IAS,UPSC Solved Psychology Quiz

IAS,UPSC Solved Psychology Quiz

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1. What is an important part of many emotional states?

(a) Appearance

(b) Adaptation

(c) Arousal

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

2. ___theory maintains that emotions provide the energy for motives

(a) Tomkins’

(b) Freud’s

(c) Thorndike’s

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

3. The relaxation-response technique to reduce stress is introduced by

(a) Herbert Benson

(b) Sigmund Freud

(c) William James

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

4. Personality disorders are long standing patterns of___ behaviour such as drug dependence, alcoholism and psychopathic

        personality.

(a) Abnormal

(b) socially maladaptive

(c) Radical

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

5. The more severe life-event causing stress for adults is:

(a) Pregnancy

(b) Marriage

(c) Divorce

(d) Trouble with in-laws

Ans. (c)

6. According to the social Readjustment Rating scale major severity of life crises score

(a) Over 100 units

(b) Over 200 units

(c) Over 300 units

(d) Over 400 units

Ans. (c)

7. What is the most severe life-event causing stress for adults according to the social Readjustment Rating scale?

(a) Divorce

(b) Marriage

(c) Being fired at work

(d) Death of spouse

Ans. (d)

8. Which set of disorders occur when perceived stressors increase the susceptibility of the body to disease

(a) Physiological

(b) Psychosomatic

(c) Organic

(d) Cardiac

Ans. (b)

9. In which stage does the body exhibit an emergency reaction

(a) The alarm stage

(b) Stage of resistance

(c) Stage of exhaustion

(d) Stage of restoration

Ans. (a)

10. In the___ stage, prompt responses of the body, many of them mediated by the sympathetic nervous system prepare us to cope with

      the stressor.

(a) Alarm reaction

(b) Resistance

(c) Exhaustion

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. If the stressor continues to be present, the stage of___ begins, where in the body resists the effects of the continuous stressor.

(a) Alarm reaction

(b) Exhaustion

(c) Resistance

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

12. The rate of ACTH secretion is, in part, controlled by another hormone-like chemical.

(a) CRF

(b) ACT

(c) CRG

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

13. Stressors are able to activate the nerve cells of the___ so that more corticotrophin releasing factor is sent to the pituitary gland, thus

      increasing secretion of___ into the blood.

(a) Thalamus, ACTH          

(b) Hypothalamus, ACTH

(c) Hypothalamus, Thyroxin

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

14. The outer layer of the adrenal gland is known as:

(a) Cortex

(b) Cortin

(c) Cortisoi

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

15. ___ and other similar hormones have many actions which allow the body to deal adaptively with stressors for long time

(a) Corticoid

(b) Cortisol

(c) Cortex

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

16. Cortisol hormone promotes the formation of glucose by breaking down fats and

(a) Minerals

(b) Carbohydrates

(c) Proteins

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

17. The inhibitory action of cortisol on the formation of the infection-fighting proteins are called

(a) Vitamins

(b) Antibodies

(c) Enzymes

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

18. The term___ disorder is used when perceived stressors, viz., mental events increase the susceptibility of the body to disease.

(a) Neurotic

(b) Mental

(c) Psychosomatic

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

19. Sometimes relaxation instructions aim for deep-muscle relaxation and include suggestions of drowsiness or deep sleep which is

        known as

(a) Hypnosis

(b) Relaxation

(c) Trance like state

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

20. Biofeedback shows that involuntary physiological responses could actually be brought under voluntary control through

(a) Instrumental conditioning

(b) Observational conditioning

(c) Experimental conditioning

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

21. ___is a procedure in which relaxation and pleasant feelings are learned as conditioned responses to stimuli that once acted as fear

       producers.

(a) Sublimation

(b) Rationalization

(c) Systematic desensitization

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

22. ____is the notion that two incompatible responses cannot occur at the same time and that the stronger of the two will replace the

       weaker.

(a) Reciprocal inhibition

(b) Sublimation

(c) Displacement

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

23. The objective of___ is not to undofear or revulsion but to induce such feelings, specifically in relation to stimuli that trigger

        unwanted behaviour.

(a) Flooding

(b) Aversion therapy

(c) Replacement

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

24. Rational-emotive therapy is given by

(a) Albert Ellis

(b) Sigmund Freud

(c) William James

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

25. In___ approach, the therapist uses ‘pointed, but friendly, questioning’ to root out depressed people’s faulty depressogenic

        Cognitions.

(a) Freud’s

(b) Ellis’s

(c) Beck’s

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)