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 →
The perspective in psychology that emphasizes human growth, self-actualization, and free will is called:
ACognitive Psychology
BHumanistic Psychology
CBiological Psychology
DBehavioral Psychology
In Ivan Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiments with dogs, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) was:
ABell sound
BSalivation to bell
CFood
DLab assistant's footsteps
B.F. Skinner developed the principles of Operant Conditioning using an apparatus commonly known as the:
APuzzle Box
BMaze Chamber
CIntrospection Booth
DSkinner Box (Operant Chamber)
The basic functional building block and signal-conducting cell of the nervous system is the:
ANeuron
BGlial cell
CSynapse
DAxon hillock
The junction or gap across which a nerve impulse passes from one neuron to another is called a:
AMyelin sheath
BSynapse
CDendrite
DNode of Ranvier
Which neurotransmitter is primarily associated with mood regulation, sleep, and appetite, and is implicated in depression?
ADopamine
BAcetylcholine
CSerotonin
DGABA
Deficits in which neurotransmitter are primarily responsible for the memory loss observed in Alzheimer’s disease?
ADopamine
BEndorphins
CGlutamate
DAcetylcholine (ACh)
Who is universally recognized as the ‘Father of Experimental Psychology’ for establishing the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig in 1879?
AWilhelm Wundt
BWilliam James
CSigmund Freud
DJohn B. Watson
Parkinson’s disease is caused by the progressive degeneration of neurons that produce which neurotransmitter in the substantia nigra?
ADopamine
BSerotonin
CGABA
DNorepinephrine
Which school of thought in psychology, founded by Edward Titchener, used introspection to analyze the structure of the human mind?
AFunctionalism
BStructuralism
CBehaviorism
DGestalt Psychology