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MCQs IN PSYCHOLOGY:
Objectives for UPSC, UGCNET/
JRF and Other Competitive
Examinations
Avinash Kumar, Ph. D.,
University of Delhi,
And
Gopal C. Mahakud, Ph. D.,
University of Delhi
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Answer to any question may be broadly categorized into two ways such as objective
and long answer type. Answering questions in a long or narrative manner may be timeconsuming
and may create physical and psychological burden. Further, it may not satisfy
the answer what the question proposed to be. In such cases, answer in short form or
objective manner may be preferable. Psychology is a very broad subject to understand the
concept and its meaning. In this regard, reader prefer the exact meaning and concept to
understand psychology better through some multiple choice questions and can prepare
the answer easily by going through the important points and statement which is required
for certain purpose.
In the Union Public Services (UPSC) (India), candidates prepare a huge number of
papers and questions starting from general knowledge to their main stream of the optional
paper for main the examination. In this context, it is very difficult for them to go through
many branches of psychology, which is a very broad topic in nature. In this context, the
present book will definitely help them to prepare better for their prelims and main exams
interested in the field of psychology without spending much time, effort and also the cost
factor. Similarly, the present book will serve students to prepare for University Grant
Commission (UGC), National Educational Test (NET)/Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
programme and other competitive examinations in psychology.
The first chapter of the book ‘Introduction to psychology” defines the history of
scientific psychology, concept, definition, scope and various branches of psychology.
Which will help the students to prepare and know briefly about what exactly psychology
meants. The second chapter of the book ‘Biological bases of behaviour’ includes the
items briefly from the stream of Bio-psychology or Physiological Psychology. The
chapter will help students to know how the behavior of the organism is affected by
various structures of nervous system, role of hormones and other body chemicals. The
third chapter of the book ‘Sensation, Attention and Perception’ intended to cover the
items in most emergent area of psychology, i.e., cognitive psychology. Similarly the
fourth chapter ‘Learning and Conditioning’ fifth chapter ‘Memory process’ and sixth
chapter ‘Thinking Process’ proposed the other important areas of cognitive process
both in higher order and lower order functioning. The seventh chapter of the book
includes the items of ‘Motivations and Emotions’ emphasizing the concept, meaning,
definition and the application of motivation and emotion in various fields where the
application of motivation and emotions are most crucial in nature. The eighth chapter of
PREFACE
the book has focused ‘Personality Type and Trait’ with the concept, meaning, various
types of personality, traits of personality and its role in various sectors. Another
important cognitive process, ‘Intelligence’ has been defined in a well-mannered way in
the ninth chapter of the book. The tenth chapter of the book contains the recent
important field of psychology ‘Health Behaviour and Coping Strategies.’
Role of social psychology and organizational behavior in psychology is not restricted
to the field of psychology only. It is also an important field of concern in other branches
of humanities and social science streams such as, sociology, anthropology, commerce,
economics and even in business studies. In this context, the Eleventh chapter of the book
‘Attitude and socialization’, Twelfth chapter titled ‘Group and Group Behaviour’
Thirteenth chapter titled ‘Communication’ in group and society and Fourteenth
chapter titled ‘Leadership’ will help students to know various aspects of social and
organisational psychology to deal with their society effectively, besides, satisfying the
objective of their entrance examinations. Fifteenth chapter of the book contains the
items of ‘Concept of Abnormal Psychology’ dealing with a brief knowledge about the
concept and meaning of abnormal behavior, various disorders related to abnormal
psychology and the intervention processes for various abnormal behaviours. Similarly,
the sixteenth chapter of the book included the most important items related to various
types of ‘Mental Disorders and Some Major Intervention Techniques (Therapies)’ to
deal with these disorders. Seventeenth chapter of the book deals with the concept of
‘Life Span Development’ and Eighteenth chapter of the book contains the concept,
cause and etiology of various types of ‘Developmental Disorders’ and intervention
strategies to handle these disorders effectively. Finally the last two chapter of the book,
nineteenth chapter titled ‘Research Methodology in Psychology’ and Twentieth
chapter of the book ‘Basic Statistics in Psychology’ based on the various research
techniques, designs, and uses of descriptive and inferential statistics for both qualitative
and quantitative data analysis.
Last but not leasts it can be said that the book contains total of twenty chapters
including 2000 to 3000 multiple choice question answers in different way, like Fill in
The Blanks, True/False, Assertion/Reasoning, etc., which are more relevant to most
of the competitive examinations. These chapters of the book cover most of the
important branches of psychology and will definitely help students interested for different
types of examination to score better having a healthy and sound knowledge. The
wordings and terminology of the book is simple and reader-friendly which will definitely
help the interested beginners to attend any competitive examination in psychology.
– Avinash Kumar and Gopal C. Mahakud
For the completion of this book, we have received support and encouragement from
many. At the outset, tremendous indebtedness is due to our parents who for their constant
support throughout.
We express our sincere acknowledgement to the authors whose research papers,
books, monographs, etc., we had consulted for crucial information on the subject.
Similarly, we are grateful to Dr. Kanchan wife of Dr. Avinash Kumar (First Author) and
Mrs. Smrutirekha Palai, wife of Dr. Gopal C. Mahakud (Second and Corresponding
Author) of the book.
We are also thankful to Professor, N. K. Chadha, Professor and Head of the
Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Prof. Anand Prakash, Prof. Nandita
Babu, Dr. S.P.K. Jena and other teachers of Dept. of Psychology, University of Delhi, for
their sincere encouragement. Similarly, we are also thankful to Dr. Madhu Pruthi,
Pricipal, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, for her continued support and
encouragement during the preparation of the book. We are also thankful to Dr. Harpreet
Bhatia, Dr. Daisy Sharma, Dr. Dimpy Mahanta, Dr. Reema Mahotra Bhola and others for
their inspiration.
Authors
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Sr.
No.
Title Page No.
1. Introduction to Psychology 1 – 13
2. Physiology of Behaviour 14 – 30
3. Sensation, Attention and Perception 31 – 44
4. Learning and Conditioning 45 – 62
5. Memory Process 63 – 78
6. Thinking Process 79 – 93
7. Motivation and Emotion 94 – 109
8. Personality Type and Trait 110 – 128
9. Intelligence 129 – 144
10. Health Behavior and Coping Strategies 145 – 159
11. Attitude and Socialization 160 – 174
12. Group and Group Behaviour 175 – 187
13. Language Development and Communication 188 – 198
14. Leadership 199 – 206
15. Concept of Abnormal Psychology 207 – 219
16. Mental Disorder Concept and Therapies 220– 234
17. Life Span Development 235– 248
18. Developmental Disorders 249 – 257
19. Research Methodology in Psychology 258– 268
20. Basic Statistics in Psychology 269– 279
References 280 – 281
CONTENTS
Learning Objective
In the modern society, due to numbers of
psychosocial problems, most of the individual are
not free from stress and strain. In this context, the
study of psychology or study of human behaviour
is very important to survive in a healthy way. But
the subject matter of psychology is very vast in
nature. Before entering into the broad areas of
psychology, it is important to study briefly about
the concept, scope and areas of psychology. The
present chapter of the book is the brief
description of the concept and scope of
psychology in objective manner. The present
chapter will help the beginner student of
psychology covering most of the significant
events and areas starting from the scientific era
of psychology in an objective manner to
remember in a very short period of time.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Psychology is a _________.
(a) A natural science
(b) A physical science
(c) A biological science
(d) A social science
2. Psychology as a ‘Science of Mind’,
defined by _________ school of
psychology.
(a) Psychoanalysts
(b) Behaviourists
(c) Functionalists
(d) Ancient Greek Philosophers
3. In the year _________ the Scientific
Psychology was first accepted.
(a) 1779
(b) 1679
(c) 1879
(d) 1889
4. Who is the father of Experimental
Psychology.
(a) Wilhelm Wundt
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) E.B. Titchener
5. Psychology can be literally defined as
the _________.
(a) Science of mind
(b) Science of behaviour
(c) Science of soul
(d) Science of consciousness
6. J.B. Watson, the founder and father of
behaviouristic school of psychology
defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of
_________.
(a) Soul
(b) Consciousness
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(c) Mind
(d) Behaviour
7. E.B. Titchener (1867-1927) defined
‘Psychology’ as the science of
_________.
(a) Conscious Experience
(b) Science of Mind
(c) Science of Experience
(d) Science of Soul
8. Who defined ‘Psychology’ as the
scientific study of activities of organism
in relation to its environment?
(a) J.BWatson
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) Wood worth
(d) William James
9. “S-R” concept was first established by
_________.
(a) J.BWatson
(b) Wilhelm Wundt
(c) William James
(d) I.P. Pavlov
10. Rejecting the concept of “S-R”
connectionism, further “S-O-R” concept
was developed by _________.
(a) Woodworth
(b) C.G. Jung
(c) E.B. Titchener
(d) Sigmund Freud
11. Who defined “Psychology as the science
of immediate experience with consciousness
being the main subject matter”?
(a) E.B. Titchener
(b) William James
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) Wilhelm Wundt
12. Who is the founder and principal
proponent of psychoanalysis _________.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) E.B Titchener
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) Alfred Adler
13. Who is the psychologist who constructed
the first intelligence test?
(a) William James
(b) J. B. Watson
(c) William Mc Dougall
(d) Alfred Binet
14. The occurrence of ‘O’ in ‘S-O-R’
concept is responsible in regulating the
behavior of the organism and making
psychological activity _________.
(a) Complex
(b) Dynamic
(c) Fixed
(d) Puzzled
15. Anything which evokes a response in the
Organism is called.
(a) Stimulus
(b) Thing
(c) Situation
(d) Incidence
16. The method of ‘Field Observation’ is
always considered as _________.
(a) Subjective
(b) Complex
(c) Neutral
(d) Objective
17. To study Abnormal Psychology means,
to study mainly the nature of _________.
(a) Normality of mind
(b) Unconscious level of mind
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(c) Subconscious level of mind
(d) Abnormality of mind
18. Clinical Psychology deals with the
practical aspect of _________.
(a) Abnormal Psychology
(b) Educational Psychology
(c) Child Psychology
(d) Experimental Psychology
19. Sigmund Freud is regarded as the father
of _________ in psychology.
(a) Gestalt school
(b) Behaviouristic school
(c) Functionalistic school
(d) Psychoanalytic school
20. Ebbinghuas, had done the pioneering
experiments on _________.
(a) Perception
(b) Emotion
(c) Memory
(d) Thinking
21. Science is invariably characterised by
_________.
(a) Its methodology
(b) Its theory
(c) Its fact
(d) Its hypothesis
22. General psychology deals with _______.
(a) Personality
(b) Development
(c) Intelligent
(d) Fundamentals of all branches of
psychology
23. Industrial Psychology is _________.
(a) Theoretical Psychology
(b) Applied Psychology
(c) Educational Psychology
(d) Abnormal Psychology
24. Developmental Psychology studies
_________.
(a) Personality
(b) Motivation
(c) Intelligence
(d) Various stages of development of
man
25. Abnormal Psychology is concerned with
_________.
(a) Developmental stages of individual
(b) Diagnosis of abnormal behaviour
(c) Abnormal behaviour and its causes
(d) Treatment of abnormal behaviour
26. Social Psychology deals with ________.
(a) Behaviour of an individual at work
(b) Behaviour and experience in social
situations
(c) Behaviour of ethnic groups
(d) Abnormal Behaviour of people
27. Psychology is the science studying the
behaviour of _________.
(a) Mankind
(b) Living Organism
(c) Animals
(d) Plants
28. Some of the most useful knowledge of
human perception has borrowed from
_________.
(a) Chemistry
(b) Physics
(c) Sociology
(d) Zoology
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29. A major part of developmental psychology
is devoted to the understanding of
behaviour of _________.
(a) Children
(b) Adolescents
(c) Women
(d) Old people
30. Who is the founder of ‘Individual
Psychology’?
(a) David Hull
(b) Thorndike
(c) Alfred Binet
(d) Alfred Adler
31. From the following pioneered psychologist
who is associated with Behaviourism?
(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) William James
(c) Megde Arnold
(d) David Hull
32. Who is recognised as the father of
psychoanalysis?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Tolman
(c) Alfred Adler
(d) William James
33. Wolf Gang Kohler was associated with
_________ school of psychology.
(a) Social Psychology
(b) Gestalt Psychology
(c) Industrial Psychology
(d) Educational Psychology
34. The “Law of effect” was coined by
_________.
(a) Skinner
(b) Pavlov
(c) Kohler
(d) Thorndike
35. Archetype is a terminology associated
with _________.
(a) Jung
(b) Freud
(c) Adler
(d) Skinner
36. Who established the first experimental
psychological laboratory?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) B.F. Skinner
(c) Evan Pavlov
(d) Wilhelm Wundt
37. Who is the valuable contributor in
insightful learning?
(a) Throndike
(b) B.F. Skinner
(c) Evan Pavlov
(d) Kohler
38. The most pioneered contributor to
Behavioural school of psychology is
_________.
(a) Freud
(b) Allport
(c) Watson
(d) Fechner
39. Wilhelm Wundt established the first
laboratory of experimental psychology
at _________.
(a) Greenwich
(b) Zurich
(c) Leipzig
(d) Munich
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40. From the following psychologist, who
rejected introspection as a method of
psychology _________.
(a) B.F. Skinner
(b) Fulton
(c) Cattell
(d) J.B.Watson
41. In which method of study of psychology,
independent and dependent variable are
important elements.
(a) Introspection Method
(b) Experimental Method
(c) Observational Method
(d) Case History Method
42. In _________ method of study in
psychology, passive study and analysis
of human behaviour is usually done.
(a) Introspection Method
(b) Experimental Method
(c) Observational Method
(d) Genetic Method
43. In the simplest experimental method, ‘E’
manipulates _________.
(a) One Variable
(b) Two Variables
(c) Three Variables
(d) Four Variables
44. What it is called, when more than one
independent variable works in an
experimental situation.
(a) Situational Crisis
(b) Interaction
(c) Multisituational Effect
(d) Variable Crisis
45. Who has been considered as the father of
psychoanalysis method of study
_________?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) E.B Titchener
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) Alfred Adler
46. Who has been credited as the first
developer of first intelligence test and
made important contributions to our
understanding of the thought process?
(a) William James
(b) Alfred Binet
(c) William McDougall
(d) J.B. Watson
47. The concepts like “Introspection” and
“Conscious Experience” are associated
with _________.
(a) Functionalism
(b) Behaviourism
(c) Structuralism
(d) Gestalt Psychology
48. A Provisional theory to explain observed
facts is known as _________.
(a) Construct
(b) Theory
(c) Hypothesis
(d) Event
49. _________ is the least noticeable value
of stimulus.
(a) Stimulus Threshold
(b) Response Threshold
(c) Hypothesis
(d) Problem
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50. Which one of the following approaches
tries to analyze human behaviour in
terms of stimulus-response units
acquired through the process of learning,
mainly through instrumental conditioning
.
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic
Approach
(d) Existential Approach
51. _________ approach is popularly rooted
in Gestalt psychology.
(a) Wholistic Approach
(b) Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic
Approach
(c) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(d) Cognitive Approach
52. _________ approach emphasizes the
role of instinctual processes and their
modification in the course of interaction
with the society.
(a) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(b) Cognitive Approach
(c) Holistic Approach
(d) Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic
Approach
53. The system which still survives very
nearly in its rigid forms is _________.
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Holistic Approach
(d) Existential Approach
54. Psychologists with the Biological
perspective try to relate behaviour to
functions of _________.
(a) Body
(b) Mind
(c) Soul
(d) Unconscious
55. The perspective which is concerned with
characteristic changes that occur in
people as they mature is known as
_________.
(a) Developmental Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Psychoanalytic Perspective
56. For the first time, the word ‘Psychology’
is introduced by_________.
(a) Rudolf Goekle
(b) William James
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) C. G. Jung
57. Rudolf Goekle used the word
‘Psychology’ for the first time in the
year _________.
(a) 1590 AD
(b) 1095 AD
(c) 1950 AD
(d) 1509 AD
58. Which branch of psychology deals with
the study of animal behaviour?
(a) Social Psychology
(b) Comparative Psychology
(c) Abnormal Psychology
(d) Differential Psychology
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59. Woodworth’s approach to define
Psychology is_________.
(a) Dynamic
(b) Constant
(c) Fluctuating
(d) simple
60. Who is the Founder of Gestalt
Psychology _________?
(a) Kurt Koffka
(b) Max wertheimer
(c) Kurt Lewin
(d) Wolfgang Kohker
61. _________ field of psychology focuses
on the potential role of evolution in
behaviour.
(a) Developmental Psychology
(b) Physiological Psychology
(c) Evolutional Psychology
(d) Cognitive Psychology
62. Which perspective of psychology
emphasizes the overt behaviour of the
individual?
(a) Developmental Perspective
(b) Behaviouristic Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Psychoanalytic Perspective
63. Thought process is the main component
of _________ perspective.
(a) Gestalt Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Cognitive Perspective
64. _________ perspective focuses on
changes in behaviour and cognitive
processes over the life span.
(a) Developmental Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Psychoanalytic Perspective
65. ‘Behaviour can be influenced by social
and cultural factor’, the _________
perspective of psychology emphasizes it.
(a) Developmental Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Socio-cultural Perspective
66. The frameworks for explaining various
events or process in science is known as
_________.
(a) Facts
(b) Theories
(c) Models
(d) Hypothesis
67. Emphasizing what comes to mind first
or most readily/quickly is known as
_________.
(a) Heuristic
(b) Critical Thinking
(c) Intuitive Thought
(d) Confirmation Bias
68. A systematic study of facts according to
a reliable and correct method of study is
called a _________.
(a) Scientific Study
(b) Biological Study
(c) Social Technique
(d) Methodology
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69. The concept of building block of
consciousness was laid by _________.
(a) Watson
(b) Wundt
(c) Freud
(d) Jung
70. Who is the first woman, awarded Ph. D
in psychology?
(a) Anna Freud
(b) Margaret Floy Washburn
(c) Melanie Klein
(d) Karen Horney
71. In the year 1913, C. G. Jung, established
his school after separated from Sigmund
Freud, which is known as _________.
(a) Psychoanalysis School
(b) Individual Psychology
(c) Psychoanalytical School
(d) Child Psychology
72. The _________ law of psychology deals
with least noticeable difference in
different stimuli.
(a) Getsalt Law
(b) Watson Law
(c) Binet –Simon Law
(d) Weber-Fechner Law
73. Gestalt psychology taking its name from
the German word ‘Gestal’ which
literally means _________.
(a) World
(b) Whole
(c) A part
(d) Whole vs part
74. Who promoted the formulation of
Elementism?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Paul Broca
75. The concept of Rationalism is developed
by _________.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Paul Broca
76. Who proposed that mind and body are
two separate entities and interact with
each other?
(a) Rene Descartes
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Paul Broca
77. Who is an important functionalistic
psychologist was particularly interested
in consciousness, memory and emotions?
(a) John Dewey
(b) William James
(c) Thorndike
(d) Skinner
78. What is the name of the person
established the School of Individual
Psychology?
(a) Adler
(b) Jung
(c) Anne Freud
(d) Eric Fromm
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79. Who is a pioneer contributor to the
Cognitive Psychology?
(a) Jean Piaget
(b) Kohler
(c) Chomsky
(d) Kholberg
80. The modern psycholinguistic theory was
developed by _________.
(a) Chomsky
(b) Kohler
(c) Piaget
(d) Kholberg
81. The concept of psychology come into
teaching and the first psychology course
offered by _________.
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) E. B. Titchner
(c) J. B. Watson
(d) William James
82. Abraham Maslow and Carl Roger were
the founder of ________ approach.
(a) Developmental approach
(b) Biological approach
(c) Humanistic approach
(d) Socio-cultural approach
83. Hope, happiness, optimism and flow
takes together as _________.
(a) Cognitive psychology
(b) Positive psychology
(c) Humanistic psychology
(d) Evolutionary psychology
84. Wilson was the strong supporter of
_________ plays vital role for shaping
of behaviour.
(a) Genes
(b) Culture and environment
(c) Past life
(d) God or almighty
85. The role of brain, body chemical, central
nervous system, neural mechanism, etc.,
are considered the _________ branch of
psychology.
(a) Cognitive psychology
(b) Positive psychology
(c) Neuropsychology
(d) Evolutionary psychology
86. Who proposed the famous PASS theory
on psychology?
(a) Binet-Simon
(b) Cattell
(c) J. P Das
(d) Thurstone
87. The first psychological laboratory was
established in India at _________.
(a) Delhi University
(b) Bombay University
(c) Calcutta University
(d) Banaras Hindu University
88. First Psychology department started in
the department of philosophy at Calcutta
University in the year ________.
(a) 1905
(b) 1916
(c) 1890
(d) 1780
89. First psychology Department at in India
established by the headship of ________.
(a) Prof. K. D Bruta
(b) Prof. N. N Sengupta
(c) Prof. G. Gupta
(d) Prof. Ganguli
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90. The famous book ‘Principles of Psychology’
was authored by________.
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) E. B. Titchner
(c) J. B. Watson
(d) William James
91. According J. B Watson, ‘Psychology is a
Science of________’.
(a) Soul
(b) Mind
(c) Behaviour
(d) Brain
92. Some of our most useful knowledge of
human perception borrowed from
________.
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Sociology
(d) Mathematics
93. The structuralist intended to identify the
buildings blocks of ________.
(a) Consciousness
(b) Subconsciousness
(c) Unconsciousness
(d) None of the above
94. Who discovered that all mental process
are not accompanied by mental imagery?
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) E. B. Titchner
(c) J. B. Watson
(d) Oswald Kulpe
95. The functionalist strongly influenced by
________.
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) J. B. Watson
(d) William James
96. Who is credited for setting up the first
psychological laboratory in United
States?
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) J. B. Watson
(d) William James
97. What is the meaning of ‘Flock’
according to Gestalt psychology?
(a) The whole
(b) Perceptual unit
(c) Perception
(d) Closur
98. Who is the father of psychodynamic
theory?
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) William James
99. Self actualisation is the proposed by
________.
(a) Carl Roser
(b) Abraham Mashlow
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) William James
100. Computer provided a new way to
conceptualise mental processes and to
develop detail theories which is known
as ________.
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Behavioural Approach
(c) Gestalt Approach
(d) Information Processing Approach
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101. Who is a famous psycholinguistic?
(a) Gardner
(b) Alan Newell
(c) A. Simon
(d) Noam Chomsky
102. ________ psychology compare human
abilities with those of animals
particularly non-human primates.
(a) Industrial Psychology
(b) Social Psychology
(c) Evolutionary Psychology
(d) Animal Psychology
103. Who is the author of book Principle of
Psychology?
(a) Willhelm Wundt
(b) Charles Darwin
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) William James
104. In which year Sigmund Freud published
the book ‘The Ego’ and ‘The Id’?
(a) 1927
(b) 1972
(c) 1980
(d) 1908
105. First issue of cognitive neuroscience
appears in the year ________.
(a) 1967
(b) 1989
(c) 1997
(d) 1978
106. Psychiatric nurse holds a master degree
in ________.
(a) M.S.N with C.S. in Psychiatric
nursing
(b) M.A./M.Sc in Clinical Psychology
(c) M.S degree in Psychiatry
(d) M.A./M.Sc in Counselling Psychology
107. The academic related psychological
problems are dealt by________.
(a) Industrial Psychologist
(b) Social Psychologist
(c) Academic Psychologist
(d) Clinical Psychologist
108. Psychology in the work place is the
subject matter of________.
(a) Industrial and organisational Psychology
(b) Social Psychology
(c) Academic Psychology
(d) Clinical Psychology
109. According to Darwin, the variation in
behaviour passed from one generation to
next generation is due to ________.
(a) Selection
(b) Cultural Changes
(c) Inheritance
(d) None of the above
110. Study of gender difference is the subject
matter of ________.
(a) Industrial and Organisational
Psychology
(b) Social Psychology
(c) Developmental Psychology
(d) Clinical Psychology
Answers:
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (c)
4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (d)
7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (a)
10. (a) 11. (a&d) 12. (a)
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13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (a)
16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (a)
19. (d) 20. (c) 21. (a)
22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (d)
25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (b)
28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (d)
31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (b)
34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (d)
37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c)
40. (d) 41. (b) 42. (c)
43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a)
46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (c)
49. (a) 50. (c) 51. (d)
52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (a)
55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (a)
58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (b)
61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (d)
64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (b)
67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (b)
70. (b) 71. (c) 72. (d)
73. (b) 74. (b) 75. (c)
76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (a)
79. (a) 80. (a) 81. (d)
82. (c) 83. (b) 84. (a)
85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (c)
88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (d)
91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (a)
94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (d)
97. (b) 98. (c) 99. (b)
100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (c)
103. (d) 104. (a) 105. (b)
106. (a) 107. (c) 108. (a)
109. (c) 110. (c)
True or False
1. As psychology is a science, psychologist
use empirical methods in their studies
and most frequently rely on sensory
experience.
2. The movement of the flies are studied in
Ergonomics.
3. Psychologist concerned with human
behaviour only.
4. Behaviourist perceive nature as the
significant factor.
5. William James propounded behaviourism.
6. Kohler is associated with behaviourism.
7. Skinner is famous for principles of
reinforcement.
8. Chimpanzees were the subject of
Pavlov’s Conditioning.
9. Purposive theory of learning was
proposed by Tolman.
10. Thorndike and Law of Effect are
associated each other.
Answers:
1. True 2. True 3. False
4. False 5. False 6. False
7. True 8. False 9. True
10. True
Guidelines to Assertion (A) and
Reasoning (R) Type Questions
(a) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the
correct explanation of ‘A’
(b) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not
the correct explanation of ‘A’
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(c) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false
(d) ‘A’ is false ‘R’ is true
1A. Political psychology is not a part of
military psychology.
R. Political psychology does not deal with
war.
2A. The psychologists working in public
sector are not very successful
R. Public sector is more bureaucratic.
3A. Skinner is a behaviouristic.
R. Classical condition is his contribution?
4A. The consulting psychologists are more
successful.
R. They help people to help themselves.
5A. J. B Watson is consider as the father of
behaviouristic approach.
R. J. B. Watson established the behaviourstic
School.
Answers:
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c)
4. (a) 5. (a)
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