A. Cognitive psychology
B. Positive psychology
C. Humanistic psychology
D. Evolutionary psychology
Related Mcqs:
- The trait of optimism is most closely related to a strong sense of:
A. Conditional positive regard
B. personal control
C. gender identity
D. reciprocal determinism - The best indicator of a person’s level of optimism is his or her:
A. ideal self
B. gender identity
C. unconditional positive regard
D. attributional style - Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):
A. self-serving bias
B. reaction formation
C. an external locus of control
D. fixation - The process of comparing currently experienced visual input with past visual memories takes place with ___________?
A. Broca’s area
B. the sensory cortex
C. association areas
D. the limbic system - Fertilization of human eggs normally takes place in the ______________?
A. uterus
B. ovaries
C. cervix
D. fallopian tubes - A student who has studied German in high school, takes a course in French in college and now has trouble remembering the German. This is an example of the effects of __________________?
A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. state-dependent learning
D. encoding specificity - Christina was skiing down an intermediate run when the run broke into two separate trails. One trial turned off at a 90-degree angle; the second trail appeared to continue in the same general direction she had been headed if Christina takes the second trial her actions would be consistent with the Gestalt principle of:
A. common region
B. simplicity
C. closure
D. continuity - Furious at her boss for what she considers to be unjust criticism, Tania turns around and takes out her anger on her subordinates. Tania may be using the defense mechanism of:
A. displacement
B. reaction formation
C. identification
D. replacement - According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts and when a child takes on the values and behaviors the same sex parent in a process called:
A. fixation
B. imitation
C. observation
D. identification - Dr. Jamshed wants to see if person’s IQ changes as they get older. To do this he takes three groups of subjects. Group i is made up of 10 years old, and Group III of 25 years old. Dr. Jamshed tests all three groups of their IQ level. The design of this experiment is called:
A. longitudinal study
B. more information is needed to determine the design of the experiment
C. Gesell’s dome
D. cross sectional study