PSYCHOLOGY
Paper – II
Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. The California F-Scale measures
(A) The qualities associated with feminine characteristics.
(B) The tendency for seeking sensation.
(C) A person’s proneness to being rigid and authoritarian.
(D) The qualities of extrovertion.
2. Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices is presumed to measure
(A) Crystallized Intelligence
(B) Convergent Thinking
(C) General Intelligence
(D) Spatial Reasoning
3. A projection apparatus used to show visual stimuli for very brief durations is called
(A) Visual Cliff
(B) Tachistoscope
(C) EEG Apparatus
(D) Trapezoidal Window
4. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below :
5. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below :
6. Some factors that influence the effectiveness of rewards are
1. Magnitude of the reward
2. Reward delay
3. Successive approximation
4. Need
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 4
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 2, 3 and 4
7. Which of the following descriptions are correct ?
1. Weber’s Ratio means that greater the magnitude of a stimulus, smaller the change required for a difference to be detected.
2. The ability to detect, resolve and perceive fine details of a visual display is called visual acuity.
3. Stimulation of a succession of neighbouring retinal loci is called the image retina movement system.
4. Adaptation refers to the proportion of incident light that is reflected.
(A) 1 and 4 are correct.
(B) 2 and 1 are correct.
(C) 4 and 3 are correct.
(D) 2 and 3 are correct.
8. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Both, context dependent memory and state dependent retrieval refer to the ease with which one can recall information in a similar context or state as when it was acquired.
Reason (R) : According to encoding specificity principle retrieval of information is successful to the extent that the retrieval cues match the cues the learner used during the learning phase.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
9. Cognition refers to the mental activity associated with ______, understanding and _______ information.
(A) processing; sending
(B) passing; sending
(C) processing; communicating
(D) passing; communicating
10. The left hemisphere is more skilled at
(A) Seeing the forest not the trees.
(B) Interpreting speech and language.
(C) Analysing the melodies.
(D) Judging the symmetry in a photograph.
11. The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself refers to
(A) Constant deprivation
(B) Continuous deprivation
(C) Marginal deprivation
(D) Relative deprivation
12. On a Wechsler type intelligence scale Arish has a deviation IQ of 115. If the norms of this test are expressed in terms of normalized T scores (mean = 50, SD = 10), what would be the T score of Arish ?
(A) 40
(B) 60
(C) 65
(D) 84
13. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : The squared correlation between the true score and the obtained score is called reliability index.
Reason (R) : According to the classical reliability theory, the mean of the true scores and the mean of the obtained scores are equal.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
14. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Creative people usually have a broad range of knowledge about lot of subjects and are good at using mental imagery.
Reason (R) : Creative people are often unconventional and value their autonomy.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
15. Which of the following are problems with punishment ?
1. The effect of punishment is often temporary.
2. Severe punishment creates fear and anxiety.
3. Mild punishment is paired with reinforcement of the correct behaviour.
4. Aggressive punishment can model aggressive behaviour.
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 4
16. A numerical ability test with 50 items has a Cronbach alpha of .80. If the test is randomly divided into two halves of the some length, the expected correlation between the two halves would be
(A) .40
(B) .56
(C) .67
(D) .80
17. Organizing items into familiar, manageable units, often automatically, is termed
(A) Priming
(B) Chunking
(C) Shaping
(D) Encoding
18. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below :
19. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below :
20. Among the following concepts which are related to Alfred Adler’s theory of personality ?
1. Organ inferiority
2. Psychoticism
3. Archetypes
4. Masculine protest
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 4 and 3
21. Which of the following are true of short term memory ?
1. Limited capacity.
2. Brief storage of information.
3. Unlimited capacity.
4. Duration of storage less than twenty seconds.
Codes :
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 2 and 4
22. Match List – I with List – II and mark your answer using the codes given below :
23. A view of memory suggesting that the greater the effort expended in processing information will be recalled later represents
(A) Neural network models of memory.
(B) Levels of processing model of memory.
(C) Multiple components model of memory.
(D) Three stage model of memory.
24. Match List – I with List – II and indicate your answer by using the codes given below :
25. During Resting Potential, cell membrane is
1. Almost permeable to Sodium
2. Almost permeable to Potassium
3. Almost impermeable to Sodium
4. Almost impermeable to Potassium
Codes :
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 2
(D) 3 and 4
26. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Females score higher than males with respect to verbal activities, while males tend to score higher on visual-spatial abilities.
Reason (R) : Gender differences in different abilities are due to interplay of heredity and environment.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
27. Mental grouping of similar objects, events or people is called
(A) Cognition
(B) Concept
(C) Prototype
(D) Thinking
28. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : A neuron without an Axon cannot transmit information even to other neurons immediately adjacent to it.
Reason (R) : Dendrite receives information from other neurons and Axons transmit it forward.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
29. A form of conditioning in which the onset of the Conditioned Stimulus (CS) precedes the onset of the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS ) and the presentation of CS and UCS does not overlap is termed as
(A) Backward conditioning
(B) Delayed conditioning
(C) Trace conditioning
(D) Simultaneous conditioning
30. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
31. Match List – I (Term) with List – II (Description) and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
32. Match the items of List – I (Concepts) with List – II (Originator) and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
33. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Shaping and Chaining can be used to establish any form of behaviour in any organism.
Reason (R) : ‘Instinctive drift’ is a tendency to return to the type of behaviour the organism displays under natural conditions.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
34. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Motion Parallax is the relative apparent motion of objects in the visual field as the viewer moves his head.
Reason (R) : Motion Parallax is a monocular spatial cue.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
35. Major connections in the visual system of the brain are
1. Optic Chiasm
2. Lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus
3. Medial geniculate nucleus
4. Superior colliculus
5. Inferior colliculus
Codes :
(A) 1, 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 5
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 2, 3 and 4
36. Ceci’s Bioecological theory proposes that there are ______ rather than a single underlying ______ intelligence.
(A) multiple cognitive potentials, general.
(B) metacomponents; perceptual.
(C) performance components, heritable.
(D) knowledge components, environmental.
37. Match List – I and List – II and select the right answer by picking one code.
38. According to ethological theory, species-specific behaviour has following characteristics :
1. Fixed-action pattern
2. Instinctive
3. Unlearned
4. Innate
Codes :
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
39. Read the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Operant conditioning emphasized the study of overt, observable behaviour, environmental conditions and the processes which determine behaviour.
Reason (R) : Operant conditioning deals with the function of behaviour rather than the structure of personality. It is deterministic theory in which there is no free will.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
40. Which of the following statements are true about the EPQ-R (Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire) and the NEO-PI-R (Revised NEO Personality Inventory) ?
1. Both the tests measure Openness to Experience.
2. The Psychoticism scale of the EPQ-R correlates negatively with the Agreeableness and the Conscientiousness scales of the NEO-PI-R.
3. EPQ-R has a Lie scale; NEO-PI-R does not have a Lie Scale.
4. Extraversion and Neuroticism scales of the EPQ-R positively correlate with the corresponding NEO-PI-R scales.
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 4 only
(C) 3 and 4 only
(D) 2, 3 and 4 only
41. Match the items List – I (Theory) with List – II (Theorist) and mark your answer with the help of codes given below :
42. Mr. A goes out one frosty morning and finds that his car is covered with a thick layer of frost. He needs to get to work and looks for his ice scraper. Unable to find it, he thinks a moment, goes into the house, and returns with a hard plastic spatula from the kitchen. In using the spatula as a make shift ice scraper Mr. A has overcome
(A) Confirmation fixedness
(B) Confirmation bias
(C) Creativity bias
(D) Functional fixedness
43. Read each of the following two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Radiant energy is propagated in a continuous wave form, which can be described by its wavelength.
Reason (R) : Radiant energy also behaves as if it is emitted as discrete quanta of energy.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, and (R) is true.
44. Byrne believed sexual motivation results from the inter-play of _______, environment and ______.
(A) genes; experience
(B) genes; imagination
(C) physiology; imagination
(D) physiology; lust
45. Read each of the following two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Lagarus believes our cognitive appraisal of a situation always precedes emotion.
Reason (R) : Emotions influence thinking.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Instructions for Q. Nos. 46 to 50 : Read the following paragraph and answer the five questions that follow :
The research process usually begins with the identification and formulation of research problem. Once the problem is identified, the appropriate hypotheses are developed. The hypotheses are tentative solutions to the problem and represent the conjectural statements of relationship among two or more variables. The hypotheses could be classified in various ways, such as directional vs. non-directional, correlational vs. causal etc. Edwards classified the variables in psychological research as stimulus variables, organismic variables and behavioural variables. The variables are classified as the continuous variables and discrete variables, the latter having two subtypes-the real discrete variables and artificially discrete variables. The variables in research need to be properly operationalized. Robinson classified the psychological studies in four categories – Laboratory experiments, Field experiments, Ex post facto field studies and Ex post facto analysis of experiment (slightly modified). The fourth category, on its own, is accorded less respect but is essential for the advancement of Science.
46. Which of the following hypothesis/hypothes are non-directional hypotheses ?
1. Males and females differ on anxiety.
2. Intelligence and academic achievement are negatively related.
3. Anxiety disrupts academic performance of the students.
4. Stress and work output are related.
Codes :
(A) 2 only
(B) 1 and 3 only
(C) 3 and 4 only
(D) 1 and 4 only
47. Which one of the following is an example of artificially discrete organismic variable ?
(A) Examination result as pass or fail.
(B) Nationality
(C) Classification of students as low, average and high intelligent
(D) Gender
48. Which one of the following cannot be employed as the dependent variable in a psychological experiment ?
1. Heart rate
2. Learning rate
3. Reaction time
4. Age
(A) 4 only
(B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 3 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2 and 4 only
49. Arrange the following three types of investigation in ascending order in terms of the researcher’s ability (usually) to control secondary variance.
1. Laboratory experiments
2. Field experiments
3. Ex post facto field studies
(A) 3, 1, 2
(B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 3, 2, 1
(D) 2, 3, 1
50. After the catastrophic earthquake, the researcher interviewed a group of subjects to understand whether the earthquake has changed their attitude towards fate. This can best be labelled as an example of
(A) Ex post facto field study
(B) Field experiment
(C) Attitude change experiment
(D) Ethological study
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