MCQ Paper Psychology Practice Test
Psychology Model Test Paper
1. Expression of power motivation by manipulating and exploiting others in a
deceptive and unscrupulous fashion is termed as:
(a) Aggression
(b) Machiavellianism
(c) Over ambitiousness
(d) Philanthropism
Ans. (b)
2. ………approach involves the psychological study of the individual case and it entails efforts to understand, explain and, sometimes predict an individual’s behaviour in various situations.
(a) Psychological
(b) Dimensional
(c) Idiographic
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
3. _____ stressed that “the human being is not a white rat” and emphasized that “man has a higher and transcendent nature”.
(a) Maslow
(b) Freud
(c) Thorndike
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
4. James theory about emotion, i.e., ‘felt emotion is the perception of bodily changes’ was supported by the Danish physiologist
(a) Abraham Maslow
(b) Carl Lange
(c) Philip Bard
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
5. …….. theory of personality has had a major impact on psychology, sociology, anthropology and literature, indeed on western thought in general.
(a) Allport’s
(b) Maslow’s
(c) Freud’s
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
6. According to ______, there must be a different set of internal and external bodily changes for each emotion and the individual must be able to perceive them.
(a) Cannon — Bard
(b) Schachter — Singer
(c) James — Lange
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
7. _____ theory claims that the emotion we feel is due to our interpretation of an aroused or ‘stirred up’ bodily state.
(a) Cannon — Bard
(b) Schachter — Singer
(c) James Lange
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
8. Freud viewed that about …….. part of the mind is unconscious.
(a) 8/10
(b) 9/10
(c) 5/10
(d) 7/10
Ans. (b)
9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Compensation
which he is very good
(b) Regression Whenever he feels upset, the scientist plays with his
childhood toys
(c) Over compensation A stutterer becomes a world famous orator
(d) Reaction formation Ajay has not been selected for the school volleyball team,
but imagines himself to be a state — level player
Ans. (d)
10. Motives evoke some behaviour which is instrumental in arriving at the goal and this is the _____ phase of motivational cycle.
(a) First
(b) Second.
(c) Third
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
11. Which of the following scales have been useful in measuring anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, phobias and suicidal impulses?
(a) 16P.F.
(b) M.M.P.I.
(c) T.A.T.
(d) Adjective check list
Ans. (b)
12. Which theory takes a hedonistic view of motivation?
(a) Opponent — process theory
(b) Incentive theory
(c) Optimal — level theory
(d) Biological theory
Ans. (a)
13. Theory emphasised biological continuity from the lower organisms to man.
(a) Sigmund Freud’s
(b) William James’s
(c) Charles Darwin’s
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
14. Which of the following personality tests was developed to eliminate the defects and shortcomings of the interview method?
(a) Psychometric tests
(b) Projective techniques
(c) Behaviour assessment tests
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
15. Claimed that all life processes are fundamentally purposive and behaviour of men and of other animals is characterised by striving in the pursuit of those ends or goals.
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) William Mc Dougall
(c) Charles Spearman
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
16. The term projective technique was first used by:
(a) Beck
(b) Frank
(c)
(d) Hertz
Ans. (b)
17. and revived interest in instinctive behaviour.
(a) K. Lorenz, N. Tinbergen
(b) Stanford, Binet
(c) James, Freud
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
18. Psychologists have grouped needs into several categories, like:
(a) Biological, Psychosocial etc
(b) Moral, social etc.
(c) Biological, moral etc
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
19. The C.A.T. was devised by Bellack and Ballack to measure the personality of children between the age group:
(a) 2 and 10 years
(b) 3 and 11 years
(c) 4 and 12 years
(d) 6 and 12 years
Ans. (b)
20. Consider the following needs:
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Esteem
4. Love and belongingness
5. Self — actualization
According to Maslow’s theory of needs the correct sequence of the hierarchy of these needs from bottom to the top is:
(a) 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
(b) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
(c) 1, 4, 3, 2, 5
(d) 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
Ans. (d)
21. …….. used the word Association Test method for clinical and diagnostic purposes.
(a) Adler
(b) Jung
(c) Freud
(d) Mc Clelland
Ans. (b)
22. Drive is regarded as — a person or animal to action.
(a) Forcing
(b) Compelling
(c) Impelling
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
23. The drives may be classified into:
(a) Simple and complex
(b) Primary and secondary
(c) Single and compound
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
24. Who among the following has developed a type theory in which the types are actually personality dimensions, and every individual is scored or rated for his or her position on each dimension?
(a) Allport
(b) Eysenck
(c) Adler
(d) Erikson
Ans. (b)
25. The concept of ______ is closely related to the drive concept:
(a) Incentive
(b) Attitude
(c) Personality
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
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