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Applied Psychology MCQ Unit 1

The document consists of multiple-choice questions related to psychology, covering definitions, branches, and fundamental concepts of the field. It includes questions about the scientific study of behavior, the importance of psychology for nurses, and various psychological perspectives. The questions also touch on methods of research and the historical context of psychology.

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Applied Psychology MCQ Unit 1

The document consists of multiple-choice questions related to psychology, covering definitions, branches, and fundamental concepts of the field. It includes questions about the scientific study of behavior, the importance of psychology for nurses, and various psychological perspectives. The questions also touch on methods of research and the historical context of psychology.

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psychology is defined as the


scientific study of:
a. Mental disorders
b. Mental processes
c. Human relationships
d. Human and animal behavior
2. Which of the following deals with the
study of how a person's actions, feelings or
thoughts are influenced by others?

• a. Social psychology
• b. Clinical psychology
• c. Educational psychology
• d. Health psychology
3. What is general psychology?

• a. That which deals with fundamental rules and principles of


psychology
• b. That which deals with general behavior of people
• c. That which deals with general activities of an organism
• d. That which deals with normal behavior of a person
4. Behavior includes which of the
following 'activities'?

• a. Motor
• b. Cognitive
• c. Affective
• d. All of the above
5. Who is the Father of Psychology?

• a. Sigmund Freud
• b. William James
• c. Ivan Pavlov
• d. Wilhelm Wundt
6 Understanding subject psychology
is important for a nurse because:
• a. It helps the nurse to understand herself
• b. It helps the nurse to understand others
• c. It helps the nurse to improve situations by solving
problems
• d. All of the above
7. Which of the following is a
scientific method of psychology?
• a. Introspection method
• b. Observation method
• c. Experimental method
• d. Interview method
8. What is introspection?

• a. Self-motivation
• b. Self-observation
• c. Self-interest
• d. Self-learning
9. First step of the scientific method
involves:

• a. Replication of procedures
• b. Formulating an explanation
• c. Carrying out research
• d. Identifying questions of interest
10. The purpose of control group in
an experiment is to:

• a. Give a comparison that allows the independent


variable to be judged
• b. Prevent the researcher from cheating
• c. Accommodate the extra participants
• d. Assist in the design of research project
11. Scientists who are most likely to study the
relationship between stress levels and an
individual's likelihood of contracting a disease
are psychologists.

• a. Counseling
• b. Health
• c. Cognitive
• d. Developmental
12. Mental experiences operate on different
levels of awareness. The level that best
portrays one's attitudes, feelings and
desires is the:

• a. Conscious
• b. Unconscious
• c. Preconscious
• d. Foreconscious
13. Wundt described psychology as
the study of conscious experience, a
perspective he called

….
14. Early psychologists studied the
mind by asking people to describe
what they were experiencing when
exposed to various stimuli. This
procedure is known as…..
15. The statement, 'In order to study
human behavior, we must consider the
whole of perception rather than its
component parts' might be made by a
person subscribing to the perspective …..
16. Which perspective suggests that
abnormal behavior is largely the
result of unconscious forces?
17. 'Psychologists should worry only about behavior, i.e.
directly observable. This statement would most likely be
made by a person using which psychological perspective?
18. The group in an experiment that
receives no treatment is called the
……….. group
19. ………. psychology describes the relationship
of physical environment with behavior.
20. ………. psychology explains
physiological basis of behavior.

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