Psychology Questions and Answers - Set 50 | Psychology Test Series

1 Read each of the following two statements-Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : In Ponzo illusion and Muller-Lyer illusion, linear perspective is misapplied to the display.

Reason (R) : According to Gregory perception is only a function of stimulus characteristics.

1 (A) is true and (R) is false.

2 Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

3 (A) is false and (R) is true.

4 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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Answer:(A) is true and (R) is false.

2 Which of the following is not one of the Big Five personality factors ?

1 Submissiveness

2 Agreeableness

3 Extroversion

4 Openness to experience

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Answer:Submissiveness

3 Read the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : The level of arousal for optimal performance varies for different tasks.

Reason (R) : Too little arousal can be non-motivating, too high arousal can be disruptive.

Codes:

1 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

2 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

3 (A) is true, but (R) is false.

4 (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

4 A slow graded electrical potential produced by a receptor cell in response to a physical stimulus is

1 Receptor potential

2 Generator potential

3 Transduction

4 Arousal

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Answer:Receptor potential

5 This area contains ‘Somoto Sensory Cortex’

1 Parietal lobe

2 Frontal lobe

3 Temporal lobe

4 Occipital lobe

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Answer:Parietal lobe

6 Give the correct sequence of the location of following glands in human body from top to bottom

1 Thyroid – Adrenal – Pancreas –Pituitary

2 Thyroid – Pancreas – Pituitary– Adrenal

3 Pituitary – Adrenal – Thyroid –Pancreas

4 Pituitary – Thyroid – Adrenal –Pancreas

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Answer: Pituitary – Thyroid – Adrenal –Pancreas

7 A complex behaviour that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned is called

1 Imprinting

2 Instinct

3 Emotion

4 Feeling

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Answer:Instinct

8 Our tendency to perceive objects as unchanging despite changes in sensory input is an illustration of

1 Figure-Ground relationship

2 Perceptual constancy

3 Binocular cues

4 Linear perspective

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Answer:Perceptual constancy

9 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : As compared to other methods of psychological research, experimental method is usually considered to be best suited for studying cause and effect relationship.

Reason (R) : Secondary variance is more efficiently controlled in experimental method.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following conclusion is correct ?

1 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

2 Both (A) and (R) are true, but(R) is not the explanation of (A).

3 (A) is true, but (R) is false.

4 (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

10 Consider the following three types of psychological researches :

1. Field experiment

2. Laboratory experiment

3. Ex post facto study

Arrange these typical investigations in descending order in terms of the researcher’s ability to control secondary variance.

1 3, 1, 2

2 2, 1, 3

3 3, 2, 1

4 1, 2, 3

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Answer:2, 1, 3

11 What is the correct sequence of development of the following personality tests :

1. Maudsley Personality Inventory

2. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

3. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

4. NEO PI-3

Codes:

1 1, 2, 3, 4

2 4, 3, 2, 1

3 2, 4, 1, 3

4 1, 3, 2, 4

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Answer:1, 3, 2, 4

12 Perceiving one thing in relation to another when both are presented simultaneously is called

1 Simultaneous perception

2 Figure-Ground perception

3 Consecutive perception

4 Successive perception

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Answer:Figure-Ground perception

13 Verbal behaviour that is reinforced when someone else’s verbal response is repeated verbation is called

1 Autoclitic behaviour

2 Echoic behaviour

3 Reinforced behaviour

4 Operant behaviour

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Answer:Echoic behaviour

14 Which of the following are essential to Spearman’s methodology of theory development ?

I. Tetral equation

II. Tetral difference

III. Specific factor

IV. Neurological basis of intelligence

Codes:

1 I, II and III

2 I, III and IV

3 II, III and IV

4 I, II and IV

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Answer:I, II and III

15 Dissociable sub-systems operate simultaneously in each hemisphere and help us recognize similarity at one level and differences at another level in the perceived pattern. This system consists of

1. Top-down processing system

2. Abstract category sub-system

3. Bottom-up processing system

4. Specific-exemplar sub-system