PSY101 Midterm Solved MCQs

PSY101- Introduction to Psychology

(Midterm MCQ’s)

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Laws of perceptual organization were proposed by which of the following school of thought?

1. Functionalism
2. Structuralism
3. Gestalt school
4. Behaviorism

Correct answer: Gestalt school

Today psychology is considered as the scientific study of which of the followings?

1. Mind
2. Conscious experiences
3. Behavior and mental processes
4. Soul

Correct answer: Behavior and mental processes

Who among the followings is known as “father of Greek medicines”?

1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle
4. Alcameon

Correct answer: Alcameon

Who among the followings gave the concept of Insight?

1. Max Wertheimer
2. Wolfgang Kohler
3. James Rowland Angell
4. James Mckeen Cattell

Who among the followings regarded as the “Father of Medicine”?

1. Hippocrates
2. Kraepelin
3. Plato
4. Socrates

Who among the followings is the author of the book “The Origin of Species”?

1. Emil Kraepelin
2. Paul Broca
3. Wilhelm Griesinger
4. Charles Darwin

Which of the following is incorrect about insulin-shock therapy?

1. In this therapy the comma is caused because of a reduction in blood sugar level.
2. It has found to be effective with schizophrenics, addicts etc., if used with psychotherapy.
3. It was developed by Paul Broca who was a French surgeon and anthropologist
4. It is used to cure psychological disorders by administrating insulin.

Which of the following can increase the likelihood of occurrence of a behavior?

1. Extinction
2. Reinforcement
3. Punishment
4. Insight

Identify where we stop reinforcement and behavior extinguishes.

1. Generalization
2. Extinction
3. Spontaneous recovery
4. Shaping

Which of the following law is given by Thorndike that all responses followed by satisfaction are stamped into an individual and he learns those responses?

1. Law of exercise
2. Law of effect
3. Law of insight
4. Law of belongingness

Which perspective of psychology emerged out of a desire to understand the conscious mind, free will, human dignity, and the capacity for self-reflection and growth?

1. Humanistic
2. Behavioral
3. Gestalt
4. Psychodynamic

Which of the following process is suggested by Bandura that help human behavior to learn?

1. Intention
2. Observation
3. Insight
4. Reinforcement

Fatima is using newspaper records to study the rate of crime during the past 20 years. Which type of method is she utilizing?

1. Participant Observation
2. Structured Observation
3. Field experiments
4. Archival data

Gene that only influences the expression of a trait when paired with an identical gene is known as what?

1. Dominant
2. Mutated
3. Recombinant
4. Recessive

Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget's four stages of development?

1. Preoperational, sensory-motor, concrete operations, formal operation
2. Concrete operations, preoperational, sensory-motor, formal operation
3. Sensory-motor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operation
4. Preoperational, concrete operations, sensory-motor, formal operation

Which of the following is a scan showing biochemical activity within the brain at any given moment?

1. CAT
2. MRI
3. EEG
4. PET

Which of the following statement best describes “Hormones”?

1. The male gonads
2. Chemicals found in the synaptic vesicles, which when released have an effect on the next cell
3. Chemicals released into the bloodstream by the endocrine glands
4. The female gonads

What do we call thyroid enlargement?

1. Vitamin deficiency goiter
2. Calcium deficiency goiter
3. Protein deficiency goiter
4. Iodine deficiency goiter

Which part of the eye is a muscle that regulates the size of the pupil?

1. Retina
2. Sclera
3. Iris
4. Lens

Which type of hearing problem can be reduced with ordinary hearing aids?

1. Central deafness
2. Auditory pathway deafness
3. Conduction deafness
4. Sensory-neural deafness