Psychology Test for Civil Services Exams MCQ

Psychology Test for Civil Services Exams MCQ
 Model Test Paper Psychology

1. When newer memories interfere in the retrieval of old memory it is called:

(a) Proactive interference

(b) Saving

(c) Retroactive-interference

(d) Implicit memory

Ans. (b)

2. Who among the following used the method of serial reproduction in which participants were asked to reproduce the stories on

       more than one occasion?

(a) Herman Ebbinghaus

(b) Frederick Bartlett

(c) Underwood

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

3. Who among the following psychologists is considered as the father of modern experimental research in memory?

(a) Frederick Barlett

(b) Herman Ebbinghaus

(c) Underwood

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

4. Which of the following types of long-term memory deals with individual’s personal experiences?

(a) Semantic memory

(b) Episodic memory

(c) Procedural memory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

5. …….. .. refers to the tendency of people to have difficulty retrieving anxiety provoking, and what is associated with that

      information from long-term memory.

(a) Interference

(b) Repression

(c) Amnesia

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

6. Who among the following has proposed that semantic memory might be organised as an interconnected work?

(a) William James

(b) Collins and Quillian

(c) Tulving

(d) Reiff and scheerer

Ans. (d

7. Which of the following is a symptom of senile dementia, a disease of brain?

(a) Personality changes

(b) Delusions

(c) General disorientation

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

8. Which of the following amnesia may be an example of state-dependent memory?

(a) Transient global amnesia

(b) Dream amnesia

(c) Alcohol-induced amnesia

(d) Childhood amnesia

Ans. (b)

9. ___ cells are crucial for fighting infection, have a short life-time and must be continuously replaced.

(a) Blood

(b) White blood

(c) Red blood

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

10. Which of the following amnesias can be produced in the laboratory by using electroconvulsive shock (ECS)?

(a) Childhood amnesia

(b) Retrograde amnesia

(c) Dream amnesia

(d) Alcohol-induced amnesia

Ans. (d)

11. The implicit memory measure, which is widely used is called:

(a) Word Completion

(b) Repetition priming

(c) Forced choice procedure

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (b)

12. Which of the following is major theory or cause of forgetting?

(a) Theory of disuse

(b) The interference theory

(c) Memory trace theory

(d) All of the above

Ans. (c)

13. Which of the following types of memory helps and individual to recall something a split second after having perceived it?

(a) Short-term memory

(b) Immediate or sensory memory

(c) Long-term memory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

14. The adrenal glands secret

(a) Cortex hormones

(b) Corticoid hormones

(c) Cretinin hormones

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

15. ___ promotes the formation of glucose (blood sugar), a fuel needed for nerve and muscle activity.

(a) Corticoid

(b) Thyroxin

(c) Cortisol

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

16. In the stage of exhaustion, the body’s capacity to respond to both continuous and new stressors has been seriously

(a) Accepted

(b) Compromised

(c) Rejected

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

17. Treatment of psychosomatic disorders involves medical help for the physical problems, and at the same time___ factors

         producing the stress.

(a) Attention to the psychological

(b) Transformation of the mental

(c) Negligence of the psychological

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

18. ___ is a procedure in which people learn to modify internal responses such as heart rate and body temperature.

(a) Hypnosis

(b) Biofeedback

(c) Sublimation

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

19. ___ conditioning is sometimes also known as operant conditioning.

(a) Observational

(b) Instrumental

(c) Experimental

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

20. The conditioning involves systematic pairing of the___ stimuli with a relaxed bodily state.

(a) Feared

(b) Conditioned

(c) Unconditioned

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

21. Sometimes a fear-producing stimulus is presented by itself over and over again and such stimulus, either in imagination or in

       reality is called

(a) Aversion therapy

(b) Replacement

(c) Flooding

(d) None of the above                              

Ans. (c)

22. In___, the aim is to condition unpleasant feelings in response to a stimulus.

(a) Bio feedback

(b) Aversion therapy

(c) Replacement

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

23. Cognitive therapy for the treatment of depression is given by

(a) Albert Ellis

(b) Aaron Beck

(c) Sigmund Freud

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

24. Self-instructional training to help people to replace their maladaptive cognitions is introduced by

(a) Albert Ellis

(b) Donald Meichenbaum

(c) Aaron Beck

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

25. What do you mean by ARAS?

(a) Ascending Reticular Activating System

(b) Albert’s Response Activating System

(c) Aaron’s Reticular Activating System

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)