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(1) The phenomenon of clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed and had been discredited refers to :
(1) Belief bias
(2) Belief perseverance
(3) Over confidence
(4) Framing decisions
Answer: Belief perseverance
(2) Long Term Potentiality involves
(1) release of nitric oxide
(2) increase in cell bodies
(3) increased number of NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartic acid) receptors
(4) increased sensitivity of NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartic acid) receptors
Answer: release of nitric oxide

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(3) Mechanistic and Cognitive approaches to motivation differ in the extent to which ______are invoked to account for the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of goal directed behaviour.
(1) Dynamic traits
(2) Higher mental processes
(3) Drives
(4) Instincts
Answer: Higher mental processes
(4) Which of the following is the term for describing a child’s one word utterances ?
(1) Over extensions
(2) Under extensions
(3) Holophrases
(4) Telegraphic speech
Answer: Holophrases
(5) Backward Conditioning occurs when :
(1) CS and US are presented simultaneously
(2) CS is presented first and US is presented before the termination of CS
(3) CS is presented first and US is presented after the termination of CS
(4) US is presented first and CS is presented after the termination of US
Answer: US is presented first and CS is presented after the termination of US
(6) The James-Lange theory and the cognitive theory of emotion disagree on whether :
(1) specific brain centers are involved in specific emotions.
(2) bodily feedback determines which emotion is felt.
(3) individuals can judge their emotions accurately.
(4) there is no any biological involvement in human emotions.
Answer: bodily feedback determines which emotion is felt.
(7) Biologically based emotional and behavioural tendencies that are evident in early childhood represent :
(1) Trait
(2) Type
(3) Temperament
(4) Style
Answer: Temperament
(8) In Jungian theory, the idea that energy is automatically redistributed in the psyche in order to achieve equilibrium or balance depicts :
(1) Principle of Equivalence
(2) Principle of Synchronicity
(3) Principle of Entrophy
(4) Principle of Opposites
Answer: Principle of Entrophy
(9) After the recent terrorist attacks in France, a psychologist proposed a study wherein he would interview two hundred French citizens to find whether their attitude towards fate as a consequence of the attack. This study can best be labelled as :
(1) attitude change experiment
(2) field experiment
(3) ex post facto study
(4) psychometric study
Answer: ex post facto study
(10) Which of the following is correct while comparing classical and operant conditioning ?
(1) Operant conditioning takes place before reinforcement while classical conditioning takes place after reinforcement.
(2) Operant conditioning takes place as a result of some voluntary action while classical conditioning takes place without choice.
(3) In operant conditioning, response is elicited while in classical conditioning it is emitted.
(4) In operant conditioning magnitude of the response is the index of conditioning while in classical conditioning it is the rate of response.
Answer: Operant conditioning takes place as a result of some voluntary action while classical conditioning takes place without choice.
(11) Words learned under water are recalled :
(1) Better on land than under water
(2) Better above land (sky) than on land
(3) Better above land (sky) than under water
(4) Better under water than on land
Answer: Better under water than on land
(12) Flynn effect is :
(1) High IQ score of a generation in comparison to succeeding generation.
(2) High IQ score of a generation in comparison to preceding generation.
(3) A person’s increase in accumulated knowledge with increase in age.
(4) A person’s change in accumulated knowledge with increase in age.
Answer: High IQ score of a generation in comparison to preceding generation.
(13) Which of the following sequence is correct ?
(1) Oral phase ® Anal phase ® Latency ® Phallic ® Genital
(2) Anal ® Oral ® Phallic ® Latency ® Genital
(3) Oral ® Anal ® Phallic ® Latency ® Genital
(4) Oral ® Phallic ® Anal ® Genital ® Latency
Answer: Oral ® Anal ® Phallic ® Latency ® Genital
(14) Which one of the following is considered as a non-parametric alternative to one-way ANOVA for independent samples ?
(1) Kruskal - Wallis H test
(2) Mann - Whitney U test
(3) Kolmogorov - Smirnov test
(4) Friedman’s ANOVA
Answer: Kruskal - Wallis H test
(15) Which memory is the result of instrumental/motor learning processes ?
(1) Semantic memory
(2) Episodic memory
(3) Sensory memory
(4) Procedural memory
Answer: Procedural memory

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