MCQs on Introduction to psychology PART 2

MCQS ON INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY PART 2


1. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of:
a. people and things
b. emotions and beliefs
c. perception and religion
d. mind and behaviour
2. The scientific approach is more useful at answering
questions about ______ than questions about ______.
a. facts, values
b. ideas, emotions
c. values, facts
d. emotions, facts
3. According to the text, the lower level of explanation corresponds to
______ processes.
a. social
b. cultural
c. biological
d. interpersonal
4. A psychologist exploring the impact of a new drug on activity in the brain is
working on the ______ level of
explanation.
a. lower
b. middle

, c. upper
d. all of the above
5. A psychologist studying what makes people laugh in different countries around the
world is working on the ______ level of explanation.
a. lower
b. middle
c. higher
d. none of the above
6. Different people react differently to the same situation. This is referred to as:
a. multiple determinants
b. nativism
c. the Simpson effect
d. individual differences
7. ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
a. environment, genes
b. conscious, unconscious
c. inaccuracy, accuracy
d. biology, experience
8. The term “tabula rasa” highlights the importance of ______ in shaping
behaviour.
a. genes
b. experience
c. nature
d. predestination