Free Online Psychology Solved Paper

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Psychology Practice Test Paper

1. “Using informal research techniques” is one of the major limitations of —

(a) Structuralism

(b) Functionalism

(c) Behaviourism

(d) Associationism

Ans. (a)

2. Name of the subfield of psychology in which psychological principles are applied to

practical problems of work and commerce is -

(a) Social psychology

(b) Experimental psychology

(c) Industrial psychology

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

3. Formal ideas about behaviour and mind in western culture began with the classical

(a) Greek philosophers

(b) European philosophers

(c) American philosophers

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

4. When a word in a sentence is incongruous; distinctive patterns of electrical activity occur in our brains. These are known as

(a) ERPs

(b) REPs

(c) EPRs

(d) EPs

Ans. (a)

5. Who among the following has/have contributed substantially to the Behaviorist

school?

I. John B. Watson

2. B.F. Skinner

3. Titchener

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 1 alone

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3

(d) l ,2and3

Ans. (b)

6. Harvey Carr is a

(a) Structuralist psychologists

(b) Functionalist psychologist

(c) Behaviourist psychologist

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

7. A chemical substance that inhibits the effect normally produced by the neurotransmitter at a receptor site is known as

(a) Agonist

(b) Antagonist

(c) Endorphins

(d) Acetylcholine

Ans. (b)

8. Psychology should study “what mind and behaviour do”: it is the view of

(a) Functionalist psychologists

(b) Gestalt psychologists

(c) Structuralist psychologists

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

9. Which psychologist has recognized the importance of experimental procedures in

Physiology and physics?

(a) William James

(b) Sigmund Freud

(c) Wilhelm Wundt

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

10. A key psychodynamic idea is that when the impulses are unacceptable, or when they

make as anxious, we use

(a) Defence mechanisms

(b) Intelligence

(c) Experimental method

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. Afferent Nerve Fibers are

(a) Nerve fibers in the spinal cord

(b) Nerve fibers carrying information from receptors throughout the body toward the brain

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

12. A developmental psychologists concerned with human growth ád factors that shape

human behaviour

(a) From birth to Young age

(b) From birth to middle age

(c) From birth to old age

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

13. “Psychology is the science of mental life, both its phenomena and of their

conditions…….

The phenomena are such things as we call feelings, desires, cognitions, reasoning,

decisions and the like”; was said by

(a) James Angell

(b) William James

(c) Kurt Koffka

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

14. The spinal cord runs through the middle of a bony column of hollow bones known as

(a) Vertebrae

(b) Nerve fibers

(c) Afferent bone

(d) Efferent bone

Ans. (a)

15. The term ESP indicates

(a) Extrasensory Perception

(b) Electro Sensory Perception

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these
Ans. (a)

16. Damage to the motor cortex of frontal lobe

(a) Produces total paralysis

(b) Results in a loss of control over fine movements, especially of the fingers

(c) Produces partial paralysis

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Ans. (d)

17. Who had helped deal a deathblow to the old Psychology through the introduction of

new methods that revealed Psychology as something more than a Philosophy

(a) Wundt

(b) Skinner

(c) Wertheimer

(d) Watson

Ans. (d)

18. Which of the following activities would best illustrate the art of Psychology?

(a) Developing Scientific methods of collecting information

(b) Emphasizing the uniqueness of individuals

(c) Conduct research to test the hypothesis

(d) Formulating hypothesis about behaviour

Ans. (b)

19. On being asked to describe a picture of a girl giving flowers to her teacher, one patient said”: “Girl …… wants to ……… flowers ……… flowers and ……… flowers wants to ………. the woman wants to ……….. the girl wants to the woman”

The patient is suffering from

(a) Broca’s aphasia

(b) Wernicke’s aphasia

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

20. The relatively new area of psychology is

(a) Community psychology

(b) Clinical psychology

(c) Social psychology

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

21. A genetically based fatal neuromuscular disorder characterized by the gradual onset of jerky, uncontrollable movements is known as

(a) Huntington’s disease

(b) Multiple sclerosis

(c) PKU

(d) Mongolism

Ans. (a)

22. Who is the author of the book The Principles of Psychology?

(a) Edward B. Titchener

(b) William James

(c) Harvey Carr

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

23. A patient with left parietal lobe damage would have trouble recognizing objects by touch with the

(a) Right hand

(b) Left hand

(c) Both right and left hand

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

24. The endorphins are

(a) Naturally occurring substances closely resembling morphine in chemical structure and are produced by the brain

(b) Chemical substance mimicking the actions of a neurotransmitter

(c) Chemical substance inhibiting the effects of neurotransmitters

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

25. The school of psychology which originated with John B. Watson was

(a) Gestalt

(b) Functionalist

(c) Behaviourist

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)