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(1) Which of the following attributions of an event with positive outcome shall be optimistic (non depressogenic) ?
(1) Internal, stable and specific causes
(2) External, unstable and global causes
(3) Internal, stable and global causes
(4) External, unstable and specific causes
Answer: Internal, stable and global causes
(2) A child was classified as a case of mental retardation. On DSM IV / IV (TR), this diagnosis would be recorded on :
(1) Axis I
(2) Axis II
(3) Axis III
(4) Axis IV
Answer: Axis IV

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(3) Awareness of one’s own thought processes enabling effective learning through correction is called :
(1) Algorithm
(2) Analogies
(3) Meta cognition
(4) Constructive process
Answer: Meta cognition
(4) How many subjects would be required in a 3 × 3 × 2 factorial design with ten subjects per cell ?
(1) 10
(2) 18
(3) 90
(4) 180
Answer: 180
(5) Mechanistic model ofgrowth focuses on :

1. Role of environmental input and behaviour output.

2. Evolutionary origin

3. Quantitative increase in learned responses

Codes:

(1) 1 and 2
(2) 1 and 3
(3) 2 and 3
(4) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3
(6) Selye largely ignored the contribution of one of the following in stress :
(1) Adrenal medulla
(2) Anterior pituitary
(3) Adrenal cortex
(4) Chronic psychological factors
Answer: Adrenal medulla
(7) Which of the following clinical procedure/s is/are not based on classical conditioning ?

1. Flooding

2. Transference

3. Client centered therapy

4. Systematic desensitization

Codes:

(1) 1 only
(2) 2 and 3 only
(3) 1, 2 and 3 only
(4) 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer: 2 and 3 only
(8) Annual or semi-annual ratings of each employee’s performance, coupled with feedback about the ratings they receive are referred to as
(1) Performance appraisals
(2) Rating inventories
(3) Behaviourally anchored rating scales
(4) Graphic rating scales
Answer: Performance appraisals
(9) Arrange the following needs in accordance with Maslow’s hierarchy :

1. Esteem needs

2. Love – belongingness

3. Physiological needs

4. Safety needs

5. Self-actualization

Codes:

(1) 3 2 1 4 5
(2) 3 2 4 1 5
(3) 3 4 1 2 5
(4) 3 4 2 1 5
Answer: 3 4 2 1 5
(10) What is true for the contention that we are normally driven to eat by the anticipated pleasure of eating ?
(1) Set point theory
(2) Negative feedback system
(3) Positive incentive theory
(4) Homeostatis
Answer: Homeostatis
(11) What does reduce the problem distance between starting point and the goal ?
(1) Normative – utilitarian
(2) Means – end analysis
(3) Normative – logical
(4) Heuristic short cuts
Answer: Means – end analysis
(12) In an experiment if a light is repeatedly presented just before the electric shock is given the animal learns :
(1) Operant escape and then operant avoidance
(2) Operant avoidance and then operant escape
(3) Only operant escape
(4) Only operant avoidance
Answer: Only operant escape
(13) The contention that our facial expressions influence our emotional experience, attests to which of the following hypotheses ?
(1) Universality hypothesis of facial expressions
(2) Emotional specificity hypothesis of ANS activity
(3) Emotional generality hypothesis of ANS activity
(4) Facial feedback hypothesis
Answer: Facial feedback hypothesis
(14) In the two-way ANOVA, with A and B as the independent variables, if the F ratio computed as MSA×B/MSW is significant, it can be concluded that

1. Main effect of A is significant.

2. Main effect of B is significant.

3. Interaction effect is significant.

Codes:

(1) 3 only
(2) 1 and 2 only
(3) 2 and 3 only
(4) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 3 only
(15) Which among the following is a reversible lesion ?
(1) Cryogenic lesion
(2) Aspiration lesion
(3) Radio-Frequency lesion
(4) Knife cut lesion
Answer: Cryogenic lesion

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