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(1) A psychotic disorder in which a person’s functioning is not markedly impaired, wether is behaviour obviously odd or bizarre and free from hallucinations is called :
(1) Schizo-affective Disorder
(2) Schizophreniform Disorder
(3) Delusional Disorder
(4) Shared Psychotic Disorder
Answer: Delusional Disorder
(2) What is not typical of Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory ?
(1) STM is engaged in complex cognitive activities.
(2) STM is gateway to LTM.
(3) It is a sequential model
(4) STM controls and enhances information to LTM
Answer: STM is engaged in complex cognitive activities.

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(3) According to Erikson, adequate training, sufficient education and good models during the age range 6 to 11 years will lead to :
(1) Initiative
(2) Identity
(3) Industriousness
(4) Autonomy
Answer: Industriousness
(4) Which of the following statements are true about simple bivariate linear regression ?

(a) The b coefficient is a slope of the regression line.

(b) The b coefficient denotes change in Y, when X changes by 1 unit.

(c) The errors of prediction have a mean and variance of zero.

(d) If the b coefficient is significant, the product moment correlation between X and Y is also significant.

Codes

(1) (a) and (b)
(2) (c) and (d)
(3) (a), (b) and (c)
(4) (a), (b) and (d)
Answer: (a), (b) and (d)
(5) People vary in their perceptual - cognitive styles, which may be due to :

(a) The degree to which their perceptions are flexible

(b) Aspects of their personality

(c) Rigid belief

(d) Field dependence or independence

(e) Motives

Codes:

(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (b), (c), (d), (e)
(3) (c), (d), (e), (a)
(4) (e), (a), (b), (d)
Answer: (e), (a), (b), (d)
(6) Which of the following fit into declarative memories ?

(a) Semantic memory

(b) Short term memory

(c) Episodic memory

(d) Procedural memory

Codes:
(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (b) and (d)
(3) (a), (b) and (c)
(4) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Answer: (a) and (c)
(7) According to cognitive approach. The role of a teacher is to :

(a) Correct wrong answers

(b) Correct misconceptions

(c) Facilitate and Supervise

(d) Teach effective strategies

Codes

(1) (a) and (c)
(2) (a) and (d)
(3) (b) and (c)
(4) (b) and (d)
Answer: (b) and (d)
(8) Intelligence is necessary but not sufficient condition for creativity. It represents :

Codes:

(1) Threshold theory
(2) Certification theory
(3) Interference theory
(4) Collaborative theory
Answer: Threshold theory
(9) In which of the following disorders a person has two or more different personalties, and either of which is dominant at a time ?
(1) Dissociative amnesia
(2) Split personality
(3) Dissociative identity disorder
(4) Schizophrenia.
Answer: Dissociative identity disorder<
(10) What is not true of facial feedback hypothesis of emotions ?
(1) (1) Acting as another acts does not help us feel what another feels.
(2) (2) Facial expressions influence our emotional experience.
(3) (3) To be empathic mimic other’s emotional expressions.
(4) (4) Professional actors exhibit expression specific autonomic nervous system changes.
Answer: Acting as another acts does not help us feel what another feels.
(11) Which is not a characteristic symptom of Narcolepsy ?

Codes:

(1) Cataplexy
(2) Sleep paralysis
(3) Nocturnal myoclonus
(4) Hypnagogic hallucinations
Answer: Nocturnal myoclonus
(12) In a study, twenty-five subjects performed the same task under three conditions-relaxed, moderately stressed, and highly stressed. The suitable analysis of variance was carried out. The degrees of freedom for the conditions X subjects interaction (used as an estimate of error variance) would be :
(1) 24
(2) 48
(3) 72
(4) 74
Answer: 48
(13) Which one of the following is not included in Hackman and Oldham’s Job characteristics model of work motivation ?

Codes

(1) Variety of skill
(2) Significance of the task
(3) Quality of job life
(4) Autonomy
Answer: Quality of job life
(14) Which is the correct sequence of stages involved in creative thinking ?
(1) Preparation - orientation - illumination - verification, incubation.
(2) Preparation - incubation - illumination - orientation - verification.
(3) Orientation - preparation - incubation - illumination - verification.
(4) Orientation - preparation - illumination - incubation - verification.
Answer: Orientation - preparation - incubation - illumination - verification.
(15) Which of the following is not correct of the Piaget’s theory :
(1) Disequilibrium terminates in structural change
(2) Individual stages of development cannot be skipped or omitted from the sequence.
(3) Stages of equilibrium do not last as long as stages of disequilibrium
(4) Later stages are independent of the elements and experiences of early stages
Answer: Later stages are independent of the elements and experiences of early stages

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