FINAL EXAM PSYCHOLOGY SELECTED QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ANSWERS FOR ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN STUDENTS FROM UNIT 1-6
1. One individual should be matured before he/she can learn. Which factor affecting learning is this?
A. Background experience
B. Motivation
C. Maturation
D. Psychological well-being of learner
ANS: C
2. A child frightened by thunder storm roar also cry when large car passes.
A. stimulus discrimination
B. Stimulus generalization
C. spontaneous recovery
D. None
ANS: B
3. Reestablishing of extinct conditional response after some times is?
A. It is extinction
B. It is stimulus discrimination
C. It is stimulus generalization
D. It is spontaneous recovery
ANS: D
4. Salesman paid based on the numbers of goods he sold. This salesman is paid on.......
A. It is fixed Interval Schedule
B. It is variable Interval Schedule
C. It is fixed-ratio schedules
D. It is variable-Ratio Schedule
ANS: D
5. You are employed at company where you paid every two weeks
A. It is a fixed Interval Schedule
B. It is a variable Interval Schedule
C. It is a fixed-ratio schedules
D. It is a variable-Ratio Schedule
ANS: A
6. Since you have stopped at red light the ticket is avoided.
A. It an example of negative reinforcement
B. It is an example of positive reinforcement
C. It is an example of negative punishment
D. It is an example of positive punishment
ANS: A
7. Getting spanking for disobeying:
A. It is a positive punishment
B. It is a negative punishment
C. It is a negative punishment
D. It is a positive reinforcement
ANS: A
8. You are training your brother eating by spoon. This action is:
A. Positive reinforcement
B. Shaping
C. Conditional response
D. Primary reinforcer
ANS: A
9. Taye has scored the highest grade in Addis Ababa university and the the university covered cost share payment for student Taye.
A. Positive reinforcement
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive punishment
D. Negative reinforcement
ANS: D
10. You are awarded 500 - 5000 birr for active organizational activity; but the amount the birr varies from reinforcement to reinforcement. This illustration works for:
A. The variable-Ratio Schedule of reinforcement
B. The fixed Interval Schedule of reinforcement
C. The example fof negative punishment
D. The example for variable Interval Schedule
ANS: A
11. Light and stroking of skin are example of?
A. Primary punishment
B. Secondary reinforce
C. Secondary punishment
D. Primary reinforce
ANS: B
12. Abebe scored bad grades. What this example best describes?
A. Secondary punishment
B. Primary reinforce
C. Primary punishment
D. Primary reinforce
ANS: A
13. Branch of psychology which apply psychological principle for treatment of severe psychological problems is
A. The counseling branch of psychology
B. The clinical branch of psychology
C. The health branch of psychology
D. The forensic branch of psychology
ANS: B
14. Which type of descriptive research needs careful selection of representatives as it's disadvantage?
A. The case study research
B. The Survey research
C. The naturalistic observation research
D. None of the above
ANS: C
15. Which one of the following is not under monocular cues?
A. Accommodation
B. Convergence
C. Retinal disparity
D. All of the above
ANS: A
16. Chala perceived his white shirt as equally bright as it is in bright light. Which perceptual characteristic represents this phenomenon
A. Size constancy
B. Accommodation
C. Brightness constancy
D. Shape constancy
ANS: C
17.The step of bringing materials from your memory and using it is called
A. Encoding
B. Storage
C. Retrieval
D. None
ANS: C
18. Identify from the following that represents from your memory part the section that holds the contents of your attention.
A. Sensory memory
B. Short term memory
C. Middle term memory
D. Long term memory
ANS: B
19. Meaning of words, concepts and our ability to do math
A. Semantic memory
B. Episodic memory
C. Implicit memory
D. All
ANS: A
20. Knowing how to comb your hair, use a pencil, or swim are:
A. Episodic memory
B. Semantic memory
C. implicit memory
D. There is no correct answer
ANS: C
21. You forgot type of soil you learned when you were grade 10 since you didn't revise it. What type forgetting theory you faced?
A. Displacement Theory
B. Motivated Forgetting
C. Decay Theory
D. None
ANS: C
22. You forgot learning theory which you learned at psychology lecture time after you learned mathematics class. Which theory of forgetting best describes you?
A. New Memory
B. Motivated Forgetting
C. Decay Theory
D. A and B
ANS: A
23. Which one of the following are not the guidelines for improvement of memory?
A. Monitor your learning
B. Add meaning
C. Take your time
D. Over learn
E. None of the above
ANS: E
24. Dogs demarcate their territory by urinating to shrubs. This example explains which motivational approach.
A. Drive-reduction
B. Instinct approach
C. Arousal approaches
D. Not specified
ANS: B
25. The type of motivation stems from the desire to attain external reward is
A. Cognitive Approaches
B. Arousal approaches
C. Drive-reduction
D. Incentive approaches
ANS: D
26. A desire ―to become everything one is capable of becoming
A. Physiological needs
B. Esteem needs
C. Self-actualization needs
D. Love and belongingness needs
ANS: C
27. Choosing 50000 capital punishment rather than 5 years of prison for the crime you have made is included in which type of conflict?
A. Multiple approach-avoidance conflicts
B. Approach-approach conflicts
C. Avoidance-avoidance conflicts
D. Approach-avoidance conflicts
ANS: C
28. Since you want to run your heart rate increased, your mouth dry and breathing rate increased. Which theory of emotion is related to this example?
A. Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
B. James- Lang Theory of Emotion
C. Schechter-Singer and Cognitive Arousal Theory
D. All of the above
ANS: B
29. Love and belongingness needs in Abraham's Maslow pyramid is found at which level in ascending order?
A. Second
B. Fifth
C. Fourth
D. Third
ANS: D
30. Which one of the following works on the reality principle?
A. Superego
B. Ego
C. Id
D. The moral watch dog
ANS: B
A. Regression
B. Regression
C. Projection
D. Denial
ANS: B
32. Why defense mechanisms are performed?
A. Intentionally
B. To accept criticism
C. To manage our conflict and stress.
D. All
ANS: C
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