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(1) According to Erikson, which of the following sequences is correct ?
(1) Oral-sensory → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood
(2) Muscular-anal → Oral-sensory → Latency → Locomotor-genital → Adolescence → Adulthood
(3) Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood
(4) Locomotor-genital → Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood
Answer: Oral-sensory → Muscular-anal → Locomotor-genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood
(2) Which one of the following is not a Cranial Nerve ?
(1) Abducens
(2) Vagus
(3) Hypoglossal
(4) Insular
Answer: Insular

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(3) According to Glanzer and Cunitz (1966) highest degree of forgetting takes place
(1) Within ten seconds of learning
(2) Due to poor memory trace
(3) Due to lack of relearning
(4) Within four hours of learning
Answer: Within ten seconds of learning
(4) Which of the sequence is correct ?
(1) Ganglion cells → cones → rods → bipolar cells
(2) Cones → rods → optic nerves → blind spot
(3) Rods → cones → lens → ganglion cells
(4) Rods → cones → bipolar cells → ganglion cells
Answer: Rods → cones → bipolar cells → ganglion cells
(5) The ability to see things that are not actually present is called
(1) Illusion
(2) Precognition
(3) Hallucination
(4) Clairvoyance
Answer: Clairvoyance
(6) Which one of the following is the nearest non-parametric alternative, in terms of power, to independent samples t test ?
(1) Mann-Whitney U-test
(2) Kruskal-Wallis H-test
(3) Sign test
(4) Chi-square test
Answer: Mann-Whitney U-test
(7) In which type of Reasoning two premises are used ?
(1) Formal Reasoning
(2) Inductive Reasoning
(3) Deductive Reasoning
(4) Syllogistic Reasoning
Answer: Syllogistic Reasoning
(8) Analogical reasoning involves five sub processes. Its correct sequence is
(1) Retrieval; Evaluation; Abstraction; Mapping; Predictions
(2) Retrieval; Mapping; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions
(3) Mapping; Retrieval; Abstraction; Evaluation; Predictions
(4) Mapping; Retrieval; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions
Answer: Retrieval; Mapping; Evaluation; Abstraction; Predictions
(9) Among the psychologists who is considered the originator of Nature-Nurture Controversy
(1) Darwin
(2) Galton
(3) J.M. Cattell
(4) Spearman
Answer: Galton
(10) A disorder in which signals from various sense organs are processed in wrong cortical areas resulting in sense information being interpreted as more than one sensation. This is known as
(1) Hallucination
(2) Illusion
(3) Syneithesia
(4) Delusion
Answer: Syneithesia
(11) In a Contingency Table, one of the cells has obtained a frequency of 16 and an expected frequency of 10. What would be the contribution of this cell towards the total Chi-square value ?
(1) 1.60
(2) 2.25
(3) 3.60
(4) 6.00
Answer: 3.60
(12) When an exciting or emotional event occurs, the ________ secretes _______, which consolidates memory of that event. Select the words to fill the above blanks :
(1) Fuseiform Gyrus, Dopamine
(2) Left Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin
(3) Hippocampus, GABA
(4) Adrenal Medulla, Epinephrine
Answer: Adrenal Medulla, Epinephrine
(13) Ebbinghaus described memory as a matter of
(1) Reconstruction
(2) Reproduction
(3) Strong Mental Process
(4) Strong Retrieval
Answer: Reproduction
(14) In ________ strategy participants pick cards that differ by only one feature from the example card while in ________ participants maintain one feature while changing all the others.
(1) Specific Induction; Successive Scanning
(2) Successive Scanning, Specific Induction
(3) Focus Gambling; Successive Scanning
(4) Successive Scanning; Focus Gambling
Answer: Successive Scanning; Focus Gambling
(15) The improvement of performance following rest after the cessation of practice is called
(1) Habit strength
(2) Recency effect
(3) Facilitation
(4) Reminiscence
Answer: Reminiscence

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