Psychology Questions and Answers - Set 59 | Psychology Test Series

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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.

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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.

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Answer:Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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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

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Answer:Grouping

4 A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behaviour

1 Reinforcement

2 Punishment

3 Incentive

4 Learning

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Answer:Super ego

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