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Olympiads etc.: Psychology MCQs (Practice_Test 2 of 68)
1. Thinking aimed at finding a single correct answer to a problem by applying knowledge
and reasoning is called
a. divergent thinking
b. convergent thinking
c. functional fixedness
d. learning set
2. Match List I (Phenomenon investigated) with List II (Researcher) and select the correct
answer:
List-I List-II
a. TOT Phenomenon a. Wilder Penfield
b. Brain stimulation neurosurgery b. Tulving and Thompson
c. Long-term memory c. Brown and McNeill
d. Encoding specificity d. Ericsson and Kintsch
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Psychology MCQs
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1342 1324
ABC 3142 3124
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3. Reasoning involves the operation of reading (the recognition, knowledge, memory of
words) , the contents of the passage being read (the meanings of the words
themselves) and the products of the reading (the understanding that the passage
provides) . This approach is most probably based on the intelligence theory known as
a. Sternberg՚s triarchic theory
b. Vernon՚s three kinds of intelligence: A, B and C
c. Turnstone՚s theory of primary mental abilities
d. Guilford՚s structure of intelligence model
4. Zajonc՚s theory of confluence is about the relationship between birth order
a. intelligence
b. delinquency
c. creativity
d. personality
5. Which one of the following statements illustrates the term perceptual vigilance?
a. Lowering the perceptual threshold for stimuli one likes
b. Raising the perceptual threshold for stimuli one likes
c. Lowering the perceptual threshold for stimuli one dislikes
d. Raising the perceptual threshold for stimuli one dislikes
6. A child having Down՚s syndrome is likely to have IQ failing
a. Between 110 to 130
b. between 90 to 110
c. between 70 to 90
d. below 50
7. Jensen՚s work on heritability of intelligence has come in for criticism for
a. fudging of data
b. using inappropriate research design
c. drawing conclusions on the basis of culturally biased tests
d. using inappropriate statistics
8. Which one of the following statements indicates true relationship between intelligence
and creativity?
a. Intelligence and creativity have high correlation
b. Intelligence and creativity have low correlation
c. Intelligence arid creativity are moderately correlated
d. Intelligence and creativity have higher correlation at lower levels than at higher
levels of intelligence
9. Which one of the following statements about Type A individuals is not correct?
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a. They are aggressive
b. They are impatient
c. They are very sociable
d. They worry about deadlines
10. Consider the following theories of personality:
a. Trait theory
b. Humanistic theory
c. Psychoanalytic theory
d. Social learning theory
e. Neo-Freudian theories
The correct chronological order in which they appeared is
a. 1, 3,2, 4,5
b. 1, 3,2, 5,4
c. 3, 4,1, 5,2
d. 3, 5,1, 2,4
11. Consider the following statements regarding personality:
a. A dwarf has an insufficiency of sections from anterior lobe of pituitary gland
during early growth
b. Sexual development and functioning are influenced by secretions from anterior
lobe of pituitary gland
c. ‘Like begets like’ provides an instance of socio-cultural influence on shaping of
personality
d. Assessing personality on the scale of introversion-. Extraversion represents the
type approach of personality
Which of the above statements are correct?
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1,2 and 4
d. 1,2, 3 and 4
12. Consider the following dimensions
a. Extraversion
b. Neuroticism
c. Psychoticism
d. External locus of control
While describing personality H J Eysenck employed
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a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 4
c. 1,2 and 3
d. 1,3 and 4
13. Trait approach to personality asserts that traits are
a. adjectives describing behaviour
b. discrete and discontinuous categories of people
c. generalized systems which ensure consistency in behaviour of individuals
d. psychological categories of temperament associated with specific body physique
14. Those who tend to be solitary, insensitive and uncaring about others are high on
a. agreeableness
b. assertiveness
c. manipulation
d. psychoticism
15. Match List I (Main feature) with List II (Name of the theory) and select the correct
answer:
List-I List-II
1. Grouping people into discrete behavioural categories 1. Social Learning
2. Relative difference between one person and another on a Theory
continuous dimension 2. Psychoanalysis
3. Emphasis on the importance of environmental 3. Trait Theories
determinants of behaviour 4. Type Theories
4. Analysis of the unconscious motives that direct behaviour
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Psychology MCQs
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4312 4321
ABC 3421 3412
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