Psychology Mcqs
Neural circuits of many sensory systems:

A. Respond to specific stimulus patterns
B. Respond to the whole visual field
C. Respond primarily to stationary objects
D. Develop only after birth

When travelling car, near objects seem to move past you faster than distant objects. This is called:

A. Aerial perspective
B. Linear perspective
C. Relative size
D. Relative motion

Internal standards used to judge stimuli are referred to as:

A. Adaptation level
B. Context
C. Intuition
D. Frames of reference

Waqas was having his hearing tested and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was not able to detect them. These faint sounds would:

A. Inhibit action potentials from reaching the terminal buttons
B. Cause action potentials that were took weak to reach the terminal buttons
C. Fall below william’s absolute threshold for sound
D. Cause more inhibitory than excitatory synapses

The moon illusion occurs when you:

A. Look at the moon during a lunar eclipse
B. Think you see the moon when in fact it is not there
C. Perceive the moon to be the same size when viewed on the horizon and overhead
D. Perceive the moon to be larger on the horizon than overhead

who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?

A. Rosenthal and jacobson
B. Glass and bottle
C. Althusser and rogers
D. Gillborn and gipps

What does “sexism’ refers to?

A. The belief that men are inherently superior to women
B. The state of sexual promiscuity
C. The tendency to treat women as sexual objects only
D. A process of liberation of women from the traditional bondage

The result of Milgram’s (1963) study imply that:

A. In the real world, most people will refuse to follow orders to inflict harm on a stranger
B. Many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt
C. Most people are willing to give obviously wrong answers when ordered to do so
D. Most people sick to their own judgment, even when group members unanimously disagree