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(1) Which of the following tests are considered to be culture-fair tests of intelligence ?

1. Cattell’s Culture-Fair Test of Intelligence

2. Raven’s Progressive Matrices

3. Wechsler’s Intelligence Scale for Children

4. Goodenough-Harris Test

(1) 1 only
(2) 1 and 2 only
(3) 1, 2 and 3 only
(4) 1, 2 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4 only
(2) The information in terms of sound is maintained in

Codes:

(1) Semantic code
(2) Acoustic code
(3) Iconic code
(4) Information code
Answer: Iconic code

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(3) Which of the following personality tests are considered to be the projective in nature ?

1. Thematic Apperception Test

2. Kent-Rosenoff Word Association Test

3. NEO Five-Factor Inventory

4. Rotter’s Incomplete Sentence Blank

(1) 1 only
(2) 1 and 2 only
(3) 1, 2 and 4 only
(4) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4 only
(4) Taylor conceptualized anxiety as a drive and hypothesized that subjects scoring higher on her anxiety scale would be conditioned faster than the low-scoring subjects. The experimental studies confirmed this hypothesis for eyelid conditioning. The results provide evidence for the
(1) predictive validity of the anxiety scale.
(2) construct validity of the anxiety scale.
(3) concurrent validity of the anxiety scale.
(4) content validity of the anxiety scale.
Answer: construct validity of the anxiety scale.
(5) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : According to Flynn, performance on IQ tests has substantially increased around the world at all age levels.

Reason (R) : Performance on IQ tests is because of the interaction between genetics and environment.

Codes:

(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 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).
(6) Children learn to add new words through a process called

Codes:

(1) Fast mapping
(2) New mapping
(3) Extensions
(4) Inspiration
Answer: Fast mapping
(7) The perception of a stimulus that is below the threshold for conscious experience is termed as
(1) Just noticeable difference
(2) Differential threshold
(3) Signal detection
(4) Subliminal perception
Answer: Subliminal perception
(8) Inspite of passing of many years you have little trouble in remembering where you were when you discovered the ‘Taj Tragedy’ of 26/11 in Mumbai. What this memory is called ?
(1) Implicit memory
(2) Flash bulb memory
(3) Episodic memory
(4) Non-declarative memory
Answer: Flash bulb memory
(9) Which of the following explains the typical intelligence–creativity relationship ?
(1) U-shaped relationship
(2) Inverted U-shaped relationship
(3) Linear negative relationship
(4) None of the above
Answer: None of the above
(10) Perceptive auditory receptors in the cochlea are identified as
(1) Basilar cells
(2) Hair cells
(3) Malleus cells
(4) Glial cells
Answer: Hair cells
(11) A realistic understanding of death concept is based on the following ideas :

1. Permanence

2. Universality

3. Mortality

4. Non-functionality

(1) 1 and 2 only
(2) 2, 3 and 4 only
(3) 3 and 4 only
(4) 1, 2 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4 only
(12) The neurotransmitters called as feel good hormones are known as
(1) Dopamine
(2) Endorphines
(3) Acetylcholine
(4) GABA
Answer: Endorphines
(13) Which of the following is/are the content theories of work motivation ?

1. Alderfer’s ERG theory.

2. Hertzberg’s two- factor theory

3. Maslow’s theory of need hierarchy

4. Porter and Lawler’s performance satisfaction theory

(1) 2 only
(2) 2 and 3 only
(3) 1, 2 and 3 only
(4) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only
(14) Each individual is different from every other because of which one of the following reason ?
(1) Chromosomes from the two parents randomly pair up in each child.
(2) The female germ cells and the male germ cell contain varying numbers of chromosomes.
(3) The male body cells and female body cells have different numbers of chromosomes.
(4) The fertilisation of the egg takes place at different times and days in different individuals.
Answer: Chromosomes from the two parents randomly pair up in each child.
(15) Paradoxical Intention is based on which of the following ?
(1) Negative practice
(2) Logo therapy
(3) Existential therapy
(4) Reciprocal inhibition
Answer: Logo therapy

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