Rajasthan Public Service Commission 2016
Paper PsychologyI
Ques: 150
Time: 3 Hours
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Sunita is trying to hold the names of the students, she just met in her psychology class in short term memory.
According to studies, these short term memories will be stored in what part of the brain:
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Prefrontal lobe
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The role of the in the formation of new long term memories was first mode apparent in the
case of H.M a famous amnesias
Hippocampus
Amygdata
Frontal lobes
Cerebellum
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According to Law of forward conduction neurons only transmit information in which direction1)
from the dendrites to axon
from the axon to the dendrites
from the soma to dendrites
from the axon to soma
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The idea that the brain contributes in important ways to behaviour which can be scientifically studied was
originally developed by1)
Rene Descarts
Wilder Penifield
Paul Broca
Charles Darwin
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If you are typing on the computer keyboard, the motions of your fingers on the keys are probably being
controlled by1)
the autonomic nervous system
sensory pathway neurons
motor path way neurons
autonomic neurons
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Which of the following is associated with sleep, mood and appetite1)
Acetylcholine
Gaba
Serotonin
Endorphin
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Which of the following techniques uses a radioactive sugar to look at the functioning of the brain
EEG
CT
MRI
PET

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The higher mental functions such as thinking and problem solving are found in
frontal
Parietal
temporal
occipital
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Which part of the neuron is covered by myelin sheath?
Dendrite
Axon
End brush
All of these
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In which part of the body pitutary gland is located?
Brain
Liver
Kidney
Stomach
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Dyslexia occurs when which part of the Brain is damaged?
Left occipital lobe
Left temporal Lobe
Left frontal Lobe
Left parietal lobe
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There are various kinds of cells in human body Which are of the following is not a neuron?
Sensory
Inter
Moter
Glia
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Which of the following gland determine metabolism in the body?
Pitutary gland
Adrenal gland
Thyroid gland
Pinel gland
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Where is center for audition situated in the brain
Frontal lobe
temporal Lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
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Broca's area is associated with
Speech production
Higher level thinking
Emotions
Intelligence
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You have a piece of candy that you are holding in your mouth. After a while, the candy does not taste as
strong as it did when you first tasted it, what has happened
Sensory adaptation
subliminal perception
threshold adaptation
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Phi Phenomena is the principle behind
Illusion of brightness
Illusion of distance
Illusion of size
Illusion of movement
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In films and television programmes principal of visual perception used is:
Stroposcopic
Steroscopic
Binocular parallax

Gamma Movement
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The middle ear directs sound waves to the inner ear. Thus the middle ear acts as a
Transformer
Transmitter
Translator
Regulator
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The apparent motion of stationary point of light in darkness is called1)
Biological motion
Binocular rivalry
Auto stereogram
Autokinetic movement
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The minimum amount of physical intensity of a stimulus required for its detection is called
Potentiation
Absolute limen
Differential threshold
Terminal threshold
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Space and movement error is in which of the following method
Method of Average Error
Constant Stimuli Method
Method of Limits
Pair Comparison Method
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Who among the following emphasized a physiological approach of perception
Gibson
Hebb
Wertheimer
Thorndike
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The preception of motion in motion pictures is an example of
Stroboscopic movement
Gamma movement
Autokinetic effect
Induced motion
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In an experiment of reaction time to recognize neutral and taboo words was measured. The reaction time to
recognize taboo words was significantly higher than the neutral words. It is an example of
Perceptual Vigilance
Perceptual Illusion
Perceptual Negligence
Perceptual Defense Mechanism
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Which of the following is associated with one of the theory of perception of depth?
Watson
Gibson
Cattell
Peterson
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Korte's law is related to which of the following
Depth perception
Size constancy
Figure and ground
Apparent movement
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Which of the following theory was propounded by the works of Lipps?
EyeMovement
theory
Field Theory
Perspective theory
Empathy theory
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Constant increment in stimulus intensity produces smaller and smaller increases in percieved magnitude of
sensation. Which of the following law states this
Thorndike's Primary Law

Weber's Law
Wundt's Law
Fechner's Law
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Which of the following is not a Monocular Depth Cue
Motion parrllax
Retinal disparity
Interposition
Linear perspective
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According to the Premack principle, a reinforcer can be anything that
changes behaviour from its past norms
rewards rather than penalizes behaviour
becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus
is valued by the organism, such as an activity
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Instinctual drift and taste aversion are both example of
learned helplessness
fear conditiong
spontaneous recovery
biological constraints on learning
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Seligman found many similarities between his 'helpless' dogs and people suffering from1)
aggressive behaviour syndrome
mental illness
schizophrenia
depression
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Which one of the following statements about flash bulb memory is false
It may be formed by the hormones released during emotional states.
It is vivid and detailed
It is unusually accurate
It can be personal or concerned with outside events
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Which set of processes is involved in storing of information in long term memory
Chunking
Long term potentiation
Consolidation
Monitoring
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If primary reinforcement in given in larger quantity after few trials, the animal will
Stop learning
Learn faster
Learn with medium speed
Learn much more than expected
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The best method for encoding long term memory is probably to use:
maintenance rehearsal
rote rehearsal
elaborative rehearsal
sleep learning
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When a person 'forgets' what someone has just said because he was not paying attention to the speaker at
all,it is an example of ........... explanation of forgetting
Interference
Memory trace
Encoding failure
Repression
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In the game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' participants are asked a series of questions of general information
although of increasing difficulty. The type of memory needed to access the answers to these kinds of questions
is1)
Procedural memory
semantic memory
episodic memory
working memory
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In the following which is the most similar to the concept of long term memory
a revolving door
a filing cabinet
a desk top
a computer keyboard
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Choose the correct answer Assertion
It is easier to learn the word Cow as compared to WOC.
Reason(R Meaningful words are easier to learn as compared to nonsense syllables
Both(A) and are correct and )is the Correct explanation of
Both and are correct but in not the correct explanation of
in true but( R in false
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The behaviourist could be placed in which of the following order
Watson, Pavlov, Hull, Skinner
Hull, Skinner, Pavlov ,Watson
Skinner, Watsan, Hull, Pavlov
Pavlov,Hull,Watson,Sknner
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The theory which attempted to explain both the structure as well as processes of long term memory is known
as
TLC theory of Quilian
ACT theory of Anderson
Information theory of Atkinson Shiffrin
Dual coding theory of Pavio

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Who introduced the hierarchical network of semantic memory
Sternberg
Quillian
Tulving
Meyer
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According to Craik and Lockhart's elaboration model use of mnemonic techniques would by one type of
Elaborated rehearsal
Maintenance rehearsal
Recency effect
Short term memory strategy
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Brown and McNeil investigated the 'tip of the tongue phenomenon' to study, the which type of problem1)
Incompatible responses
retrieval from memory
immediate memory
phonetic symbolism
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In short term memory experiment done by Peterson and Peterson, Recall is a
Linearly increasing function of time interval
Linearly decreasing function of time interval
positvely accelerating function of time interval
Negatively accelerating function of time interval
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Which of the following is correct paradigm of classical conditioning?




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If reinforcement is withdrawn after the establishment of conditioning then which of the following phenomenon
occurs?
Extinction
Generalization
Discrimination
Delay in Response
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A Parent asked their son that if he will get good marks in Board examination, he will suitably rewarded and to
get the reward child worked hard. This is application of which of the following learning theory?
Classical conditioning
Trial and Error
Instrumental conditioning
Insight
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Which of the following instrument can be used in the study of Bilateral Transfer?
Pneumograph
Memory Drum
Aesthesiometer
Mirror Drawing Apparatus
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Scalloping effect is related with which type of reinforcement schedule
Variable Reinforcement Schedule
Fixed Ratio Schedule
Concurrent Chain Reinforcement
Fixed Interval Schedule
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Which of the following association will be correct response in Serial Learning?
Backward Association
Remote Forward Association

Forward Association
Remote Backward Association
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In a learning curve plateau is known as which of the following conditions
When learning accelerates
When learning diminishes
End spurt
When learning neither accelerates nor diminishes
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Which of following method is used to measure short term memory?
Reconstruction method
Distraction Technique
Recognition method
Saving method
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Repression of the memory can be put in which of the following form?
Rationalization
Withdrawal
Selective forgetting
Compensation
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According to SkagRobinson
Hypothesis when Retroactive Inhibition will be maximum?
When first and second task are 100% similar
when first and second task are 100% different
When first and second task are moderately similar
When first and second task are 90% different
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In random search method of problem solving, which of the following Learning Theory is used?
Insight
Instrumental conditioning
Classical conditioning
Trial and error
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Which of the following is the best condition for conditioning
CS UCS are presented exactly at the same times
Presenling CS UCS with the time gap of two minutes between them
CS precedes UCS by about 0.5 seconds
Presenting CS after one minute of presenting UCS
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Which of the following is and a primary Law of learning given by Thorndike
Law of Frequency
Law of focus
Law of readiness
Law of effect
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In people are said to have an optimal level of tension
Drive reduction
Arousal
Incentive
Humanistic
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Human behaviour is said to be goal directed being forced by an internal force. The internal force which
directs the behaviour is known as
Learning capability
Psycho Physiological strength
Disequilibrium at the need level
Maturation of brain
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According to Atkinson's theory,the tendency to approach an achievement task is the function of
The motive for success
The subjective probabilty of success on the task
The incentive value of reaching the goal
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Which is not the obstacle to problem solving

Confirmation bias
Fixation
Mental set
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In reasoning when the premises are true cannot be false.
Conclusion
Argument
Thoughts
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According to Maslow a person who want to become self actualized must first satisfy
Higher needs before other more basic needs
more basic needs such as food and safety
Needs for creativity justice,beauty
Need for achievement ,affiliation power
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Winter's work is related with which of the following type of social motives1)
Need for achievement
Need for power
Need for autonomy
Need for order
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According to
of emotion, an emotional stimulus simultaneously produce two reaction:
physical arousal and subjective experience of emotion1)
James Large body reaction
CannanBord
central neural processing
Lazarus Schahter cognitive arousal
Darwin evolutianary function
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"Beverage' is an example of which one of the following type of concept1)
simple concept
conjunctive concept
disjunctive concept
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Ques :70
A patient suffering from gall bladder problem wishes to get rid of the same but has to undergo a painful
operation which he does no want. The type of conflict he is experiencing is known as
Approach Approach
conflict
AvoidanceAvoidance
conflict
Approach Avoidance
conflict
Double approach avaidance conflict
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According to recent formulation of frustration aggression hyptothesis through aggression is viewed as a
reaction to fustration. Its actual occurrence depends upon the presence of
a model

aggressive cues
pentup aggressive urges
inmate urges
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Which of the following set indicates social motives?
Achievement, Belongingness ,Power, Approval
Achievement, Belongingness ,Power Approval
Hunger, Autonomy ,Power, Approval
Self Esteem, Achievement ,Approval, Thirst
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Cognitive theory of Emotion was propounded by whom?
JamesLange
Cannon Bard
Lazarus
Lindsley
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Ques :74
Hari wants to appear in I.A.S examination but is worried about failure. In this situation, he is in which
conflict?
Approach Approach
Approach Avoidance
Avoidance Avoidance
Double Approach Avoidance
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Ques :75
Functional Autonomy of motives is associated with which of the following
Allport
McClelland
Atkinson
McDougal
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Ques :76
Day dreaming is which type of thinking?
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Reasoning
Autistic thinking
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Luchin studied the effect of set on which of the following
Perception
Sensation
Memory
Problem Solving
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Which of the following is an example of Algorithm in problem solving?
Random search method
Heuristic search method
Means ends Analysis
Backward search method

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Ques :79
Ego works on which of the following principle
Pleasure Principle
Reality Principle
Ethical Principle
Social Principle
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Ques :80
According to Horney 'Basic Anxiety develops in which life stage
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Old Age
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Ques :81
According to Erickson,number of stages in the psychosocial development are
Five
Eight
Seven
Three
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Ques :82
Cattell classified the dynamic trait in three parts. Which one of the following is correct
Erg, Psychological complex, Attitude

Erg,Sentiment,Attitude
Erg,Sentiment,Psycholosical Complex
Erg, Sentiment ,Temperament
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Ques :83
Who among the following used self concept in his Theory?
Murray
Bandura
Allport
Rogers
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Ques :84
Who among the following propounded personal construct theory?
Rogers
Cattell
Kelly
Maslow
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Ques :85
Choose the correct order of stage of Psychosexual devlepment given by Freud
And, oral, letency phallic, genital
genital, latency, and phallic ,oral
oral and latency, genital ,phallic
oral ,and phallic, latency, genital
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Ques :86
Felt emotions are the perception of bodily changes.' Which of the following theory supports this statement
JamesLange
Theory
ConnonBard
Theory
SchachterSinger
Theory
SkaggRobinson
Theroy
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Ques :87
In the need hiererchical modal of Maslow what is the place of Aesthetic needs
3rd positon
5th position
6th postion
4th position
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Ques :88
Achievement motivation concept is extensively studied by
Watson and Bandura
Schafer and Murphy
Postman and Bruner
McClelland And Atkinson
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Ques :89
Which of the following is not a social motive
Achievement Motivation
Nurturance motivation
Need to regulate temperature of body
Dominance Motivation
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Ques :90
Which of the following was used by Abraham Maslow to refer to higher order needs
Meta needs
Central needs
Main needs
Unique needs
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Ques :91
In Gardner's view astronauts, navigators and artists would be high intelligence .
verbal/linguistic
visual/spatial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
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Ques :92
Sternberg has found intelligence is a good predictor of success in life but has a low relationship to
intelligence
Practical; academic
practical; creative
academic; creative
academic; practical
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Ques :93
Aman is better than most children of his age at seeing complex relationship and solving problems. He would

probably score high in what reseacher Cattell calls ____intelligence.
Crystallized
Fluid
Semantic
Componential
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Ques :94
Who said 'Associative and Cognitive abilities' are included in intellectual functioning1)
Jensen
Binet
Piget
Watson
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Ques :95
To measure emotional intelligence, the term emotional quotient(EQ) is introduced
Goleman
Meyer and Solovey
Baron
Wechsler
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Ques :96
According to Plomin DeFries The current estimate of heretabilty of intelligence is
0.90
0.86
0.50
0.34
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Ques :97
Which of the following is not a group test
The Otis Lennon
Cognitive abilities test
HenmonNelson
WISCR
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Ques :98
Which of the following is not a correct match
Sengvin Form Board Performance test
Bhatia Battery of Test Performance test
Army Alpha Test Nonverbal test
Binet Siman Test Verbal test
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Ques :99
Which one of the following theorist do not advocate process oriented theories of Intelligence
Piaget
Bruner
Burt
Sternberg
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Ques :100
In which of the following subtest of Wechsler adult intelligence scale scores decline with age
Vocabulary test
Digit span test
Information test
object assembly test
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Ques :101
Which one of the Psychologist of the following advocated substitution of factor analytic approach with
information processing approach
Eysenck
Guilford
Sternberg
Raven
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Ques :102
According to Sternberg, there are three kinds of intelligence. One of which intelligence also known
as bussiness sense or street smarts
Performance
Contexual
Componential
Experiential
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Ques :103
Which one of the following feature in not included in divergent thinking
Parsimony
Fluency
Unusualness
Uniqueness
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Ques :104
According to Yerksdodson law ,the more the tasks is the the optimal level of arousal for
maximal performance1)
Difficult Lower
Difficult: Higher
Physical: Higher
Mental: Higher
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Ques :105
Which of the following is not one of Bandura's three factors in reciprocal determinants
environmental
the person
traits
behaviour
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Ques :106
Rogers believed that in order for people to become fully functioning ,they must receive from the important
people in their lives
Unconditional positive regard
Conditional positive regard
Positive reinforcement
Positive modeling
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Ques :107
Which method of personality assessment offers the most objective measurement
Interview
Projective test
direct observation
personality inventories

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Ques :108
Implicit personality theories are usually based on
Case studies
Aggregated case studies
Personality inventory scores
Intuition and limited observation
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Ques :109
Your new teacher announces in class, In my experience, I have found that all students have a certain degree
of laziness. Some have a lot and other have only a little. But everyone has some This teacher seems to favor
approach to understanding personality
Humanistic approach
Psychodynamic approach
Ideographic approach
Nomothetic approach
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Ques :110
The New Freudien theorist proposed that people's lives are dominated by the search for ways to
overcome feelings of inferiority and inadequacy
Carl Jung
Carl Rogers
Adler
Bandura
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Ques :111
According to Freud what are main two type of Instincts
Eros and Thantos
Aggressiveness and Tension
Ego and Super Ego
Id and Superego
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Ques :112
The thinking in which there is originality, flexibility and fluency is known by which of the following name
Convergent Thinking
Creative Thinking
Autistic Thinking
Reasoning
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Ques :113
When fox could not reach up to grapes, she said that grapes are sour .This is an example of which defense
mechanism
Reaction formation
Displacement
Regression
Rationalization
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Ques :114
Five factor theory of personality is given by
Sheldon and Krechmer
AllportMaslow
McCrae Costa
CattellSinger

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Ques :115
According to Carl Jung latent memory traces from people's ancestral part are known as
Collective Unconscious
Personal Unconscious
Persona
Mandala
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Ques :116
Raymond Cattell identified
16 source traits of Personality
7 primary mental abilities
120 cognitive factors
4 ways of thinking and beliveing
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Ques :117
Who suggested the concept of Intelligence Quotient
Levis Terman
Williams Stern
Alfred Binet
Jean Piaget
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Ques :118
Who was the propounder of the model of seven primary mental abilities

L.L Thurstone
J.P Guilford
Jean Piaget
Charls Spearman
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Ques :119
Who among the following proposed three types of personality namelyPyknic,
Athletic and Asthenic1)
Carl Jung
Sheldon
Kretschmer
Allport
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Ques :120
Which of the following type of intellegence is not included in Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence

Musical intelligence
Cultural intelligence
Linguistic intelligence
Naturalistic intelligence
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Ques :121
Mohan finds that the results of ttest
are significant at .01 level that means that he can be
Totally certain that the results are not due to chance
Totally certain that the results are due to chance
1 percent certain that results are not due to chance
1 percent certain that results are due to chacne
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Ques :122
Which of the following test is most likely to be used by a psychologist who wishes to categorize people into
psychiatric categories based on forced choice answer
MMPI
CPI
16 PF
Rorschach
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Ques :123
Which of the following personality assessment techniques does not belong with other
CPI
TAT
NEOPI
MMPI2
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Ques :124
Which of the following is not one of the dimensions assessed by Myers Briggs type indicator1)
thinking Vs feeling
Sensing Vs intuiting
Stable Vs unstable
Extroverted vs introverted
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Ques :125
In an experiment if the subjects are randomly assigned to different conditions the measures are studied by
using
ANOVA
ANCOVA

Factor analysis

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Ques :126
Reinforcement will have positive effect on performance' which type of hypothesis is this1)
Null and directional
Alternate and directional
Null and non directional
Alternate and Non directional
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Ques :127
Which one of the following is an example of an artificially discrete variable
Number of children in a family
Nationality
Sex
Examination results in terms of pass and fail
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Ques :128
Semantic differential scales assess the semantic dimension of
evaluation and potency
potency and activity
evaluation and activity
evaluation potency and activity
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Ques :129
Sampling errors can be reduced by1)
Increasing both sampling size and variance
reducing sample size and increasing variance
increasing sample size and reducing variance
reducing both sample size and variance
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Ques :130
A Researcher wishes to study the effect of frequent change of residence on the school achievement of children
What kind of research design in most appropriate
Pretest Post test denign
Factor analysis
Longitudinal
Correlestional
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Ques :131
If in an experiment ,neither, the subject nor the experimenter knows which subject are in experimental group
and which are in control, then the design in known as
Double blind subject study
Double blind study
Double blind deception study
Double blind experimenter study
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Ques :132
Arrange the following research methods in order to their increasing potential to find causal relationship:
1)Experiments Field studies 3)surveys Quasi experiment experiment





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Ques :133
Experimental and quasi experimental research can not be distinguished on the basis of
Manipulation of independent variable
Random assignment of subject to experimental conditions
Studying causal relationship
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Ques :134
A Researcher designs an experiment to test the effect of playing video games on memory. What would be the
dependent variable.?
Scores on memory test
Playing video game
number of hours spent playing video games
The type of video game played
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Ques :135
A person's mood quality of performance and bodily temperature are all example of because
each process changes with different time and conditions1)
biases
stimulus events
hypotheses
variables
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Ques :136
If an intelligence test is validated or correlated against the marks obtained in the previous examination then
the purpose to know1)
Predictive validity
Concurrent validity
Construct validity
Criterion related validity
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Ques :137
A Scientist announces that his latest research has changed the way he thinks about the world and how it should
be studied . This phenomena in known
Theory
Context
paradigm
Operational definition
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Ques :138
After the election a psychologist interviewed the 250 people to known their reaction. This is an example of
Field experiment
Controlled Experiment
Expost
Facto field Research
Psychometric Research
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Ques :139
McClelland measured need for achievement by which of the following test
Rorschach Ink Blot test
EPPS
TAT

MMPI
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Ques :140
What would be the degree if freedom for a chi square based a 4x5 contingency tables
5
9
12
20
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Ques :141
Among the following who constructed culture free test of Intelligence?
Wechsler
Terman
Binet and Simon
Cattell
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Ques :142
In which of the following test, IQ was used for the first time?
Binet Simon Scale
WAIS
Stanford Binet Scale
WISC
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Ques :143
The mental Age of a 14 year old student is 16 years. What will be his IQ?

1.14
11.4
114
.114
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Ques :144
Who propounded three dimensional theory of intelligence
Spearman
Guilford
Gardner
Sternberg
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Ques :145
In Guilford's model of Intelligence convergent thinking is a part of which of the following dimension?
product
content
operation
None of these
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Ques :146
IQ is an example of which of the following scale?
Ratio Scale
Nominal Scale
Ordinal Scale
Interval Scale
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Ques :147
Which of the following subtest of WAIS is not included in the Hold test
Vocabulary test
Information test
Object Assembly test
Digit Symbol test
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Ques :148
Factor analysis is best suited for studying which of the following validity
concurrent validity
Predictive validity
Construct validity
content validity
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Ques :149
Which of the following method is best for data collection in case of children?
Interview
Experiment
Observation
Questionnaire
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Ques :150
Which of the following method of experimental control will be used when the same subject must serve under
two or more experimental conditions?
Balancing
Elimination
Constancy of condition
Counter balancing
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