Date: 25 March 2023

MA/MSc Psychology Entrance Test

Q1. The word “psychology’ comes from: a. environment, genes

a. Latin b. conscious, unconscious
b. Spanish c. inaccuracy, accuracy
c. Greek d. biology, experience
d. Italian
Q9. The term “tabula rasa” highlights the importance of
Q2. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of: ______ in shaping behaviour.
a. people and things a. genes
b. emotions and beliefs b. experience
c. perception and religion c. nature
d. mind and behaviour d. predestination

Q3. The scientific approach is more useful at answering Q10. The Greek philosopher ______ believed that
questions about ______ than questions about ______. knowledge is acquired through experience and learning.
a. Archimedes
a. facts, values b. Rousseau
b. ideas, emotions c. Plato
c. values, facts d. Aristotle
d. emotions, facts
Q11. ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture.
Q4. According to the text, the lower level of explanation a. Plato, Aristotle
corresponds to ______ processes. b. Aristotle, Plato
a. social c. Pliny, Archimedes
b. cultural d. Stavros, Pliny
c. biological
d. interpersonal Q12. ______ is the belief that the mind is fundamentally
different from the body.
Q5. A psychologist exploring the impact of a new drug a. mindism
on activity in the brain is working on the ______ level of b. dualism
explanation. c. centralism
a. lower d. specialism
b. middle
c. upper Q13. The school of psychology whose goal was to
d. all of the above identify the basic elements of experience was called:
a. experientialism
Q6. A psychologist studying what makes people laugh in b. dualism
different countries around the world is working on the c. functionalism
______ level of explanation. d. structuralism
a. lower
b. middle Q14. Which of the following was most closely
c. higher associated with the structuralist school of psychology?
d. none of the above a. Titchener
b. James
Q7 Different people react differently to the same c. Descartes
situation. This is referred to as: d. Watson
a. multiple determinants
b. nativism Q15. Darwin’s theory of ______ argued that
c. the Simpson effect physiological characteristics evolve because they are
d. individual differences useful to the
organism.
Q8. ______ is to nature as ______ is to nurture. a. extreme usefulness

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b. natural endowment a. behaviourism
c. natural selection b. collectivism
d. natural wellbeing c. functionalism
d. structuralism
Q16. ______ was to structuralism as ______ was to
functionalism. Q24. Most human behaviour:
a. Wundt, Titchener a. can be easily explained
b. Wundt, James b. has multiple causes
c. James, Titchener c. stems from unconscious desires
d. Milner, Thompson d. depends on social influence

Q17. Freud championed ______ psychology. Q25. A forensic psychologist would be most likely to
a. psychodynamic study:
b. cultural a. the accuracy of eyewitness memory
c. conscious b. the impact of advertising on shopping behaviour
d. biodynamic c. the effect of hormones on decision making
d. gender differences in learning styles
Q18. Which school of psychology believes that it is
impossible to objectively study the mind? Q26. The behaviourists rejected introspection because:
a. functionalism a. it was too slow
b. behaviorism b. it invaded people’s privacy
c. humanism c. it yielded too much data
d. socialism d. it was too subjective
Q19. Receiving an electric shock would be an example
of a ______ whereas being frightened would be an Q27. Another term for reinforcement is:
example of a ______. a. stimulus
a. stimulus, response b. reward
b. punishment, reward c. response
c. reaction, emotion d. condition
d. reinforcement, stimulus
Q28. East Asian cultures tend to be more oriented
Q20. Dr Pula wants to explore differences in child- toward ________ while Western cultures tend to be
rearing practices between British and Chinese parents. more oriented toward ________.
She is most likely a: a. individualism/collectivism
a. cognitive psychologist b. collectivism/individualism
b. physiological psychologist c. cultural norms/social norms
c. cognitive-ergonomic psychologist d. social norms/cultural norms
d. social-cultural psychologist
Q29. Watson and Skinner both contributed to which
Q21. Nature is to ________ as nurture is to ________. school of psychology?
a. environment/genes a. functionalism
b. conscious/unconscious b. cognitive
c. genes/environment c. social-cultural
d. unconscious/conscious d. behaviourism

Q22. Freud emphasized the role of ________ in shaping Q30. Which field of psychology would be most likely to
people’s personality. study the influence of over-crowding on conformity?
a. free will a. personality
b. unconscious desires b. cognitive
c. hormones c. clinical
d. group influence d. social

Q23. Evolutionary psychology has its roots in: Q31. Who is the proponent of classical condition?

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a. B.F. Skinner d. Edward Thorndike
b. John Watson
c. Wolfgang Kohler Q34. Who is the proponent of learning by imitation?
d. Ivan Pavlov a. John Watson
b. Albert Bandura
Q32. Who pioneered operant conditioning? c. B. F. Skinner
a. Ivan Pavlov d. Wolfgang Kohler
b. Sigmund Freud
c. B. F. Skinner Q35. A learning process in which an association is made
d. Edward Thorndike between a previously neutral stimulus and a stimulus
that naturally evokes a response.
Q33. Who proposed the law of effect? a. Operant conditioning
a. Ivan Pavlov b. Observational learning
b. B. F. Skinner c. Insight learning
c. Albert Bandura d. Classical conditioning

Q36. The emergence of the conditioned response due a. Unconscious mental processes
to the repeated pairing of the conditioned stimulus with b. behavioral disorders
the unconditioned stimulus. c. behavior and mental processes
a. Spontaneous recovery d. the meaning of dreams
b. Stimulus generalization
c. Acquisition Q42. Which perspective most clearly focuses on how we
d. Extinction learn observable responses?
a. behavioral
Q37. The reappearance of the conditioned response b. evolutionary
after a period of rest and with no further conditioning. c. Behavior genetics
a. Acquisition d. Neuroscience
b. Stimulus discrimination
c. Extinction Q43. Psychiatrists
d. Spontaneous recovery a. Have a degree in medicine
b. Are psychoanalytic psychologists
Q38. It holds memory for a very short period of time, c. Are clinical and genetic psychologists
for a few seconds or less. d. Cannot prescribe medication
a. Episodic
b. Semantic Q44. With what psychological approach is Sigmund
c. Short-term Freud associated?
d. Sensory a. Psychodynamic
b. Sociocultural
Q39. The beginning of psychology as a science began in c. Humanistic
the discipline d. Cognitive
a. Philosophy
b. Physics Q45. Which of the following is NOT a key concern of the
c. chemistry sociocultural perspective?
d. Biology a. Ethnicity
b. Gender
Q40. With which school of psychology is Wilhelm c. Intelligence
Wundt associated? d. Culture
a. Functionalism
b. Structuralism Q46. According to the____, we are able to make healthy
c. Introspection choices which affect our thoughts and behaviors.
d. Behaviorism a. Behavioristic Perspective
b. Humanistic Perspective
Q41. Psychology is the scientific study of: c. Cognitive Perspective

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d. Psychodynamic Perspective Q53. Scientists conducted a study involving two
variables. Their research indicated a strong positive
Q47. Professionals in the field of developmental correlation between the two variables. The means that
psychology a. As one variable increases, the other decreases
a. Specialize in the study of human growth and change b. As one variable increases, the other also increases
over time c. There is no observable association between the
b. Attempt to anticipate the development of mental variables
disorders, track the changes in symptoms and apply the d. There has been an error in the calculations
developmental pattern to remediation
c. Are involved in the incipient research of thinking and Q54. Which of the following is an example of research
problem solving using the survey method?
d. Specialize in the changes various crises bring to a. Dr. Adele watches children as they learn to read
personality b. Dr. Gomes studies his patients while they undergo
psychological counseling
Q48. Which perspective is most closely associated with c. Dr. Frank asks people how many hours of TV they
positive psychology? watch per week
a. The cognitive Approach d. Dr. Trooper gets children's school grades and test
b. The Behavioral Approach scores
c. The Humanistic Approach
d. The Psychodynamic Approach Q55. What does the size of a correlation coefficient
indicate?
Q49. Dr. Zimand is studying testosterone levels and a. The size of the variables
aggression in adult males. It is likely that Dr. Zimand b. The direction of the relationship
specializes in the ____________ approach to c. The number of date points
psychology. d. The strength of the relationship
a. Biological
b. Personality Q56. Which of the following correlation coefficients is
c. Sociocultural indicative of the strongest relationship between the two
d. Clinical variables?
a. +0.65
Q50. Allie has developed a theory concerning test b. 0.00
grades. She believes that there is a relationship c. -0.24
between her frequency of study and he resulting grade. d. -0.87
In order to test her theory, she has to design a(n)
a. Theory Q57. Skinner discovered that a pigeon will peck at a
b. Principle button more often if the pecking is rewarded with a
c. Hypothesis food pellet than if it is not rewarded at all. In Skinner's
d. Strategy study, the amount of pecking is the
a. Experimental variable
Q51. ______ attempts to view behavior without b. Dependent Variable
disturbing the environment. c. The independent Variable
a. Restricted design research d. Correlation
b. Naturalistic Observation
c. Experimental Research Q58. Skinner discovered that a pigeon will peck at a
d. Controlled Observation button more often if the pecking is rewarded with a
food pellet than if it is not rewarded at all. In Skinner's
Q52. A correlation coefficient indicates a(n) ____ study, the food pellet is the
between two variables a. Correlation
a. Unknown exists b. Dependent Variable
b. Cause and Effect c. Experimental Variable
c. Dependent Variable d. The Independent Variable
d. Relationship
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a. Neither researchers nor participants know who is in 66. Operant conditioning:
the control or experimental group a. Represents learning using autobiographical memory.
b. Participants do not know whether they are in the b. Represents learning of specific behaviour through
control or experimental group reward and reinforcement.
c. Researchers do not know which participants are in c. Represents learning through pairing of stimulus and
the control or experimental group response.
d. Researchers do not have access to the results of the d. Represents learning through using repetitive stimuli.
study
67. Which one of the following would a client centred
Q60. Psychologists who study personality investigate therapist use?
which of the following? a. Empathy.
a. The pleasantness of sociability of an individual b. Desensitisation.
b. The organization of sensation into a meaningful c. Racket system.
interpretation d. Ego states.
c. The enduring traits and qualities we demonstrate
over time 68. The somatogenic hypothesis advocated that causes
d. Relatively permanent changes in behavior due to of psychological disorders were found in:
experience a. Analysis of dreams.
b. Physical or biological impairments.
61. What is a defence mechanism?: c. Traumatic life events.
a. Any form of martial arts. d. Family dynamics
b. A mechanism designed to reduce stress and conflict
caused by specific experiences. 69. According to the psychoanalytic approach, an
c. A method for negotiating a stage of development. attempt to integrate values learned from parents and
d. A mechanism designed to remove psychological society is called?
barriers. a. The Id.
b. Sublimation.
62. What is the Id?: c. The Oral stage.
a. Part of the psyche that controls impulses. d. The Superego.
b. Part of the psyche that reduces anxiety.
c. A description of innate instinctual needs. 70. Which of the following of Freud's ideas is still
d. Part of the psyche that controls our morals. important to psychopathology today?
a. Those thoughts are the basis for behaviour.
63. What is an Ego defence mechanism?: b. Behaviour is learned from experience.
a. Part of the Ego state that prevents rational thinking. c. Psychopathology has origins in early experience
b. Part of the unconscious that attempts to control rather than being a manifestation of biological
unacceptable Id influences. dysfunction.
c. Part of the Ego state designed to reduce barriers. d. Dream analysis.
d. Part of the Ego state that aids development.
71. Health-compromising behaviors are commonly seen
64. One of the concepts of the humanistic-existential in people from
approach is: a. high class
a. Rationalism. b. middle class
b. Transference. c. low class
c. Deviation from the statistical norm. d. none of these
d. Unconditional positive regard.
72. The need to drink greater amounts of alcohol to feel
65. An example of classical conditioning is: the same effect is;
a. Rat presses lever for delivery of food. a. dependence
b. Dog learns to salivate on hearing bell. b. craving
c. Pigeon pecks at key for food delivery. c. loss of control
d. Dogs learn helplessness from electric shocks. d. tolerance

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73. Not being able to stop drinking once drinking has a. asanas
begun is; b. self-talk
a. craving c. positive thinking
b. loss of control d. meditation
c. dependence
d. tolerance 81. When a person tried to make his/her thoughts and
action according to others whom he likes to follow,
74. Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, then this kind of activity is called which type of defense
shakiness, and anxiety after stopping drinking is; mechanism?
a. dependence a. Identification
b. craving b. Projection
c. loss of control c. Rationalization
d. tolerance d. Displacement

75. Enjoyment of sexual relation without exploitation, 82. Which is the fourth stage of psycho-social
oppression or abuse development of an individual according to Erikson?
a. healthy sex a. Intimacy v/s isolation
b. forced sex b. Identity v/s role confusion
c. unhealthy sex c. Industry v/s inferiority
d. none of these d. Generativity v/s stagnation

76. sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or 83. How many cards are prescribed in Rorschach Ink
behaviors involving the exposure of your genitals to an Block Test?
unsuspecting stranger a 12
a. frotteurism b 10
b. pedophilia c 30
c. exhibitionism d 31
d. fetishism
84. Which of the following is the characteristic of an
77. sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or introverted thinking type personality?
behaviors involving the use of objects of some kind, a Realistic and Practical
such as women’s underwear b Absorbed in his own intellectual pursuit
a. voyeurism c Supports theory with facts
b. pedophilia d Propagates his views with insistence and vehemence
c. exhibitionism
d. fetishism 85. What did Freud consider the paternal love of girls?
a Oedipus complex
78. sexual urges or behaviors involving touching and b Electra complex
rubbing against a nonconsenting person c Narcissism
a. frotteurism d Feeling of dependence
b. pedophilia
c. exhibitionism 86. An unwillingness to face uncomfortable situations or
d. fetishism psychological realities?
a Denial
79. wishing we had something that another person has b Avoidance
known as c Superego
a. healthy d Repression
b. jealousy
c. envy 87. the tendency for a person to be interested in their
d. trust own feelings and turns inward rather that to other
people
80. Endless stream of unspoken thoughts that run a Introversion
through your head b Repression

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c Self-efficiency 95. Which of the following is not a defence mechanism?
d Personality a Identification
b Compensation
88. According to Adler feelings of inadequacy and c Rationalization
insecurity that serve as a central source for motivation d Association
a Superego
b Collective Unconscious 96. Child Apperception Test (CAT) method of
c Unconscious Personality measurement was given by –
d Inferiority Complex a Skinner
b Bellak
89. Freud, reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, c Holland
wishes, feelings and memories of which we are d Murray
unaware influence our behavior
a Denial 97. Who has classified introvert personality and
b Superego extrovert personality?
c Unconscious a Freud
d Ego b Jung
c Munn
90. Psychoanalysis, patient transfer of emotions d Allport
associated with other relationships to the therapist
a Superego 98. Direct method of personality adjustment is:
b Transference a Sublimation
c Personality b Projection
d Projection c Regression
d Removing of hurdles
91. Most subjective method for measuring personality
of a child is 99. Which of the following tests of personality is used to
a Projective method assess personality structure and detect emotional
b Interview method tendencies?
c Questionnaire method a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
d Sociometry method b Thematic Apperception Test
c Rorschach Ink Blot Test
92. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) of measuring d Word Association Test
personality is a
a Subjective technique 100. Personality is thought to be ________.
b Objective technique a Short term and easily changed
c Projective technique b A pattern of short-term characteristics
d Experimental technique c Unstable and short term
d Long term, stable and not easily changed
93. How many Personality types are mentioned by
Kretschmer?
a Four
b Two
c Three
d Five

94. Which of the following is projective technique of

personality measurement?
a Rating scale
b Observation
c Interview
d Thematic Apperception test

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