Psychology UPSC,IAS Question Paper

Psychology UPSC,IAS Question Paper

Psychology Practice test Paper

1. Attribution is:

(a) An inference made by people about the causes of events

(b) Helpful in achieving a cognitive mastery of the causal structure in our environment

(c) Another name for attributes

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

2. ……… theories of personality are concerned with the individual’s personal view of the world, his self-concept and his push toward growth or self-actualization.

(a) Humanistic

(b) Social

(c) Psychoanalytic

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

3. Imprinting of baby geese to their mother is a widely known example of:

(a) Instinct

(b) Emotion

(c) Attachment

(d) Motivation

Ans. (a)

4. The ego’s task of satisfying both id and super ego requires a

(a) Rash act

(b) Balancing or Compromising act

(c) Aggressive act

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

5. Consider the following statements

1. To describe the motivational properties of behaviour, psychologists use the concept of need

2. A need is lack or deficit of some necessity

3. The condition of need leads to drive

4. A drive is a state of tension or arousal produced by a need

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(d) 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (c)

6. Which of the following statements is not correct about Drives?

(a) Drives, besides being stimulated by biological factors, may also be induced by intense internal/external stimuli

(b) In addition to primary drives, we also have many secondary drives

(c) Neutral stimuli paired with strong drives can acquire motivating properties

(d) Primary drives depend on learning

Ans. (d)

7. At the preconscious level we are aware of ……. or …….. that are easily available with a moment’s reflection.

(a) Memories, dreams

(b) Memories, thoughts

(c) Thoughts, illusions

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

8. Fear is an:

(a) Example of an acquired drive

(b) Aversive state of the organism aroused by stimuli that signal a future threatening event

(c) Example of instinct

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

9. The preoptic area of the Hypothalamus

(a) Monitors body temperature

(b) Activates homeostatic mechanism

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Inhibits eating

Ans. (c)

10. …….. continues to operate underground and often converts into neurosis.

(a) Repressed material

(b) Wishes

(c) Desires

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. Studies show that people with high power need:

(a) Engage in greater amount of fighting

(b) Take part in competitive sports

(c) Are assertive

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

12. Drive theories of motivation are also known as:

(a) Push theories of motivation

(b) Incentive theories of motivation

(c) Opponent process theories of motivation

(d) Optimal level theories of motivation

Ans. (a)

13. According to Freud, in everyday life, unconscious thoughts and forbidden impulses

are revealed by ……. and by slips of the tongue or the pen.

(a) Accidents

(b) Motives

(c) Emotions

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

14. Which one of the following options is not correct?

(a) Hedonistic views of motivation say that we are motivated to seek goals which give us good emotional feelings

(b) According to hedonistic view of motivation, we tend to avoid those goals resulting in displeasure

(c) The opponent process theory takes a hedonistic view of motivation

(d) The opponent process theory disapproves the hedonistic view of motivation

Ans. (d)

15. Psychologists define emotion as a state of complex pattern of changes consisting of

(a) Physiological arousal, facial expressions

(b) Cognitive processes, gestures

(c) Behavioural reactions, subjective feelings

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

16. ‘Personality is the dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment”, was said by:

(a) Gordon Allport

(b) Walter Mischel

(c) William James

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

17. Izard (1977) has proposed:

(a) A set of ten basic emotions which on combination results into other emotional blends

(b) A new born is capable of feeling only a generalized negative state and the emotions of interest and sadness

(c) A baby after few months develop joy and anger and by the age of nine months, shame and fear appear

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

18. Cannon and bard proposed that:

(a) In response to particular stimulus the cortex produces both the bodily changes as well as emotions

(b) The reaction and the experience of emotions do not occur one after the other but rather simultaneously

(c) Emotional experience follows a physiological response to an external event

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

19. Who defined personality as the individual’s style of life, or characteristic manner of responding to life’s problems, including life goals?

(a) Murray

(b) Freud

(c) Adler

(d) Jung

Ans. (c)

20. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Achievement motivation — the desire to accomplish difficult tasks and to excel

(b) Power motivation — the desire to exert influence over others

(c) Affiliation motivation — the desire for close friendly relations with others

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

21. Who has identified the major components of personality as a small number of personality types?

(a) Eysenck

(b) Freud

(c) Thorndike

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

22. “If we feel aroused after a near miss in traffic, we will probably label our emotion as ‘fear’ or perhaps ‘anger’. If instead, we feel aroused in the presence of an attractive person, we may label our arousal as ‘attraction’ or even ‘love’. Whose theory does this refer to?

(a) Schachter and Singer theory

(b) Cannon and Bard theory

(c) James — Lange theory

(d) Opponent — Process theory

Ans. (a)

23. Opponent — process theory of emotion suggests that:

(a) An emotional reaction to a stimulus is followed automatically by an opposite reaction

(b) Repeated exposure to a stimulus causes the initial reaction to weaken and the opposite reaction to strengthen

(c) The law of physics — every action produces a reaction — may apply to emotions as well

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

24. Personality ………means where every individual is scored orated for his or her position on each dimension.

(a) Dimension

(b) Trait

(c) Type

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

25. Approach — approach conflict leading to frustration is’ an example of

(a) Social barrier

(b) Intrapersonal barrier

(c) Physical barrier

(d) Interpersonal barrier

Ans. (b)