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(1) Observation learning involves following processes. Arrange them in the correct sequence :

(a) Attentional processes

(b) Retention processes

(c) Production processes

(d) Motivational processes

code:

(1) (a) → (b) → (c) → (d)
(2) (a) → (d) → (b) → (c)
(3) (d) → (a) → (b) → (c)
(4) (a) → (b) → (d) → (c)
Answer: (a) → (b) → (c) → (d)
(2) Key issues in the study of environmental effects on intelligence are :

(a) Reaction Range

(b) Proximal and Distal Causation

(c) Colinearity

(d) Environment Sphere

code:

(1) (a), (b) and (c) only
(2) (a), (b) and (d) only
(3) (b), (c) and (d) only (4)
(4) (a), (c) and (d) only
Answer: (a), (b) and (c) only

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(3) Whether we can be affected by stimuli that remain outside our conscious awareness has been examined by researches using a technique called :
(1) Cuing
(2) Visualization
(3) Imagery
(4) Priming
Answer: Priming
(4) Which of the following sequences depicts Erikson’s stages of development correctly ?

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(1) Oral Sensory → Muscular anal → Locomotor genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood.
(2) Muscular anal → Oral Sensory → Locomotor genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood.
(3) Oral Sensory → Muscular anal → Latency → Locomotor genital → Adolescence → Adulthood.
(4) Muscular anal → Locomotor genital → Oral Sensory → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood.
Answer: Oral Sensory → Muscular anal → Locomotor genital → Latency → Adolescence → Adulthood.
(5) Which of the following terms explains the Reinforcement which is given only if a specific response is made ?
(1) Concurrent Reinforcement
(2) Incremental Reinforcement
(3) Contingency Contract
(4) Contingent Reinforcement
Answer: Contingent Reinforcement
(6) During which stage most of the creative thinking occurs ?
(1) Preparation
(2) Incubation
(3) Illumination
(4) Evaluation
Answer: Incubation
(7) Chimpanzee Sarah’s one of the most outstanding achievements was the construction of sentences involving :

code:

(1) Negation
(2) Conditional relationship
(3) Adult grammar
(4) Unprompted questions
Answer: Conditional relationship
(8) In a typical ‘Learning’ experiment which of the following are used as dependent variables ?

(a) Probability of Response

(b) Latency

(c) Rate of Presentation

(d) Trials to Extinction Code

code:

(1) (a) and (b) only
(2) (b) and (d) only
(3) (a), (b) and (c) only
(4) (a), (b) and (d) only
Answer: (a), (b) and (d) only
(9) Explanation of the moon illusion given by __________ is, “The horizon seems more distant than the night sky.”
(1) Perceptual learning hypothesis
(2) Expectancy hypothesis
(3) Apparent - distance hypothesis
(4) Frame of reference hypothesis
Answer: Apparent - distance hypothesis
(10) In a multiple regression analysis, the three predictors explained 49 percent variance in the criterion variable. What would be the value of multiple correlation ?
(1) 0.30
(2) 0.49
(3) 0.51
(4) 0.70
Answer: 0.70
(11) Future oriented performance appraisal techniques consist of :

(a) MBO

(b) 3608 Appraisal

(c) Psychological Appraisal

(d) BARS Code

code:

(1) (a), (b) and (d)
(2) (a), (b) and (c)
(3) (b), (c) and (d)
(4) (a), (c) and (d)
Answer: (a), (b) and (c)
(12) During autobiographical recall, we often reveal a __________, as a consequence, our memory of the past may be __________.
(1) inconsistency bias; distorted
(2) consistency bias; distorted
(3) inconsistency bias; enhanced
(4) consistency bias; enhanced
Answer: consistency bias; distorted
(13) Persons with a leison at the ventromedial nucleus are likely to :
(1) Overeat
(2) Undereat
(3) Eat normally
(4) Eat normally or undereat
Answer: Overeat
(14) The percepts are based on :

(a) What we sense

(b) What we know

(c) What we infer

(d) What we conform

code:

(1) (a) and (b) only
(2) (b) and (c) only
(3) (a), (b) and (c) only
(4) (a), (b) and (d) only
Answer: (a), (b) and (c) only
(15) In the above study, the researcher’s hypothesis is :
(1) Correlational hypothesis
(2) Directional hypothesis
(3) Non-directional hypothesis
(4) Null hypothesis
Answer: Directional hypothesis

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