Psychology Questions and Answers - Set 40 | Psychology Test Series

1 A person had a blue car that was in the shop more than it was out. Since then the person could not think of owning a blue or green coloured car. The person’s aversion even to green cars is an example of

1 Discrimination

2 Generalization

3 Latent learning

4 The overjustification effect

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Answer:Generalization

2 Which of the following best describes the serial position curve ?

1 Greater accuracy of recall of words in the beginning of the list and in the middle of the list.

2 Greater accuracy of recall of words in the beginning of the list and gradual diminished accuracy by the end of the list.

3 Greater accuracy of recall of words in beginning and at end of the list.

4 Greater accuracy of recall of words in the middle and at the end of the list.

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Answer:Greater accuracy of recall of words in beginning and at end of the list.

3 The degree to which construct system allows new information to enter that will allow construct system to change is called

1 Individual Corollary

2 Permeability

3 Loose construing

4 Constructive Alternativism

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Answer:Permeability

4 Who among the following has developed a test for personality assessment where the subject has to choose between a pair of jokes ?

1 McCafe

2 McCall

3 J.M. Cattell

4 R.B. Cattell

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Answer:R.B. Cattell

5 Who has emphasized the linguistic relativity hypothesis ?

1 Noam Chomsky

2 Jean Piaget

3 Steven Pinker

4 Whorf B.L.

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Answer:Whorf B.L.

6 Telegraphic speech is typical of the______ stage.

1 Babbling

2 One-word

3 Two-word

4 Three-word

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Answer:Two-word

7 The sentence “Blue Jeans wear false smiles” has correct _____ but incorrect _______.

1 Morphemes; phonemes

2 Phonemes; morphemes

3 Semantics ; syntax

4 Syntax ; semantics

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Answer:Syntax ; semantics

8 Three types of feature detector cells are

1 Simple cells, Glial cells, T-cells

2 Simple cells, Complex cells, Glial cells

3 Sensory cells, Hyper complex cells, T-cells

4 Simple cells, Complex cells, Hyper complex cells

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Answer:Simple cells, Complex cells, Hyper complex cells

9 Choose the odd one for pattern of sympathetic activation during emotions :

1 Increased heart rate

2 Pupil constriction

3 Lowered skin resistance

4 Increased breathing rate

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Answer:Pupil constriction

10 Out of following who has not divided intelligence into two general components ?

1 Cattell J.M.

2 Jensen

3 Hebb

4 Thurstone

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Answer:Thurstone

11 Number of different factors as specified by Spearman to explain the performance on some tests :

1 One ‘s’ factor and many ‘g’ factors.

2 Many ‘s’ factors and many ‘g’ factors.

3 One ‘s’ factor and one ‘g’ factor.

4 Many ‘s’ factors and one‘g’ factor.

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Answer:Many ‘s’ factors and one‘g’ factor.

12 Which set of three approaches is more relevant to study the impact of Genetic factors on intelligence ?

1. Correlation between siblings

2. Correlation between identical twins reared apart.

3. Adopted child studies.

4. Correlation between parents and children.

5. Hunger

Codes:

1 1, 2 and 3

2 2, 3 and 4

3 1, 2 and 4

4 1, 3 and 4

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Answer:1, 2 and 4

13 Researchers have found different ways in which an individual’s genotype shapes his or her environment. Which of the following is NOT one of them ?

1 The genotype has a passive effect on environment resulting from genetic similarity between parents and children.

2 The child’s genotype evokes particular kinds of reactions from social and physical environment.

3 The child’s genotype plays an active role in shaping the environment.

4 People with different genotypes are differentially sensitive or susceptible to their environment.

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Answer:People with different genotypes are differentially sensitive or susceptible to their environment.

14 A person rattles the box of dog’s biscuits before giving the biscuit to dog. As the person rattles the box the dog begins to salivate. Thus rattling of box is _____; and the salivation of dog is a kind of _______.

1 CS ; CR

2 CS ; UCR

3 UCS ; CR

4 UCS ; UCR

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