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 →
In Piaget’s theory, interpreting new experiences in terms of existing cognitive schemas without changing the schema is:
AAccommodation
BAdaptation
CAssimilation
DDecentration
The tendency of young children in Piaget’s Preoperational Stage to focus on only one salient aspect of a situation while ignoring others is:
AEgocentrism
BIrreversibility
CAnimism
DCentration
The inability of a child in the preoperational stage to perceive a situation from another person’s perspective is called:
AEgocentrism
BCentration
CAnimism
DArtificialism
The belief, common among children in the preoperational stage, that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and feelings is known as:
AArtificialism
BAnimism
CEgocentrism
DCentration
The moral developmental stage in Kohlberg’s theory where moral reasoning is based strictly on avoiding punishment and gaining rewards is the:
AConventional Level
BPost-conventional Level
CPre-conventional Level
DAutonomous Moral Level
Which branch of psychology applies psychological principles and research methods to workplace environments, employee productivity, and organizational behavior?
AIndustrial-Organizational Psychology
BClinical Psychology
CCounseling Psychology
DEducational Psychology
In Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the systematic process of gathering, analyzing, and documenting information about a job’s duties, responsibilities, and necessary skills is called:
AJob Evaluation
BJob Analysis
CPerformance Appraisal
DWorkplace Audit
The counseling approach that focuses on helping clients achieve congruence between their ‘Real Self’ and ‘Ideal Self’ was developed by:
AAlbert Ellis
BFritz Perls
CCarl Rogers
DWilliam Glasser
The systematic application of operant conditioning principles to change or modify human behavior in institutional settings (like schools or hospitals) using tokens is called:
AAversion Therapy
BSystematic Desensitization
CFlooding
DToken Economy
In humanistic and counseling psychology, the non-judgmental, complete acceptance of a client by the therapist regardless of what the client says or does is called:
AUnconditional Positive Regard
BEmpathic Resonance
CCongruence
DActive Listening