Children of affluent and educated parents tend to score higher on tests of ability than children of parents living in poverty and who are not well educated .this relationship between socio- economic status and scores on ability tests is because of :
1. genetic differences in ability between different social classes.
2. differences in the adequacy of the biological and environmental factors in nutrition and health care .
3. differences in the cultural and learning experiences provided for children from different social classes.

In reasoning when the promises are true,…. Cannot be false .

Arrange the following stages of memory in order of their occurrence .
I. Chunking
II. Sensory register
III. Consolidation
IV. Elaborative rehearsal
V. Selective attention

Arjun gets annoyed when his mother nags him to do his homework. When he finally does it  his mother stops nagging . Now he does the homework without any nagging .here nagging has served as a

Given below are the two statements Assertion (A) and  Reason (R) . Indicate your answer using the codes given below .
Assertion (A): Larger the image of an object on the retina, the closer it is judged to be in addition .if an object is large than other objects. It is often perceived as closer.
Reason(R): Retinal disparity provides an important cue for depth perception .

Which of the following cells do produce myelin in the Central Nervous System ?

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

Micro sleep occurs mainly due to one of the following :

Which of the following internal conditions determine perceptual process ?
1. Intelligence
2. Emotion
3. Motivation
4. Information

Which of the following is not a consequence of Spearman’s theory ?

A test involves presenting a pair of words like FATHER-DAUGHTER and the subject is required to list as many ways in which the pair is related.
In this measure which of the abilities are given by Guilford ?

Match List-I and List-II and indicate your answer with the help of codes given below :
List-I                                                  List-II
Phenomenon)                                 (Description )
p. Thoughts                                      1. Properties that best exemplify the concept
q. Concept                                        2. Process of assigning an object to a
concept (class)
r. Prototype                                       3. Language of the mind
s. Categorization                              4.Represents an entire class

Match List-I and List-II and indicate your answer with the help of codes given below :
List-I                                                            List-II
(Phenomenon)                                         (Condition)
p. Loss of memory of events                    1. Mental contamination
that occurred prior to a loss inducing
event .
q. Loss of memory of events that             2. Retrograde Amnesia
occurs after a loss inducing event .
r. Blocking of information in memory     3. Anterograde Amnesia
we don’t try to remember, produced
by our retrieval of other related information
s. Mental processing that is not readily  4. Retrieval inhibition
under our control influence our
judgements , emotions or behaviour

Afterseveral visits to the doctor for chemotherapy. Anita finds that she begins to feel nauseous just sitting in the waiting room. According to classical conditioning .Anita ‘s feeling of nausea in the absence of chemotherapy is

Which of the following do not belong to laws of perceptual grouping ?
I. Law of figure and ground
II. Law of good continuation
III. Law of common fate
IV. Law of closure
V. Law of proximity

Match List-I and List-II and indicate your answer with the help of codes given below :
List-I                                  List-II
(Number)                        (Structure )
p. 31                                  1. Lobes of cerebrum
q. 7                                    2. Cranial nerves
r. 12                                   3. Cervical vertebrae
s. 4                                     4. Spinal nerves

Read the following two statements the first labelled as Assertion (A) and the second labelled as Reason (R) . Indicate your answer using the codes given below the statements :
Assertion(A): Non-equivalent control groups are often encountered in quasi-experimental studies. As compared to experimental studies.
Reason(R): In quasi-experimental studies,As compared to experimental studies, secondary variance is less efficiently controlled.

Self determination theory (humanistic view of motivation) focuses on which of the following needs.
I. Autonomy
II. Competence
III. Esteem
IV. Self-actualization
V. Relatedness

What is an Ipsativetest ?

Which of the following are correct for self concept ?
1. Self-concept includes not only one’s perceptions of what one is like but also what one thinks one ought to be .
2. Self-concept follows the general laws and principles of perception established in  experimental psychology.
3. Self- Concept represents an  organised, coherent and integrated pattern of self related perceptions.
4. Development of self-concept follows a specific time table of critical stages.

Which of the following is/ are not a product in Guilford’s model ?
1. Convergent production
2. Divergent production
3. Transformation
4. Implication

Greater the handicap of the students coming to the educational institutions, greater the demand on the :

Number of different factors as specified by Spearman to explain the performance on some tests :

Match List-I and List-II and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
List-I                                                          List-II
(Temporal arrangement of                 (From of conditioning)
UCS&CS)
p. Onset of the Unconditioned             1. Trace conditioning
Stimulus(UCS) occurs while the
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is still present .
q. Onset of the Conditioned Stimulus  2. Simultaneous conditioning
(CS) Precedes the onset of the
Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
r. The Conditioned stimulus (CS) and   3. Backward conditioning
the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)
begin and end at the same time .
s. Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS)          4. Delay conditioning
precedes the Conditioned Stimulus (CS)

A nerve cell that responds to a vertical line but not to horizontal line is an example of

Using the multiaxial system of DSM-IV-TR paranoid personality disorder and borderline personality disorder would be coded on

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List-I                                               List-II
(Authors)                                     (Statements)
p. Herbert spencer                      1. Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought
q. Albert von                                 2. It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.                     
r. Karl Marx                                   3. Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings and not the intellect.
s. Tacitus Agricola                        4. “ Mere social contact begets a stimulation of animal spirits that heightens the efficiency of each individual workman .

Which of the following are the features of behaviour assessment ?
1. Researcher can collect self reported samples of behaviour from respondents as they live their daily lives.
2. Researcher devises explicit coding system that contains behavioural categories of interest .
3. It requires high level of interjudge reliability in using the coding categories to record behaviour .
4. It is applied to record behaviour in live settings but not in videotaped behaviour Codes:

The concept of creative intelligence was given by

Having seen or heard a stimulus once may facilitate our recognizing it on a latter occasion, even if we are not aware that this is happening. This phenomena is referred to as

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer using codes given below .
List-I                                                         List-II
(Concept )    (Theorists )
p. Shaping and chaining                       1. Tolman
q. Law of effect                                       2. Skinner
r. Cognitive map                                     3. Bandura
s. Modeling                                             4. Thorndike

An  experimenter wishes to chemically stimulate the brain area of the animal by two substances what are the choices among the following?
I. GABA
II. Glutamic acid
III. Glycine
IV. Kainic acid

Kohler's theory of learning is known by the following name ?

Directions: Read the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :
10. Assertion (A): Promax-rotated factors cannot be subjects to higher – order factors analysis.
Reason(R): Promax-rotated results in oblique factors .

Emotional intelligence involves __

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer using codes given below :
List-I                                              List-II
(Theorist)                                     (Theory/hypothesis of Emotion)
p. Tomkins                                    1. Dimensional appraisal
q. Schechter and singer              2. Personal meaning
r. Smith and Ellsworth                3. Facial feedback hypothesis
s. Lazarus                                      4. Unexplained arousal and appraisal of situations

Defence  attorneys often protest prosecutor’s use of eyewitness testimony because

. Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below:
List-I                                                        List-II
(Description)                                        (Nomenclature )
p. Number of new cases that              1. Epidemiology
occur over a given period of time .
q. Study of the distribution of             2. Syndrome
diseases or health related behaviours
in a given population
r. Number of active cases in a            3. Incidence
population in a given period of time .
s. A group or cluster of Symptoms    4. Prevalence
that occur together

Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below:
Assertion (A) :People maintain buffer zone around their bodies.
Reason (R): The extent of personal space depends on the familiarity with others near to them

scree is a

The Id, according to Freud. is driven by aggressive and sexual instincts. This corresponds to Jung’s archetype called

Assertion (A): The amplitude of the action potential in a neuron does not go beyond + 40 mV .
Reason (R): Neurons function on “all or none” basis .
Codes :

Efficiency of a work organization most appropriately refers to

A person, otherwise limited in mental ability, has amazing specific skills. This is because of

Arrange the following stages of language development in order of their occurrence .

A man reflects his anger from his boss to his child, is an example of :

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your response by selecting the correct choice given below:
List-I                                                      List-II
(Function of Perception )                (Perceptual issue)
p. Attention                                          1. Where is the some thing(objects)?
q. Localization                                     2. What do characterize that thing (the
objects)?
r. Recognition                                      3. Is there something ?
s. Abstraction                                      4. What is that thing ?

The neurotransmitters called as feel good hormones are known as

The location of the optic nerve exit point from the retina of the eye is called as

Why do individuals with high need for achievement quit early when faced by very difficult task ?

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of codes given below:
List-I                                             List-II
(Author)                                      (Statement)
p. Carol Gilliyan                          1. Decisions are based on morality of carrying
and a concern with justice.
 q. Kohlberg                                2. Decisions of females are preferably based on care             
orientation.
 r. Soke                                        3. Decisions are based on  commitment to Specific
individuals and relationship
s. walker                                     4. Decisions are based on universal principles of
justice and fairness .

Which of the following do/does not describe an obsession ?
1.Continually reliving  a traumatic event .
2.An unwanted thought that a person finds intrusive and distressing
3.A behaviour or mental act that a person feels compelled to perform .
4. Something a person enjoys doing and talking about constantly .

Ventromedial nucleus, a central area on the underside of the hypothalamus, lead to

Which factor is not much related to happiness ?

Whenever daughter performs well in her studies she receives a chocolate from parents but her brother is given a chocolate only when he gets the highest marks in the class. This is a paradigm of

In a 3 × 4 contingency table, using chi-square test, the degrees of freedom associated with the chi-square will be :

A parent deliberately ignores a child’s temper tantrums in an attempt to discourage them .the parent’s strategy is in accordance with

A man borrows money and forgets to pay it back because paying back is painful. This is an example of

Which of the following strategies facilitate problem solving ?
1. Algorithms
2. Mental set
3. Planning  fallacy
4. Heuristics
5. Analogy

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
List-I                                                        List-II
(Attitude sealing technique)                 (Feature)
p. Equal appearing intervals                   1. Checks unidimensionality of the scale
q. Paired comparison                              2. Employs ’Z’ as a measure of scale value
r. Scalogram                                            3. Can assess multidimensional attitudes
s. Summated ratings                               4. Suitable for scaling large number of items

Consider that a newly developed test for assessing abstract reasoning and a well-established test of abstract reasoning are administered to a sample of 350 and a correlation of
0.25, significant at .01 levels is obtained. It will be inferred that the new test has

Learned helplessness may paper when stress causes :
I. Anxiety
II. Anger and aggression
III. Withdrawal and apathy
IV. Feeling of uncontroliability

What among the following define a problem space ?
1. An initial state
2. A goal state
3. A set of operations

Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes below :
Assertion (A): In Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS), forced choice format is used.
Reason (R): Forced choice format reduces acquiescence response set.
Codes :

For an intelligence test, while computing item-remainder correlations for item analysis, we compute

Read each of the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion(A):n A person’s responses on MMPI were disregarded because he has scored very high on frequency sub-cable
Reason(R): Frequency sub-cable indicate the style of an individual to respond in a typical way .

Which of the following are the components of emotional intelligence according  to Mayer and Salovey model ?
1. Perceiving emotions
2. Using emotions to facilitate thoughts
3. Understanding emotions
4. Managing emotions

Read each of the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion(A) : There exist an inverted U shape relationship between job stress and performance.
Reason (R) : Experience of job stress generates arousal and motivation for making effort .

What is the correct sequence of sympathetic and parasympathetic division given below ?

In a signal detection task the liberal observer shall having .
I. Bias to make more yes responses.
II. Lesser expectations that signal is present .
III. High hit rate and low false alarm rate.
IV. High hit rate as well high false alarm rate .
V. Equally likely to make yes or no responses .
VI. Greater expectations that signal is present .

Which of the following characterizes slow wave sleep ?

Which one of the following is a product in Guilford’s model ?

In an experiment the stimuli were presented to the subjects in certain order and after the presentation of stimuli their order was disturbed. In the test phase the subjects were needed to set them in the presented order. Which of the following methods was used in this experiment ?

According to the author, which one is not the most creative outlet of pursuit ?

Read each of the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below
Assertion(A): Children with learning disability are allowed to type or taps record their assignments .
Reason(R): Omitting handwriting as a criterion for evaluating reports/copies is a way of helping children with learning disability .

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List-I                                                  List-II
(Concept)                                         (Description)
p. Planning fallacy                            1. Tendency to adhere to bad decision even
if the losses increases
q. Confirmation bias                        2. Tendency to evaluate events by thinking
about alternatives to them .
r. Counterfactual thinking               3. Tendency to underestimate the resources needed
to achieve a goal
s. Escalation of commitment          4. Tendency to pay attention primarily to
information that confirms existing views.

The performance of a student is compared with another student in which type of testing ?

The human ear can generally hear sounds ranging from

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
List-I                                                                       List-II
(Explanation)                                                      (Model)
p. Matching the whole image to a                    1. Recognition by components model
stored representations of the whole object .
q. Extracting discriminating features from     2. Template-matching model
the images and match these with known
features of objects .
r. Three-dimensional structure of objects      3. Configural model
by specifying their parts and the spatial
relations among the parts .
s. Distinguishing among objects that share  4. Features matching model
the same basic parts and overall structure
with the prototype.

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
List-I                                                    List-II
(Process)                                            (Principle)
p. Imagination inflation                    1. Mnemonics
q. Effortful processing                      2. False memories
r. Method of Loci                               3. Encoding specificity principle
s. Context dependent memory       4. Intentional encoding
Codes:

Which of the following is/are the content theories of work motivation ?
1. Alderfer’s ERG theory
2. Hertzberg’s two-factor theor
3. Maslow’s theory of need hierarchy
4. Porter and Lawler’s performance satisfaction theory

Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of the codes given below :
List-I                                                          List-II           
(Meta needs )                                          (Meta pathologies)
p. Truth                                                     1. Hatred
q. Perfection                                             2. Anger
r. Justice                                                    3. Hopelessness
s. Goodness                                             4. Mistrust

Which one of the following is an example of an artificially discrete variable ?

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List-I                                                 List-II
(Leadership theories)                 (Proposers)
p. Cognitive resource theory        1. Hercy and Blanchard
q. Situational leadership theory   2. Robert House
r. Path-goal theory                          3. Fiedler and Garcia
s. Normative decision theory        4. Vroom and Yetton

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): Scientists found activation in pre-frontal cortex neurons involved in planning motor actions whenever a monkey in their experiment saw a picture of a peanut .
Reason(R) : The mirror neurons respond to actions that the animal plans and performs itself and also to the same actions performed by other . these are likely to play a role in learning by observation .

Which of the following concepts are not used by clark hull in his theory?
1. Reaction potential
2. Sign-significant
3. Effective reaction potential
4. Habit strength
5. Contiguity

Match List-I with List-II and give your answer using the codes given below :
List-I                                                   List-II
(Neuron system )                           (Areas of Brain )
p. the acetylcholinergic system     1. Raphe nuclei
q. the noradrenergic system         2. Lateral hypothalamus
r. the serotonergic system             3. Pons and basal forebrain
s. the hypocretinergic system       4. Locus coeruleaus

The role of unconscious in creative thinking is known as the process of

The entire existence of the author revolves round
(a) Computer
(b) Mobile phone
(c) Typewriter
Identify the correct answer from the codes given below

Making riskier decision during adolescence may be correlated with

Which school of psychology was originally developed by Max Wertheimer , Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Kohler ?

According to which law a person’ s mind can perceive objects as a whole even when they’re not complete in front of them .

Which of law is sometimes referred to as the law of good figure ?

The concept of figure- ground perception is often illustrated with the classic faces or vases illusion also known as :

…….Constancy is the tendency to perceive on object as being the same size regardless of whether it is close or far away .

. …… is the perception of an object or quality as constant even though our sensation of the object changes.

Which principle states that elements that move in the same direction will be perceived as belonging together and forming a figure

……….refers to the use of contextual information –to the use of the big picture .

……is the difference in the images falling on the retina of the two eyes .

The cues that can be processed by just one eye . is often referred to as :

The Two eyes of humans are separated from each other by about …….. millimeters.

When you are looking at an object that extends into the distance such as a grassy filed the texture becomes less and less apparent the farther it goes into the distance is an example of which type of monocular cue ?

…….is characterized by visually perceived images that are deceptive or misleading .

Phantom limb the thermal grill illusion and the Cutaneous rabbit illusion is an example of which type of illusion .

Which of the following Greek philosopher believed that knowledge is acquired through learning and experience?

Operant conditioning is also known as :

……. Is a chamber that contains a bar or key that an animal can press or manipulate in order to obtain food or water as a type of reinforcement

We sometimes attempt to solve problems by applying the techniques that worked in similar situations in the past. What type of method are we using ?

Who wrote the book Beyond Freedom and Dignity ?

. ……. Refers to a procedure whereby an unconditioned stimulus is consistently presented before a neural stimulus .

A dog conditioned to salivate to a tone of a particular pitch ad loudness will also salivate with considerable regularity in response to tones of higher and lower pitch is an example of :

In Classical Conditioning ……….is the ability of differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus .

Which of the following is most appropriate for the assessment of Self-Actualization ?

………is any event that strengthens or increases the behaviour it follows .

Which theory proposes that memory fades die to the mere passage of time ?

When new learning is disturbed by previous learning it is called .

The visible spectrum wavelength ranges from

Which memory system is also sometimes known as working memory ?

Three mountains task was used by Piaget to study ______ in children .

. …..refers to the process through which information is retained and held over a period of time .

Answering a question on a fill-in-the blank test is a good example of which type of memory retrieval ?

Which type of memory retrieval involves reconstructing memory often utilizing logical structures partial memories narratives or clues ?

Taking a multiple –choice quiz requires that your recognize the correct answer out of a group of available answers in an example of which type of memory retrieval ?

Who define chunking in his paper the magical number system seven plus of minus two some limits on our capacity of processing information

John B. Watson in his book on bhaviourism (1952) define …….is largely sub vocal talking

In which type of thinking concepts are the mediating processes ?

……….is associated with thinking cognition and intellect .

“People control basic anxiety by moving toward, away from, and against others.”
Which group of personality psychologists theorized this statement ?

A concept defined by the simultaneous possession of presence of two or more attributes of objects is known as

A bike that has many attributes but can still be a bike without one of the attributes is an example of

. ………is a process of collection in which instances of experience are grouped together into a set

The tendency to solve certain problems in a fixed way based on pervious solutions to a similar  problems is known as

Who was the first articulated the term mental set in the 1940s and demonstrated this in his well – known water jug experiments .

. ……..is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it  is traditionally used

…….gives problem solving a direction

A group or individual creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by list member (s) is known as :

……….are the rules of thumb that permit us to make decisions and judgements in a rapid and efficient manner .

What involves an effort to develop or choose amongst the various responses in order to attain desired goal ?

According to which theory of motivation all organisms are born with innate biological tendencies that help them survive.

The fact that a nearer object may obscure a more distant object from the view is due to :

Maslow describes …as a person’s need to be and do that which the person was born to do

Motivation which is a part of the organism ‘s biological inheritance such as the need for food water sex etc is Known as:

………is something outside the person that energizes behaviour .

Maslow refers self-actualization need as ………

Maslow refers physiological need as …..

is motivational tension or arousal that energizes behaviour or arousal that energizes behaviour in order to fulfil some need

Who introduced the threefold division of mind into conscious mind pre-conscious mind and unconscious mind .

Among these which involves controlling one’s behaviour in order to achieve a goal .

The view seen by a passenger looking out of the window of an aircraft; will be affected by the

The formula for calculating IQ is :