Psychology Quiz – 50 MCQs
For Nursing & Medical Students – Answers Included for Self-Practice &
Assessment
Instructions: Choose the correct option. Answers are at the end.
1. The father of psychoanalysis is:
a) Carl Rogers
b) Sigmund Freud
c) B.F. Skinner
d) Jean Piaget
2. Classical conditioning was first described by:
a) Skinner
b) Watson
c) Pavlov
d) Freud
3. Operant conditioning involves:
a) Rewards and punishments
b) Reflexes
c) Unconscious desires
d) Cognitive restructuring
4. Maslow’s highest level in the hierarchy of needs is:
a) Safety
b) Love/belonging
c) Esteem
d) Self-actualization
5. The Big Five personality traits include all EXCEPT:
a) Openness
b) Conscientiousness
c) Neuroticism
d) Intelligence
,6. Defense mechanisms are a concept of:
a) Behaviorism
b) Psychoanalysis
c) Cognitive theory
d) Humanism
7. A person avoiding anxiety-provoking thoughts may use:
a) Sublimation
b) Denial
c) Repression
d) Projection
8. Jean Piaget is known for theories on:
a) Personality development
b) Cognitive development
c) Social learning
d) Motivation
9. Erik Erikson’s stage for adolescence focuses on:
a) Trust vs. mistrust
b) Identity vs. role confusion
c) Intimacy vs. isolation
d) Integrity vs. despair
10. Classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with:
a) Reinforcement
b) Punishment
c) Unconditioned stimulus
d) Extinction
11. B.F. Skinner is associated with:
a) Operant conditioning
b) Classical conditioning
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Cognitive theory
,12. In cognitive psychology, schemas are:
a) Learned reflexes
b) Mental frameworks
c) Reinforcements
d) Subconscious drives
13. A phobia is classified as:
a) Mood disorder
b) Anxiety disorder
c) Psychotic disorder
d) Personality disorder
14. Obsessive-compulsive disorder involves:
a) Hallucinations
b) Intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors
c) Memory loss
d) Mania
15. Major depressive disorder is characterized by:
a) Elevated mood
b) Persistent sadness and loss of interest
c) Hallucinations
d) Disorganized speech
16. Schizophrenia is primarily a:
a) Mood disorder
b) Psychotic disorder
c) Anxiety disorder
d) Personality disorder
17. The fight-or-flight response is controlled by:
a) Parasympathetic system
b) Sympathetic nervous system
c) Endocrine system
d) Central nervous system
, 18. Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on:
a) Analyzing dreams
b) Changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors
c) Reinforcing reflexes
d) Increasing intelligence
19. Attribution theory studies:
a) How people explain causes of behavior
b) Memory formation
c) Personality types
d) Reinforcement schedules
20. Milgram’s experiment studied:
a) Cognitive development
b) Obedience to authority
c) Memory retention
d) Personality traits
21. Stanford prison experiment focused on:
a) Obedience
b) Role-playing and social influence
c) Cognitive development
d) Memory
22. The concept of self-efficacy was introduced by:
a) Freud
b) Bandura
c) Skinner
d) Rogers
23. Learned helplessness is associated with:
a) Seligman
b) Maslow
c) Piaget
d) Erikson
For Nursing & Medical Students – Answers Included for Self-Practice &
Assessment
Instructions: Choose the correct option. Answers are at the end.
1. The father of psychoanalysis is:
a) Carl Rogers
b) Sigmund Freud
c) B.F. Skinner
d) Jean Piaget
2. Classical conditioning was first described by:
a) Skinner
b) Watson
c) Pavlov
d) Freud
3. Operant conditioning involves:
a) Rewards and punishments
b) Reflexes
c) Unconscious desires
d) Cognitive restructuring
4. Maslow’s highest level in the hierarchy of needs is:
a) Safety
b) Love/belonging
c) Esteem
d) Self-actualization
5. The Big Five personality traits include all EXCEPT:
a) Openness
b) Conscientiousness
c) Neuroticism
d) Intelligence
,6. Defense mechanisms are a concept of:
a) Behaviorism
b) Psychoanalysis
c) Cognitive theory
d) Humanism
7. A person avoiding anxiety-provoking thoughts may use:
a) Sublimation
b) Denial
c) Repression
d) Projection
8. Jean Piaget is known for theories on:
a) Personality development
b) Cognitive development
c) Social learning
d) Motivation
9. Erik Erikson’s stage for adolescence focuses on:
a) Trust vs. mistrust
b) Identity vs. role confusion
c) Intimacy vs. isolation
d) Integrity vs. despair
10. Classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with:
a) Reinforcement
b) Punishment
c) Unconditioned stimulus
d) Extinction
11. B.F. Skinner is associated with:
a) Operant conditioning
b) Classical conditioning
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Cognitive theory
,12. In cognitive psychology, schemas are:
a) Learned reflexes
b) Mental frameworks
c) Reinforcements
d) Subconscious drives
13. A phobia is classified as:
a) Mood disorder
b) Anxiety disorder
c) Psychotic disorder
d) Personality disorder
14. Obsessive-compulsive disorder involves:
a) Hallucinations
b) Intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors
c) Memory loss
d) Mania
15. Major depressive disorder is characterized by:
a) Elevated mood
b) Persistent sadness and loss of interest
c) Hallucinations
d) Disorganized speech
16. Schizophrenia is primarily a:
a) Mood disorder
b) Psychotic disorder
c) Anxiety disorder
d) Personality disorder
17. The fight-or-flight response is controlled by:
a) Parasympathetic system
b) Sympathetic nervous system
c) Endocrine system
d) Central nervous system
, 18. Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on:
a) Analyzing dreams
b) Changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors
c) Reinforcing reflexes
d) Increasing intelligence
19. Attribution theory studies:
a) How people explain causes of behavior
b) Memory formation
c) Personality types
d) Reinforcement schedules
20. Milgram’s experiment studied:
a) Cognitive development
b) Obedience to authority
c) Memory retention
d) Personality traits
21. Stanford prison experiment focused on:
a) Obedience
b) Role-playing and social influence
c) Cognitive development
d) Memory
22. The concept of self-efficacy was introduced by:
a) Freud
b) Bandura
c) Skinner
d) Rogers
23. Learned helplessness is associated with:
a) Seligman
b) Maslow
c) Piaget
d) Erikson
