McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .
| 1. |
The ___________ perspective focuses on social and cultural forces outside the individual. |
| A. | cognitive |
| B. | learning |
| C. | socio-cultural |
| D. | learning |
| Answer» C. socio-cultural | |
| 2. |
The ____________ perspective deals with unconscious dynamics within the individual, such as inner forces, conflicts, or instinctual energy. |
| A. | biological |
| B. | ecological |
| C. | ethological |
| D. | psychodynamic |
| Answer» D. psychodynamic | |
| 3. |
An organized system of assumptions and principles that purports to explain a specialized set of phenomena and their interrelations is referred as ____________ |
| A. | theory |
| B. | hypothesis |
| C. | definition |
| D. | skepticism |
| Answer» B. hypothesis | |
| 4. |
A statement that attempts to predict or to account for a set of phenomena is ________________ |
| A. | theory |
| B. | hypothesis |
| C. | definition |
| D. | skepticism |
| Answer» A. theory | |
| 5. |
A ________________ study is a detailed description of a particular individual, based on careful observation or on formal psychological testing. |
| A. | observational |
| B. | experimental |
| C. | field |
| D. | case |
| Answer» D. case | |
| 6. |
A descriptive study that looks for a consistent relationship between two phenomena is referred as ______________ |
| A. | field study |
| B. | survey |
| C. | correlational study |
| D. | experimental |
| Answer» C. correlational study | |
| 7. |
The smallest quantity of physical energy that can be reliably detected by an observer is _____________ |
| A. | absolute threshold |
| B. | sensation |
| C. | perception |
| D. | difference threshold |
| Answer» A. absolute threshold | |
| 8. |
The smallest difference in stimulation that can be reliably detected by an observer when two stimuli are compared, is ____________________ |
| A. | absolute threshold |
| B. | sensation |
| C. | perception |
| D. | difference threshold |
| Answer» D. difference threshold | |
| 9. |
The accurate perception of objects as stable or unchanged despite changes in the sensory patterns they produce, is ____________________ |
| A. | convergence |
| B. | retinal disparity |
| C. | monocular cues |
| D. | perceptual constancy |
| Answer» D. perceptual constancy | |
| 10. |
The dimension of auditory experience related to the intensity of a pressure wave, is _________ |
| A. | binatural cue |
| B. | loudness |
| C. | pitch |
| D. | timbre |
| Answer» C. pitch | |
| 11. |
A basic kind of learning that involves associations between environmental stimuli and the organism’s responses ____________________ |
| A. | trial and error |
| B. | conditioning |
| C. | cognitive |
| D. | insight |
| Answer» B. conditioning | |
| 12. |
The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction ___________________ |
| A. | generalization |
| B. | discrimination |
| C. | spontaneous recovery |
| D. | stimulus gradient |
| Answer» C. spontaneous recovery | |
| 13. |
An operant-conditioning process in which successive approximations of a desired response are reinforced _____________________ |
| A. | shaping |
| B. | extinction |
| C. | modelling |
| D. | instinctive drift |
| Answer» A. shaping | |
| 14. |
The tendency to look for or pay attention only to information that confirms one’s own belief is ______ |
| A. | confirmation bias |
| B. | hindsight bias |
| C. | justification bias |
| D. | cognitive bias |
| Answer» A. confirmation bias | |
| 15. |
Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened is _________________ |
| A. | flash bulb |
| B. | confabulation |
| C. | misattribution |
| D. | eyewitness |
| Answer» D. eyewitness | |
| 16. |
The change from the resting nerve membrane potential of approximately -70mV to a new +40mV is ___________________________ |
| A. | action potential |
| B. | refractory period |
| C. | resting potential |
| D. | all or none law |
| Answer» A. action potential | |
| 17. |
Action potential constitutes the ‘firing’ of the neuron and is also referred to as the ________________ |
| A. | nerve impulse |
| B. | synapse |
| C. | threshold |
| D. | refractory period |
| Answer» A. nerve impulse | |
| 18. |
________________ referring to a pair of muscles with the same effects at a joint. |
| A. | adipose |
| B. | agonistic |
| C. | atropine |
| D. | agenesis |
| Answer» B. agonistic | |
| 19. |
The process by which an image is kept in focus on the surface of the retina while the object being viewed varies in distance from the eye is referred as the ____________________ |
| A. | retinal disparity |
| B. | autonomic |
| C. | accommodation |
| D. | phi phenomena |
| Answer» A. retinal disparity | |
| 20. |
The portion of the axon that is located immediately outside the boundaries of the soma is __________ |
| A. | end buttons |
| B. | axon hillock |
| C. | axoaxonic |
| D. | axon collateral |
| Answer» B. axon hillock | |
| 21. |
__________________ is a portion of the axon after it has subdivided just prior to the synaptic knobs. |
| A. | basal ganglia |
| B. | axon hillock |
| C. | end buttons |
| D. | axon collateral |
| Answer» D. axon collateral | |
| 22. |
_____________________ is a portion of the dendrite involved in axodendritic synaptic communication. |
| A. | dendritic spine |
| B. | dentate nucleus |
| C. | cross-cuing |
| D. | contrecercep |
| Answer» A. dendritic spine | |
| 23. |
The space in the synapse that lies between the presynaptic axon and postsynaptic soma or dendrite, is _______________________ |
| A. | synaptic vesicle |
| B. | synaptic knob |
| C. | synaptic cleft |
| D. | synapse space |
| Answer» D. synapse space | |
| 24. |
The structures in the synaptic knobs that store neurotransmitters prior to the release of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, is _________________________ |
| A. | synaptic knob |
| B. | synaptic vesicle |
| C. | synaptic space |
| D. | nodes of ranvier |
| Answer» B. synaptic vesicle | |
| 25. |
__________________ is a fat and protein substance surrounding some axons in the nervous system, arranged as a series of segments along the length of the axon. |
| A. | naloxon |
| B. | nodes of ranvier |
| C. | myelin sheath |
| D. | spindle |
| Answer» C. myelin sheath | |
| 26. |
A scientific discipline dedicated to the understanding of the nervous system is referred as the _______ |
| A. | physiology |
| B. | neurology |
| C. | psychiatry |
| D. | neuroscience |
| Answer» D. neuroscience | |
| 27. |
___________ is impairment in the ability to recognize faces, due to damage in the right hemisphere. |
| A. | facial agnosia |
| B. | facial apraxia |
| C. | facial aphasia |
| D. | enkephalin |
| Answer» A. facial agnosia | |
| 28. |
The fissure in the neocortex separating the frontal and parietal lobes is known as ____________ |
| A. | fissure of sylvius |
| B. | fissure of rolando |
| C. | follicle cells |
| D. | fastigal nucleus |
| Answer» B. fissure of rolando | |
| 29. |
The fissure in the neocortex separating the temporal and parietal lobes is called_____________ |
| A. | fissure of sylvius |
| B. | fissure of rolando |
| C. | follicle cells |
| D. | fastigal nucleus |
| Answer» A. fissure of sylvius | |
| 30. |
The point on the ventral surface of the brain where the optic nerves from each eye merge together then separate as they continue in the visual pathway, is called________________ |
| A. | optic chiasma |
| B. | optic disc |
| C. | optic pathway |
| D. | occipital lobe |
| Answer» A. optic chiasma | |
| 31. |
________________ is the layer of tissue in the utricle that contains the hair cell receptors. |
| A. | otoconia |
| B. | corti |
| C. | optic disc |
| D. | macula |
| Answer» D. macula | |
| 32. |
__________________ is an opening near the terminal end of the cochlea, where the scala tympani communicate with the scala vestibule. |
| A. | foves |
| B. | helicotrema |
| C. | hair cells |
| D. | otoconia |
| Answer» B. helicotrema | |
| 33. |
A collection of structures in the telecephalon, concerned with the control of emotional reactivity, is referred as____________________ |
| A. | neocortex |
| B. | cortex |
| C. | limbic system |
| D. | brain stem |
| Answer» C. limbic system | |
| 34. |
________________ is the founder of psychoanalysis. |
| A. | adler |
| B. | watson |
| C. | freud |
| D. | jung |
| Answer» C. freud | |
| 35. |
_________________ founded the first psychological laboratory. |
| A. | i.pavlov |
| B. | wilhelm wundt |
| C. | j.b.watson |
| D. | william james |
| Answer» B. wilhelm wundt | |
| 36. |
Cessation of breath during sleep is called as _____________ |
| A. | apnea |
| B. | insomnia |
| C. | narcolepsy |
| D. | hypersomnia |
| Answer» A. apnea | |
| 37. |
The process through which information stored in memory is referred as __________________ |
| A. | retrieval |
| B. | encoding |
| C. | storage |
| D. | semantic memory |
| Answer» C. storage | |
| 38. |
___________________ is the awareness of the distance between an observer and an object. |
| A. | depth perception |
| B. | depth analysis |
| C. | size perception |
| D. | shape perception |
| Answer» A. depth perception | |
| 39. |
_____________________ psychologists views that the organization and relationship of elements determine the mental experience a person has. |
| A. | gestalt |
| B. | structuralism |
| C. | humanistic |
| D. | cognitive |
| Answer» B. structuralism | |
| 40. |
____________________ is defined as any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of practice or experience. |
| A. | learning |
| B. | cognition |
| C. | perception |
| D. | attention |
| Answer» A. learning | |
| 41. |
Retinal disparity is ____________________cue of depth perception. |
| A. | binaural |
| B. | monaural |
| C. | binocular |
| D. | monocular |
| Answer» C. binocular | |
| 42. |
Which of the following is a cognitive learning? |
| A. | motor learning |
| B. | serial learning |
| C. | insight learning |
| D. | classical conditioning |
| Answer» C. insight learning | |
| 43. |
The concept of “Tabula Rasa” was proposed by _________________ |
| A. | kohler |
| B. | thorndike |
| C. | john locke |
| D. | skinner |
| Answer» C. john locke | |
| 44. |
_______________________ is the smallest difference between two stimuli that can be reliably detected or discriminated. |
| A. | differential threshold |
| B. | absolute threshold |
| C. | point of subjective equality |
| D. | intensity |
| Answer» A. differential threshold | |
| 45. |
The process of organizing environmental stimuli into some meaningful patterns or wholes is known as ________________________ |
| A. | sensation |
| B. | attention |
| C. | perception |
| D. | illusion |
| Answer» C. perception | |
| 46. |
Escape learning is an example of _______________ |
| A. | positive reinforcement |
| B. | negative reinforcement |
| C. | positive punishment |
| D. | negative punishment |
| Answer» B. negative reinforcement | |
| 47. |
The theory that perceptual world is in large measure constructed from experience is called _________ |
| A. | adaptation level |
| B. | transactionalism |
| C. | arousal theory |
| D. | vascualr theory |
| Answer» B. transactionalism | |
| 48. |
The process by which certain infant animals learn to follow or approach the first moving object is __________ |
| A. | instinct |
| B. | reflex |
| C. | imprinting |
| D. | generalization |
| Answer» C. imprinting | |
| 49. |
Rapid low amplitude brain wave that are linked to feelings of relaxation is __________________ |
| A. | alpha waves |
| B. | beta waves |
| C. | gamma waves |
| D. | delta waves |
| Answer» A. alpha waves | |
| 50. |
The most effective procedure is CS-US pairing is to present _________________ |
| A. | cs before us |
| B. | cs after us |
| C. | cs along with us |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. cs before us | |
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