Psychology Questions and Answers - Set 41 | Psychology Test Series

1 Select one of the levels and one of the stages given below as envisaged by Kohlberg in the theory of development of moral reasoning :

1. Two levels

2. Three levels

3. Four levels

4. Five stages

5. Six stages

6. Eight stages

1 1 and 5

2 2 and 4

3 2 and 6

4 3 and 6

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Answer:2 and 6

2 Which of the following is NOT a factor for poor academic performance among low socio-economic status students ?

1 Resistance culture

2 Tracking

3 Learned Helplessness

4 Family size

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Answer:Family size

3 What are the attitudes, goals and strategies of Failure Avoiding Students ?

1 High fear of failure, very high or very low goals and self defeating strategies.

2 Expectations of failure, very high or very low goals and self defeating strategies.

3 High fear of failure, very high or very low goals and learned helplessness.

4 High fear of failure, no goals, learned helplessness

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Answer:High fear of failure, very high or very low goals and self defeating strategies.

4 Hunger is caused by I. Expectation of food II. Deficiency of energy III. Homeostatic disturbance IV. Deficiency of Oxygen

Codes:

1 I

2 I, II

3 I, II, III

4 I, II, III, IV

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Answer:I, II, III

5 Arrange the developmental stages of language given by Vygotsky in correct sequence, given below :

1. Potential concept stage

2. Vague syncretic stage

3. Mature concept stage

4. Complex stage

Codes:

1 3, 1, 4, 2

2 2, 4, 1, 3

3 1, 3, 2, 4

4 4, 2, 3, 1

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Answer:2, 4, 1, 3

6 A person while intrinsically motivated does not seek ____ when performing, choose the correct code :

1. Enjoyment

2. Reward

3. Challenge

4. Avoidance of punishment

Codes:

1 1 and 2

2 2 and 3

3 2 and 4

4 3 and 4

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Answer:2 and 4

7 I imagine becoming a renowned painter some day. I am engaging in

1 Divergent Thinking

2 Prospective Thinking

3 Creative Thinking

4 Autistic Thinking

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Answer:Autistic Thinking

8 The known stimulus elicits the ______ while the unknown stimulus elicits the _______.

1 Operant Behaviour; respondent behaviour

2 Operant Behaviour; Conditioned behaviour

3 Conditioned Behaviour; Operant Behaviour

4 Respondent Behaviour; Operant Behaviour

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Answer:Respondent Behaviour; Operant Behaviour

9 Escape learning involves

1 Instrumental conditioning with

2 positive reinforcement with Classical conditioning positive reinforcement

3 Classical conditioning with negative reinforcement

4 Instrumental conditioning with negative reinforcement

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Answer:Instrumental conditioning with negative reinforcement

10 Which are the concepts mainly used by Sternberg in his theory of intelligence ?

1. Meta components

2. Performance components

3. Factor Analysis

4. Selective encoding

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

11 While evaluating the personnel election programme, job performance was found to have a multiple correlation of 0.6 with the four predictors in the selection test battery. This means that the four predictors explain

1 36% variance in job performance

2 40% variance in job performance

3 60% variance in job performance

4 64% variance in job performance

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Answer:36% variance in job performance

12 The standardized regression coefficient (β) in bivariate regression indicates

1 change in Y scores when X scores change by 1.

2 change in Y scores when X scores change by one SD.

3 Change in Z-scores of Y when X scores change by 1.

4 Change in Z-scores of Y when X scores change by 1 SD.

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Answer:Change in Z-scores of Y when X scores change by 1 SD.

13 In a single group pretest-post test design, which one of the following statistical method can be best employed to evaluate the mean differences of pre and post tests ?

1 Mann-Whitney U test

2 Randomized ANOVA

3 Chi-Square

4 Repeated measures ANOVA

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