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| 1. |
The goal of studying psychology is to |
| A. | Understand human mind and behaviour |
| B. | Analyse human behaviour |
| C. | Control behaviour |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 2. |
Classical conditioning was propounded by................ |
| A. | Skinner |
| B. | Pavlov |
| C. | Bruner |
| D. | Vygotsky |
| Answer» B. Pavlov | |
| 3. |
The view of psychology that emphasises the study of mental processes. |
| A. | Humanistic |
| B. | Functionalist |
| C. | Cognitive |
| D. | Neo-behaviourist |
| Answer» C. Cognitive | |
| 4. |
The method in psychology in which large amount of data are generated from large number of respondents quickly and inexpensively. |
| A. | Survey |
| B. | Case study |
| C. | Experimental |
| D. | Sociometry |
| Answer» A. Survey | |
| 5. |
The pioneer of Operant Conditioning Theory. |
| A. | Pavlov |
| B. | Bruner |
| C. | Thorndike |
| D. | Skinner |
| Answer» D. Skinner | |
| 6. |
The movement of psychology that deals with the study of human behaviour in terms of environmental stimuli and observational responses. |
| A. | Functionalism |
| B. | Behaviourism |
| C. | Structuralism |
| D. | Psychoanalysis |
| Answer» B. Behaviourism | |
| 7. |
The method of inquiry in which one variable is manipulated to study its effect on another variable is ............. research. |
| A. | Correlational |
| B. | Survey |
| C. | Experimental |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» C. Experimental | |
| 8. |
The system that forms the communication network and coordinate the functions of all other systems in a human body. |
| A. | Limbic system |
| B. | Endocrine system |
| C. | Nervous system |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Nervous system | |
| 9. |
Discovery learning was propounded by.................. |
| A. | Bruner |
| B. | Dewey |
| C. | Vygotsky |
| D. | Kohler |
| Answer» A. Bruner | |
| 10. |
The gland causes drowsiness and sluggish metabolism when its hormone is under active. |
| A. | Pineal |
| B. | Pancreas |
| C. | Pituitary |
| D. | Thyroid |
| Answer» D. Thyroid | |
| 11. |
The type of attention in which an individual diverts attention towards a particular activity deliberately. |
| A. | Voluntary |
| B. | Involuntary |
| C. | Non-voluntary |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Voluntary | |
| 12. |
An internal drive or urge that compels an individual to act in a particular way. |
| A. | Maturation |
| B. | Learning |
| C. | Motivation |
| D. | modelling |
| Answer» C. Motivation | |
| 13. |
Which among the following is NOT a ‘grouping strategy’ used in organization of visual perception? |
| A. | Similarity |
| B. | Proximity |
| C. | Constancy |
| D. | Continuity |
| Answer» C. Constancy | |
| 14. |
The type of extra sensory perception in which the individual has the ability to acquire information by means other than known by human senses. |
| A. | Clairaudience |
| B. | Clairvoyance |
| C. | Claircognizance |
| D. | Clairalience |
| Answer» B. Clairvoyance | |
| 15. |
The psychologist who held the belief that human behaviours are motivated by unconscious instincts and urges. |
| A. | Piaget |
| B. | Frued |
| C. | Bruner |
| D. | Skinner |
| Answer» B. Frued | |
| 16. |
The schedule of reinforcement that occurs after a definite number of correct responses. |
| A. | Fixed ratio |
| B. | Continuous |
| C. | Fixed interval |
| D. | Partial |
| Answer» A. Fixed ratio | |
| 17. |
Who proposed the concept of ‘Latent learning’? |
| A. | Skinner |
| B. | Bruner |
| C. | Tolman |
| D. | Thorndike |
| Answer» C. Tolman | |
| 18. |
Which among the following is NOT included in Gestalt Laws of Learning? |
| A. | Law of readiness |
| B. | Law of similarity |
| C. | Law of closure |
| D. | Law of continuity |
| Answer» A. Law of readiness | |
| 19. |
Who proposed that learning is a process of perceptual organization and reorganization of one’s life space? |
| A. | William James |
| B. | Kurt Lewin |
| C. | Kohler |
| D. | Frued |
| Answer» B. Kurt Lewin | |
| 20. |
The process of cognitive development in which the learner incorporates new information in to the already existing cognitive structure. |
| A. | Accommodation |
| B. | Equilibration |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Assimilation | |
| 21. |
According to Vygotsky, the difference between actual development and potential development is called............... |
| A. | ZPD |
| B. | Scaffolding |
| C. | Shaping |
| D. | Modelling |
| Answer» A. ZPD | |
| 22. |
Which among the following is NOT included in Bandura’s modelling? |
| A. | Attention |
| B. | Retention |
| C. | Reproduction |
| D. | Symbolism |
| Answer» D. Symbolism | |
| 23. |
The ability to respond discretely to specific auditory, visual or tactile stimuli. |
| A. | Focused attention |
| B. | Sustained attention |
| C. | Selective attention |
| D. | Alternating attention |
| Answer» A. Focused attention | |
| 24. |
The proponent of Structuralism is ............ |
| A. | William Wundt |
| B. | William James |
| C. | J. B. Watson |
| D. | Sigmund Frued |
| Answer» A. William Wundt | |
| 25. |
The memory that holds things that are learned without understanding its meaning. |
| A. | Immediate |
| B. | Rote |
| C. | Associative |
| D. | Permanent |
| Answer» B. Rote | |
| 26. |
The school of psychology that studies perceptions and experiences in wholeness. |
| A. | Behaviourist |
| B. | Gestalt |
| C. | Cognitive |
| D. | Psychoanalysis |
| Answer» B. Gestalt | |
| 27. |
Iconic and echoic memories are types of .............. |
| A. | STM |
| B. | LTM |
| C. | Sensory memory |
| D. | Semantic memory |
| Answer» C. Sensory memory | |
| 28. |
Which among the following are causes of forgetting? |
| A. | Laps of time |
| B. | Inadequate impression |
| C. | Repression |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 29. |
Who proposed the ‘curve of forgetting’? |
| A. | Ebbinghaus |
| B. | Tolman |
| C. | Bruner |
| D. | Piaget |
| Answer» A. Ebbinghaus | |
| 30. |
The memorising strategy that involve visual association between already memorised places and new words to be memorised. |
| A. | Chunking |
| B. | Keyword |
| C. | Rote learning |
| D. | Loci |
| Answer» D. Loci | |
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