Objective Psychology Solved Questions

Objective Psychology Solved Questions
Questions with Answers Psychology Test
1. The types of complex concepts are conjunctive, disjunctive and _______
(a) Rational
(b) Relational
(c) Assertive
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

2. ‘Fuel is an example of _____concept as coal, oil or other substances are used as fuel.
(a) Conjunctive
(b) Disjunctive
(c) Relational
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

3. If all symbols referred only to specific things or actions such as names of objects (table, pencil) or specific directions (turn left, no
parking), then these meanings are called_________
(a) Directive
(b) Denotative
(c) Connotative
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

4. The English language has about___ phonemes, which correspond roughly to the different ways we pronounce the vowels
and consonants of the alphabet.
(a) 45
(b) 55
(c) 65
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

5. The____structure is the actual sound sequence-the production of the sentence.
(a) Surface
(b) Central
(c) Deep
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

6. ______is a special type of deductive thinking which involves drawing conclusions from certain known facts.
(a) Reasoning
(b) Incubation
(c) Mental set
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

7. __ involves formulation of the problem and collection of facts and materials considered necessary for the new solution.
(a) Preparation
(b) Incubation
(c) Illumination
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

8. According to the_____, the way man conceives the world is dependent upon the language forms he uses.
(a) Linguistic cognitive
(b) Linguistic relativity
(c) Relativity cognitive
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

9. Many linguists have argued that___ hypothesis is circular.
(a) Lingustic relativity
(b) Imagery relativity
(c) Iconic relativity
(d) Cognitive relativity
Ans. (b)

10. ____are simiper and less demanding strategies as compared to algorithms but they may or may not yield solutions.
(a) Backward search
(b) Heuristics
(c) Means-end analysis
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

11. When we learn a concept, two psychological processes operate, viz, generalisation and _____
(a) Experimentation
(b) Discrimination
(c) Concept formation
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)


12. Most of the concepts used in real life are______ , i.e., they overlap with one another.
(a) Fuzzy
(b) Absurd
(c) Complex
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

13. ____ consists of the cognitive rearrangement or manipulation of both information from the environment and the symbols stored
in long- term memory.
(a) Image
(b) Thinking
(c) Symbol
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

14. _______ are pictures in the brain which involve memory of a percept without any stimulus being present.
(a) Symbols
(b) Thoughts
(c) Images
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

15. ____ stimuli produce reactiions appropriate to some stimulus other than themselves.
(a) Symbolic
(b) Sensory
(c) Motor
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

16. _____ refers to the way of perceiving certain structure or situation which we can call perceptual set also.
(a) Rigidity
(b) Functional fixedness
(c) Mental set
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

17. If we are ___ to the important information and ignore the information that is irrelevant we are in a better position to solve
the problem.
(a) Able to pay attention
(b) Ignorant
(c) Negligent
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

18. Thinking itself cannot be directly observed. The process of thinking, therefore, must be inferred from your ____
(a) Personality
(b) Action
(c) Behaviour
(d) Feelings
Ans. (c)

19. Clear thinking is usually caided by stating or ____ a problem in broad terms.
(a) Framing
(b) Base rate
(c) Intution
(d) All of the above
Ans. (a)

20. Thinking that produces many ideas, or alternatives, a major element in original or creative thought, is called ______
(a) Divergent thought
(b) Convergent thought
(c) Creative thinking
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)

21. _in creative thinking is defined as the total number of suggestions you are able to make.
(a) Fluency
(b) Flexibility
(c) Originality
(d) Divergent thinking
Ans. (a)

22. Intuitive, associative or personal thinking is _________
(a) Inductive thinking
(b) Illogical thinking
(c) Logical, thinking
(d) Deductive thinking
Ans. (b)

23. Thinking proceeding from given information to new conclusions on the basis of explicit rules, is ______
(a) Inductive
(b) Deductive
(c) Logical
(d) Illogical
Ans. (c)

24. Common barriers to creative thinking are motional barrier, cultural barriers, learned barrier, and _______
(a) social barrier
(b) Perceptual barrier
(c) Sensational barrier
(d) Personal barrier
Ans. (b)

25. A language must have a ____ , or set of rules, for making sounds into words and words into sentences.
(a) Symbol
(b) Syntax
(c) Phonemes
(d) Grammar
Ans. (d)