πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. A mental category for classifying specific people, object, or experiences is a(n) _____________
  • (A) image
  • (B) concept
  • (C) phoneme
  • (D) algorithm
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) concept
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed imagery of something that has been previously seen is called_________________
  • (A) flashbulb memory
  • (B) mnemonics
  • (C) eidetic memory
  • (D) repression
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) eidetic memory
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. In Maslow’s hierarchy of motives, the most highly evolved motive is ____________
  • (A) ambition
  • (B) fear
  • (C) self-actualization
  • (D) the need to explore
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) self-actualization
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. The process requiring time during which memory trace becomes more resistant to extinction is _________________
  • (A) consolidation
  • (B) organization
  • (C) retention
  • (D) reminiscence
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) consolidation
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. Improved retention after an interval is called_______________
  • (A) reminiscence
  • (B) relearning
  • (C) recognition
  • (D) eidetic imagery
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) relearning
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. Consideration of what is practical and possible in gratifying instinctive needs characteristic of the ego is called__________________
  • (A) defense mechanism
  • (B) pleasure principle
  • (C) reality principle
  • (D) psychic structure
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) reality principle
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. The triarchic theory of intelligence is given by _______________
  • (A) spearman
  • (B) guilford
  • (C) sternberg
  • (D) gardner
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) sternberg
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. A theory of omissions suggesting that emotion provoking events simultaneously produce subjective reactions and physiological arousal is ________________
  • (A) james lange theory
  • (B) cannon-bard theory
  • (C) activation theory
  • (D) cognitive arousal theory
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) cannon-bard theory
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. The tendency to think of wing objects only as they have been used in the past is __________
  • (A) mental set
  • (B) algorithms
  • (C) functional fixedness
  • (D) analogy
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) functional fixedness
πŸ“Š Basic Psychology
Q. The finding that the first and the last items in a series are more likely to be recalled than are intervening items is called_____________________
  • (A) serial position effect
  • (B) rote memorization
  • (C) free recall
  • (D) serial recall
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) serial position effect