOT true in terms of the repairing damaged brains?
AAdult neurons can sometimes from new connections
BIf one input to a target area is lost, the remaining inputs sometimes send out new branches from their axons to colonize the vacant space
CAlthough transplanted neurons taken from a brain at the right stage of development will grow in an adult host brain, they will not restore normal function
DTransplants of dopamine cell bodies alleviate some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in human patients
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Research on neural grafting techniques to transplant dopamine cell bodies indicate that:
AWe cannot repair damaged brains
BWe can repair some damaged brains
CWe can prevent brain damage
DWe can prevent Parkinson’s disease
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Which of the following assertions about modularity in the brain is accurate?
Anor (
BD. Neither (
CBoth (
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Long-term potentiation and long-term depression are processes demonstrating that:
AExperience can modify a neuron’s responses
BExperience can modify a person’s potential
CExperience can modify a person’s mental health
DExperience cannot modify a neuron’s responses