SECTION-A

the defense mechanism o

.Thematic Apperception Test is based upon B) Sublimation

A) Projection D) Repression
C) Reaction Formation
schedule
reinforcement

which of the following

how to shake hands,
teaching a dog
e facilitate the most rapid learning?
would B) Variable ratio
A) Fixed ratio D) Variable interval
C) Continuous
or control
the other
hormones that regulate
produces a variety of
.which gland of the body
endocrine glands? B) Thyroid gland
A) Gonadal gland D) Pituitary gland
C)Adrenal gland
resources?
meant to conserve cognitive
Which of the following is the mental shortcut B) Prototypes
A) Stereotypes D) Attitudes
C) Heuristics

you would
be using
. lf you were to kick the dog after a hard day at the office,
A) Rationalization
B) Displacement
D) Reaction formation
C) Projection
it must be assessed for
6. If you are preparing an Achievement test, B) Content Validity
A) Convergent Validity
C) Predictive Validity D) Discriminant Validity

A. Which scale yields data in terms of ranks

A) Nominal Scale. B) Interval Scale
C)Ordinal Scale D) Ratio Scale

8 . In which of the following scales judges are required to rate the items on the scale of
favorableness/unfavorableness?
A) Likert Scale E) Guttman Scale
C) Semantic differential Scale D) Thurston Scale

9./ Which ofthe following is not a feature in the theory of direct perception?
A) Bottom-up processing Horizontal ratio
C) Optic flow pattern D) Schema

YO. The concept of psychic reflex was given by

A) B.F. Skinner B) H. Ebbnighaus
C) Ivan Pavlov D) E.L. Thorndike

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JKA profound memory deficit due to either the loss of what has been stored or the inablity to
form new memories is called
A) Korsakoff syndrome B) Dementia
C) Alzheimer's disease D) Amnesia

12. Filter theory of selective attention was given by

A) Broadbent B) Johnston
C)Heinz D) Treisman
13. The classical conditioning term for a reflexive response elicited by a stimulus is the absence
of learning.
A) Unconditional stimulus B) Conditional stimulus
C)Unconditional response D) Conditional response
A. Reliability of the test does not depend on
A) Number of test items B) Norms of the test
C) Homogeneity of the sample D) Length of the time interval between
test and retest
5. Cognitive dissonance theory was propounded by
A) Festinger B) Asch
C) Bandura D) Bem

16. Ebbinghaus pioneered the experiments on which of the following

A) Thinking B) Emotion
C) Perception D) Memory
/
17 Select the one which is not the characteristics of classification of data.
A) The classification may be either real B) It brings out points of similarity and
or imaginary dissimilarities.
C) Classification is inflexible to D) Classification performs
accommodate adjustments homogeneous grouping of data
JS. A frequency distribution can be classified as:
A) Series of individual observation B) Grouped frequency distribution
C) Discrete frequency distribution D) All of the above

9. Each point on a scatter diagram represents

A) the variance of a set of scores. B) the standard deviation of a set of
SCores
C) where an individual scored on both x D) where an individual scored
and y. compared to the mean.

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 following data provides marks of 10 students. Calculate the mean, median and mode.
26. The29, 60, 30, 54, 33, 53, 33, 52, 35, 1
A) 43, 43, 33 B) 44, 33, 43
44 D) 44, 44, 33
C) 33, 43,

.Individuals with Schizophrenia who cannot infer the beliefs, attitudes and intentions of others
are said to lack:
A) Theory of Mind B) Intelligence
C) Self esteem D) Sense of self

22Who among them had given the theory of individual psychology?

A) Sigmund Freud B) Carl Jung
C) Erick Erickson D) Alfred Adler

to what you are

23. Which defense mechanism involves expressing just the opposite feeling
experiencing?
A) reaction formation B) rationalization

C) projection D) displacement

&4 Which of the following refers to Inter-rater reliability?

to which two tests
B) The degree to which a psychologist
A) The degree can predict future behavior.
measure the same construct.
D) The degree which two examiners
to
C) The degree to which the items in the will agree on interpretation or scoring
test relate to each other.
of a test.

that we organize our perceptions into complete objects

25. The principle of states
rather than as a series of parts.
B) Continuation
A) Similarity
C) Good Figure D) Closure

normal distribution mean is 100 and standard deviation is 10. The

values of points of
26. In a
inflection are:
A) 100 and 110 B) 80 and 120
above
D) None of the
C) 90 and 110
encoded in terms of
Long term memory are B) visual images
A) sound
C) meaning of words and concepts D) all ofthe above

associated with which of the following schools of psychology?

28. Wolf Gang Kohler was
B) Gestalt Psychology
A) Social Psychology D) Educational Psychology
C) Industrial Psychology

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9.The Circuit from sensory neuron to muscle response is called a
A) reflex arc B) reflexes
C) spatial summation D) temporal summation

30. Attenuation originally featured in whose model of attention'?

) Posner B) Treisman
C) Broadbent D) James

31) Any learning that is not in accord with the participant's purpose is called
AYincidental learning B) motivated learning
C)vicarious learning D) observational learning
32Which of the following is most effective in conditioning
A) Backward Conditioning B) Simultaneous Conditioning
C) Delayed Conditioning D) Trace Conditioning

33. Intellectual functioning is mainly in the domain of which lobe of the Cortex?
A) Occipital B) Frontal
C) Parietal D) Temporal
34. Which of the following is not one of the Big Five personality factors?
A) Agreeableness B) Extroversion
C) Openness to Experience D) Submissiveness

35. Rational disparity is essential to

A)The phi phenomenon B) 3-D movies
ES Circle vision D) Perceived brightness

36. Which of the following factors has been demonstrated to be most influentil in fatigue
reduction?
A) Hardiness B) Wealth
C) Exercise D) Education

3I. If you have problems in storing away new memories, the damage is most likely to be in the
A) Hippocampus B) Cerebellum
C) Hypothalamus D) Amygdale
38. Which of the following is not a type of anxiety proposed by Sigmund Freud?
A) Neurotic anxiety B) State anxiety
C) Moral anxiety D) Reality anxiety
39. When one conditioned stimulus is used to create another, this is called
A) Spontaneous recovery B) Extinction
C) Shaping D) Higher-order conditioning

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 ,

Le
psychophysicalmethod of limits is also known as
2
Method of constant error
0. The A) Method of average error
B)
D) Differential threshold
C Method of minimal changes 3
standard deviation of
distribution is -2.5, mean of distribution is 45 and
AVIfz-score of normal normal distribution is
distribution is 4.5
then value of 'X' for a B) 33.75
A) 97.50
D) 47.75
C) 67.50
called
present in male is
42. The femaleA)archetype
Neurosis
B) Anxiety
D) Anima
C) Animus
nearly everything a person
dominates a personality so much that it influences
43.One trait that
does is a B) Cardinal trait
A) Global trait
D) Central trait
C) Specific trait
it is called
experiences facilitate subsequent learning,
When the previous learning
A.
Positive transfer of training
B) Negative transfer of training
A) D) Proactive interference
C) Zero transfer
an ordinal scale??
2 33
is not permissible in
of the following statistics
s5. Which A) Median
B) Standard deviation
D) Quartile deviation
C)Percentiles

Self-Esteem?
46. Which of the following characterizes B) It can be positive
evaluated
A) It is self concept D) All of the above
C) It can be negative
One's trait) but
positive outcomes to
internal factors (e.g. own

47. The tendency to attribute to external factors is called

events
negative outcomes or B) Self perception
A) Self handicapping8
D) Self presentation
C) Self serving bias
monocular cue for depth?
48Which of the following is not a B) Relative size
A) Convergence D) Texture gradients
C) Interposition

correctly
false-alarm" refers to:
49. In a signal detection paradigm "a
-

response in the
absence of the
A) a NO response in the presence of
the B) a YES
stimulus
stimulus of
D) a YES response in the presence
C) a NO response in the absence of
the
the stimulus
stimulus

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S0. Social Learning theory which emphasizes Expectancy was given Dy
A) Watson B) Freud
C) Rotter D) None

1. Preconceived notions regarding various groups are called

A) Discrimination B) Dissonance
C) Archetypes D) Stereotypes
52. After Down's syndrome, which of the following is the most common cause for mental
retardation in boys?
A) Prader-Willi syndrome PFragile X syndrome
C) Tuberous sclerosis D) Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S3. What is the percentage of variance shared by X and Y, if the correlation between them is
0.77?
A) 59.29% B) 77%
C) 23.77% D) 100%
54. Which of the following statements aboat Leaders versus Managers is false?
A) Leadership is a value-laden, activity, B) Leaders focus on risk
management is not
taking,
managers perform functions such as
planning and controlling
Leaders are thought to do things D) Leaders develop, managers maintain
right, managers do the right things

5% Reading Disorder is a developmental disorder and is characterized by reading achievement

(eg. accuracy, speed and comprehension) significantly below expected standards for which
of the following
A) Chronological age B) 1Q
C) Schooling experience D) All of the above

B6. An encoding strategy that reduces the total number of items to be remembered
them into meaningful units.
by combining
A) Chunking B) Recall
C) Revision D) Rehearsal
57.If behavior is freely chosen, yields distinctive and uncommon results and is low in social
desirability what will it be attributed to according to Jones and Davis (1965)?
A) External, unstable factors B) Internal, stable disposition
C) Internal, unstable dispositión D) External, stable disposition
58/What is the term used for the experience of uncomfortable tension between important
attitudes and actions
A) Self perception B) Dissonance
C) Attitude action discrepancy D) Dissonance reduction

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59. The situational theory of leadership put emphasis on
A) Environment B) Personality
C) Events D) Political Situation

60When you do not do well in your exam, it is because of family problems but when a friend
fails in the same exam it is because he or she did not study hard. This is an example of which
attribution bias?
type of
A) Self- serving bias B) Blaming the victim
C) Fundamental attribution error D) Actor-Observer discrepancy
6. In Autistic spectrum disorder, when an individual exhibits immediate imitation of words or
sounds they have just heard, is known as
A) Echoastic disorder B) Echolalia
C) Phonological inhibition D) Grapheme dysfunction
62. According to Jung which of the following is the rational aspect of personality
A) Feeling type B) Intuition type
C) Sensation type D) None of the above

63. The General adaptation syndrome (GAS) describes several stages people experience in
response to sustained stress. These stages occur in which order?
A) Resistance, alarm and exhaustion B) alarm, exhaustion and resistance
C) alarm, resistance and exhaustion D) exhaustion, resistance, alarm

B4. A person who dramatically complains of a specific symptom such as, nausea, difficulty
swallowing or pain without a physical cause suffers from
A) A conversion reaction B) Somatization disorder
C) Hypochondriasis D) An obsession

68. In schizophrenia, the term avolition refers to

A) Lack of speech B) An inability to express empathy
C) An inability to react to pleasurable D) Lack of energy and interest in
events routine activities

66. In which psychosexual stage of development does the defense mechanism of identification
occur prominently?
A) Anal B) Latency
C) Phallic D) Genital

67. When the neuron's action potential is released, which ions are rushed into the axon through
openings on the membrane?
A) sodium B) chloride
C) potassium D) oxygen

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68In which of the following lobes of the cortex you find the primary auditory area?
A) Frontal B) Occipital
C) Temporal D) Parietal

69. According to Erikson's theory, the child learns self control and begins to feel more capable
by resolving which Psycho-social crisis?
A) trust versus mistrust B) autonomy verses shame and doubt
C) industry versus inferiority D) initiative verses guilt

T0The physical trace of the memory in the brain is called the

A) engram B) sonogram
C) memogram D) pachygram

SECTION-B

Note:
1) All questions in this section are compuisory.
i) Answer each question in 40-60 words. Each question carries 6 marks.
1. Discuss the nature and development of self-concept.
2. What are the four basic styles of life proposed by Adler?
3. Explain in brief mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
Briefly describe functions of autonomic nervous system?
5. Elaborate industrial fatigue?
6.
Describe the characteristics of a standardized
psychological test.
Describe the different schedules of reinforcement used in
operant conditioning.
Describe the interference theory of forgetting?
What is the
difference between James Lange and Canon Bard
theory of emotions?
18. Differentiate between social facilitation and social loafing
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