IAS Psychology : Human Heredity Objective MCQ Paper
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1. Reaction range is
(a) A range of possible levels that we may ultimately reach depending on the quality of our experience in the environment
(b) The limits of the observable behaviors possible when a given genetic endowment interacts with the environment
(c) Variability in the phenotype due to environmental differences interacting with a particular genetic endowment
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
2. John Watson described the child as
(a) A developed raw material
(b) A raw material waiting to be shaped by parents and others
(c) A raw-material waiting to be shaped by peers
(d) A shaped individual
Ans. (b)
3. If more reflex persists for too long, it may mean that there is a problem with the
(a) Infant’s developing central nervous system
(b) Infant’s developing learning skills
(c) Infant’s developing oral skills
(d) Infant’s developing motor activity
Ans. (a)
4. The ability to work with symbols is called
(a) Semiotic function
(b) Animism
(c) Symbolic function
(d) Functional symbols
Ans. (a)
5. Because of egocentrism, children
(a) See the world only in terms of them
(b) Are not able to take other’s point of view
(c) Are proud
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)
6. A child watches a model saying, “I really felt great when I helped that boy pick up his bike”. The child is:
(a) More likely to learn helping behaviour
(b) Less likely to learn helping behaviour
(c) More likely to learn aggressive behaviour
(d) May not assimilate anything
Ans. (a)
7. The stage “Pre operational” in Piaget’s theory is called pre-operational because
(a) The children are pre-determined
(b) The children have not yet mastered the ability to perform mental operations
(c) The children are pre-planning
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b)
8. According to Piaget, the development of knowledge is a form of adaptation and involves the interplay of
(a) Heredity and environment
(b) Assimilation and accommodation
(c) Motor and intellectual skills
(d) Society and culture
Ans. (b)
9. A ‘Scheme’ in Piaget’s view is
(a) A thought guided by action
(b) An action sequence guided by thought
(c) An action parallel to thought
(d) A thought without any action
Ans. (b)
10. Consider the following statements
1. Bodily changes occur throughout life affecting the individual’s attitudes
2. Bodily changes affect the individual’s cognitive processes and behaviour
3. Development ends with the attainment of physical maturity
Select the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) 1,2and3
(c) 1 and3
(b) 1and2
(d) Only 2
Ans. (b)
11. The need for contact comfort in Harlow ’s view refer to
(a) A basic need for contact with a soft warm surface
(b) A basic need for contact with mother
(c) A basic need for contact with mother substitute
(d) All of the above
Ans. (a)
12. ‘Infantile Autism’ is
(a) A combination of retarded development and peculiar behaviour
(b) A form of retarded development
(c) A kind of peculiar behaviour
(d) A unique and gifted behaviour
Ans. (a)
13. By the time infants are only a few months old, they
(a) Can tell the difference between their own name and other names
(b) Can recognise their own name only
(c) Cannot differentiate between names
(d) Can recognise simple sounds only
Ans. (a)
14. Any theory proposing that all human beings move through an orderly and predictable series of changes, is referred to as
(a) Stage theory
(b) Cohort theory
(c) Longitudinal
(d) Cross-sectional
Ans. (a)
15. In which of the following studies the concept of critical period originate4Z
(a) Psychosocial development
(b) Embryological development
(c) Psychosexual development
(d) Emotional development
Ans. (b)
16. Most body cells reproduce by a process called
(a) Meiosis
(b) Mitosis
(c) Nucleic
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
17. The newborn’s world is nothing more than a blooming, buzzing confusion’, was said by
(a) William James
(b) Jean Piaget
(c) B.F. Skinner
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
18. Many of our physical characteristics, like, height, bone structure, hair and eye colours are
(a) Inherited
(b) Non inherited
(c) Secondary qualities
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
19. Most body cells contain
(a) 46 chromosomes
(b) 56 chromosomes
(c) 36 chromosomes
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
20. A normal male chromosome pair 23 is represented by the symbol
(a) XX
(b) XY
(c) YY
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
21. At a signal from the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland triggers the growth spurt, and
(a) Youth follows
(b) Puberty follows
(c) Childhood follows
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
22. Who has described human behaviour and development as a process of responding to rewards and punishments in the environment?
(a) Jean Piaget
(b) John Watson
(c) B.F. Skinner
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
23. Adolescence is a period of ‘storm and stress’, was said by
(a) G. Stanley Hall
(b) B. F. Skinner
(c) Jean Piaget
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
24. Match List-I (Main feature) with List-II (Name of the theory) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Grouping people into discrete 1. Social Learning Theory
Behavioural categories
B. Relative difference between one person 2. Psychoanalysis
and another on a Continuous dimensions
C. Emphasis on the 3. Trait Theories
Unconscious motives
D. Analysis of the Unconscious 4. Type Theories
motives that direct behaviour
Code:
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (a)
25. Consider the following stages of personality development:
1. Identification
2. Latency
3. Primary motive satisfaction
4. Genital
According to Freud, the correct sequence of these stages in personality developments is
(a) 1,3,4,2
(b) 3, 1,4, 2
(c) 1,3,2,4
(d) 3, 1, 2, 4
Ans. (b)
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