Psychology Mcqs
Subliminal perception:

A. Involves the presentation of stimuli too rapidly or too weakly to be consciously recognized
B. Has not been used by advertiser in an attempt to effects on a person’s emotions
C. Has dramatic effects on a person’s emotions
D. Changes an individual’s intended behavior

The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called:___________?

A. Sensory completion
B. Closure
C. Figure-ground
D. Continuation

The initial stage of learning a response is called: ____________?

A. Conditioning
B. Extinction
C. Contiguity
D. Acquisition

in relation to age, which of the following does not belong with the others?

A. Gradual appearance of symbolic thought
B. Babbling
C. Gradual mastery of object permanence
D. Postconventional moral reasoning

In language development, babbling refers to producing:

A. A wide variety of phonemes and consonant-vowel combinations
B. Sound by placing the tongue near the back of the mouth
C. Sound with the lips and the front part of the mouth
D. Random combinations of words

Working backward is a good strategy follow when:

A. You have many options available at the beginning of a problem, but few options at the end
B. The problem does not have a well-specified goal
C. You can recognize the similarity between two problems
D. A problem has obvious subgoals

Which disorder has been called “the common cold of mental illness”?

A. Major depression
B. Bipolar disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Post traumatic stress

The psychodynamic explanation of depression is ____________?

A. Unconscious motives
B. Poor parenting
C. Chemical imbalance
D. Anger turned inward