McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 51. |
Attention ,encoding and retrieval are basic processes of? |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | creativity |
| C. | social thought |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. social thought | |
| 52. |
……….. refers to the processes through which we recover information from memory |
| A. | attention |
| B. | encoding |
| C. | retrieval |
| D. | observation |
| Answer» C. retrieval | |
| 53. |
The bias in which we overlook risks and expect things to turn out well is known as |
| A. | optimistic bias |
| B. | counter factual thinking |
| C. | pessimistic bias |
| D. | planning fallacy |
| Answer» A. optimistic bias | |
| 54. |
announced schedules for public works (e.g., new roads, airports, bridges, stadiums) that have no chance of being met is best explained by |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» C. planning fallacy | |
| 55. |
………… is the tendency to imagine other outcomes in a situation than the ones that actually occurred |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» A. counter factual thinking | |
| 56. |
I got up on the left side of the bed today; therefore it will rain- is an example of |
| A. | belief |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» D. magical thinking | |
| 57. |
Terror management is a pausible explanation of which bias among the following |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» D. magical thinking | |
| 58. |
Which among below is not an error of social cognition |
| A. | schema |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» A. schema | |
| 59. |
In ABC triad what does C stands for ? |
| A. | culture |
| B. | cognition |
| C. | coperation |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. cognition | |
| 60. |
In ABC triad what does A stands for ? |
| A. | aggression |
| B. | affect |
| C. | altruism |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. affect | |
| 61. |
Experiment of norman triplett was on? |
| A. | social loafing |
| B. | social facilitation |
| C. | conformity |
| D. | obedience |
| Answer» B. social facilitation | |
| 62. |
Norman triplett”S study on social facilitation was a …………study |
| A. | correlational |
| B. | observational |
| C. | experimental |
| D. | qualitative |
| Answer» C. experimental | |
| 63. |
Which among below disciplins are associated with social psychology? |
| A. | cognitive psychology |
| B. | personality psychology |
| C. | clinical psychology |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 64. |
The field which the structure, function, growth, origin, and evolution of living things is called |
| A. | biology |
| B. | social psychology |
| C. | neurology |
| D. | structuralism |
| Answer» A. biology | |
| 65. |
…………. Field exclusively examines the concept of culture, and specifically the role of culture in influencing people’s attitudes and behavior. |
| A. | anthropology |
| B. | evolution |
| C. | sociology |
| D. | social psychology |
| Answer» A. anthropology | |
| 66. |
The group which doesn’t receive any treatment in experimental method is termed as |
| A. | experimental group |
| B. | control group |
| C. | confounding group |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. control group | |
| 67. |
The variable which is manipulated in an experimental research is called |
| A. | dependent variable |
| B. | independent variable |
| C. | extraneous variable |
| D. | continuos variable |
| Answer» B. independent variable | |
| 68. |
The variable which is measured in an experiment is called |
| A. | dependent variable |
| B. | independent variable |
| C. | extraneous variable |
| D. | continuos variable |
| Answer» A. dependent variable | |
| 69. |
Variable other than independent variable which makes changes in dependent variable is called |
| A. | control variable |
| B. | continuos variable |
| C. | confounding variable |
| D. | internal variable |
| Answer» C. confounding variable | |
| 70. |
----------- is a standardised, planned, and systematic approach to objectively observe and record behavior |
| A. | survey |
| B. | experiment |
| C. | observation |
| D. | record |
| Answer» C. observation | |
| 71. |
Which among below are a type of observation? |
| A. | participant |
| B. | naturalistic |
| C. | structured |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 72. |
Observation in which researcher is not involved with participants is called |
| A. | naturalistic |
| B. | participant |
| C. | non participant |
| D. | unstructured |
| Answer» C. non participant | |
| 73. |
A technique which involves observing involves studying the spontaneous behavior of participants in natural surroundings is |
| A. | controlled |
| B. | naturalistic |
| C. | participant |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. naturalistic | |
| 74. |
When , a researchers ask large numbers of people to respond to questions about their attitudes or behavior. It is |
| A. | survey method |
| B. | experimental |
| C. | observation |
| D. | correlation |
| Answer» A. survey method | |
| 75. |
The term ________ refers to a tendency for one event to be associated with changes in the other |
| A. | relation |
| B. | correlation |
| C. | association |
| D. | dependency |
| Answer» B. correlation | |
| 76. |
The greater the departure from zero correlation strength is said to be |
| A. | weaker |
| B. | no change |
| C. | stronger |
| D. | varying |
| Answer» C. stronger | |
| 77. |
Which among below are a type of correlation |
| A. | positive correlation |
| B. | negative correlation |
| C. | none of the above |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 78. |
When a variable decreases with the decrease of another variable they are said to be |
| A. | negative correlated |
| B. | positive correlated |
| C. | not related |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. positive correlated | |
| 79. |
When a variable decreases with the increase of another variable they are said to be |
| A. | negative correlated |
| B. | positive correlated |
| C. | not related |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. negative correlated | |
| 80. |
Correlation range is |
| A. | 0-1 |
| B. | -1 – 0 |
| C. | 0 - +1/-1 |
| D. | 0-2 |
| Answer» C. 0 - +1/-1 | |
| 81. |
actions that benefit other people or society as a whole is termed as |
| A. | prosocial behavior |
| B. | empathy |
| C. | social behavior |
| D. | kindness |
| Answer» A. prosocial behavior | |
| 82. |
________ is the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection |
| A. | kin selection |
| B. | natural selection |
| C. | genetics |
| D. | selection |
| Answer» A. kin selection | |
| 83. |
perceiving others’ thoughts and feelings accurately is known by |
| A. | emotional empathy |
| B. | empathic accuracy |
| C. | empathic concern |
| D. | empathy |
| Answer» B. empathic accuracy | |
| 84. |
___________ is defined as the inhibiting influence of the presence of others on a person’s willingness to help someone in need. |
| A. | altruism |
| B. | influence |
| C. | bystander effect |
| D. | prosocial behavior |
| Answer» C. bystander effect | |
| 85. |
Diffusion of responsibility & pluralistic ignorance are some of the causes of |
| A. | prosocial behavior |
| B. | bystander effect |
| C. | empathy |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. bystander effect | |
| 86. |
impulsive, angry behavior that is motivated by a desire to harm someone is known as |
| A. | aggression |
| B. | instrumental aggression |
| C. | violence |
| D. | hostile aggression |
| Answer» D. hostile aggression | |
| 87. |
GAM stands for ? |
| A. | genetic aggression model |
| B. | general aggression model |
| C. | general aggression map |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. general aggression model | |
| 88. |
cultures in which hold strong norms indicating that aggression is an appropriate response to insults to one’s honor is termed as |
| A. | bad culture |
| B. | good culture |
| C. | cultures of honor |
| D. | cultures of proud |
| Answer» C. cultures of honor | |
| 89. |
which among below are not a situational cause of aggression |
| A. | alcohol |
| B. | temperature |
| C. | bullying |
| D. | hormone |
| Answer» D. hormone | |
| 90. |
Which among below are a method to control aggression? |
| A. | catharsis |
| B. | punishment |
| C. | self regulation |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 91. |
A pattern consisting primarily of high levels of competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility is termed as _______ behavior pattern |
| A. | type a |
| B. | type ab |
| C. | type b |
| D. | type c |
| Answer» A. type a | |
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