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(1) A person had a blue car that was in the shop more than it was out. Since then the person could not think of owning a blue or green coloured car. The person’s aversion even to green cars is an example of
(1) Discrimination
(2) Generalization
(3) Latent learning
(4) The overjustification effect
Answer: Generalization
(2) Which of the following best describes the serial position curve ?
(1) Greater accuracy of recall of words in the beginning of the list and in the middle of the list.
(2) Greater accuracy of recall of words in the beginning of the list and gradual diminished accuracy by the end of the list.
(3) Greater accuracy of recall of words in beginning and at end of the list.
(4) Greater accuracy of recall of words in the middle and at the end of the list.
Answer: Greater accuracy of recall of words in beginning and at end of the list.
(3) The degree to which construct system allows new information to enter that will allow construct system to change is called
(1) Individual Corollary
(2) Permeability
(3) Loose construing
(4) Constructive Alternativism
Answer: Permeability
(4) Who among the following has developed a test for personality assessment where the subject has to choose between a pair of jokes ?
(1) McCafe
(2) McCall
(3) J.M. Cattell
(4) R.B. Cattell
Answer: R.B. Cattell
(5) Who has emphasized the linguistic relativity hypothesis ?
(1) Noam Chomsky
(2) Jean Piaget
(3) Steven Pinker
(4) Whorf B.L.
Answer: Whorf B.L.
(6) Telegraphic speech is typical of the______ stage.
(1) Babbling
(2) One-word
(3) Two-word
(4) Three-word
Answer: Two-word
(7) The sentence “Blue Jeans wear false smiles” has correct _____ but incorrect _______.
(1) Morphemes; phonemes
(2) Phonemes; morphemes
(3) Semantics ; syntax
(4) Syntax ; semantics
Answer: Syntax ; semantics
(8) Three types of feature detector cells are
(1) Simple cells, Glial cells, T-cells
(2) Simple cells, Complex cells, Glial cells
(3) Sensory cells, Hyper complex cells, T-cells
(4) Simple cells, Complex cells, Hyper complex cells
Answer: Simple cells, Complex cells, Hyper complex cells
(9) Choose the odd one for pattern of sympathetic activation during emotions :
(1) Increased heart rate
(2) Pupil constriction
(3) Lowered skin resistance
(4) Increased breathing rate
Answer: Pupil constriction
(10) Out of following who has not divided intelligence into two general components ?
(1) Cattell J.M.
(2) Jensen
(3) Hebb
(4) Thurstone
Answer: Thurstone
(11) Number of different factors as specified by Spearman to explain the performance on some tests :
(1) One ‘s’ factor and many ‘g’ factors.
(2) Many ‘s’ factors and many ‘g’ factors.
(3) One ‘s’ factor and one ‘g’ factor.
(4) Many ‘s’ factors and one‘g’ factor.
Answer: Many ‘s’ factors and one‘g’ factor.
(12) Which set of three approaches is more relevant to study the impact of Genetic factors on intelligence ?

1. Correlation between siblings

2. Correlation between identical twins reared apart.

3. Adopted child studies.

4. Correlation between parents and children.

5. Hunger

Codes:

(1) 1, 2 and 3
(2) 2, 3 and 4
(3) 1, 2 and 4
(4) 1, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
(13) Researchers have found different ways in which an individual’s genotype shapes his or her environment. Which of the following is NOT one of them ?
(1) The genotype has a passive effect on environment resulting from genetic similarity between parents and children.
(2) The child’s genotype evokes particular kinds of reactions from social and physical environment.
(3) The child’s genotype plays an active role in shaping the environment.
(4) People with different genotypes are differentially sensitive or susceptible to their environment.
Answer: People with different genotypes are differentially sensitive or susceptible to their environment.
(14) A person rattles the box of dog’s biscuits before giving the biscuit to dog. As the person rattles the box the dog begins to salivate. Thus rattling of box is _____; and the salivation of dog is a kind of _______.
(1) CS ; CR
(2) CS ; UCR
(3) UCS ; CR
(4) UCS ; UCR
Answer: CS ; CR
(15) Out of the following who has not explained intelligence in terms of Psychometric Approach ?
(1) Jensen
(2) Cattell
(3) Sternberg
(4) Thurstone
Answer: Sternberg

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