In 1963, President John F. Kennedy announced to the soviet Union that the United States would discontinue all atmospheric nuclear tests. The soviet’s positive response to the conciliatory gesture illustrated the potential value of________

Related Mcqs:

1. John, in a meeting with his boss, was elated to hear the president of the company was impressed with his contribution. However, when he left the meeting and was sitting in his office, john began to experience feelings of anger. What theory would most support john’s circumstances?

   A. Nice- factor theory
   B. Face satisfaction theory
   C. Dissatisfaction theory
   D. Opponent process theory

2. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

3. Which psychological perspective would be most likely to emphasize that people can learn to discontinue bad habits such as smoking?

   A. biological
   B. social-cultural
   C. behavioral
   D. cognitive

4. When psychological tests are used in personal selection, an important concern regarding the tests is ___________?

   A. Cost
   B. Ease of administration
   C. Validity
   D. Objectivity
   E. None of these

5. The tests are developed as instruments to enable the collection of data about individuals, such as intelligence tests and examinations, attitude scales personality assessment, test of creativity and:

   A. Evaluation tests
   B. Aptitude tests
   C. Questionnaires
   D. Analytical tests

6. The result of Milgram’s (1963) study imply that:

   A. in the real world, most people will refuse to follow orders to inflict harm on a stranger
   B. many people will obey an authority figure even if innocent people get hurt
   C. most people are willing to give obviously wrong answers when ordered to do so
   D. most people sick to their own judgment, even when group members unanimously disagree

7. According to Janis, F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs failure was caused in large part by:

   A. brain storming
   B. group think
   C. the self- censorship effect
   D. the expert power effect

8. The branch of psychology that designs tests to assess IQ, aptitude and other measures of human potential is __________________?

   A. parapsychology
   B. psychometrics
   C. measure ecology
   D. social psychology

9. In one experiment, most of the participants who viewed a videotape of men tossing a basketball remained unaware of an umbrella-toting woman sauntering across the screen. This illustrated:

   A. Retinal disparity
   B. Stroboscopic movement
   C. Perceptual constancy
   D. Inattentional blindness

10. Which of the following is true of Milgram’s (1963) study of obedience? The study found that:

    A. Quite ordinary people taking part in a laboratory experiment were not prepared to administer electric shocks just because an experimenter told them to do so
    B. Participants believed that the shocks they administered would not harm anyone
    C. Apparently pathological behaviour may not be due to individual pathology but to particular social circumstances
    D. None of the above