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(1) In a study employing thirty subjects, each subject was tested under three drug dosage conditions – No drug condition, Low drug dose condition, and high drug dose condition. Under each condition, simple reaction time of the subject was dependent variable. The conditions × subjects interaction would be based on
(1) 3 degrees of freedom
(2) 29 degrees of freedom
(3) 58 degrees of freedom
(4) 87 degrees of freedom
Answer: 58 degrees of freedom
(2) Arrange Maslow’s basic needs from least powerful to most powerful
(1) Physiological needs → Safety needs → Belongingness & love needs → Esteem needs
(2) Esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → Physiological needs
(3) Safety needs → esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → physiological needs
(4) Belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → physiological needs → Esteem needs
Answer: Esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → Physiological needs

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(3) According to Bandura, observational learning involves various processes and follows a sequence. Which of the following is the correct one ?
(1) Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes → Motivational processes
(2) Motivational processes → Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes
(3) Motivational processes → Attentional processes → Production processes → Retention processes
(4) Attention processes → Production processes → Retention processes → Motivational processes
Answer: Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes → Motivational processes
(4) Which of the following means the tendency to focus on one aspect of the situation neglecting other important features ?
(1) Displaced Reference
(2) Equilibration
(3) Centration
(4) Ego Centrism
Answer: Centration
(5) The ‘raphe nuclei’ are most closely related to which neurotransmitter
(1) Dopamine
(2) Serotonin
(3) Acetylcholine
(4) GABA
Answer: Serotonin
(6) A researcher wanted to compute the correlation between gender and examination marks.
(1) Contingency Coefficient
(2) Biserial Correlation
(3) Phi-Coefficient
(4) Point Biserial Correlation
Answer: Point Biserial Correlation
(7) Which of the following explains an activity which seeks emotional information from a trusted person in an uncertain situation ?
(1) Social Referencing
(2) Social Cognition
(3) Social Convention
(4) Emotional Self-regulation
Answer: Social Referencing
(8) Which of the following statements are true with reference to ‘Subliminal Perception’ ?

(a) ‘Subliminal’ means below threshold

(b) ‘Subliminal’ stimuli are not perceived consciously

(c) Subliminal perception can lead to priming

(d) Back masking is an example of subliminal perception

(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (b), (c) and ü (d)
(3) (a), (c) and (d)
(4) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
Answer: (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(9) A procedure that establishes a sequence of responses which lead to a reward following the final response and then working backwards is called
(1) Shaping
(2) Stimulus control
(3) Chaining
(4) Stimulus generalization
Answer: Chaining
(10) In a study on scaling of attitude items, eleven statements were included. What would be the number of pairs of attitude statements ?
(1) 21
(2) 55
(3) 110
(4) 121
Answer: 55
(11) Who first attempted to describe personality traits in terms of Lexican descriptors ?
(1) Ross Stagner
(2) Allport and Odbert
(3) R.B. Cattell
(4) Coasta and McCrae
Answer: Allport and Odbert
(12) Which of the following is correctly arranged ?
(1) Encoding – retrieval – storage
(2) Encoding – storage – retrieval
(3) Storage – encoding – retrieval
(4) Retrieval – encoding – storage
Answer: Encoding – storage – retrieval
(13) Which one of the following does not contribute to memory ?
(1) Interesting / disinteresting learning material
(2) Goal behind learning
(3) Gender
(4) Some rest after learning
Answer: Gender
(14) In terms of efficiency in scanning information, which one of the following strategies is considered to be the best ?
(1) Conservative focusing
(2) Focus gambling
(3) Simultaneous scanning
(4) Successive scanning
Answer: Simultaneous scanning
(15) In retrograde amnesia, which of the following kind of problem is seen :
(1) Problems with recalling previously learned material
(2) Problems with face recognition.
(3) Difficulty finding routes.
(4) Poor encoding of verbal material.
Answer: Problems with recalling previously learned material

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