Najib recently lost his job and has a great debt accumulated from gambling. He also has been feeling extreme pressure about not being able to take care of his eight children. After having too much to drink, Najib ran over a child crossing the street. Immediately following this episode, Najib could not remember who he was. This example illustrates:

Related Mcqs:

1. People’s temple cult leader, Reverend Jim Jones persuaded his followers to feed a poison- laced drink to their children and than drink it themselves, and nearly 1,000 people died. This is an example of the negative influence of:

   A. Social roles
   B. Transactional leadership
   C. Transformational leadership
   D. Hawthorne effect
   E. Formalization

2. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

   A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
   B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
   C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
   D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan

3. A your high school reunion you cannot remember the last name of your class teacher. Your failure to remember is most likely the result of __________________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. storage failure
   C. retrieval failure
   D. state-dependent memory

4. In a severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms and self – injurious acts, which of the following would not be observed?

   A. Auditory hallucinations
   B. Severe psychomotor retardation
   C. Auto enucleation
   D. Intellectual disorganization

5. Jackson had a huge breakfast this morning and is still feeling stuffed when he arrives at work. However, one of his colleagues has brought some delicious-looking donuts to the morning staff meeting and Jackson just can’t resist. Although he feels full, he eats donuts. His behavior is inconsistent with:

   A. incentive theories of motivation
   B. drive theories of motivation
   C. evolutionary theories of motivation
   D. the Cannon-Bard theory of motivation

6. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

7. After learning the combination for his new CNIC No. Mehboob is unable to remember the combination for his National Tax Number. Mehboob is experiencing the effects of ____________________?

   A. encoding failure
   B. state-dependent memory
   C. retroactive interference
   D. proactive interference

8. Waqas was having his hearing tested and a number of the tones that were presented were so faint he was not able to detect them. These faint sounds would:

   A. Inhibit action potentials from reaching the terminal buttons
   B. Cause action potentials that were took weak to reach the terminal buttons
   C. Fall below William’s absolute threshold for sound
   D. Cause more inhibitory than excitatory synapses

9. During the third through the eight week of pregnancy, the developing child can be accurately referred to as the ______________?

   A. prenate
   B. zygote
   C. embryo
   D. fetus

10. An on going study of 1100 children in 10 American cities has found that those who had spent the most time in day care facilities had:

    A. slightly advanced language skills and an increased rate of aggressiveness
    B. no influence on language skills or aggressiveness
    C. slightly advanced language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness
    D. slightly inferior language skills and a decreased rate of aggressiveness