“I always choose romance novels rather than biographies. I guess I must like romance novels better.” This thought process illustrates the premise of_____theory.

Related Mcqs:

1. Farida was informed by a professional palm reader. “You generally communicate openly with others, but you have certain dark secrets that even your closest friends could never guess.” The fact that Farida was impressed by the palm reader’s insight into her personality best illustrates:

   A. the Barnum effect
   B. the spotlight effect
   C. the self-reference phenomenon
   D. unconditional positive regard

2. An educated guess about what is controlling some behaviour is called:

   A. experimental control
   B. a hypothesis
   C. an experimental variables
   D. a theory

3. The emphasis is on detailed information rather than generalizations, but the approach attempts to look at the whole rather than collect specific bits of:

   A. Study
   B. Information
   C. Scientific approaches
   D. Evaluation

4. Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness
   B. confirmation bias
   C. overconfidence
   D. the availability heuristic

5. Anika resisted changing her answer to a test after reminding herself that “it is always best to stick with your first answer.” Anika’s decision best illustrates the use of:

   A. an algorithm
   B. trial and error
   C. a heuristic
   D. a prototype

6. Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the availability heuristic
   B. confirmation bias
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. the belief perseverance phenomenon

7. Who has been credited as the first developer of first intelligence test and made important contributions to our understanding of the thought process?

   A. William James
   B. Alfred Binet
   C. William McDougall
   D. J.B. Watson

8. Thought process is the main component of _________ perspective?

   A. Gestalt Perspective
   B. Biological Perspective
   C. Humanistic Perspective
   D. Cognitive Perspective

9. A psychologist explains you that learning can be best defined in terms of underlying thought process. What theory is being stated __________?

   A. Social learning
   B. Cognitive learning
   C. Trial and error
   D. None of these

10. Therapists who focus on altering faulty thought process are ____________?

    A. Cognitive therapists
    B. Humanistic therapists
    C. Biological therapists
    D. Psychodynamic therapists
    E. None of these