Psychology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Psychology Quiz Set 27

1 Which of the following psychologists first empirically established that social stress distort physical health ?

2 Which of the following two styles of leadership were identified in Ohio State Leadership studies ?

3 Which one of the following may not be put in the category of “Absolute Standard” methods of performance appraisal ?

4 Cultures of honour are characterized by strong norms indicating that aggression is :

5 Discovery and understanding of our own abilities bring happiness but also bring fear of new responsibilities and duties. It is called :

6 Memory for surprising and consequential events (emotional public events) are known as :

7 Intimacy, Passion and commitment are the components of :

8 Which of the following are innate behaviours :

(a) Reflexes

(b) Taxes

(c) Fixed Action Patterns

(d) Genotype

9 Which one of the following proposed the “response inhibition” theory of extinction ?

10 Rollo May’s views on personality development can be described in following sequence :

11 We tend to attribute to another’s behaviour to external causes when information is of :

(a) High consensus

(b) Low distinctiveness

(c) High distinctiveness

(d) High consistency

12 According to Kohlberg, __________ and __________ are the major reasons of moral behaviour during the stage of conventional morality

13 Which of the following statements are true about the principal components analysis ?

(a) Unities (values of 1) are retained in the diagonal spaces of the correlation matrix.

(b) The first principal component explains maximum variance.

(c) Principal components analysis follows common factor model.

(d) Principal components analysis yields oblique unrotated factors.

14 Find the correct sequence among the following oxytocin related events :

(a) Carrying down by axons

(b) Contraction of uterine muscles

(c) Synthesis in paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus

(d) Secretion by neurosecretory cells in posterior pituitary

15 Which one of the following concepts is equivalent to the concept of “habit family hierarchy” proposed by Hull ?