Practice Psychology IAS Test Paper
Psychology Solved Test
1. The very famous hypothesis of frustration aggression is proposed by:
(a) Dollard and Miller
(b) Yerkes and Dodson
(c) James and Lange
(d) Freud
Ans. (a)
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Dimensions of personality) (Explanations)
A. Extraversion 1. Ranges from good natured cooperative, trusting at
one end to irritable, suspicious, uncooperative at the
other
B. Agreeableness 2. Ranges from sociable talkative and enthusiastic at
one end to sober, reserved and cautious at the other
C. Conscientiousness 3. Ranges from well organised, careful and responsible
at one end to disorganized careless and unscrupulous at
the other
D. Emotional stability 4. A dimension ranging from imaginative, witty at one
end to down to earth, simple at the other
E. Openness 5. A dimension ranging from poised, calm at one end to
nervous, anxious at the other
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) 3 1 2 4 5
(b) 2 1 3 5 4
(c) 2 3 1 4 5
(d) 1 2 3 5 4
Ans. (b)
3. Which of the following can be viewed as a homeostatic mechanism?
(a) Hunger
(b) Thirst
(c) Sex
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)
4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Defence mechanism of ego) List-II (Basic Nature)
A. Repression 1. Responding to a threatening situation in
a way appropriate to an earlier age or level
of development.
B. Regression 2. Redirecting an emotional response from
a dangerous object to a safe one
C. Displacement 3. Conjuring up socially acceptable reasons
for thoughts or actions based on
unacceptable motives
D. Rationalization 4. “Forgetting-or pushing from
consciousness into unconsciousness
unacceptable thoughts
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 3 1 2 4
Ans. (b)
5. The hormones responsible for development and functioning of the reproductive organs are controlled by the
(a) Thymus gland
(b) Pituitary gland
(c) Adrenal gland
(d) Parathyroid gland
Ans. (b)
6. According to Freud’s psychosexual stages of development fixation at anal stage, stemming from overly harsh toilet-training experiences, may result in individuals, who
(a) Are excessively orderly or compulsive
(b) Cannot leave any job unfinished
(c) Strive, for perfection and neatness in everything
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
7. According to Freud, Oedipus complex is
(a) A crisis of psychosexual development in which children must give up their sexual attraction to their opposite-sex parent
(b) A tendency of aggression
(c) Fixation
(d) Desire to kill the parent of opposite sex
Ans. (a)
8. Depressed persons should show reduced activity in the _____ regions, while anxious person should show increased activity in these regions.
(a) Right posterior
(b) Right anterior
(c) Left posterior
(d) Left anterior
Ans. (a)
10. According to Bandura’s social cognitive theory
(a) Human behaviour is influenced by many cognitive factors
(b) Human behaviour is influenced by reinforcement contingencies
(c) Human beings have an impressive capacity to regulate their own actions
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
11. According to Freud, all behavior stemmed from two opposing groups of instincts which are:
(a) Eros and Thanatos
(b) Oedipus and Electra
(c) Hunger and thirst
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
12. Social learning theory suggests:
(a) The likelihood that a given behaviour will occur in a specific situation depending on the individual’s expectancies concerning the outcomes the behaviour will produce
(b) Individuals form generalized expectancies concerning the extent to which their own actions determine the outcome they experience
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Julian Rotter never proposed social learning theory
Ans. (c)
13. Corticotrophin — releasing factor (CRF)
(a) Is made by certain cells in the brain structure known as the hypothalamus
(b) Flows from the hypothalamus to the pituitary gland
(c) The rate of secretion of ACTH is in part controlled by it
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
14. A general introduction to psychoanalysis is written by:
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Anne Freud
(c) William James
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
15. Jung defined a ……..as a network of ideas bound together by a common emotion or set of feelings.
(a) Dream
(b) Complex
(c) Thought
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
16. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Body Language Nonverbal cues involving body posture or movement
of body parts
(b) Gestures Movements of various body parts that convey specific
meanings in a given culture
(c) Affect The strongest emotional attachments
(d) Subjective well being Individual’s global judgements of their own life satisfaction.
Ans. (c)
17. People are always struggling to overcome their feelings of inferiority and this struggle is the most basic life urge of them; this is the view of:
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Carl Gustav Jung
(c) Alfred Adler
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
18. Who is the author of Feminine Psychology?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Alfred Adler
(c) Karen Homey
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
19. In the face of a threat, one may retreat to an earlier pattern of adaptation, possibly a childish or primitive one, this is called:
(a) Displacement
(b) Regression
(c) Sublimation
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
20. …….. suggests integrity means to integrate one’s attitudes, beliefs, motives and experiences in such a way that they fit together comfortably and form a coherent whole:
(a) Freud
(b) Erikson
(c) Jung
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Conflict) (Explanation)
A. Approach —Approach conflict 1. Occurs when the objects have both positive and
negative valence
B. Approach — Avoidance conflict 2. Involves objects with negative valence. The
opposing forces tend to rain in the state of
equilibrium
C. Avoidance- Avoidance conflict 3. Involves two goals each with negative and
positive qualities
D. Double Approach Avoidance conflict 4. Person is involved in more than one positive
force fields and is easily resolvable
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 2 4 3 1
Ans. (a)
22. ……. believed that much of our cultural heritage viz, literature, music, art is the product of sublimation.
(a) Maslow
(b) Freud
(c) Jung
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
23. Consider the following statements about anxiety:
1. The feeling of anxiety involves inner conflicts which arise from dealing with multiple possibilities
2. Anxiety is healthy if one moves through it to reach a higher level of development
3. Anxiety is unhealthy if one is ‘shut in’ by it
4. Freud distinguished between objective anxiety and neurotic anxiety
Which of the above statements is correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2 and 4
(c) l, 2, 3 and 4
(d) l, 3 and 4
Ans. (c)
24. The Rorschach Test is developed by the famous psychiatrist:
(a) E. Rorschach
(b) Hermann Rorschach
(c) L.F. Rorschach
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
25. Freud constructed a model of personality with:
(a) Two interlocking parts
(b) Three interlocking parts
(c) Four interlocking parts
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
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