BUMPER SET – 22 (PSYCHOLOGY)

SET - 1

1. ________ theory maintains that the emotions we feel result from our perception
of the changes taking place in the body during emotion.
a) Cannon bard
b) James-lange
c) Baldwin
d) Schechter singer

2. ________ learning is an example of instrumental conditioning based on

negative reinforcement.
a) Escape
b) Avoidance
c) Insight
d) Discrimination

3. Army alpha and army beta tests are known as

a) Individual tests
b) Personality tests
c) Group tests
d) Intelligence tests

4. The two types of instincts according to Freud are

a) Id instinct and ego instinct
b) Life instinct and death instinct
c) Electra and oedipus instinct
d) None of these
5. _______ such as rain, floods and other people can cause frustration.
a) External barriers
b) Internal barriers
c) Mental ability
d) Behavioural responses

6. According to ______ theory we can not hold two cognition or beliefs at the
same time, if they are inconsistent with one another.
a) Emotion
b) Cognitive
c) Learning
d) None of these

7. The retina contains two types of cells ______ and ______.

a) Fovea and cons
b) Sclera and fove
c) Rods and cone
d) Cones and sclera

8. In front of hypothalamus are nerve cells called ______ which generate nerve
impulse when they are dehydrated.
a) Neurons
b) Cortex
c) Myelin sheath
d) Osmoreceptors

9. Knowledge of word meanings and the rules for using language are stored in
______ memory
a) Semantic memory
b) Short term memory
c) Sensory memory
d) Episodic memory

10.Social perception studies perception of

 a) Things
b) Objects
c) People
d) None of these

11.Brown and kulik have given the concept of-

a) Trace
b) Fleshbulb memory
c) Schema
d) Serial reproduction

12.Needs for prestige, success and self respect are

a) Safety needs
b) Esteem needs
c) Belongingness
d) None of these

13.Defence mechanism help an individual to preserve his self concept and protects
him from
a) Society
b) Normality
c) Adaptation
d) Anxiety

14.Another name for a rule of thumb problem-solving strategy is

a) Mental
b) Subgoal analysis
c) Heuristic
d) Algorithm

15.Julia is raped as a child but has no memory of this traumatic event. Theory best
accounts for this loss?
a) Interference
b) Consolidation
c) Motivated forgetting
 d) None of these

16.The process of changing pre-existing schemas to confirm to new information is

called
a) Egocentrism
b) Assimilation
c) Over generalization
d) Accommodation

17.The central nervous system consists of

a) The brain
b) The brain and the symmetric system
c) The brain and the spinal cord
d) The brain, the spinal cord and the autonomic system

18.Behaviorists view learning as the development of

a) Consciousness
b) Memory traces in the brain
c) Self actualization
d) Association between events

19.The Oedipus complex occurs during the

a) Oral stage
b) Anal stage
c) Genital stage
d) Phallic stage

20.Personality traits are characterized by

a) Consistency and distinctiveness
b) Changes as a function of the situation
c) Lack of individual differences
d) None of these

21.Which of the following concepts did Carl Jung develop?

a) Archetypes
 b) The collective unconscious
c) Introversion- extroversion
d) All the above

22.Reema remembers that when she was 8 years old she was whimsical. This
memory of Reema is called-
a) Episodic memory
b) Sensory memory
c) Semantic memory
d) Amnesic memory

23.A slow graded electrical potential produced by a receptor cell in the response to
a physical stimulus is
a) Receptor potential
b) Generator potential
c) Transduction
d) Arousal

24.Our tendency to perceive objects as unchanging despite changes in sensory

input is an illustration of
a) Figure ground relationship
b) Binocular cues
c) Linear perspective
d) Perceptual constancy

1. Emotion can be expressed through which of the following?

a) Language
b) Facial expression
c) Gesture
d) All of the above
SET - 2

1.Perceiving one thing in relation to another when both are presented

simultaneously is called

a) Simultaneous perception
b) Figure ground perception
c) Consecutive perception
d) Successive perception

2. Alfred binet is associated with?

a) Personality testing
b) Aptitude testing
c) Value testing
d) Intelligence testing

3. Which of the following steps are involved in scientific method of problem

solving?
a) Recognize and defining the problem
b) Collecting relevant data and formulation of hypothesis
c) Putting into practice the course of action and draw conclusions/results
d) All of the above

4. The stage of growth and development basically concerned with role

identification is the?
a) Oral stage
b) Oedipus stage
c) Genital stage
d) Latency stage

5. The basic emotional task for toddler is?

a) Trust
b) Identification
 c) Industry
d) Independence

6. Mentally retarded child has?

a) Lack of abstract thinking
b) Inadequate adjustment
c) Lack of creativity
d) All of the above

7. The part of mind that distinguish right from wrong and act as censor of
behaviour is called?
a) Ego
b) Id
c) Super ego
d) Libido

8. Mentally healthy individual can be defined as those who,______ ?

a) Have insight into their own problems
b) Are able to meet their own basic needs
c) Are not exhibiting pathological symptoms
d) Are free from both physical and emotional problems

9. The best place for students to study effectively is where?

a) It is a little noisy
b) It is quiet
c) They are distractions
d) It is poorly ventilated

10.The laws are effective learning are except the?

a) The laws of readiness
b) Law of exercise or practice
c) Law of effect
d) Law of adjustment

11.Emotions affect our body and mind if it?

 a) Recurs and remains for long time
b) Occurs and disappears
c) Recurs and disappears
d) Recurs and remain for short time

12.Exclusion of unwanted or unpleasant experiences, emotions or ideas from

conscious awareness is?
a) Denial
b) Projection
c) Repression
d) Regression

13.The word psychology was first used by?

a) Watson
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Rudolf Geockle
d) Alport

14.The word psychology is derived from words?

a) Psyche and logos
b) Psyche and logus
c) Psycho and logos
d) Psycho and logus

15.We can tolerate frustration because of the function of?

a) Id
b) Super ego
c) Ego
d) Oedipus complex

16.Acquisition of skills is known as?

a) Cognitive learning
b) Affected learning
c) Learning by conditioned reflex
d) Psychomotor learning
17.In psychoanalytic method the main focus is on?
a) Conscious mind
b) Unconscious mind
c) Mind
d) Behaviour

18.Simplest form (method) of thinking is?

a) Abstract thinking
b) Logical thinking
c) Creative thinking
d) Perceptual thinking

19.Which of the following method is used in psychology?

a) Introspective method
b) Observational method
c) Clinical and case study method
d) All of the above

20.Individual difference in interest ability and capacity in a specific field is

measured by applying one of the following test?
a) Attitude test
b) Aptitude test
c) Intelligence quotient test
d) Mental ability test

21.Thinking is a mental process that deals with?

a) Thought and ideas
b) Action & reactions
c) Motives & movements
d) Feelings & emotions

22.Significant components of personality as described by Sigmund Freud are?

a) Conscious, preconscious & subconscious
b) Id, ego & superego
 c) Dream interpretation
d) Defence mechanism

23.When a person retreat or revert to an infantile or childish level of behaviour is

called as?
a) Suppression
b) Regression
c) Repression
d) Sublimation

24.The relationship that is of extreme importance in the formation of the

personality is the?
a) Peer
b) Parent child
c) Sibling
d) Heterosexual

SET - 3

1. Cause of juvenile delinquency include?

a) Defected heredity
b) Defected environment
c) Broken family
d) All of the above
2. One of the stage as per Freuds psycho-sexual development theory emphasized
that an infant in first year of life derives pleasure by nursing and sucking,
putting finger or thing in mouth?
a) Phallic stage
b) Anal stage
c) Latency stage
d) Oral stage

3. Repulsion, curiosity, self-assertion and construction are examples of?

a) Needs
b) Incentives
c) Drives
d) Instincts

4. Psychological test are connected with assessment of?

a) Personality only
b) Perception only
c) All aspects of psychological functioning
d) Sociability

5. Operant conditioning theory of learning was proposed by?

a) Ivan Pavlov
b) Sigmund Freud
c) BF Skinner
d) Abraham Maslow

6. Which one represents people themselves?

a) Self-concept
b) Self-realize
c) Self-esteem
d) Self-identity

7. A corrupted politician gives lecture against corruption in a election rally, he is

using the following defence mechanism?
a) Rationalization
 b) Projection
c) Identification
d) Reaction formation

8. Emotional evaluation of self worth is the?

a) Self-concept
b) Self-realize
c) Self-esteem
d) Self-identity

9. Which of the following is “not a feature of Life”?

a) Organ system
b) Growth
c) Reproduction
d) Responsiveness

10.The personality disorder that is characterized primarily by mistrust is?

a) Paranoid personality disorder
b) Antisocial personality disorder
c) Dependent personality disorder
d) Schizotypal personality disorder

11.I.Q. in mild mental retardation?

a) 40
b) 50-70
c) 70-80
d) 80-90

12.Play for the preschool age child is necessary for the emotional development of?
a) Projection
b) Competition
c) Introjection
d) Independence
13.Theory is that “much of man’s behaviour is determined by innate instincts that
are largely unconscious” ?
a) Skinners
b) Watsons
c) Freuds
d) None of the above

14.A client express the belief that the CBI is out to kill him. This is an example of?
a) A hallucinations
b) A self-accusatory delusion
c) A delusion of persecution
d) An error in judgement

15.When a nurse patient relationship is ending, the patient may react by?
a) Rejecting the nurse
b) Becoming angry
c) Regression and withdrawal
d) Acceptance

16.According to Freuds psychoanalytical theory, sexual interest or devices are

represented in the following stage of psychosexual development?
a) Phallic stage
b) Latency stage
c) Anal stage
d) Genital stage

17.According to Freuds which of the following is not a part of subsystem or

structure of personality?
a) Id
b) Ego
c) Super ego
d) Oedipus complex

18.A person justifies his failures and socially unacceptable behaviour by giving
false but socially acceptable reason is?
 a) Displacement
b) Rationalization
c) Intellectualization
d) Reaction formation

19.A special ability to learn and develop particular skills is known as?
a) Attitude
b) Aptitude
c) Achievement
d) Intelligence

20.Three elements- need, drive and incentive are related with?

a) Motivation
b) Thinking
c) Emotion
d) Perception

21.Largest sense organ of our body is sensitive to?

a) Sound
b) Touch
c) Light
d) Chemical concentration

22.A science which is related with developing strategy to maintain and promote
and restore health of the people is called as?
a) Mental hygiene
b) Psychiatry
c) Social psychology
d) Clinical pathology

23.Emotion is?
a) Conscious experience
b) Unconscious experience
c) Subconscious experience
d) None of the above
24.The process of adjustment include?
a) Changing oneself
b) Changing other people
c) Changing the surrounding environment
d) Both (a) and (b)

25.Any permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of practice or

experience is called as?
a) Personality
b) Adjustment
c) Learning
d) Memory

SET - 4

1. Working hard to make up for a weakness or deficiency is?

a) Intellectualization
b) Reaction formation
c) Displacement
d) Compensation

2. Which type of conflict takes place when a person is forced to select between
two negative goals?
a) Approach-approach conflict
 b) Approach-avoidance conflict
c) Avoidance-avoidance conflict
d) Multiple approach-avoidance conflict

3. Defence mechanism or mental mechanism is a reaction to?

a) Frustration
b) Drive
c) Motivation
d) Emotion

4. A mentally retarded child has an IQ test of?

a) 80 and above
b) 70 or below
c) More than 90
d) More than 100

5. Who was the founder of experimental psychology?

a) William James
b) William Wundt
c) Kohler
d) Sigmund Freud

6. Intellectual quotient (IQ) tells about?

a) Intellectual maturity
b) Mental age in relation to chronological age
c) Academic achievement
d) Mental growth

7. A child whose IQ is 85, is categorized as?

a) Imbecile
b) Feeble mindedness
c) Average intelligence
d) Dull

8. All behaviour can be said to be?

 a) A response to stimulus
b) A conditioned response
c) A intellectual response
d) A emotional response

9. Which of the following is not affected by heredity?

a) Personality
b) Habits
c) Intelligence
d) Learning

10.Initial sex drive arise from?

a) Nervous system
b) Learning
c) Hormones
d) Eliminative tensions

11.A person wants to go abroad for a job but at the same time does not want to
leave his family alone. In this situation which type to conflict take place?
a) Approach-approach conflict
b) Approach-avoidance conflict
c) Avoidance-avoidance conflict
d) Multiple approach-avoidance conflict

12.Maternal drive is a?
a) Physiological motive
b) Social motive
c) Secondary motive
d) Personal motive

13.Intentionally pushing away from awareness of certain unwelcome ideas,

memories and feelings is?
a) Repression
b) Regression
c) Projection
 d) Suppression

14.A person wants to acquire wealth in its various forms like home, furniture,
vehicles, clothes, jewelleries, etc..this type of needs or drive comes under?
a) Physiological motive
b) Social motive
c) Personal motive
d) All of the above

15.The branch of psychology which is related with diagnosis and treatment of

mental disease?
a) Educational psychology
b) Clinical psychology
c) Comparative psychology
d) Applied psychology

16.A state of a person resulting when the satisfaction of the motivated behaviour
becomes difficult or impossible, is known as?
a) Conflict
b) Emotion
c) Frustration
d) Problem solving

17.Classical conditioning theory of learning was proposed by?

a) Thorndike
b) Watson
c) Arnold
d) Ivan Pavlov

18.Which of the following is a positive emotion?

a) Anger
b) Jealous
c) Fear
d) Affection
19.When Pavlov did his experiment with dog, the sound of bell was the?
a) Conditioned response
b) Unconditioned response
c) Conditioned stimulus
d) Unconditioned stimulus

20.Which of the following is not a type of intelligence?

a) Concrete intelligence
b) Mental intelligence
c) Abstract intelligence
d) Social intelligence

21.All of the following are characteristics of a genius child, except?

a) Interest in abstract thinking
b) Ability of attention
c) Interest in concrete thinking
d) High level of intelligence (IQ more than 130)

22. When a person do a lot of hard work without relaxation between work, he will
got?

a) Frustration
b) Pressure
c) Depression
d) Motivation

23. Subsystem of personality which play important role to satisfy our biological
needs through right way and show the right way to behave?

a) Id
b) Ego
c) Super ego
d) Ego ideal

24.In which defence mechanism, a person channelize his strong and socially
unacceptable drive or urge into a form that is socially acceptable?
 a) Sublimation
b) Identification
c) Intellectualization
d) Conversion

25. Regression means?

a) To behave in a balanced manner
b) To interrupt in thinking process
c) To behave in a mature way
d) Revert to childish level of behaviour

Part 5- Psychology questions

1. The first test developed to measure intelligence was designed by?

a) Binet and Simon
b) William stern
c) Terman and RB Cattel
d) Alport

2. Theory of cognitive development was proposed by?

a) Jean Piaget
b) Terman
 c) Binet
d) Guilford

3. Psycho-analytical theory of personality development was introduced by?

a) Karl Jung
b) Guilford
c) Harman Rosarch
d) Sigmund Freud

4. The word personality is derived from the Greek word “persona” which means?
a) Mask
b) Cloth
c) Face
d) Drama

5. Which of the following is the objective technique of personality assessment?

a) Biography
b) Sociometry
c) Rating scale
d) All of the above

6. Who classified personality as extrovert and introvert?

a) Gordan Alport
b) Watson
c) Karl G. Jung
d) Bruner
7. Psychosocial theory of personality development was developed by?
a) H.Erikson
b) Carl Roger
c) Sigmund Freud
d) Jean Piaget

8. The process of adjustment is?

a) Dynamic
b) Stable
 c) Both dynamic and stable
d) None of the above

9. Trial and error theory of learning was given by?

a) Thorndike
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) Skinner
d) Kohler

10.Personality may be defined as the most characteristics integration of an

individual’s structures, mode of behaviour, interests, attitudes, capacities,
abilities and aptitude. This definition is given by?
a) Alport
b) Freud
c) Erikson
d) NL Munn

11.Psychology is the positive science of behaviour. This definition of psychology

is given by?
a) William MC Dougal
b) Skinner
c) N.L. Munn
d) Woolworth

12.The client with antisocial personality disorder?

a) Suffer from a great deal of anxiety
b) It generally unable to postpone gratification
c) Rapidly learns by experience and punishment
d) Has a great sense of responsibility towards others

13.Which of the following biological factor is the most important in determining

ones personality?
a) Nervous system
b) Height and weight
c) Endocrine gland
 d) Body structure

14.In which defence mechanism, an emotional conflict is expressed by a physical

illness or physical symptom without any organic cause?
a) Sublimation
b) Compensation
c) Conversion
d) Suppression

15.Meaning of motivation is?

a) Excitement
b) External excitement
c) Internal excitement
d) None of the above

16.Perception is?
a) Sensation and interpretation
b) Sensation and language
c) Sensation and memory
d) Sensation and image

17.A persons need of belongingness is called as?

a) Physical needs
b) Achievement motive
c) Affliction motive
d) Power motive

18.Development of human being is influenced by?

a) Parents and teachers
b) Parents and relatives
c) Psychosocial and cultural factors
d) Heredity and environment

19.In which defence mechanism, we make excuse giving a reason different from
the real one for what we are doing?
 a) Projection
b) Rationalization
c) Displacement
d) Reaction formation

20.When a person get stress in his office, after reaching home he beat his wife and
children to release his tension, he is using the following defence mechanism?
a) Projection
b) Rationalization
c) Displacement
d) Reaction formation

22.Habits are?
a) Acquired
b) Inborn
c) Both acquired and inborn
d) None of the above

23.In the Maslow need hierarchy model which of the following need is kept above
the safety needs?
a) Self-actualization needs
b) Belonging need or need to be loved
c) Esteem need
d) Physiological need

24.The term IQ was introduced by?

a) Terman
b) William stern
c) Alport
d) Watson

25.Which of the following test predict a person’s ability in a specific area or field?
a) Intelligence test
b) Personality test
c) Achievement test
d) Aptitude test