Psychology Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Psychology Quiz Set 57
Questions
1
Which of the following tests are considered to be culture-fair tests of intelligence ?
1. Cattell’s Culture-Fair Test of Intelligence
2. Raven’s Progressive Matrices
3. Wechsler’s Intelligence Scale for Children
4. Goodenough-Harris Test
Answer:1, 2 and 4 only
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3
Which of the following personality tests are considered to be the projective in nature ?
1. Thematic Apperception Test
2. Kent-Rosenoff Word Association Test
3. NEO Five-Factor Inventory
4. Rotter’s Incomplete Sentence Blank
Answer:1, 2 and 4 only
4
Taylor conceptualized anxiety as a drive and hypothesized that subjects scoring higher on her anxiety scale would be conditioned faster than the low-scoring subjects. The experimental studies confirmed this hypothesis for eyelid conditioning. The results provide evidence for the
Answer:construct validity of the anxiety scale.
5
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : According to Flynn, performance on IQ tests has substantially increased around the world at all age levels.
Reason (R) : Performance on IQ tests is because of the interaction between genetics and environment.
Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
7
The perception of a stimulus that is below the threshold for conscious experience is termed as
Answer:Subliminal perception
8
Inspite of passing of many years you have little trouble in remembering where you were when you discovered the ‘Taj Tragedy’ of 26/11 in Mumbai. What this memory is called ?
Answer:Flash bulb memory
9
Which of the following explains the typical intelligence–creativity relationship ?
Answer:None of the above
10
Perceptive auditory receptors in the cochlea are identified as
Answer:Hair cells
11
A realistic understanding of death concept is based on the following ideas :
1. Permanence
2. Universality
3. Mortality
4. Non-functionality
Answer:1, 2 and 4 only
12
The neurotransmitters called as feel good hormones are known as
Answer:Endorphines
13
Which of the following is/are the content theories of work motivation ?
1. Alderfer’s ERG theory.
2. Hertzberg’s two- factor theory
3. Maslow’s theory of need hierarchy
4. Porter and Lawler’s performance satisfaction theory
Answer:1, 2 and 3 only
14
Each individual is different from every other because of which one of the following reason ?
Answer:Chromosomes from the two parents randomly pair up in each child.
15
Paradoxical Intention is based on which of the following ?
Answer:Logo therapy
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