Psychology Questions and Answers - Set 12 | Psychology Test Series

1 According to Erikson, which of the following sequences is correct ?

1 Oral-sensory → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood

2 Muscular-anal → Oral-sensory → Latency → Locomotor-genital → Adolescence → Adulthood

3 Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood

4 Locomotor-genital → Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood

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Answer:Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood

2 Which one of the following is not a Cranial Nerve ?

1 Abducens

2 Vagus

3 Hypoglossal

4 Insular

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Answer:Insular

3 According to Glanzer and Cunitz (1966) highest degree of forgetting takes place

1 Within ten seconds of learning

2 Due to poor memory trace

3 Due to lack of relearning

4 Within four hours of learning

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Answer:Within ten seconds of learning

4 Which of the sequence is correct ?

1 Ganglion cells → cones → rods → bipolar cells

2 Cones → rods → optic nerves → blind spot

3 Rods → cones → lens → ganglion cells

4 Rods → cones → bipolar cells → ganglion cells

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Answer:Rods → cones → bipolar cells → ganglion cells

5 The ability to see things that are not actually present is called

1 Illusion

2 Precognition

3 Hallucination

4 Clairvoyance

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Answer:Clairvoyance

6 Which one of the following is the nearest non-parametric alternative, in terms of power, to independent samples t test ?

1 Mann-Whitney U-test

2 Kruskal-Wallis H-test

3 Sign test

4 Chi-square test

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Answer:Mann-Whitney U-test

7 In which type of Reasoning two premises are used ?

1 Formal Reasoning

2 Inductive Reasoning

3 Deductive Reasoning

4 Syllogistic Reasoning

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Answer:Syllogistic Reasoning

8 Analogical reasoning involves five sub processes. Its correct sequence is

1 Retrieval; Evaluation; Abstraction; Mapping; Predictions

2 Retrieval; Mapping; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions

3 Mapping; Retrieval; Abstraction; Evaluation; Predictions

4 Mapping; Retrieval; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions

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Answer:Retrieval; Mapping; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions

9 Among the psychologists who is considered the originator of Nature-Nurture Controversy

1 Darwin

2 Galton

3 J.M. Cattell

4 Spearman

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Answer:Galton

10 A disorder in which signals from various sense organs are processed in wrong cortical areas resulting in sense information being interpreted as more than one sensation. This is known as

1 Hallucination

2 Illusion

3 Syneithesia

4 Delusion

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Answer:Syneithesia

11 In a Contingency Table, one of the cells has obtained a frequency of 16 and an expected frequency of 10. What would be the contribution of this cell towards the total Chi-square value ?

1 1.60

2 2.25

3 3.60

4 6.00

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Answer:3.60

12 When an exciting or emotional event occurs, the ________ secretes _______, which consolidates memory of that event. Select the words to fill the above blanks :

1 Fuseiform Gyrus, Dopamine

2 Left Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin

3 Hippocampus, GABA

4 Adrenal Medulla, Epinephrine

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Answer:Adrenal Medulla, Epinephrine

13 Ebbinghaus described memory as a matter of

1 Reconstruction

2 Reproduction

3 Strong Mental Process

4 Strong Retrieval

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Answer:Reproduction

14 In ________ strategy participants pick cards that differ by only one feature from the example card while in ________ participants maintain one feature while changing all the others.

1 Specific Induction; Successive Scanning

2 Successive Scanning, Specific Induction

3 Focus Gambling; Successive Scanning

4 Successive Scanning; Focus Gambling

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