1. Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?
a. Neuro
b. Clinical
c. Human-Factors
d. Developmental
Correct option: d
2. Which professional speciality focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders?
a. Developmental psychology
b. Clinical psychology
c. Biological psychology
d. Personality psychology
Correct option: b
3. Which perspective believed psychology should only study observable and objectively described acts?
a. Functionalism
b. Behaviorism
c. Structuralism
d. Humanistic
Correct option: b
4. Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?
a. Psychodynamic
b. Behavioral
c. Biological
d. Humanistic
Correct option: d
5. Which of the following relates to disorders in comprehension or production of speech
a. Dysphasia
b. Aphasia
c. Broca’s area
d. All of these
Correct option: a
6. Which of the following mental health careers requires a medical doctorate (MD)?
a. Neuropsychology
b. Psychiatry
c. clinical psychology
d. psychometrics
Correct option: b
7. Which of the following is part of the psycho-social domain?
a. Motor skills
b. Memory
c. Judgment
d. Style of behaving
Correct option: d
8. Which of the following does Rogers NOT list as a feature of a psychologically healthy person?
a. the will to follow his/her own instincts
b. a firm belief in his/her own importance
c. spontaneity and flexibility
d. creativity
Correct option: b
9. Which of the following did Carl Rogers believe fosters a congruent self-concept?
a. unconditional love
b. mediate- need gratification
c. appropriate
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
10. Which neurotransmitter plays an important role in the experience of pleasure
a. Serotonin
b. Acetylcholine
c. Nor_epinephrine
d. Dopamine
Correct option: c
11. Which lobe of the brain is involved in planning, decision making and some aspects of language
a. Parietal
b. Temporal
c. Occipital
d. Frontal
Correct option: d
12. Which field of psychology would be most likely to study the influence of over-crowding on conformity
a. Personality
b. Clinical
c. Cognitive
d. Social
Correct option: d
13. Which branch of psychology focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of persons with psychological disabilities?
a. Clinical
b. Counseling
c. Cognitive
d. Psychoanalysis
Correct option: a
14. What type of psychologist is most likely to wonder how the brain scans of someone experiencing an epileptic seizure differ from the scans of someone who has not had a seizure?
a. Health
b. Clinical
c. Biological
d. Developmental
Correct option: c
15. What type of psychologist is most likely interested in conditions that lead to the greatest conformity?
a. Cognitive
b. Human-factors
c. Social
d. Developmental
Correct option: c
16. We study in social psychology:
a. Society affect on thoughts
b. Society affect on one’s behavior
c. Society affect on a person
d. Society affect on environment
Correct option: b
17. Today psychology is best defined as the science of.
a. Unconscious activity
b. Behavior
c. Behavior and mental processes
d. Mental thoughts
Correct option: c
18. This is the study of body organs and their impact on the behavior of human beings.
a. Educational psychology
b. Psychological psychology
c. Comparative psychology
d. Developmental psychology
Correct option: b
19. There are _____ main types of Psychology:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Correct option: a
20. Therapeutic techniques :
a. Therapy by modeling.
b. Mind therapy.
c. Store therapy.
d. All of these.
Correct option: a
21. The thyroid gland controls:
a. metabolism
b. glucose absorption
c. emotions
d. Sexuality
Correct option: a
22. The study of organs and their impact on behaviour of human beings called
a. Child
b. Physiological
c. Comparative
d. Developmental
Correct option: b
23. The school of taught in psychology that deals with the function of consciousness
a. Gestalt psychology
b. Functionalism
c. Structuralism
d. Humanistic psychology
Correct option: b
24. The research method used by frued was
a. naturalistic observation
b. correlational method
c. survey research
d. Case study method
Correct option: d
25. The process of detecting ,translating and transmitting from external environment to brain is called:
a. none of these
b. Adaption
c. Aggressive
d. sensation
Correct option: d
26. The patterns of feeling motives and behaviour that set people apart from on another
a. Personality
b. Id
c. Traits
d. Ego
Correct option: c
27. The most important historical figure to develop the idea of evolution is
a. Crick
b. Buss
c. Darwin
d. Mendel
Correct option: c
28. The most common type of psychologist is
a. Experimental
b. Clinical
c. Biological
d. Social
Correct option: b
29. The first psychological laboratory was established by
a. William James in the U.S.
b. John B. Watson in the U.S.
c. Wilhelm Wundt in Germany
d. William James in the U.S.
Correct option: c
30. The central concept in Gestalt therapy is:
a. Desensitization
b. Awareness
c. Self-fulfillment
d. Self-control
Correct option: b
31. The branch of psychology that deals with the understanding and treating personal problems and correct abnormal Behaviour
a. Experimental psychology
b. Development psychology
c. Clinical psychology
d. Educational psychology
Correct option: c
32. The branch of psychology that deals with hoe society influence individual behaviour.
a. Psychiatry
b. Social Psychology
c. Sociology
d. Educational psychology
Correct option: b
33. The branch of psychology is linked with education is called
a. Educational psychology
b. Comparative psychology
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
34. The application of psychological theories method and technique to solve pratical human problems describes an area of psychology known as
a. Humanistic psychology
b. Applied psychology
c. Social psychology
d. Para psychology
Correct option: b
35. The ability of the eye to distinguish fine details is called:
a. none of these
b. adaptation
c. visual dilation
d. visual acuity
Correct option: d
36. The ________ stage is characterized by an ability to use abstract concepts
a. Formal operational
b. Concrete operational
c. Preoperational
d. Operational
Correct option: a
37. That is what we study in social psychology
a. Society effects one’s behaviour
b. We affects one’s behaviour
c. Study affects one’s behaviour
d. Animals affects one’s behaviour
Correct option: a
38. Study of gender difference is subject matter of ——–.
a. Industrial psychology
b. Developmental psychology
c. Clinical psychology
d. Social psychology
Correct option: b
39. Reflexes are usually controlled by the
a. Medulla
b. Hypothalamus
c. Spinal cord
d. Frontal lobe
Correct option: c
40. Purpose of ___________ is to get maximum output from industry.
a. Child psychology
b. Social psychology
c. Industrial psychology
d. Educational psychology
Correct option: c
41. Psychophysics is the study of:
a. The psychological perception of physical stimuli
b. Depth perception
c. Movement perception
d. Perceptual illness
Correct option: a
42. Psychology is the science of
a. Inductive reasoning
b. Objective introspection
c. Behavior and mental processes
d. Emotions
Correct option: c
43. Psychology in work place is the subject matter of _____________.
a. Clinical psychology
b. Industrial psychology
c. Social psychology
d. Academic psychology
Correct option: b
44. Psychologists works to improve efficiency of people in business
a. developmental
b. Education
c. Industrial/ Organizational
d. Cognitive
Correct option: c
45. Our general method of dealing with environment is known as:
a. Perceptual style
b. Reciprocal
c. Cognitive style
d. Intelligence
Correct option: c
46. Optical illusion result from distortion in
a. Sensation
b. Adaptation
c. Perception
d. Transduction
Correct option: c
47. One of the many means by which Freud analyzed the unconscious content of his patients included?
a. Cognitive restructuring
b. Interpreting non verbal behavior
c. Interpreting dreams
d. Gredual exposure
Correct option: c
48. Name of main branches of psychology ?
a. Control psychology
b. Treatment psychology
c. Pure psychology, applied psychology
d. Line psychology
Correct option: c
49. Main branches of psychology are
a. Pure psychology and Applied psychology
b. Developmental psychology
c. Educational psychology
d. All of these
Correct option: a
50. Key figures in psychology who propelled humanism include
a. Pegg and Frost
b. Watson and Skinner
c. Maslow and Rogers
d. Laurel and Hardy
Correct option: c
51. investigates internal mental processes, such as problem solving, memory, learning, and language
a. Cognitive Psychology
b. Developmental Psychology
c. Clinical Psychology
d. Abnormal Psychology
Correct option: a
52. Industrial/organizational psychologists are most likely to be hired by:
a. Fast-food chains to design an employee-training program.
b. Law-enforcement agencies to analyze crime scenes.
c. Businesses interested in maximizing worker productivity.
d. Elementary schools to create reading programs to help struggling students.
Correct option: c
53. In which branch we study development of mind and body together…
a. Applied psychology
b. Development psychology
c. Comparative psychology
d. Physiology psychology
Correct option: b
54. In Psychoanalytic main focus is on
a. Behavior
b. Mind
c. Unconscious mind
d. Conscious mind
Correct option: c
55. In ancient times who supposedly inhibited the body and soul of a crazy person
a. The devil
b. God
c. A saint
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
56. In general social Psychology has ___________ primary goals.
a. Eight
b. Five
c. Two
d. Three
Correct option: c
57. In developmental psychology, the term nature refers to _____ factors that influence development.
a. Biological
b. Environmental
c. Physical
d. all of these
Correct option: a
58. In developmental psychology we study Which brain of pure psychology ?
a. Different developmental levels of age.
b. Same developmental levels of age.
c. Only specific levels of age.
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
59. In ________ technique we give mild electric shocks to the patient to make his brain stimulate.
a. Therapy by modeling
b. Religious therapy
c. Electro convulsive theory
d. Therapy by conditioning
Correct option: c
60. How many types of pure psychology
a. Three
b. Four
c. One
d. Two
Correct option: a
61. How many types of applied psychology
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5
Correct option: a
62. How many techniques of therapeutical
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
Correct option: a
63. How many branches of psychology
a. Four
b. Five
c. Two
d. Three
Correct option: c
64. Girls are rude than boys it is a
a. industrial psychology
b. child psychology
c. comparative psychology
d. development psychology
Correct option: c
65. Gestalt theory emphasizes:
a. Our tendency to see pattern
b. Environmental stimuli
c. The atoms of thought
d. A flow of consciousness
Correct option: a
66. Francis Galton and Alfred Binet also developed methods for measuring and quantifying?
a. Personality
b. Locus of control
c. Gender
d. Intelligence
Correct option: d
67. Evolutionary social psychology research seek to investigate:
a. Interrelationships between people of two groups Of two different social environment
b. Seeks to investigate the potential role of genetic factor on social behaviour
c. Changes in human behaviour
d. Focuses on individual behaviour
Correct option: b
68. Electro-Conclusive and Religious therapies are types of:
a. Clinical Psychology
b. Social Psychology
c. Child Psychology
d. Industrial Psychology
Correct option: a
69. Derive principles and theories in which psychology
a. Social
b. Pure
c. Applied
d. Developmental
Correct option: b
70. Currie is struggling to balance her school,home and social lives. What type of psychologist would she go to for help
a. Human factors
b. counseling
c. Clinical
d. cognitive
Correct option: b
71. Choose the branches of “Psychology”:
a. Pure & Applied
b. Industrial & Comparative
c. Child & Comparative
d. Child & Educational
Correct option: a
72. Child psychology is the branch of
a. Pure psychology
b. Industrial psychology
c. Case study
d. Applied psychology
Correct option: d
73. As the behavior of a man charges with the change in:
a. Color
b. Weight
c. Age
d. Height
Correct option: c
74. An example of psychological phenomenon scientific experimental or objective proposed was beyond that wundt scientific methodology?
a. Altruistic behavior
b. Adrenal out put
c. Complex feeling
d. Drug neuron interaction
Correct option: c
75. An effective disorder in which person swings from one mood extreme to another is classified as
a. Manic
b. Depressive
c. Bipolar
d. Unipolar
Correct option: c
76. All psychology rules and principles are outcome of
a. Child psychology
b. Developmental psychology
c. Comparative psychology
d. Industrial psychology
Correct option: c
77. Acquisition skills is known as
a. Learning by conditioned relax
b. Cognitive learning
c. Psycho-motor learning
d. Affective learning
Correct option: c
78. According to Darwin,the variation in behavior passed from one generation to next generation is due to…
a. Inheritance
b. Selection
c. Cultural
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
79. According to Alfred Adler ,the prime motivating force in a person’s life is:
a. striving for superiority
b. the need for power
c. existential anxiety
d. None of the above
Correct option: a
80. A person who is not disturbed and properly adjusted in his society and got paper perception skills is termed as…
a. Normal
b. Week
c. Healthy
d. Abnormal
Correct option: a
81. A medical doctor who specializes in treating psychological problems is a ___________
a. developmental psychologist
b. research psychologist
c. psychiatrist
d. health psychologist
Correct option: c
82. A hypothesis is
a. Emotions
b. A testable prediction derived from a theory
c. The dependent variable
d. The independent variable
Correct option: b
83. ________ Psychologists work to improve efficiency of people in business
a. Psychological
b. Industrial/organizational
c. Cognitive
d. Developmental
Correct option: b
84. ________ Psychologists diagnose and treat people with psychological problems.
a. Psychiatrists
b. Community
c. Environmental
d. Clinical and Counseling
Correct option: d
85. ________ Looks at the structure and function of the brain in relation to behaviors and psychological processes
a. Developmental Psychology
b. Neuropsychology
c. Behavioral Psychology
d. Forensic Psychology
Correct option: b
86. ________ involves applying psychology to criminal investigation and the law.
a. Neuropsychology
b. Forensic Psychology
c. Clinical Psychology
d. Social Psychology
Correct option: b
87. ________ alike are interested in improving the lives of people with mental health problems.
a. Social Psychologists
b. Child Psychologists
c. Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists
d. Councelling Psychologists
Correct option: c
88. Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?
a. Ivan Pavlov
b. B.F. Skinner HIDE ANSWER
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Abraham Maslow
Correct option: c
89. Who is the father of experimental psychology
a. Wilhelm wundt
b. G.jung
c. Sigmud Freud
d. Thomson
Correct option: a
