Psychology Online Free Sample Paper

Psychology Online Free Sample Paper

Practice Psychology Test Paper
1. _______, __________and other Psychologists did experiment to find the laws relating events in the physical world to a person’s mental experience

(a) James, Wundt

(b) Watson, Skinner

(c) Skinner, Freud

(d) Freud, Adler

Ans. (a)

2. A subject might be presented with a colour light, a tone, or an odor and asked to

describe it as minutely as possible, is

(a) Introspection

(b) Perception

(c) Sensation

(d) Feeling

Ans. (a)

3. Consider the following statements about Cerebellum

1. Cerebellum is situated at the back of the brain

2. Cerebellum is situated at the front lobe of the brain

3. Cerebellum is associated with coordinating movements

4. Cerebellum is associated with controlling posture and maintaining equilibrium

Choose the incorrect answer from the options given below:

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Only 3

(d) Only 4

Ans. (b)

4. Gestalt Psychology was founded in Germany in 1912 by

(a) Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohier

(b) Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohier, William James

(c) Kurt-Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler

(d) Max Wertheimer only

Ans. (a)

5. When the axon of a nerve cell is stimulated

(a) The electric potential across the membrane is increased

(b) The electric potential across the membrane is reduced at the point of stimulation

(c) The electric potential across the membrane remains unchanged

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

6. “The mind should be thought of as resulting from the whole pattern of sensory

activity and the relationships and organization within this pattern is maintained

by______”

(a) Functionalism

(b) Gestalt Psychologists

(c) Structuralism

(d) Behaviourism

Ans. (b)

7._________did experiments on the way in which learning, memory, problem so1ving

and motivation help people and animals adapt to their environments.

(a) Neobehaviourists

(b) Psychoanalysts

(c) Structuralist

(d) Functionalists

Ans. (d)

8. Which one of the following statements about myelin sheath is not correct

1. The myelin sheath covers the axons of some, but not all neurons

2. It helps to increase the speed of nerve impulse conduction

3. Myelin sheath never covers any of the axons

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) l, 2 and 3

(b) Only 1

(c) 1 and 2

(d) Only 3

Ans. (d)

9. A perspective that focuses on the role of feelings and impulse which are thought to be

unconscious is —_______

(a) Psychoanalytic

(b) Humanistic

(c) Behavioural

(d) Biological

Ans. (a)

10. _______ method is ordinarily used only when people come to psychologists with

Personal problems.

(a) Experimental

(b) Survey

(c) Clinical method

(d) Interview

Ans. (c)

11. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below

            List-I                                      List- II

A. Dendrites                          1. Relatively short and have many branches

B. Axon                                 2. Quite long

C. Myelin Sheath                  3. White fatty covering over axon

D. Cell membrane                 4.Immediately surrounds the cell body, the dendrites and the

Codes:

      A    B    C    D

(a)  1    2     3     4

(b)  2    3     1     4

(c)  3     2     1     4

(d)  4     3     1     1

Ans. (a)

12. Empathic inference was one of the main techniques used by

(a) Piaget

(b) James

(c) Wundt

(d) Watson

Ans. (a)

13. The fallacy involves attributing human feelings and motives to animals.

(a) Positive instances

(b) Anthropomorphic

(c) Graphological

(d) Palmistry

Ans. (b)

14. Nerve impulses are electrical events of very short duration and move along the

(a) Axon

(b) Dendrites

(c) Membrane

(d) Wire

Ans. (a)

15. Who has defined psychology as the ‘scientific study of the behaviour of living

creatures in their contact with the outer world’?

(a) I. B. Watson

(b) James Angell

(c) Arthur Gates

(d) Kurt Koffka

Ans. (d)

16. What is the goal of the Structuralist psychologists?

(a) To describe our behaviour

(b) To find the units, or elements, which make up the mind

(c) To analyze the unconscious drive

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

17. ARAS means

(a) Appropriate reticular active system

(b) Active reticular appropriate system

(c) Ascending reticular activating system

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

18. Mongolism is also known as

(a) Down’s syndrome

(b) Klinefelter’s syndrome

(c) Turner’s syndrome

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

19. Psychologists who are involved in vocational and other forms of Counselling are —

(a) Psychoanalyst

(b) Psychiatrist

(c) Clinical Psychologist

(d) Educational psychologists

Ans. (d)

20. Most human characteristics determined by many sets of genes; they are called

(a) Biogenic

(b) Multigenic

(c) Polygenic

(d) Sociogenic

Ans. (c)

21. “Introspection” was the main method used by__________

(a) Functionalism

(b) Behaviourism

(c) Gestalt Psychology

(d) Structuralism

Ans. (d)

22. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an effective technique for studying

(a) Brain

(b) Behaviour

(c) Mind

(d) Emotion

Ans. (a)

23. The Autonomic Nervous System is divided

(a) Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions

(b) Autonomic nervous system and somatic nervous system

(c) Peripheral and central nervous system

(d) Sympathetic and somatic nervous system

Ans. (a)

24. The German word ‘Gestalt’ means______

(a) Structure

(b) Elements

(c) Form or Configuration

(d) Combination

Ans. (c)

25. A human brain can operate on a power supply of about

(a) 10 watts

(b) 100 watts

(c) 500 watts

(d) 0 watt

Ans. (a)