MCQs IN PSYCHOLOGY

1 MCQsINPSYCHOLOGY:ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC-N ET/JRFandOtherCompetitiveExaminationsAvi nashKumar, ,UniversityofDelhi, , ,UniversityofDelhiMUMBAI NEWDELHI NAGPUR BENGALURU HYDERABAD CHENNAI PUNE LUCKNOW AHMEDABAD ERNAKULAM BHUBANESWAR INDORE KOLKATA GUWAHATI AuthorsNopartofthispublicationmayberepro duced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmi ttedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mec hanical,photocopying, :2015 , Ramdoot PoojaApartments ,4-B,MurariLalStreet,AnsariRoad,DaryaGan j, :011-23270392,23278631;Fax:011-23256286 Nagpur:KundanlalChandakIndustrialEstate, GhatRoad, :0712-2738731,3296733;Telefax:0712-27212 16 (Old12/1),1stFloor,NexttoHotelHighlands, MadhavaNagar,RaceCourseRoad, :080-22286611,22385461,41138821,22281541 ,Lingampally,BesidesRaghavendraSwamyMath am,Kachiguda, :040-27560041,27550139 Chennai:New-20,Old-59,ThirumalaiPillaiRo ad, , :9380460419 Pune:FirstFloor,"Laksha"Apartment, ,Mehunpura,Shaniwarpeth(NearPrabhatTheat re), :020-24496323/24496333;Mobile:0937057933 3 Lucknow:HouseNo731,ShekhupuraColony, ,Aliganj, :09307501549 Ahmedabad:114, SHAIL ,1stFloor, , ,NavrangPura, :079-26560126;Mobile:09377088847 Ernakulam:39/176(NewNo:60/251)1stFloor,K arikkamuriRoad,Ernakulam,Kochi :0484-2378012,2378016.

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3 Introductiontopsychology definesthehistoryofscientificpsychology, concept,definition, Biologicalbasesofbehaviour , Sensation,AttentionandPerception intendedtocovertheitemsinmostemergentare aofpsychology, , LearningandConditioning fifthchapter Memoryprocess andsixthchapter ThinkingProcess MotivationsandEmotions emphasizingtheconcept,meaning, PersonalityTypeandTrait withtheconcept,meaning,varioustypesofper sonality, , Intelligence HealthBehaviourandCopingStrategies. ,sociology,anthropology,commerce, ,theEleventhchapterofthebook Attitudeandsocialization ,Twelfthchaptertitled GroupandGroupBehaviour Thirteenthchaptertitled Communication ingroupandsocietyandFourteenthchaptertit led Leadership willhelpstudentstoknowvariousaspectsofso cialandorganisationalpsychologytodealwit htheirsocietyeffectively,besides, ConceptofAbnormalPsychology dealingwithabriefknowledgeabouttheconcep tandmeaningofabnormalbehavior, ,thesixteenthchapterofthebookincludedthe mostimportantitemsrelatedtovarioustypeso f MentalDisordersandSomeMajorInterventionT echniques(Therapies)

4 LifeSpanDevelopment andEighteenthchapterofthebookcontainsthe concept,causeandetiologyofvarioustypesof DevelopmentalDisorders ,nineteenthchaptertitled ResearchMethodologyinPsychology andTwentiethchapterofthebook BasicStatisticsinPsychology basedonthevariousresearchtechniques,desi gns, ,likeFillinTheBlanks,True/False,Assertio n/Reasoning,etc., , , ,books,monographs,etc., , (FirstAuthor) , (SecondandCorrespondingAuthor) , ,ProfessorandHeadoftheDepartmentofPsycho logy,UniversityofDelhi, , , ,UniversityofDelhi, , ,Pricipal,KeshavMahavidyalaya,University ofDelhi, , , , ,AttentionandPerception31 279 References280 281 CONTENTSL earningObjectiveInthemodernsociety,dueto numbersofpsychosocialproblems, , ,itisimportanttostudybrieflyabouttheconc ept, (a)Anaturalscience(b)Aphysicalscience(c) Abiologicalscience(d) ScienceofMind ,definedby_____schoolofpsychology.

5 (a)Psychoanalysts(b)Behaviourists(c)Func tionalists(d) (a)1779(b)1679(c)1879(d) (a)WilhelmWundt(b)SigmundFreud(c) (d) (a)Scienceofmind(b)Scienceofbehaviour(c) Scienceofsoul(d) ,thefounderandfatherofbehaviouristicscho olofpsychologydefined PSYCHOLOGY asthescienceof_____.(a)Soul(b)Consciousn essChapter1 INTRODUCTIONTOPSYCHOLOGY2 MCQsinPsychology:ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC-N ET/JRFandOtherCompetitiveExaminations(c) Mind(d) (1867-1927)defined PSYCHOLOGY asthescienceof_____.(a)ConsciousExperien ce(b)ScienceofMind(c)ScienceofExperience (d) PSYCHOLOGY asthescientificstudyofactivitiesoforgani sminrelationtoitsenvironment?(a) (b)SigmundFreud(c)Woodworth(d)WilliamJam es9.

6 S-R conceptwasfirstestablishedby_____.(a) (b)WilhelmWundt(c)WilliamJames(d) S-R connectionism,further S-O-R conceptwasdevelopedby_____.(a)Woodworth( b) (c) (d) Psychologyasthescienceofimmediateexperie ncewithconsci-ousnessbeingthemainsubject matter ?(a) (b)WilliamJames(c)SigmundFreud(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b) (c) (d) (a)WilliamJames(b) (c)WilliamMcDougall(d) O in S-O-R conceptisresponsibleinregulatingthebehav ioroftheorganismandmakingpsychologicalac tivity_____.(a)Complex(b)Dynamic(c)Fixed (d) (a)Stimulus(b)Thing(c)Situation(d) FieldObservation isalwaysconsideredas_____.(a)Subjective( b)Complex(c)Neutral(d) ,tostudymainlythenatureof_____.

7 (a)Normalityofmind(b)Unconsciouslevelofm indIntroductiontoPsychology3(c)Subconsci ouslevelofmind(d) (a)AbnormalPsychology(b)EducationalPsych ology(c)ChildPsychology(d) (a)Gestaltschool(b)Behaviouristicschool( c)Functionalisticschool(d) ,haddonethepioneeringexperimentson_____. (a)Perception(b)Emotion(c)Memory(d) (a)Itsmethodology(b)Itstheory(c)Itsfact( d) (a)Personality(b)Development(c)Intellige nt(d) (a)TheoreticalPsychology(b)AppliedPsycho logy(c)EducationalPsychology(d) (a)Personality(b)Motivation(c)Intelligen ce(d) (a)Developmentalstagesofindividual(b)Dia gnosisofabnormalbehaviour(c)Abnormalbeha viouranditscauses(d) (a)Behaviourofanindividualatwork(b)Behav iourandexperienceinsocialsituations(c)Be haviourofethnicgroups(d) (a)Mankind(b)LivingOrganism(c)Animals(d) (a)Chemistry(b)Physics(c)Sociology(d)Zoo logy4 MCQsinPsychology:ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC- (a)Children(b)Adolescents(c)Women(d) IndividualPsychology ?

8 (a)DavidHull(b)Thorndike(c)AlfredBinet(d ) (a) (b)WilliamJames(c)MegdeArnold(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b)Tolman(c)AlfredAdler(d ) (a)SocialPsychology(b)GestaltPsychology( c)IndustrialPsychology(d) Lawofeffect wascoinedby_____.(a)Skinner(b)Pavlov(c)K ohler(d) (a)Jung(b)Freud(c)Adler(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b) (c)EvanPavlov(d) (a)Throndike(b) (c)EvanPavlov(d) (a)Freud(b)Allport(c)Watson(d) (a)Greenwich(b)Zurich(c)Leipzig(d) ,whorejectedintrospectionasamethodofpsyc hology_____.(a) (b)Fulton(c)Cattell(d) ,independentanddependentvariableareimpor tantelements.(a)IntrospectionMethod(b)Ex perimentalMethod(c)ObservationalMethod(d ) ,passivestudyandanalysisofhumanbehaviour isusuallydone.

9 (a)IntrospectionMethod(b)ExperimentalMet hod(c)ObservationalMethod(d) , E manipulates_____.(a)OneVariable(b)TwoVar iables(c)ThreeVariables(d) ,whenmorethanoneindependentvariableworks inanexperimentalsituation.(a)Situational Crisis(b)Interaction(c)MultisituationalE ffect(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b) (c) (d) (a)WilliamJames(b)AlfredBinet(c)WilliamM cDougall(d) Introspection and ConsciousExperience areassociatedwith_____.(a)Functionalism( b)Behaviourism(c)Structuralism(d) (a)Construct(b)Theory(c)Hypothesis(d) (a)StimulusThreshold(b)ResponseThreshold (c)Hypothesis(d)Problem6 MCQsinPsychology:ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC- ,mainlythroughinstrumentalconditi-oning.

10 (a)CognitiveApproach(b)DynamicandPsychoa nalyticApproach(c)Stimulus-ResponseBehav iouristicApproach(d) (a)WholisticApproach(b)Stimulus-Response -BehaviouristicApproach(c)DynamicandPsyc hoanalyticApproach(d) (a)DynamicandPsychoanalyticApproach(b)Co gnitiveApproach(c)HolisticApproach(d) (a)CognitiveApproach(b)DynamicandPsychoa nalyticApproach(c)HolisticApproach(d) (a)Body(b)Mind(c)Soul(d) (a)DevelopmentalPerspective(b)Biological Perspective(c)HumanisticPerspective(d) ,theword PSYCHOLOGY isintroducedby_____.(a)RudolfGoekle(b)Wi lliamJames(c)SigmundFreud(d) PSYCHOLOGY forthefirsttimeintheyear_____.(a)1590AD( b)1095AD(c)1950AD(d) (a)SocialPsychology(b)ComparativePsychol ogy(c)AbnormalPsychology(d) sapproachtodefinePsychologyis_____.