Free Online Psychology Sample Paper
Psychology, Human Aptitude Exam
1. ‘Superior intelligence is accompanied by superior physical vigour’ was said by
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Sir Francis Galton
(c) Alfred Binet
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
2. The French Government asked ……. to devise a test that would detect those children too slow intellectually to profit from regular
schooling.
(a) Sir Francis Galton
(b) Alfred Binet
(c) Theodore Simon
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
3. Alfred Binet revised his scale in
(a) 1908 and again in 1911
(b) 1907 and again in 1910
(c) 1905 and again in 1910
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
4. Mentally retarded person’s ………… are inadequate to cope with ordinary daily tasks.
(a) Adaptive skills
(b) Academic skills
(c) Walking skills
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
5. Read the following statements carefully and give an appropriate response:
(i) System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) is designed to obtain IQ scores from an assessment of a child’s physical
health and social functioning.
(ii) In the SOMPA system, IQ scores are compared to norms for children of similar cultural and social background
(iii) According to the latest ruling, IQ tests, can be used for educational placement only when they are part-of a comprehensive
assessment plan.
(a) Statements (i) and (ii) are true, but (iii) is false
(b) Statements (i) and (iii) are false, but (ii) is true
(c) All of the above statements are false
(d) All of the above statements are true
Ans. (b)
6. An early pioneer in psychological assessment was …………
(a) Alfred Binet
(b) Francis Galton
(c) Theodore Simon
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b)
7. Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called ………….
(a) Eugenics
(b) Genetic
(c) Chromosome
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
8. Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called ……….
(a) Chromosome
(b) Genetic
(c) Eugenics
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c)
9. Arrange the following description according to the distribution of IQ:
IQ Description
A. Above 130 1. Very superior
B. 120-129 2. Bright normal
C. 110-119 3. Superior
D. 90-109 4. Dull normal
E. 80-89 5. Average
F. 70-79 6. Mentally retarded
G. Below 70 7. Border line
Codes:
A B C D E F G
(a) 1 3 2 5 4 7 6
(b) 3 2 1 4 5 6 7
(c) 2 3 4 5 1 7 6
(d) 4 5 6 7 3 2 1
Ans. (a)
10. “The very bright are usually physically inferior ‘eggheads’ or weaklings”. It is a …………
(a) Fact
(b) Misconception
(c) To some extent fact
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b)
11. ……….. occurs most often in very poor household.
(a) Retardation
(b) Mental retardation
(c) Familial retardation
(d) All of the above
Ans. (c)
12. A widely used alternative to the stanford Binet test is the …………..
(a) Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale Revised (WAIS-R)
(b) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children Revised (WISC-R)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Ans. (c)
13. Read the following statements and indicate if they would be used to establish the reliability or the validity of test.
(i) Compare score on one-half or test items to score on the other half.
(ii) Compare scores on test to grades, performance ratings or other measures.
(iii) Compare scores from the test after administering it on two separate occasions.
(iv) Compare scores on alternate forms of the test
(a) Statements (i), (ii) and (iii) establish the reliability, but (iv) establish the validity
(b) Statements (i), (ii) and (iii) establish the validity, but (iv) establish the reliability
(c) Statements (ii), (iii) and (iv) establish the reliability, but (i) establish the validity
(d) Statements (ii), (iii) and (iv) establish the validity, but (i) establish the reliability
Ans. (a)
14. Read the following statements carefully and give an appropriate response
(i) The ability to answer general information and comprehension questions shows the most rapid decline during aging.
(ii) The WAIS-R is a group intelligence test.
(iii) Establishing norms and uniform procedures for administering, a test are elements of standardization.
(iv) Scores on modern intelligence tests are based on one’s deviation IQ (relative s standing among test takers) rather than on the ratio
between mental age and chronological age.
(a) Statements (i) and (ii) are false, but (iii) and (iv) are true
(b) Statements (i) and (iii) are false, but (ii) and (iv) are true
(c) All the above statements are true
(d) All of the above statements are false
Ans. (a)
15. The age-ranked questions of the Stanford Binet allow a person’s ………. to be measured.
(a) Mental age
(b) Chronological age
(c) Deviation
(d) Stability
Ans. (a)
16. To whom the minister of education in Paris had given the task of finding a way to distinguish slower students from the
more capable?
(a) Lewis Terman (1916)
(b) Alfred Binet (1940)
(c) Lemley (1986)
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b)
17. The general description of intelligence as the global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with
the environment, was given by
(a) David Wechsler
(b) Alfred Binet
(c) Lewis Terman
(d) Honzik
Ans. (a)
18. Swiss Psychologist, ___ believed that thought not only determines language, but also precedes it.
(a) Lev Vygotsky
(b) Jean Piaget
(c) B.F. Skinner
(d) Noam Chomsky
Ans. (b)
19. Who introduced the nation of a transformational grammer, which allows to transform the meaning, or deep structure, of a
sentence into the actual words in the sentence?
(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) Noam Chomsky
(c) Graham Walls
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
20. Which of the following types of thinking is regarded as a superior type of thinking to perceptual thinking as it economises efforts
in understanding and problem solving?
(a) Reflective thinking
(b) Conceptual or abstract thinking
(c) Creative thinking
(d) Perceptual or concrete thinking
Ans. (b)
20. A technique that produces a graphic record of brain wave pattern is:
(a) Event-Related Potential (E.R.P.)
(b) Electro Encephalo Gram (EEG)
(c) Brain Mapping
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
21. Which of the following mental activities is involved in thinking?
(a) Inferring
(b) Abstracting
(c) Reasoning
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
22. ___ process involves structuring of communicative acts by adults to facilitate development of children’s linguistic as well as
Socio-cultural competence.
(a) Referential style
(b) Scaffolding
(c) Infinite creativity
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
23. The higher form of thinking is:
(a) Perceptual or concrete thinking
(b) Conceptual or abstract thinking
(c) Reflective thinking
(d) Creative thinking
Ans. (c)
24. ____ as a higher-level mental process is organised and goal directed.
(a) Memory
(b) Thinking
(c) Reasoning
(d) Concept
Ans. (b)
25. Psychologists have tried to describe___ in terms of steps or stages.
(a) Reasoning
(b) Problem solving
(c) Creative thinking
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
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