Psychology
Psychology MCQs with Answers and Explanations
Psychology MCQs with answers and detailed explanations for CSS, PMS, lecturer and GAT tests. Free online practice with the reasoning behind every answer. Take a scored quiz instead →
When old or previously stored information hinders the learning or recall of newly acquired information, it is called:
ARetroactive Interference
BProactive Interference
CInfantile Amnesia
DSource Amnesia
Inability to form NEW long-term explicit memories following brain injury or trauma is known as:
ARetrograde Amnesia
BDissociative Amnesia
CAnterograde Amnesia
DPsychogenic Amnesia
The loss of memories for events that occurred PRIOR to brain injury or trauma is termed:
AAnterograde Amnesia
BInfantile Amnesia
CSource Amnesia
DRetrograde Amnesia
Elizabeth Loftus’s extensive research on eyewitness testimony demonstrated the vulnerability of memory to distortion, known as the:
AMisinformation Effect
BForgetting Curve
CSerial Position Effect
DZeigarnik Effect
The tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than the middle items is known as the:
APrimacy-Recency Paradox
BSerial Position Effect
CZeigarnik Effect
DRestorff Effect
The psychological phenomenon where uncompleted or interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed tasks is called the:
AHawthorne Effect
BPygmalion Effect
CZeigarnik Effect
DBarnum Effect
The tendency for people to accept generic, vague personality descriptions as uniquely applicable to themselves is called the:
AHawthorne Effect
BHalo Effect
CPlacebo Effect
DBarnum (Forer) Effect
Memory of specific personal events, experiences, and life episodes is classified as:
AEpisodic Memory
BSemantic Memory
CProcedural Memory
DImplicit Memory
Which region of the brainstem controls essential autonomic life-support functions such as heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure?
AMedulla Oblongata
BPons
CCerebellum
DReticular Formation
The brain structure responsible for maintaining posture, body balance, and fine motor coordination is the:
AMedulla
BCerebellum
CThalamus
DBasal Ganglia