Psychology Mcqs
Which one of the following statements describes the most appropriate relationship between language and thought?

A. Thinking is active imagination carried out by language
B. Thinking is nothing but silent speech
C. Thinking is a mental activity and language gives it objective shipe
D. Thinking denotes language relativity

What kind of code is/are used for items stored in short term memory?

A. Visual code
B. Semantic code
C. Acoustic code
D. All of the above

When motives become independent of their origin, what is the phenomenon know as?

A. Self-actualization
B. Maturation
C. Functional autonomy
D. Independence

What is indicated by the negative acceleration curve of practice effects?

A. Rate of learning speeds up a amount of learning increases
B. Rate of learning slow as amount of learning increasing
C. There is no relationship between rate and amount of learning
D. There is an inverted u-curve relationship between rate and amount of learning

In recognition: ____________________?

A. Retroactive and proactive interference are less than that in recall
B. Retroactive and proactive interference are more than that in recall
C. Retroactive interference is less but proactive interference is more than that in recall
D. Retroactive interference is more but proactive interference is less than that in recall

Perceptual schema is: ____________?

A. A context expectation
B. A perceptual set
C. An orientation constancy
D. The cognitive map that provides a frame of reference

A psychologist using the method of naturalistic observation would:

A. Carefully design controlled situations in which to observe behavior
B. Rely on observations of subjects responses tonaires.
C. Observe behavior as it happens outside the laboratory of clinic
D. Make records of the behavior of clients treated in therapy

In a study of effects of alcohol on driving ability, the control group should driving ability, the control group should be given:

A. A high dosage of alcohol
B. One-half the dosage given the experimental group
C. A driving test before and after drinking alcohol.
D. No alcohol at all