Psychology Mcqs
Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?

A. Subliminal cells
B. Ganglion cells
C. Rods and cones
D. Bipolar cells

Cognitive dissonance theory predicts than after people engage in counter attitudinal behavior, they will _________?

A. convince themselves they really didn’t perform the behavior
B. change their attitude to make it more consistent with the behavior
C. change their attitude to make it less consistent with their behavior
D. do nothing

Subjects are said to be assigned randomly when:

A. they are assigned to experimental and control group from a sample which is representative of the larger population
B. they each have an equal chance of being assigned to either the experimental or control group
C. they are assigned to experimental and control group so that the group differ on some critical variable before the experiment begins
D. neither the experimenter nor the subject knows whether the subject is in the experimental or control group

Diffusionist approach is Associated with which Sociologist?

A. A.G. Frank
B. D. McClelland
C. M. Nash
D. W. W. Rostow

The conditions that researcher wishes to prevent from affecting the experiment are called:

A. constants
B. dependent variables
C. extraneous variables
D. independent variables

Photoreceptors are the______sensitive cells that line the retina.

A. Wide band
B. Narrow band
C. Combination
D. Light

Hallucinations are different from illusions in that hallucinations are:

A. Only found in hearing
B. Non-shared perceptual distortions
C. Shared by most people
D. Only found in vision

A gestalt is best described as a (n):

A. binocular cue
B. illusion
C. organized whole
D. perceptual adaption

According to L. H. Morgan, which technological invention took the human society from the barbarism to civilization?

A. Invention of bow and arrow
B. Invention of striking fire
C. Invention of phonetic alphabet
D. Invention of wheel