Subliminal means:

Related Mcqs:

1. In their study of the influence of subliminal perception on attitudes Krosnick and his colleagues (1992) found:

   A. absolutely no evidence of such influence
   B. overwhelming evidences that subliminal stimuli can and do influences subjects’ attitudes
   C. that subliminal stimuli do not really exist
   D. small but measurable effects

2. The word psychology is derived from two_______words ‘Psyche’ and ‘Logos’. Psyche means soul and Logos means science.

   A. English
   B. Chinese
   C. Hindi
   D. Greek

3. Gestalt psychology taking its name from the German word ‘Gestal’ which literally means _________?

   A. World
   B. Whole
   C. A part
   D. Whole vs part

4. The most foolproof way of testing the true effectiveness of a newly introduced method of psychological therapy is by means of ___________?

   A. survey research
   B. case study research
   C. correlation
   D. experimental research

5. To say that ‘psychology is a science’ means that ____________?

   A. psychologists only study observable behaviors
   B. psychologists approach the study of thoughts and actions
   C. psychological research is free from value judgments
   D. all of the above

6. Gestalt is a _____________ word that means organized whole?

   A. German
   B. French
   C. Latin
   D. Spanish

7. The phrase “a theory must also be falsifiable” means:

   A. researchers misrepresent their date
   B. a theory must be defined so it can be dis confirmed
   C. theories are rich array of observations regarding behavior but with few facts to support them
   D. nothing

8. Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

   A. classical conditioning
   B. operant conditioning
   C. observational learning
   D. insight learning

9. Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

   A. sign language
   B. pictures
   C. computers
   D. Morse code

10. Cephalocaudal means:

    A. from the center of the body to the extremities
    B. from the past to the future
    C. from the head to the toes
    D. from birth to death