Psychology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Psychology Quiz Set 15
Questions
1
In a study employing thirty subjects, each subject was tested under three drug dosage conditions – No drug condition, Low drug dose condition, and high drug dose condition. Under each condition, simple reaction time of the subject was dependent variable. The conditions × subjects interaction would be based on
Answer:58 degrees of freedom
2
Arrange Maslow’s basic needs from least powerful to most powerful
Answer:Esteem needs → belongingness & love needs → Safety needs → Physiological needs
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3
According to Bandura, observational learning involves various processes and follows a sequence. Which of the following is the correct one ?
Answer:Attentional processes → Retention processes → Production processes → Motivational processes
4
Which of the following means the tendency to focus on one aspect of the situation neglecting other important features ?
Answer:Centration
5
The ‘raphe nuclei’ are most closely related to which neurotransmitter
Answer:Serotonin
6
A researcher wanted to compute the correlation between gender and examination marks.
Answer:Point Biserial Correlation
7
Which of the following explains an activity which seeks emotional information from a trusted person in an uncertain situation ?
Answer:Social Referencing
8
Which of the following statements are true with reference to ‘Subliminal Perception’ ?
(a) ‘Subliminal’ means below threshold
(b) ‘Subliminal’ stimuli are not perceived consciously
(c) Subliminal perception can lead to priming
(d) Back masking is an example of subliminal perception
Answer:(a), (b), (c) and (d)
9
A procedure that establishes a sequence of responses which lead to a reward following the final response and then working backwards is called
Answer:Chaining
10
In a study on scaling of attitude items, eleven statements were included. What would be the number of pairs of attitude statements ?
Answer:55
11
Who first attempted to describe personality traits in terms of Lexican descriptors ?
Answer:Allport and Odbert
12
Which of the following is correctly arranged ?
Answer:Encoding – storage – retrieval
14
In terms of efficiency in scanning information, which one of the following strategies is considered to be the best ?
Answer:Simultaneous scanning
15
In retrograde amnesia, which of the following kind of problem is seen :
Answer:Problems with recalling previously learned material
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