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(1) Given below are two statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the following codes :

Assertion (A) : Encoding specificity states that a retrieval cue is successful only if it is present at the time of encoding.

Reason (R) : When participants are given category names as retrieval it enables the participant of the experiment to remember which were previously presented to them to remember.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A), and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Entrepreneurs prefer to take moderate risks, as a result of skill and not chance.

Reason (R) : Entrepreneurs usually have innovative ideas and they persistently work to implement those ideas.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) Building an environment of acceptance and appreciation of all students for supporting students’ motivation to learn is the objective of
(1) Grouping
(2) Evaluation
(3) Recognition
(4) Responsibility
Answer: Grouping
(4) A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behaviour
(1) Reinforcement
(2) Punishment
(3) Incentive
(4) Learning
Answer: Reinforcement
(5) The seat of emotion is to be found in the
(1) Reticular formation
(2) Hind brain
(3) Limbic system
(4) Fore brain
Answer: Limbic system
(6) If a manager gives Kavita a positive appraisal on her first evaluation as an employee because he thought that she had been a ‘top-notch’ performer in her job interview, he may be making an error based on
(1) halo effect
(2) attributional errors
(3) leniency error
(4) self-serving bias
Answer: halo effect
(7) The most common cause of severe intellectual and emotional impairment in older individuals is
(1) Parkinson’s disease
(2) Multiple sclerosis
(3) Alzheimer’s disease
(4) Senile psychosis
Answer: Alzheimer’s disease
(8) Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Mansi wants to be superior, winning and being the best in any work she does.

Reason (R) : A personal intention to seem competent or perform well in the eyes of others.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(9) The research findings indicate that job satisfaction and performance usually have
(1) weak negative correlation
(2) no correlation
(3) weak positive correlation
(4) strong positive correlation
Answer: weak positive correlation
(10) Which of the following is not a “critical situation” in the learning theory of personality development ?
(1) Feeding
(2) Sex Training
(3) Language Training
(4) Anger Training
Answer: Language Training
(11) Feature Detector neurons consist of

1. Complex cells

2. Simple cells

3. Glial cells

4. Hyper complex cell

Codes:

(1) 1 and 2 only
(2) 2, 3 and 4 only
(3) 1, 2 and 4 only
(4) 3 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4 only
(12) One of the Neo-Freudian psychologists combines the humanistic, existential and psychoanalytic perspectives in which of the following concepts ?
(1) Personality Development
(2) Positive Psychology
(3) Theory of Love
(4) None of these
Answer: Theory of Love
(13) Difficulty in deployment of attention can occur in which of the following states :

1. Engagement

2. Distraction

3. Disengagement

4. Shifting

Codes:

(1) 1 and 3 only
(2) 1, 2 and 4 only
(3) 1, 3 and 4 only
(4) 2, 3 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 3 and 4 only
(14) Read the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Thyroid over-secretion leads to a condition known as ‘Grave’s disease’

Reason (R) : Grave’s disease is characterised by accelerated metabolic processes.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (B) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: Both (A) and (B) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(15) Which of the following emerges when self-control replaces parental-control ?
(1) Ego
(2) Super ego
(3) Identity Achievement
(4) Identity Diffusion
Answer: Super ego

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