Psychology MCQs

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Herbert, Spencer classified the society into:
A. Four classes
B. Eight classes
C. Two classes
D. Three classes
The most frequently used method in psychology to explore cause and effect relationships between variables is:
A. Correlational method
B. Experimental method
C. Naturalistic observation method
D. Participant observer method
One of the reasons to study psychology is:
A. To understand the human mind and how it works
B. To learn how to manipulate others
C. To completely understand and predict human behavior
D. To have the answers to all of life’ss.
Some topics in psychology are difficult to study because :
A. They overlap with other fields, such as law and business,
B. Of ethical considerations
C. Advanced technology that measures brain waves is not available
D. Of a lack of interest in human behavior
Which of the following psychological theories is know as the one that emphasizes “fee will”?
A. Psychodynamic psychology
B. Behaviorism
C. Humanistic psychology
D. Neo-freudian psychology
An advantage of the experimental method in psychology is:
A. The identification of a cause-and-effect relationship
B. Similar to the correlational method in the causality is determined.
C. That the surroundings are always similar to real life experiences
D. That is an informal way to investigate behavior.
the structuralist school of psychology
A. Used introspection to analyze conscious experience
B. Relied heavily on the concept of natural selection.
C. Was concerned with experiences as “wholes”
D. Used dream analysis to reveal the unconscious
“Crime is learned in Associations” who said this:
A. Paul b. horton
B. Edwin sutherland
C. Wright mills
D. George simmel
Priming measures how people:
A. Bring information to mind in response to non-specific cues.
B. Bring information to mind in response to specific cues.
C. Identify information provide at test time as having been encountered previously.
D. Respond differently to previously encountered information than to new information.