MCQ Solved Paper Psychology Test

MCQ Solved Paper Psychology Test
Psychology Practice Paper

1. ___environment refers to an individual’s motivations, cognitions, perceptions and other personality characteristics.
(a) Ecological
(b) Social
(c) Psychological
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

2. Ecology literally means the study of earth’s households including the plants, animals, micro-organisms and people that live together as interdependent components : it is the view of
(a) E.P. Odum
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) B.F. Skinner
(d) All of the above
Ans. (a)


3. Find out the incorrect statement
(a) Aversive unconditioned stimuli elicit avoidance and escape responses
(b) Bitter taste, is an unconditioned stimulus related to aversive conditioning
(c) Aversive unconditioned stimuli elicit pleasant responses
(d) Noise is an unconditioned stimulus related to aversive conditioning
Ans. (c)


4. The____ psychologist is more apt to focus n the current or ongoing situational influences on human behaviour than on developmental or personality factors.
(a) Environmental
(b) Social
(c) Psycho-social
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

5. Learning of any new____ requires the understanding and internalisation of values, attitudes and behavioural characteristics of given religious, political, occupational, economic, caste and even play groups.
(a) Habit structure
(b) Skill of interaction
(c) Social role
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

6. A is defined as any stimulus or event, which increases the probability of the occurrence of a desired response
(a) Reinforcer
(b) Stimulus
(c) Response
(d) Conditioned stimulus
Ans. (a)

7. In _______ each word from a list of words is shown at a fixed rate of exposure duration. Immediately after the presentation of the list, the participants are required to recall the words in any order they can
(a) Serial learning
(b) Free Recall
(c) Serial anticipation
(d) Paired association
Ans. (b)

8. _______ learning is most evident when young children are being taught the ways of their group
(a) Instrumental
(b) Classical
(c) Programmed
(d) Escape
Ans. (a)

9. Any muscular action, glandular activity, or other objectively identifiable aspect of
behaviour is _____
(a) Drive
(b) Need
(c) Response
(d) Goal
Ans. (c)


10. Delay in the delivery of reinforcement
(a) Leads to poorer level of performance
(b) Leads to higher level of performance
(c) Has no effect on performance
(d) Produces a fixed level of performance
Ans. (a)

11. Motivated behaviour can be energised by the “Pull” of external stimuli, as well as by the “Push” of internal needs. The pull exerted by a goal is called its _____.
(a) Incentive value
(b) Homeostasis
(c) Thermostat
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)


12. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Negative reinforces involve unpleasant and painful stimuli
(b) Negative reinforcement leads to learning of avoidance and escape responses
(c) Negative reinforcement not punishment
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

13. Find out the correct information about latent learning
(a) It occurs but is not evident in behaviour until later, when conditions for its appearance are favourable
(b) It occurs without reinforcement of particular responses and seems to involve changes in the ways information is processed
(c) It is an example of cognitive learning
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)


14. Match List-I (Validity/clinical scales of MMPI) with List-II (Characteristics of high scores on these scales) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Lie Scale 1. Feeling of hopelessness and worthlessness
B. Paranoia 2. Excessive concern about Scale health, exaggeration of
real or imagined physical ailments
C. Depression 3. Denial of common Scale personal faults, defensiveness
D. Hypochondriasis scale 4. Obsessive- compulsiveness, excessive introspection that
dwells on fears and self-doubts
5. Defensiveness, suspiciousness and jealousy
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 5 3 2 1
(b) 3 5 1 2
(c) 3 5 4 2
(d) 5 3 1 4
Ans. (c)


15. Programmed learning allows learners to proceed at their own pace and to receive immediate feedback on the correctness of their responses. This is a form of:
(a) Punishment
(b) Reinforcement
(c) Stimulus
(d) Reward
Ans. (b)

16. Escape learning is an example of instrumental conditioning which is based on
(a) Negative reinforcement
(b) Positive reinforcement
(c) No reinforcement
(d) Reinforcement
Ans. (a)

17. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Denial_____ Closing one’s eyes to the existence of threatening reality
2. Sublimation_____ Using a higher socially acceptable outlet for basic impulses
3. Repression_____ Forgetting content that is traumatic
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) l and 2
(c) l and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (d)

18. In instrumental or operant conditioning reinforcement following every occurrence of a particular response is called
(a) Primary reinforcement
(b) Secondary reinforcement
(c) Tertiary reinforcement
(d) Continuous reinforcement
Ans. (d)

19. Information and Expectation theories of the conditioning process take the viewpoint that:
1. Conditioned stimulus becomes a signal for the unconditioned stimulus
2. When conditioned stimulus is presented, unconditioned stimulus is expected and the learner responds in accordance with this expectation
3. Unconditioned stimulus becomes a signal for conditioned stimulus
Select the correct answer from the options given below
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Only 3
(d) Only 2
Ans. (a)

20. In _____ method people are asked to respond to questions by expressing their personal evaluations.
(a) Self-assessing
(b) Self-report
(c) Self-indicating
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)


21. Which of the following information is/are correct abut classical conditioning
(a) During acquisition, the excitatory tendency is dominant
(b) During extinction, inhibition builds up to suppress conditioned responding
(c) Pavlov thought of conditioning in terms of excitation and inhibition -
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

22. The social distance scales have been used widely in the past by and are used less frequently now days.
(a) Likert
(b) Binet
(c) Bogardus
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

23. Consider the following statements
1. The extinction does not completely erase conditioning
2. Usually reconditioning is more rapid than the original conditioning
3. Extinction erases conditioning completely
4. Reconditioning takes more time than the original conditioning
Select the correct answer from the options given below
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Ans. (b)

24. Which one of the following statements is correct about ‘learning’?
(a) Learning is a change that takes place through practice or experience.
(b) Learning is a change in behaviour, for better or worse.
(c) Learning is a change that must be relatively permanent, it must last a fairly long time.
(d) All of the above.
Ans. (d)

25. Credit for demonstrating the potential of the instrumental conditioning of attitudes is given to_____ who used verbal record to alter what people said.
(a) Doob
(b) Green spoon
(c) Freud
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)