Human Psychology Solved Practice Quiz

Human Psychology Solved Practice Quiz
 Objective Sample Paper Psychology
 1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List-I                                                                                        List-II

A. Pinna                                                    1. Small bones behind tympanic membrane

B. Eardrum                                                                2. Outer ear
C. Malleus                                                                 3. Tympanic membrane

D. Ossicles                                                                 4. Bone closest to the tympanic membrane

Code:

A              B              C              D             

(a)             3              1              2              4             

(b)            2              3              4              1

(c)             4              1              3              2

(d)            2              4              1              3

Ans. (b)

2. Top-Down Processing in perception means

(a) One that will take advantage of past experience in order to deal with the incoming stimuli

(b) ‘Conceptually driven’ perception

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

3. The chemical found in cones is known as

(a) lodospin

(b) Rodopsin

(c) Visual purple

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

4. Theory of Signal Detection is a

(a) Modern psychophysical theory

(b) Theory which aims to assess the degree to which an individual participant will report what he sees accurately

(c) Theory which aims to assess the degree to which an individual participant will report what he sees truthfully

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

5. Consider the following statements

I. In the first level of information processing, an internal representation of an object is formed

2. In the second level of information processing identification and recognition is carried out

3. In the first level of information processing identification and recognition is carried out

4. In the second level of information processing internal representation is formed

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) Only 1

(b) I and 2

(c) Only 3

(d) 3 and 4

Ans. (b)

6. Which of the following activities prepare the child for walking, which occurs in the same order in most children?

(a) Rolling over

(b) Crawling

(c) Pulling up to a standing position

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

7. The first four weeks after birth of the baby is known as

(a) Infancy period

(b) Neonatal period

(c) Childhood period

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

8. To understand the biological foundations of behaviour we need to know something about

(a) Personality

(b) Hereditary influence

(c) Attitude

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

9. Faulty nutrition leading to wasting and muscular weakness is termed as

(a) Dysrhythmia

(b) Dystrophy

(c) Dysphasia

(d) Dyslogia

Ans. (b)

10. A normal female has two similar appearing chromosomes in pair 23, called

(a) X chromosomes

(b) Y chromosomes

(c) A chromosomes

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. The actual carrier of hereditary information within the genes is a complex nucleic acid called

(a) DNA

(b) RNA

(c) INA

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

12. Who is the author of the book The Descent of Man?

(a) Sigmund Freud

(b) Charles Darwin

(c) William James

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

13. People actively manipulate the objects and events around them instead of submit passively to the environment. It was stated by

(a) Jean Piaget

(b) John Watson

(c) B.F. Skinner

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

14. The theory that ‘moral reasoning passes levels as people through three different mature’ is given be

(a) Jean Piaget

(b) Lawrence Kohlberg

(c) B. F. Skinner

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

15. Match List-I (Theories) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List-I                                                                        List-II

A. Collective unconscious                                             1. Rogers

B. Psycho-sexual development                       2. Freud

C. Individual psychology                                              3. Jung

D. Humanistic psychology                                            4. Adler

Code:

A              B              C              D

(a)             3              2              4              1

(b)            2              3              1              4

(c)             2              3              4              1

(d)            3              2              1              4

Ans. (a)

16. The newborn infant from birth 1 month of age is called

(a) Neonate

(b) Infant

(c) Embryonic

(d) Germinal

Ans. (a)

17. The growth during infancy and childhood follows

(a) Cephalocaudal patterns

(b) Proximodistal patterns

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

18. Delinquency refers to

(a) Socially unacceptable behaviour

(b) Legal offences

(c) Criminal acts

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

19. When baby is placed on stomach and pressure is applied to the soles of the feet, rhythmic movements of the arms and legs are elicited. This reflex is known as

(a) Crawling

(b) Babinski

(c) Moro

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

20. Twins developed from a single fertilized egg are called

(a) Dizygotic

(b) Monozygotic

(c) Zygote

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

21. Developmental psychologists are concerned with

(a) How certain behaviors develop and why they appear when they do

(b) What factors produce abnormal development, such as mental illness or retardation?

(c) How psychological processes of the human adult originate and how they change over time

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

22. Eriksson was mainly a

(a) Psycholinguist

(b) Psychoanalyst

(c) Psychophysicist

(d) Psycho sociologist

Ans. (b)

23. Sigmund Freud’s theory of stages of development deals with _________ aspects of personality

(a) Emotional and cognitive

(b) Emotional and motivational

(c) Cognitive

(d) Emotional and intellectual

Ans. (b)

24. According to Erikson to share being oneself is a psychological modality of

(a) Adolescence stage

(b) Early adulthood

(c) Later adulthood

(d) Puberty

Ans. (a)

25. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I                                                        List-II

Ages                                                         Psychological crises

A. Birth-First Year                                      1. Intimacy and solidarity vs. isolation

B. Adolescence                                           2. Trust vs. mistrust

C: Early adulthood                                      3. Identity and repudiation vs identity diffusion

Code:

A              B              C             

(a)             1              2              3             

(b)            2              3              1             

(c)             3              2              1             

(d)            2              1              3

Ans. (b)