Psychology IAS Preliminary Test Paper

Psychology IAS Preliminary Test Paper

Objective Solved Psychology Paper

1. When the same group of individual is studied over a period of time; the study ‘method is known as

(a) Longitudinal

 (b) Sequential

(c) Cross-sectional

(d) Recapitulation

Ans. (a)

2. Most animals and humans are said to become clumsy and uncoordinated after the removal of

(a) Cerebrum

(b) Thalamus

(c) Pons

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

3. When important variables cannot be directly manipulated psychologists apply

(a) Correlation method

(b) Cross-sectional method

(c) Sequential method

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

4. No movements of the body can occur without activation of certain neurons which are known as

(a) Sensory neurons

(b) Motoneurons

(c) Reflex

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

5. Choose the incorrect statement

(a) Experimental method can be used outside the laboratory

(b) In laboratory experimenter controls the conditions

(c) The experimental method is a matter of logic

(d) Experiments are always successful

Ans. (d)

6. Motoneurons may be excited directly by some sensory inputs to produce simple adaptive bodily movements, which are known as

(a) Reflexes

(b) Sensation

(c) Reticular formation

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

7. What is the lowest part of the brain stem?

(a) Medulla oblongata

(b) Pons

(c) Cerebellum

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

8. Psychologists try to extract and summarize useful information from the observation they make. To do so, they use _______.

(a) Statistics

(b) Arithmetic

(c) Trigonometry

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

9. ________ controls activities of the autonomic nervous system which is concerned with vegetative and emergency functions.

(a) Pons

(b) Medulla oblongata

(c) Cerebellum

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

10. A high correlation between two halves of a test displaying the degree of internal consistency is known as

(a) Split-half reliability

(b) Retest reliability

(c) Validity

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. Systematic observation describe behaviour

(a) As it occurs when a person is alone

(b) As it occurs in experimental conditions

(c) As it occurs naturally

(d) As it occurs in a group

Ans. (c)

12. What is the Latin meaning of the term ‘medulla’?

(a) Bridge

(b) Marrow

(c) Little brain

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

13. Statistics can be classified as _______

(a) Descriptive

(b) Inferential

(c) Hypothetical

(d) (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

14. Carefully read the following statements and give an appropriate answer:

(1) Stage mentalists and psychics often use deception in their acts

(2) Blaming the lunar cycle for variations in the rate of violent crime is an example of mistaking correlations for causation

(3) Psychiatric interpretations of a patient’s broom-holding behaviour show the importance of using a control group in experiments

(a) All the statements are true

(b) All the statements are false

(c) (I) and (2) are true, but (3) is false

(d) (I) and (2) are false: but (3) is true

Ans. (c)

15. Which of the following are advantages of “survey method”

(a) Obtaining a representative sample is critical and can be difficult to do

(b) Allows information about large numbers of people to he gathered

(c) Can address questions not answered by other approaches

(d) (b) and (c) only

Ans. (d)

16. Which of the following advantages of “Experimental method”

(a) Clear cause-and-effect relationship can be identified

(b) Powerful controlled observations can be staged

(c) No need to wait for natural event

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)          

17. Which of the following is a disadvantage of “Naturalistic observation”

(a) Behaviour is observed in natural setting

(b) Observed behaviour may be altered by the presence of the observer

(c) Much information is obtained

(d) Hypothesis and questions for additional research are formed

Ans. (b)

18. A problem with the survey method is that answers to questions may not always be _____or _____

(a) Accurate, truthful

(b) Hypothetical, logical

(c) Rational, irrational

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

19. On Wechsler scales intelligence was found to reach in the peak at about ………. years.

(a) 18

(b) 16

(c) 20

(d) 22

Ans. (c)

20. The phenomenon of multiple personality would most likely be investigated by use of

(a) A representative sample

(b) Field experiments

(c) The double-blind procedure

(d) Case studies

Ans. (d)

21 ……..views intellectual development as an evolution of cognitive processes such as understanding the laws of nature, the

   principles of grammar and mathematical rules.

(a) Bruner

(b) Piaget

(c) Guilford

(d) Spearman

Ans. (b)

22. ……….. tests tap specific abilities, usually for specific types of training, education or vocation.

(a) Personality

(b) Intelligence

(c) Aptitude

(d) Achievement

Ans. (c)

23. Thurstone’s factorial analysis theory lies between the theories of spearman and

(a) Guilford

(b) Thorndike

(c) Simon

(d) Binet

Ans. (b)

24. A careful can provide an accurate picture of how large segments of the general population feel about current issues.

(a) Research

(b) Experiment

(c) Survey

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

25. When Binet’s intelligence tests were first administered to individuals of different age groups, it was found that average scores

     reached an upper limit at about the age of:

(a) 14 years

(b) 20 years

(c) 16 years

(d) 12 years

Ans. (c)