Psychology Questions Answers
The factors that influence social behaviour and thoughts in certain ways are called—
Independent variables
Confounding variables
Dependent variables
Mediating variables
Mediating variables
Research shows that the following does not contribute to teacher effectiveness—
Communication skills
Use of ICT
Years of experience
Use of student feeback
Years of experience
Phonemic restoration as we perceive speech in a noisy party is an example of—
Top down processing
Bottom up processing
Subliminal perception
Supraliminal perception
Top down processing
Feeling touchy or hypersensitive following an upsetting experience is a form of—
Imprinting
Habituation
Sensitization
Reflexive Behaviour
Sensitization
Entry of information into long term memory depends upon—
1. Maintenance
2. Elaborative rehearsal
3. Method of loci
4. Primary memory
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 4
2 and 3
2 and 3
Which of the following is the final destination for much of the brain processes emotional information before initiating action?
Amygdala
Anterior cingulate cortex
Pre-frontal cortex
Hypothalamus
Pre-frontal cortex
Cattell propounded gf-gc theory of intelligence mainly based on—
First order factors of abilities
Second order factors of abilities
Third order factors of abilities
Higher order factors of abilities
Second order factors of abilities
Which of the following are elements in Carl Rogers' person centred theory of personality and psychotherapy?
1. ideal self
2. congruence
3. Positive regard
4. dissonance
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1, 2 and 4
1, 2 and 3
Four important elements in the theory of signal detection are—
errors, hits, speed and accuracy
speed, accuracy, power and false alarm
hit, miss, correct rejection and false alarm
acuity, efficacy, speed and power
hit, miss, correct rejection and false alarm
Brief stress enhances the activity of immune system as evidenced by the action of—
macrophages
T cells
B cells
All these
All these
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) are mainly indexing—
Creative Products
Creative Processes
Creative Personality
Creative Persuation
Creative Processes
Personality assessments in forensic settings use the following psychometric and behavioural measures—
1. Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)
2. Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
3. Continuous Performance Test (CPT)
4. Sixteen Personality Factors Test (16 PF)
1 and 2
3 and 4
1, 2 and 3
2, 3 and 4
1 and 2
Which scaling method is most likely to produce a multidimensional attitude scale?
Guttman scalogram analysis
Paired comparison method
Equal appearing intervals method
Method of summated rating
Method of summated rating
When is aspiration a method of choice to make a lesion?
in a deeper brain area
in an area of cerebral cortex
and irreversible lesion
in underlying white matter
in an area of cerebral cortex
The underlying motivation for acts of aggression is—
intent to harm
anger
retaliation
need to exert control
need to exert control
Which of the following is a characteristic of Chomsky's theory?
Development of language is between three and five years of age
Language development is dependent on the reinforcements received by the child
Children acquire mistakes in language by observing their parents and others around them
Children have an innate mental grammar
Children have an innate mental grammar
The centre-surround organization of ganglion cells that enhance contrast at edges in a visual environment is well illustrated by—
Craik bands
Mach bands
Luminance bands
Optic bands
Craik bands
The growth needs of ERG theory are represented by various needs in Maslow's model—
Physiological and social needs
Safety needs and esteem needs
Social needs and esteem needs
Esteem needs and self-actualization needs
Esteem needs and self-actualization needs
In Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, the following appear in ascending order—
Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze
Apply → Analyze → Understand → Remember
Understand → Apply → Remember → Analyze
Analyse → Remember → Apply → Understand
Remember → Understand → Apply → Analyze
Failure to develop consistent identity results in—
Inferiority
Role confusion
Stagnation
Social isolation
Role confusion
Helpers respond to the needs of a victim because they want to accomplish something rewarding; this may be referred as—
Negative state - relief model
Empathic - joy hypothesis
Empathy - altruism hypothesis
Pluralistic empathy
Empathic - joy hypothesis
The philosophy of Advaita Vedanta in respect of shaping beliefs does not distinguish between—
1. Self and non-self
2. Human and nature
3. Human and society
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 3
1, 2 and 3
1, 2 and 3
Which is the correct order of the emergence of following Psycho-Social strengths?
Love, Fidelity, Wisdom, Care
Care, Fidelity, Love, Wisdom
Fidelity, Love, Care, Wisdom
Care, Fidelity, Wisdom, Love
Fidelity, Love, Care, Wisdom
From the following list of tools used by the career guidance counsellor, choose the odd one out—
DAT
GATB
DBDA
SVIB
SVIB
The following are disorders that are included in the anxiety disorders spectrum—
1. Panic disorder
2. Body dysmorphic disorder
3. PTSD
4. Fugue
1 and 2 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 4
2, 3 and 4
1 and 3 only
Detecting movement in spite of camouflage is easier for people who are—
field dependent
field independent
both field dependent and field independent
neither field dependent nor field independent
field independent
Self is conceptualized in Western and Eastern perspectives on personality, respectively as—
free and deterministic
instinctive and learned
ideal and real
independent and interdependent
independent and interdependent
When a Background Interference Procedure was used experimentally, the following findings became apparent?
Field independent persons did better than field dependent persons
Field dependent persons did better than field independent persons
Both field dependent and field independent persons did equally well
BIP enhanced the performance of all subjects
Field independent persons did better than field dependent persons
People with moderate mental retardation would have an IQ in the range of—
10 to 19
35 to 54
55 to 70
20 to 34
35 to 54
The following is not typically found in a school in a school guidance counsellor's office—
Sand pit
Lie detector
Psychometric tests
Puppets and play dough
Lie detector