Psychology
Psychology MCQs with Answers and Explanations
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The tendency for an observer’s overall impression of a person to influence how they feel and think about that person’s specific traits is the:
AHalo Effect
BHawthorne Effect
CRosenthal Effect
DContrast Effect
Behaving in a manner that is the exact opposite of one’s true, unacceptable unconscious desires is called:
AReaction Formation
BRationalization
CRepression
DDenial
General world knowledge, facts, concepts, and vocabulary independent of personal experience are stored in:
AEpisodic Memory
BSemantic Memory
CWorking Memory
DSensory Memory
Memory for motor skills, habits, and classical conditioning responses that operate automatically without conscious awareness is called:
AEpisodic Memory
BSemantic Memory
CProcedural (Implicit) Memory
DDeclarative Memory
The memory model proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin consists of three sequential storage systems:
AIconic Memory, Echoic Memory, and Working Memory
BEpisodic, Semantic, and Procedural Memory
CEncoding, Storage, and Retrieval
DSensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Long-Term Memory
Visual sensory memory that holds an exact image of visual stimuli for a fraction of a second is termed:
AIconic Memory
BEchoic Memory
CImplicit Memory
DHaptic Memory
Auditory sensory memory that retains sound information for up to 3 to 4 seconds is known as:
AIconic Memory
BEchoic Memory
CWorking Memory
DProcedural Memory
Baddeley and Hitch’s model of Working Memory replaced the passive view of short-term memory with components including the:
AId, Ego, and Superego
BSensory Register, Short-Term Store, and Long-Term Store
CCentral Executive, Phonological Loop, and Visuospatial Sketchpad
DEncoding, Consolidation, and Retrieval
In memory retrieval, the phenomenon where information is better recalled when internal biological or psychological states match at encoding and testing is:
AContext-Dependent Memory
BMood-Congruent Memory
CProactive Interference
DState-Dependent Memory
When newly learned information interferes with the ability to recall previously learned information, it is called:
ARetroactive Interference
BProactive Interference
CAnterograde Amnesia
DRetrograde Amnesia