PSY101 Final Term MCQs 2026 by Ali Khan

Q1. Whose theory of emotions basically talked about primary and secondary appraisal?

1. Solomon and Corbit
2. Richard Lazarus
3. James- Lange
4. Magda Arnold

Correct answer: Richard Lazarus

Q2. The notion that a stable, well-maintained state of internal biological balance is required for the proper functioning of the body. This refers to what?

1. Instinct
2. Homeostasis
3. Motive
4. Drive

Correct answer: Homeostasis

Q3. Which of the following is the storehouse for facts and general knowledge about the world e.g., historical facts or scientific formula?

1. Procedural memory
2. Implicit memory
3. Semantic memory
4. Episodic memory

Correct answer: Semantic memory

Q4. According to Freud, the part that cannot be accessed directly, although impulses, ideas, and feelings may permeate out through other sources e.g. dreams, slips of tongue:

1. Preconscious
2. Unconscious
3. Sub-conscious
4. Conscious

Correct answer: Unconscious

Q5. Which one of the following is not the synonym of primary motives?

1. Physiological
2. Learnt
3. Biological
4. Unlearnt

Correct answer: Learnt

Q6. John Jenkins and Karl Dallenbach (1924) were the first ones to experimentally prove the role of _____________ theory of forgetting.

1. Explicit
2. Interference
3. Decay
4. Repression

Correct answer: Interference

Q7. Which of the following is a rule; if it is applied, ensures the solution to the problem?

1. Both heuristics and algorithms
2. Heuristics
3. Algorithms
4. Logrithm

Correct answer: Algorithms

Q8. A rule, if it is applied, ensures the solution to the problem and always accurate is known as:

1. Heuristics
2. Algorithms
3. Inductive reasoning
4. Deductive reasoning

Correct answer: Algorithms

Q9. Amnesia, Dementia and Alzheimer’s diseases are the disorders of which of the following?

1. Motivation
2. Learning
3. Personality
4. Memory

Correct answer: Memory

Q10. Tying shoelaces, riding a bicycle, swimming, and hitting a football are examples of ______________.

1. Semantic memory
2. Procedural memory
3. Declarative memory
4. Episodic memory

Correct answer: Procedural memory

Q1. Cognitive theory given by Magda Arnold with reference to emotion is also known as:

1. Opponent-Process Theory
2. Parallel Model
3. Sequential Model
4. Two Factor Theory of Emotions

Correct answer: Two Factor Theory of Emotions

Q2. In which of the following diseases memory impairment occurs because of brain damage caused by thiamine deficiency and alcoholism?

1. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
2. Alzheimer’s disease
3. Korsakoff’s Syndrome
4. Huntington’s disease

Correct answer: Korsakoff’s Syndrome

Q3. Which one of the following is not included in bodily changes during emotions?

1. Trembling
2. Muscle tension
3. Lever cancer
4. Weakness or fainting

Correct answer: Lever cancer

Q4. Which of the following is the capacity to think about certain phenomena in its most typical form?

1. Functional fixedness
2. Mental sets
3. Creativity
4. Reasoning

Correct answer: Mental sets

Q5. Which of the following is not one of the steps involved in emotions according to Magda Arnold cognitive theory?

1. Motivation
2. Appraisal
3. Perception
4. Determining emotions

Correct answer: Motivation

Q6. In which of the following need a person tends to achieve something, some object of desire, a goal, or position/status?

1. Achievement
2. Need for affiliation
3. Curiosity
4. Need for appraisal

Correct answer: Achievement