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1 In a study employing thirty subjects, each subject was tested under three drug dosage conditions – No drug condition, Low drug dose condition, and high drug dose condition. Under each condition, simple reaction time of the subject was dependent variable. The conditions × subjects interaction would be based on
1 3 degrees of freedom
2 29 degrees of freedom
3 58 degrees of freedom
4 87 degrees of freedom

Answer:58 degrees of freedom
2 Arrange Maslow’s basic needs from least powerful to most powerful
1 Physiological needs → Safety needs → Belongingness & love needs → Esteem needs
2 Esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → Physiological needs
3 Safety needs → esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → physiological needs
4 Belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → physiological needs → Esteem needs

Answer:Esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → Physiological needs
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3 According to Bandura, observational learning involves various processes and follows a sequence. Which of the following is the correct one ?
1 Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes → Motivational processes
2 Motivational processes → Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes
3 Motivational processes → Attentional processes → Production processes → Retention processes
4 Attention processes → Production processes → Retention processes → Motivational processes

Answer:Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes → Motivational processes
4 Which of the following means the tendency to focus on one aspect of the situation neglecting other important features ?
1 Displaced Reference
2 Equilibration
3 Centration
4 Ego Centrism

Answer:Centration
5 The ‘raphe nuclei’ are most closely related to which neurotransmitter
1 Dopamine
2 Serotonin
3 Acetylcholine
4 GABA

Answer:Serotonin
6 A researcher wanted to compute the correlation between gender and examination marks.
1 Contingency Coefficient
2 Biserial Correlation
3 Phi-Coefficient
4 Point Biserial Correlation

Answer:Point Biserial Correlation
7 Which of the following explains an activity which seeks emotional information from a trusted person in an uncertain situation ?
1 Social Referencing
2 Social Cognition
3 Social Convention
4 Emotional Self-regulation

Answer:Social Referencing
8 Which of the following statements are true with reference to ‘Subliminal Perception’ ?

(a) ‘Subliminal’ means below threshold

(b) ‘Subliminal’ stimuli are not perceived consciously

(c) Subliminal perception can lead to priming

(d) Back masking is an example of subliminal perception

1 (a), (b) and (c)
2 (b), (c) and ü (d)
3 (a), (c) and (d)
4 (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Answer:(a), (b), (c) and (d)
9 A procedure that establishes a sequence of responses which lead to a reward following the final response and then working backwards is called
1 Shaping
2 Stimulus control
3 Chaining
4 Stimulus generalization

Answer:Chaining
10 In a study on scaling of attitude items, eleven statements were included. What would be the number of pairs of attitude statements ?
1 21
2 55
3 110
4 121

Answer:55
11 Who first attempted to describe personality traits in terms of Lexican descriptors ?
1 Ross Stagner
2 Allport and Odbert
3 R.B. Cattell
4 Coasta and McCrae

Answer:Allport and Odbert
12 Which of the following is correctly arranged ?
1 Encoding – retrieval – storage
2 Encoding – storage – retrieval
3 Storage – encoding – retrieval
4 Retrieval – encoding – storage

Answer:Encoding – storage – retrieval
13 Which one of the following does not contribute to memory ?
1 Interesting / disinteresting learning material
2 Goal behind learning
3 Gender
4 Some rest after learning

Answer:Gender
14 In terms of efficiency in scanning information, which one of the following strategies is considered to be the best ?
1 Conservative focusing
2 Focus gambling
3 Simultaneous scanning
4 Successive scanning

Answer:Simultaneous scanning
15 In retrograde amnesia, which of the following kind of problem is seen :
1 Problems with recalling previously learned material
2 Problems with face recognition.
3 Difficulty finding routes.
4 Poor encoding of verbal material.

Answer:Problems with recalling previously learned material

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