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;Mobile:09387122121 Bhubaneswar:5 StationSquare,Bhubaneswar-751001(Odisha) .

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3 ,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) LifeSpanDevelopment andEighteenthchapterofthebookcontainsthe concept,causeandetiologyofvarioustypesof DevelopmentalDisorders ,nineteenthchaptertitled ResearchMethodologyinPsychology andTwentiethchapterofthebook BasicStatisticsinPsychology basedonthevariousresearchtechniques,desi gns, ,likeFillinTheBlanks,True/False,Assertio n/Reasoning,etc.

4 , , , ,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.(a)Psy choanalysts(b)Behaviourists(c)Functional ists(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_____.

5 (a)ConsciousExperience(b)ScienceofMind(c )ScienceofExperience(d) PSYCHOLOGY asthescientificstudyofactivitiesoforgani sminrelationtoitsenvironment?(a) (b)SigmundFreud(c)Woodworth(d)WilliamJam es9. 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_____.(a)Normal ityofmind(b)UnconsciouslevelofmindIntrod uctiontoPsychology3(c)Subconsciouslevelo fmind(d) (a)AbnormalPsychology(b)EducationalPsych ology(c)ChildPsychology(d) (a)Gestaltschool(b)Behaviouristicschool( c)Functionalisticschool(d) ,haddonethepioneeringexperimentson_____.

6 (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 ?(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_____.

7 (a) (b)Fulton(c)Cattell(d) ,independentanddependentvariableareimpor tantelements.(a)IntrospectionMethod(b)Ex perimentalMethod(c)ObservationalMethod(d ) ,passivestudyandanalysisofhumanbehaviour isusuallydone.(a)IntrospectionMethod(b)E xperimentalMethod(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. (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_____.

8 (a)RudolfGoekle(b)WilliamJames(c)Sigmund Freud(d) PSYCHOLOGY forthefirsttimeintheyear_____.(a)1590AD( b)1095AD(c)1950AD(d) (a)SocialPsychology(b)ComparativePsychol ogy(c)AbnormalPsychology(d) sapproachtodefinePsychologyis_____.(a)Dy namic(b)Constant(c)Fluctuating(d) (a)KurtKoffka(b)Maxwertheimer(c)KurtLewi n(d) (a)DevelopmentalPsychology(b)Physiologic alPsychology(c)EvolutionalPsychology(d) (a)DevelopmentalPerspective(b)Behaviouri sticPerspective(c)HumanisticPerspective( d) (a)GestaltPerspective(b)BiologicalPerspe ctive(c)HumanisticPerspective(d) (a)DevelopmentalPerspective(b)Biological Perspective(c)HumanisticPerspective(d)Ps ychoanalyticPerspective65. Behaviourcanbeinfluencedbysocialandcultu ralfactor ,the_____perspectiveofpsychologyemphasiz esit.(a)DevelopmentalPerspective(b)Biolo gicalPerspective(c)HumanisticPerspective (d) (a)Facts(b)Theories(c)Models(d) (a)Heuristic(b)CriticalThinking(c)Intuit iveThought(d) (a)ScientificStudy(b)BiologicalStudy(c)S ocialTechnique(d)Methodology8 MCQsinPsychology:ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC- (a)Watson(b)Wundt(c)Freud(d) , (a)AnnaFreud(b)MargaretFloyWashburn(c)Me lanieKlein(d) , ,establishedhisschoolafterseparatedfromS igmundFreud,whichisknownas_____.

9 (a)PsychoanalysisSchool(b)IndividualPsyc hology(c)PsychoanalyticalSchool(d) (a)GetsaltLaw(b)WatsonLaw(c)Binet SimonLaw(d) Gestal whichliterallymeans_____.(a)World(b)Whol e(c)Apart(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b)Aristotle(c)Plato(d) (a)SigmundFreud(b)Aristotle(c)Plato(d) (a)ReneDescartes(b)Aristotle(c)Plato(d) ,memoryandemotions?(a)JohnDewey(b)Willia mJames(c)Thorndike(d) (a)Adler(b)Jung(c)AnneFreud(d) (a)JeanPiaget(b)Kohler(c)Chomsky(d) (a)Chomsky(b)Kohler(c)Piaget(d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b) (c) (d) (a)Developmentalapproach(b)Biologicalapp roach(c)Humanisticapproach(d) ,happiness,optimismandflowtakestogethera s_____.(a)Cognitivepsychology(b)Positive PSYCHOLOGY (c)Humanisticpsychology(d) (a)Genes(b)Cultureandenvironment(c)Pastl ife(d) ,bodychemical,centralnervoussystem,neura lmechanism,etc.,areconsideredthe_____bra nchofpsychology.(a)Cognitivepsychology(b )Positivepsychology(c)Neuropsychology(d) (a)Binet-Simon(b)Cattell(c) (d) (a)DelhiUniversity(b)BombayUniversity(c) CalcuttaUniversity(d) (a)1905(b)1916(c)1890(d) (a) (b) (c) (d) :ObjectivesforUPSC,UGC- PrinciplesofPsycho-logy wasauthoredby_____.

10 (a)WillhelmWundt(b) (c) (d) , PsychologyisaScienceof_____ .(a)Soul(b)Mind(c)Behaviour(d) (a)Physics(b)Chemistry(c)Sociology(d) (a)Consciousness(b)Subconsciousness(c)Un consciousness(d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b) (c) (d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b)CharlesDarwin(c) (d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b)CharlesDarwin(c) (d) Flock accordingtoGestaltpsychology?(a)Thewhole (b)Perceptualunit(c)Perception(d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b)CharlesDarwin(c)Sigmu ndFreud(d) (a)CarlRoser(b)AbrahamMashlow(c)SigmundF reud(d) (a)CognitiveApproach(b)BehaviouralApproa ch(c)GestaltApproach(d) (a)Gardner(b)AlanNewell(c) (d) (a)IndustrialPsychology(b)SocialPsycholo gy(c)EvolutionaryPsychology(d) (a)WillhelmWundt(b)CharlesDarwin(c)Sigmu ndFreud(d) TheEgo and TheId ?(a)1927(b)1972(c)1980(d) (a)1967(b)1989(c)1997(d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a)IndustrialPsychologist(b)SocialPsycho logist(c)AcademicPsychologist(d) (a)IndustrialandorganisationalPsych-olog y(b)SocialPsychology(c)AcademicPsycholog y(d) ,thevariationinbehaviourpassedfromonegen erationtonextgenerationisdueto_____.