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(1)
“Peripheral theory of thinking” is otherwise known as:
[A]
Motor Theory of Thinking
[B]
Stimulus Response Theory of Thinking
[C]
Affective approach of Thinking
[D]
Cognitive approach of Thinking
Answer: Motor Theory of Thinking
(2)
Experimental Evidences indicate that thin¬king is accompanied by minute muscular contractions occurring during thought are called:
[A]
Muscle contractions
[B]
Implicit speech
[C]
Explicit speech
[D]
Spasm
(3)
When we make use of many experiences and examples for arriving at a generalized prin-ciple or conclusion, it is known as:
[A]
Inductive Reasoning
[B]
Convergent Thinking
[C]
Deductive Reasoning
[D]
Divergent Thinking
Answer: Inductive Reasoning
(4)
Some people have almost photographic visual imagery. They only look at some¬thing and recall what they have seen in detail. Such imagery is called:
[A]
Eidetic Imagery
[B]
Verbal Imagination
[C]
Synesthesia
[D]
Memory Image
(5)
A disjunctive concept separates objects into a class by reason of their possession of:
[A]
Any one characteristic
[B]
Any five characteristics
[C]
Any two characteristics
[D]
Any three characteristics
Answer: Any one characteristic
(6)
Many studies in thinking have been devoted to find out how we learn or form concepts. Such studies are popularly known as:
[A]
Study on Images
[B]
Language Development Studies
[C]
Concept attainment studies
[D]
None of the above
Answer: Concept attainment studies
(7)
According to Heidbreder, the ‘number’ and ‘form’ concepts are more difficult to form that concept of:
[A]
Images
[B]
Words
[C]
Syllables
[D]
Concrete objects
(8)
“Problem Solving” and “Creative Thinking” are two main forms of:
[A]
Realistic Thinking
[B]
Directed Thinking
[C]
Autistic Thinking
[D]
Image
Answer: Realistic Thinking
(9)
Psychologists believe that people have ways of thinking in their peculiar and more or less in a fixed way. They call these as:
[A]
Fantasies
[B]
Concepts
[C]
Thinking sets
[D]
None of the above
(10)
We have a tendency to make normal use of certain household articles, but it is difficult for us to put them to some novel use. Psychologists have named this tendency as:
[A]
Functional fixedness
[B]
Generalisation
[C]
Concept formation
[D]
Abstraction
Answer: Functional fixedness
(11)
English language makes use of:
[A]
45 phonems approximately
[B]
35 phonems approximately
[C]
55 phonems approximately
[D]
65 phonems approximately
Answer: 45 phonems approximately
(12)
The “clause or phrase” is an unit of perception of:
[A]
Concept
[B]
Thought
[C]
Language
[D]
None of the above
(13)
The “Information Processing Theory” ex¬plains language learning by analogy with:
[A]
Polygraph model
[B]
EEG model
[C]
Computer model
[D]
Animal model
(14)
The temporal-lobe language region is known as:
[A]
Broca’s Area
[B]
Sherrington’ area
[C]
Wernicke’s Area
[D]
None of the above
(15)
Wernicke’s area is connected to Broca’s area by a bundle of nerve fibres called the:
[A]
Arculate fasciulus
[B]
Lateral Sulcus
[C]
Rubrospinal Tract
[D]
Middle Temporal Gyrus
Answer: Arculate fasciulus
(16)
Decibel (dB) is the unit to measure the:
[A]
Intensity of sound pressures
[B]
Sensation
[C]
Light movement
[D]
Intelligence
Answer: Intensity of sound pressures
(17)
Woodworth has called thinking as:
[A]
Subvocal Talking
[B]
Problem solving behaviour
[C]
Mental Exploration
[D]
None of the above
Answer: Mental Exploration
(18)
The “Central Theory of Thinking” holds that we think only with the help of our:
[A]
Peripheral Nervous system
[B]
Brain
[C]
Central Nervous system
[D]
None of the above
(19)
The “Central theory of thinking,” which holds that we think with our brain only, was advanced by the:
[A]
Gestalt Psychologists
[B]
Functionalists
[C]
Behaviourists
[D]
Structuralists
Answer: Gestalt Psychologists
(20)
J. B. Watson, the founding father of Be¬haviourism, held that thinking is nothing but:
[A]
Meditation
[B]
Silent talking
[C]
Yoga
[D]
Subvocal talking
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