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(1) Read each of the following two statements-Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : In Ponzo illusion and Muller-Lyer illusion, linear perspective is misapplied to the display.

Reason (R) : According to Gregory perception is only a function of stimulus characteristics.

(1) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is false and (R) is true.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (A) is true and (R) is false.
(2) Which of the following is not one of the Big Five personality factors ?
(1) Submissiveness
(2) Agreeableness
(3) Extroversion
(4) Openness to experience
Answer: Submissiveness

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(3) Read the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : The level of arousal for optimal performance varies for different tasks.

Reason (R) : Too little arousal can be non-motivating, too high arousal can be disruptive.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (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 not the correct explanation of (A).
(4) A slow graded electrical potential produced by a receptor cell in response to a physical stimulus is
(1) Receptor potential
(2) Generator potential
(3) Transduction
(4) Arousal
Answer: Receptor potential
(5) This area contains ‘Somoto Sensory Cortex’
(1) Parietal lobe
(2) Frontal lobe
(3) Temporal lobe
(4) Occipital lobe
Answer: Parietal lobe
(6) Give the correct sequence of the location of following glands in human body from top to bottom
(1) Thyroid – Adrenal – Pancreas –Pituitary
(2) Thyroid – Pancreas – Pituitary– Adrenal
(3) Pituitary – Adrenal – Thyroid –Pancreas
(4) Pituitary – Thyroid – Adrenal –Pancreas
Answer: Pituitary – Thyroid – Adrenal –Pancreas
(7) A complex behaviour that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned is called
(1) Imprinting
(2) Instinct
(3) Emotion
(4) Feeling
Answer: Instinct
(8) Our tendency to perceive objects as unchanging despite changes in sensory input is an illustration of
(1) Figure-Ground relationship
(2) Perceptual constancy
(3) Binocular cues
(4) Linear perspective
Answer: Perceptual constancy
(9) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : As compared to other methods of psychological research, experimental method is usually considered to be best suited for studying cause and effect relationship.

Reason (R) : Secondary variance is more efficiently controlled in experimental method.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following conclusion is correct ?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the 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 the correct explanation of (A).
(10) Consider the following three types of psychological researches :

1. Field experiment

2. Laboratory experiment

3. Ex post facto study

Arrange these typical investigations in descending order in terms of the researcher’s ability to control secondary variance.
(1) 3, 1, 2
(2) 2, 1, 3
(3) 3, 2, 1
(4) 1, 2, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3
(11) What is the correct sequence of development of the following personality tests :

1. Maudsley Personality Inventory

2. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

3. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

4. NEO PI-3

Codes:

(1) 1, 2, 3, 4
(2) 4, 3, 2, 1
(3) 2, 4, 1, 3
(4) 1, 3, 2, 4
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
(12) Perceiving one thing in relation to another when both are presented simultaneously is called
(1) Simultaneous perception
(2) Figure-Ground perception
(3) Consecutive perception
(4) Successive perception
Answer: Figure-Ground perception
(13) Verbal behaviour that is reinforced when someone else’s verbal response is repeated verbation is called
(1) Autoclitic behaviour
(2) Echoic behaviour
(3) Reinforced behaviour
(4) Operant behaviour
Answer: Echoic behaviour
(14) Which of the following are essential to Spearman’s methodology of theory development ?

I. Tetral equation

II. Tetral difference

III. Specific factor

IV. Neurological basis of intelligence

Codes:

(1) I, II and III
(2) I, III and IV
(3) II, III and IV
(4) I, II and IV
Answer: I, II and III
(15) Dissociable sub-systems operate simultaneously in each hemisphere and help us recognize similarity at one level and differences at another level in the perceived pattern. This system consists of

1. Top-down processing system

2. Abstract category sub-system

3. Bottom-up processing system

4. Specific-exemplar sub-system

Codes:

(1) 1 and 2 only
(2) 3 and 4 only
(3) 2 and 4 only
(4) 1 and 4 only
Answer: 2 and 4 only

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