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(1) During Resting Potential, cell membrane is

1. Almost permeable to Sodium

2. Almost permeable to Potassium

3. Almost impermeable to Sodium

4. Almost impermeable to Potassium

(1) 1 and 4
(2) 2 and 3
(3) 1 and 2
(4) 3 and 4
Answer: 2 and 3
(2) Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Females score higher than males with respect to verbal activities, while males tend to score higher on visual-spatial abilities.

Reason (R) : Gender differences in different abilities are due to interplay of heredity and environment.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

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(3) Mental grouping of similar objects, events or people is called
(1) Cognition
(2) Concept
(3) Prototype
(4) Thinking
Answer: Concept
(4) Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : A neuron without an Axon cannot transmit information even to other neurons immediately adjacent to it.

Reason (R) : Dendrite receives information from other neurons and Axons transmit it forward.

Codes

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(5) A form of conditioning in which the onset of the Conditioned Stimulus (CS) precedes the onset of the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS ) and the presentation of CS and UCS does not overlap is termed as
(1) Backward conditioning
(2) Delayed conditioning
(3) Trace conditioning
(4) Simultaneous conditioning
Answer: Trace conditioning
(6) Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Shaping and Chaining can be used to establish any form of behaviour in any organism.

Reason (R) : ‘Instinctive drift’ is a tendency to return to the type of behaviour the organism displays under natural conditions.

Codes :

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(7) Major connections in the visual system of the brain are

1. Optic Chiasm

2. Lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus

3. Medial geniculate nucleus

4. Superior colliculus

5. Inferior colliculus

Codes

(1) 1, 2 and 4
(2) 1, 3 and 4
(3) 1, 2 and 5
(4) 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
(8) Ceci’s Bioecological theory proposes that there are ______ rather than a single underlying ______ intelligence.
(1) multiple cognitive potentials, general.
(2) metacomponents; perceptual.
(3) performance components, heritable.
(4) knowledge components, environmental.
Answer: multiple cognitive potentials, general.
(9) According to ethological theory, species-specific behaviour has following characteristics :

1. Fixed-action pattern

2. Instinctive

3. Unlearned

4. Innate

Codes:

(1) 1, 3 and 4
(2) 2, 3 and 4
(3) 1, 2 and 3
(4) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
(10) Read the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Operant conditioning emphasized the study of overt, observable behaviour, environmental conditions and the processes which determine behaviour.

Reason (R) : Operant conditioning deals with the function of behaviour rather than the structure of personality. It is deterministic theory in which there is no free will.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(11) Which of the following statements are true about the EPQ-R (Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) and the NEO-PI-R (Revised NEO Personality Inventory) ?

1. Both the tests measure Openness to Experience.

2. The Psychoticism scale of the EPQ-R correlates negatively with the Agreeableness and the Conscientiousness scales of the NEO-PI-R.

3. EPQ-R has a Lie scale; NEO-PI-R does not have a Lie Scale.

4. Extraversion and Neuroticism scales of the EPQ-R positively correlate with the corresponding NEO-PI-R scales.

Codes:

(1) 1 and 2 only
(2) 2 and 4 only
(3) 3 and 4 only
(4) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: 2, 3 and 4 only
(12) Mr. A goes out one frosty morning and finds that his car is covered with a thick layer of frost. He needs to get to work and looks for his ice scraper. Unable to find it, he thinks a moment, goes into the house, and returns with a hard plastic spatula from the kitchen. In using the spatula as a make shift ice scraper Mr. A has overcome
(1) Confirmation fixedness
(2) Confirmation bias
(3) Creativity bias
(4) Functional fixedness
Answer: Functional fixedness
(13) Read each of the following two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Radiant energy is propagated in a continuous wave form, which can be described by its wavelength.

Reason (R) : Radiant energy also behaves as if it is emitted as discrete quanta of energy.

Codes

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, and (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(14) Byrne believed sexual motivation results from the inter-play of _______, environment and ______.
(1) genes; experience
(2) genes; imagination
(3) physiology; imagination
(4) physiology; lust
Answer: physiology; imagination
(15) Read each of the following two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Lagarus believes our cognitive appraisal of a situation always precedes emotion.

Reason (R) : Emotions influence thinking.

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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