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PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
Entrance Examination of Applied Psychology
Solved question Paper for
Ph.D Applied Psychology
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All questions have been solved by S.Lakshmanan,
Psychologist, Pondicherry
PU Ph D Applied Psychology
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A number calculated with complete population data and quantifies a characteristic of the population is
called as ____________.
Datum
Parameter
Population
Statistic
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Any deception involved in the experiment is explained to participants:-
before they agree to participate in the experiment
in the informed consent
during the experimental session
in the debriefing session
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Motive for manipulation is a:-
Secondary motive
Primary motive
Tertiary
General motive
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Bogus Pipeline is used for measuring:-
Cognitive Dissonance
Attitude
Persuasion
Personality
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Maximum resources are used at which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome model?
Exhaustion stage
Resistance stage
Preliminary stage
Alarm stage
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Among the following, which can be considered as a categorical variable?
annual income
age
Gender
grade point average
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___________ refers to research in which the observer becomes part of the group being studied.
Participant observation
correlational research
Naturalistic observation
archival research
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Which of the following method is the most quantitative method of Job Evaluation?
Factor Comparison
Ranking
Point Ranking
Classification Method
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The strongest evidence for causality comes from which of the following research methods?
Correlational
Ethnography
Experimental
Causal-comparative
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Central Executive which is hypothised to focus attention during information processing is a part of:-
Sensory memory
Short term Memory
Long Term Memory
Working Memory
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Which of the following method of Performance Appraisal is based upon the principle of normal
distribution?
Critical Incident Method
360 Degree feedback method
Checklist Method
Forced Distribution Method
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Individuals who are good at understanding and communicating with others are higher at which type of
intelligence?
Naturalistic
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Linguistic
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Humanistic perspective of psychology focuses upon:-
Inherited tendencies
Unconscious process
Cultural factors
Personal growth
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Which of the following is the first step in a research process?
coming up with the hypothesis
conducting the experiment
data analysis
conducting the literature review
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The number that shows a score's deviation from the mean in standard deviation units is called:-
U score
T score
Z score
X score
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Need for self-understanding, as per the expanded model of Maslow's need hierarchy, is part of
___________.
Cognitive need
Aesthetic need
Self-Actualization need
Esteem need
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Which Personality Disorder show dramatic, emotional and erratic personality?
Paranoid PD
Borderline PD
Dependent PD
OCPD
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Which among the following sampling technique will give a more accurate representation of the
population?
A small sample based on simple random sampling
A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique
A large sample based on simple random sampling
A small cluster sample
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Variables that invalidate a study are called:-
Contigent variables
Contaminating variable
Categorical variables
Independent variable
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Among the following, which technique would yield a simple random sample?
Numbering all the elements of a sampling frame and then using a random number table to pick cases
from the table
Choosing students from a particular class room to participate
Listing the individuals by department wise and choosing a proportion from within each department at
random
Randomly selecting classes, and then sampling everyone within the class
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Which of the following is a parametric test?
Sign test
U test
T test
Chi-square
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F ratio is a part of which of the following statistics?
T-test
Pearson correlation coefficient
Chi-square
ANOVA
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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 was developed using a method called:-
factor analysis
empirical keying
multiple regression
structural equation modelling
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Subset of a population is called:-
Parameter
Sample
Populace
Statistic
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Open-ended questions generally provide ______ data.
Quantitative
Confirmatory
Correlational
Qualitative
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Self-Determination theory was propounded by __________.
Carruthers and Hood
Fromm
Ryff and Singer
Ryan and Decci
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Which of the following psychologist advocated Nurturant- Task theory for leadership?
JBP Sinhna
Iswar Dayal
RC Tripathi
Uday Pareek
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A problem solving strategy where individuals produce numerous ideas and evaluate them only after all
ideas have been collected is:-
Functional analysis
Brainstorming
Convergent thinking
Deductive thinking
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In which of the following group decision making method there is no face-to-face interaction at all among
the group members?
Brainstorming
Nominal Group Technique
Delphi Technique
Interactive Group Technique
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An ABAB design is also known as:-
Reversal design
Backward design
Forward design
Experimental design
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Which is not a cause of Memory Distortion?
Motives
Schemas
Source monitoring
Reality monitoring
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Rotter's social learning theory emphasizes the following:-
Behavioral potential
motivation
A reinterpretation of Freud's theory
expectancy
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Quantitative research is more concerned with __________ and qualitative research is more concerned
with _________.
details and emotions; generalities
generalities; interobserver reliability
generalities; details and emotions
grounded theory; logic
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Which of the following monitor blood and oxygen flow in the brain to identify areas of high activity?
FMRI
EEG
CAT
ECG
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How many dependent variables are used in multiple regression?
Two
One
Three
Above four
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________ is the standard deviation of a sampling distribution.
Sample standard deviation
Replication error
Standard error
Meta error
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Which one of the following choices gives a correct example of a poly-genetic trait with the correct reason?
A zygote; created by the union of a sperm and egg, both of which have 23 chromosomes each
Skin color; inherited down generations
A carrier of a disease; the person received one gene from one parent, and a different one from the
other, making the two genes in a specific pair different.
Eye color; affected by numerous genes
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Among the following, which correlation has the strongest value?
-1.00
-.93
+.94
+.20
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The phrase "know thyself" reflects which type of knowledge?
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Naturalistic
Linguistic
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Among the following sampling techniques, in which, does the researcher might ask the research
participants to identify other potential participants?
Quota
Snowball
Purposive
Convenience
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Partial correlation analysis involves:-
Matching participants on potential confounding variables
Examining the relationship between two or more variables controlling for additional variables
statistically
Including only one group in a correlational analysis
Limiting the sample to individuals at a constant level of an extraneous variable
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Which among the following is a form of research typically conducted by teachers, counselors, and other
professionals to answer questions they have and to specifically help them solve local problems?
Action research
Pure research
Basic research
Predictive research
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Among the following, which can be described as data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a
different person for a different purpose?
Field notes
Secondary data
Experimental data
Primary data
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Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is called:-
Linguistic Deductionism
Linguistic Determinism
Linguistic Reductionism
Linguistic Connectionism
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The basic conflict during adolescence according to Erikson's theory is:-
Initiative vs guilt
Identity vs role confusion
Trust vs mistrust
Intimacy vs isolation
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Which of the following is called poor man's stratified sampling?
Purposive sampling
Cluster sampling
Quota sampling
Simple random sampling
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Which of the following is a non parametric test?
ANOVA
Chi-square test
T test
Pearson correlation
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Among the following which analysis is more suitable when the dependent variable is measured as
categories?
Factor analysis
Regression analysis
Discriminant analysis
Structural analysis
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The development of a solid foundation of reliable knowledge typically is built from which type of research?
Action research
Basic research
Orientational research
Evaluation research
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Dichotic listening has been used extensively as an experimental technique in the study of:-
Selective attention
Ponzo illusion
Memory
Transposition
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Neurotransmitters drift away after being released into the synaptic cleft and some are inactivated by
enzymes. Some are reabsorbed into the pre-synaptic neuron. This process is called:-
Reionize
Reuptake
Recycle
Reabsorb
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________ validity refers to the degree to which the score on a test corresponds with another measure of
the designated trait.
content
concurrent
criterion
split-half
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GLM refers to which of the following?
General Logit Model
General Lab Model
General Linear Model
General Limited Model
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Law of effect in the context of learning was given by:-
Tolman
Skinner
Pavlov
Thorndike
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Reasoning that proceeds from specific cases to general theories is referred to as:-
the principle of falsifiability
serendipity
inductive logic
deductive logic
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A post hoc test is ____________.
A test to determine regression to the mean
A follow-up test to the analysis of variance when there are three or more groups
A follow-up test to the independent t-test
A test to compare two or more means
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The neural impulse is fired in the pre-synaptic neuron:-
When a lot of excitatory PSP builds up
When the charge of the neuron reaches -70 mill volts
When a lot of inhibitory PSP builds up
When sodium ions rush in at stimulation and create an action potential
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Which of the following communication networks permit all group members to actively communicate with
each other?
Wheel
All-Channel
Grapevine
Chain
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Among the following, identify the research paradigm which is least concerned about generalizing its
findings?
Quantitative research
Mixed research
Experiments
Qualitative research
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What is the key characteristic feature of experimental research?
extraneous variables are never present
a negative correlation among variables
a positive correlation among variables
manipulation of the independent variable
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A fundamental assumption of chi square test is that no more than ________ % of cells can have an
expected frequency of less than _______.
5; n
4; 1
75; 95
25; 5
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Split brain surgery is performed to prevent which of the following?
Impaired motor skills
Epileptic seizures
Autism
Strokes
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In experimental research, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by the
__________.
Extraneous variable
Dependent variable
Confounding variable
Independent variable
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Removal or destruction of brain tissue in a surgical procedure is called:-
Lobotomy
Ablation
Dissection
Excoriation
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According to Piaget, the inability of a child to take other's perspectives into consideration is called:-
Selfish thought
Eccentric Thought
Intuitive thought
Egocentric Thought
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Deep sleep, slow delta waves, bedwetting & sleepwalking occur at which stage of sleep?
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 4
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Two factor theory of Emotion was given by:-
Zajonc –Lazarus
Scachter-Singer
Canon-Bard
James-Lange
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History effects are associated with:-
criterion validity
split-half reliability
test-retest reliability
content validity
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If a test consists of very difficult items, then the scores from a sample will have _________ distribution.
Positively skewed
Leptokurtic
Negatively skewed
Platykurtic
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When a extraneous variable systematically varies with the independent variable and influences the
dependent variable, it is known as:-
Unreliable variable
Reliable variable
Confounding variable
Second dependent variable
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The support that is provided to children so that they reach their maximum potential is called:-
Servicing
Shouting
Scouting
Scaffolding
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In problem solving, trial and error works best when:-
There are many unambiguous choices
There is unlimited number of choices
There are many ambiguous choices
There are only a limited number of choices
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World Mental Health Day is observed on _____.
December 10
October 10
September 10
November 10
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Thinking is a synonym for:-
Sensation
Learning
Perception
Cognition
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Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability?
Internal consistency
Test-retest
Split-half
Content
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Crowd behavior can be best studied through the method of _______.
Case history,
Survey research
Observation
Experimentation
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What is Cramer's V used for?
Cramer's V is used instead of χ
2
in analysis which are bigger than 2×2
Cramer's V is a way of reporting the ratio between the observed and expected scores
Cramer's V is used when assumptions for conducting chi square are violated
Cramer's V is a measure of effect used for tests of association
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Rating different choices on each of several criteria in decision making is known as:-
Functional elasticity
Means-ends analysis
Non binding modeling
Compensatory modeling
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"Childhood anxiety triggers our desire for love and security" was said by:-
Alfred Adler
Heinz Kohut
Karen Horney
Anna Freud
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Sound heard in the left ear is registered:-
Only in the right hemisphere
Faster in the right hemisphere
Both hemispheres at an equal pace
Faster in the left hemisphere
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False positive errors:-
are in inverse proportion to false negative errors
are unlikely in most practical situations where tests are employed
should invariably be minimized
may be less costly in some situations than false negative errors
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Who among the following is a central figure in Family Therapy?
Virginia Satir
Richard Bandler
Viktor Frankl
Karen Horney
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Among the following which is not an Experiential Training activity?
Role play
Sensitivity training
Internship
Audio visual learning
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In computing item discrimination indices, the best strategy from a statistical point of view is to compare:-
upper 27% versus the lower 27%
those above the median versus those below
"A" students versus failing students
those with delta scores of above 50 versus below 50
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Tacit knowledge is:-
declarative knowledge gained through instruction
knowledge of how to do well on tests
knowledge of tacits
procedural knowledge gained through experience
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Cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions are called:-
Cultural relativity
Emblems
Display rules
Cultural sensitivity
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The tendency to view outcomes as inevitable and predictable after we already know the outcome is
known as:-
Framing
Confirmation bias
Hindsight Bias
Counterfactual thinking
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Different languages predispose those individuals who speak to them to think about the world in different
ways is a proposition by:-
Jacques Lacan
Benjamin Whorf
Noam Chomsky
Skinner
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Long term potentiation refers to:-
The impact of overlearning on retention
An automatic tendency to recall emotionally significant events
An increased neural readiness for impulse transmission
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system
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Which of the following is an important concept of Gestalt therapy?
Cognizance
Unfinished business
Ultimate meanings
Existential dilemma
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Which of the following is not necessary for the construction of a questionnaire?
Validity
Reliability
Difficulty Index
Discrimination Index
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"I'm crying, so I must be sad" best relate to theory of emotion proposed by:-
Canon-Bard
Schacter-Singer
James-Lange
Lazarus
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Albert Ellis was the founder of which of the following therapies:-
Solution-Focussed Therapy
REBT
Cognitive therapy
Depression Therapy
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Item-generation techniques are easy to apply to:-
figural ability items
open-ended questions
verbal items
projective tests
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Insisting on just the opposite of what one wants is called:-
Projection
Paradoxing
Relabeling
Prescribing the symptom
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The type of power which originates from the obligation of the individual to accept the leader and be
influenced is _________ power.
Legitimate
Coercive
Referent
Reward
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According to classical test score theory, what happens to the true score variance as error in a measure
increases?
it increases
classical test score theory makes no statement on this point
it decreases
it remains constant
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The process of being in contact and emotionally separate from others is known as:-
Triangulation
Differentiation
Detriangulation
Coaliations
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Shame Attacking exercise is used in ________ therapy.
Systematic Desensitisation
Aversion Therapy
REBT
CBT
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As per the Max-min-con principle, research design attempts to minimize _____________ variance.
Systematic variance
Error Variance
Extraneous variance
True variance
157 PU Ph D Applied Psychology
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Which of the following is not generally studied by cognitive psychologists?
Problem solving
Memory distortion
Decision making
Social interaction
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_______ memory is memory for personally experienced events, while ______ memory refers to
knowledge about the world.
Episodic; Semantic
Implicit; Explicit
Semantic; Episodic
Explicit; Implicit
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Forced Distribution method is a method of __________.
HR Supply forecast
Performance Appraisal
Job Evaluation
Job Analysis
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Which of the following type of conflict is extremely disruptive?
Approach-Approach
Avoidance-Avoidance
Relational inconsistency
Approach-Avoidance
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Among the following sampling techniques, in which, does the researcher might ask the research
participants to identify other potential participants?
Purposive
Snowball
Convenience
Quota
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How many dependent variables are used in multiple regression?
Above four
Three
Two
One
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The focus of Fredricksons' broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions is on:-
emotions associated with simple sensory pleasures such as eating and sex.
discrete positive emotions such as joy, love, interest and contentment.
positive feelings associated with being in a good mood.
all of the above
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Which of the following is the type of psychology that explains behaviour in terms of functional brain units,
regardless of their anatomical representation?
cognitive psychology
neuropsychology
behavioral neuroscience
clinical neuropsychology
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Psychiatrists endorse _______________ model of illness.
Social
Psychological
Behavioural
Biological
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Crowd behavior can be best studied through the method of:-
experimentation
case history
observation
survey research
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Low reliability of the variables reduces the correlation coefficient because:-
It adds random noise to the computations.
The Z scores are less likely to follow a normal curve.
It reduces random influences that would otherwise add to the overall variance.
The cross-products of the Z scores are less likely to follow a normal curve.
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The strongest evidence for causality comes from which of the following research methods?
Ethnography
Experimental
Causal-comparative
Correlational
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Groups that are focused on providing information that can be used to facilitate human growth and
development and prevent problems from occurring:-
Discussion groups
Encounter groups
Growth groups
Psycho education groups
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Which of the following is the best example of a behaviourally based attitude?
Manini votes for her state representative because she likes him.
Pallavi finds herself sketching in her spare time and realizes she must love to draw.
Sheila tastes chocolate for the first time and loves it!
Nageshwari exercises every day because he knows that it is good for his health.
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Counterconditioning is an exposure therapy technique which involves:-
Helping the client to see that their behaviour is counterproductive.
Learning that one negative event may be linked to another.
Learning that an event or situation is no longer threatening.
Exposing the client to the feared stimulus.
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Among the following, which technique would yield a simple random sample?
Numbering all the elements of a sampling frame and then using a random number table to pick cases
from the table
Listing the individuals by department wise and choosing a proportion from within each department at
random
Randomly selecting classes, and then sampling everyone within the class
Choosing students from a particular class room to participate
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The comparison distribution for a t test for independent means is a:-
Distribution of differences between means.
Distribution of proportional variance scores.
Poisson distribution.
Z distribution (that is, a normal curve).
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In the formula for estimating the population variance from the sample, the sum of squared deviations is
divided by:-
The number of participants in the population.
The number of participants in the population minus one.
The number of participants in the sample.
The number of participants in the sample minus one.
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Dexamethasone suppression test is associated with ____________ levels.
Dopamine
GABA
Nor epinephrine
Cortisol
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Which of the following nonverbal cues seems to be most important in establishing rapport with a patient?
gestures
nods
body alignment
smiles
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GLM refers to which of the following?
General Lab Model
General Logit Model
General Limited Model
General Linear Model
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As far as job-designing is considered, which method is most effective?
Job-Engineering
Job Rotation
Job-Enlargement
Job-Enrichment
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The emergence of positive psychology in the late 1990s had much to do with cultural trends, or zeitgeist,
captured in the phrase:-
The misery index.
The paradox of affluence.
Tired of the negative.
Money doesn't buy happiness.
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The stage in the process of counseling in which the client and the counsellor come close to each other is
_______________________________.
Intervention
Assessment
Rapport establishment
Termination
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Type II error appears, if we _________.
Accept the null hypothesis, when it is true
Accept the null hypothesis, when it is false
Reject the null hypothesis, when it is true
Reject the null hypothesis, when it is false
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Maxmincon principle refers to:-
maximization of extraneous variance, minimization of error variance and control of systematic
variance
maximization of systematic variance, minimization of error variance, and control of extraneous
variance
maximization of systematic variance, minimization of extraneous variance, and control of error
variance
maximization of extraneous variance, minimization of systematic variance, and control of error
variance
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Which of the following is a dangerous result of non-adherence?
long incubation period
latent content
high self-efficacy
antibiotic resistance
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The correct sequence in organizational socialization is ________.
Prearrival→ Metamorphosis →Encounter
Prearrival→ Encounter →Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis →Prearrival→Encounter
Metamorphosis →Encounter →Prearrival
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Attempt to praise others by flattering is known as _______.
Identification
Ingratiation
Procrastination
Individuation
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Cyclothymia is a ____________ disorder as per DSM IV.
Major depression
Unipolar
Substance induced mood
Bipolar
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Four-C model of creativity was proposed by:-
Robert Baran
Robert J. Sternberg
James Kauffman
R B Cattel
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Among the following which analysis is more suitable when the dependent variable is measured as
categories?
Factor analysis
Structural analysis
Regression analysis
Discriminant analysis
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is generally perceived as:-
Phenomenological.
Evidence-based.
Psychodynamic.
Humanistic.
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Among the following approaches of knowledge generation, to which approach is Rene Descartes is
associated with?
Expert opinion
Rationalism
Pragmatism
Idealism
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According to researcheson Integrity, the most frequently occurring ethical offenses involved:-
Completely fabricating (i.e., making up) details of studies that were never actually conducted.
Plagiarizing by claiming that another researcher's data were the offender's own data.
Departing from protocols for randomly assigning participants to groups.
Falsifying or fabricating data.
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Linguistic relative hypothesis views that ___________.
Thought shapes language
Thought shapes behaviour
Language shapes thought
Behaviour shapes thought
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Maximum resources are used at which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome model ________.
Exhaustion stage
Preparatory Stage
Resistance stage
Alarm stage
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A patient comes late to the session many times. From psychodynamics perspective this might be
______________.
Hatred
conditioning
Retardation
Resistance
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Which of the following would be used to reveal a dysrhythmia in brain activity?
MRI
EEG
PET scan
CAT scan
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Phenomenological approach to patients is emphasized by ________________.
Socio-cultural approach
Psychoanalysis
Behaviourism
Existentialism
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A post hoc test is ___.
A follow-up test to the independent t-test
A test to determine regression to the mean
A follow-up test to the analysis of variance when there are three or more groups
A test to compare two or more means
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Factorial design is best suited for:-
survey research
experimental study
longitudinal study
field study
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Dr. Ranjan, a psychiatrist, takes a biopsychosocial viewpoint of psychopathology. Which of the following
treatments is he most likely to suggest for Julia's current state of depression?
A combination of psychological therapy and antidepressant drugs
Family therapy and a change in her work environment
A prolonged vacation
Intense psychotherapy
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Based on the scores 1, 9, 3, 6, 1, 2, 6, 2, 2, and 8, a score of 4 is the:-
Mean.
Mode.
standard deviation
Median.
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Which of the following journal is published by National Academy of Psychology (India)?
Psychological Studies
Journal of Psychological Researches
Psychology & Developing Societies
Journal of Applied Psychology
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In a counseling relationship, the "Battle for Structure" involves ___________.
motivation for change
client responsibility
issues of administrative control
the physical arrangement of the counseling room
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Antisocial personality problems were first written about and described by the ________.
Ancient Greeks.
Mesopotamians.
Ancient Egyptians.
Hebrews.
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The most successful clients in counseling are often referred to by the acronym __________.
YAVIS
HOUNDS
DUDS
SOLER
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Which of the following is an example of social influence?
You didn't do well on the test because you stayed up all night cramming.
You feel guilty because you lied to your trusting professor about your assignment
You almost fall asleep at the wheel, so you pull off the road to take a short nap.
When you get hungry, you have trouble concentrating
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There was a quarrel between the husband and wife. The wife shifted her anger to their small child over a
trivial matter. This is an example of _________.
Reaction formation
Projection
Displacement
Introjection
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Which of the following is a Cluster B personality disorder?
Borderline
Paranoid
Schizoid
Depressive
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The loss in the ability to write is known as _____.
Agraphia
Dyslexia
Alexia
Agrammatism
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From a biological and evolutionary perspective, the effect of negative emotions, like fear and anger, is
described by the idea of specific action tendencies, meaning that negative emotions:-
Depend on the temperament of the person.
Tend to narrow the focus of our thoughts and possible actions.
Result in a consistent pattern of body reactions.
Are usually socially caused, resulting from the specific actions of others.
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The biomedical model of illness is:-
a) reductionistic
b) dualistic
c) monistic
d) reductionistic and dualistic
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While neurological assessment procedures evaluate the brain's physical properties, neuropsychological
assessment focuses on ________.
Brain activity.
Client performance.
Brain functioning.
Self-reported changes in cognitive and perceptual functioning.
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________ are the cognitive structures we use to organize our knowledge of the social world.
Counterfactuals
Schemas
Cognitive filters
Heuristics
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A class of 35 students was separated into two categories, men and women. The total number of
individuals in each category was tallied, and of the 35 students there were 10 men and 25 women. What
scale of measurement was used to organize the data?
Nominal
Ratio
Interval
Ordinal
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Among the following, which correlation has the strongest value?
-1.00
+.0.2
-0.93
+.94
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Which of the following is NOT true of good questions?
they are not leading in any way
they are phrased simply, without medical jargon
they are phrased in a non-accusatory way
they are long and detailed
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Which of the following is not a Behaviour Therapy technique?
Flooding.
Systematic desensitisation
Counter transference.
Counterconditioning.
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For which of the following types of tests interscorer reliability is relevant?
1.Objective personality inventories
2. Projective tests
3. Achievement tests with descriptive items
4. Intelligence tests
1 and 3 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
2 and 4 only
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A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to
behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by a(n)
________ bias.
impact
distinction
self-serving bias
availability
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Oversimplified assumptions about the nature of men and women are:-
Sex differences
Sex roles
Sexual scripts
Gender stereotypes
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Which function of the management process requires a manager to establish goals and standards and to
develop rules and procedures?
staffing
planning
organizing
leading
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People who possess the personality traits traditionally called "male" and "female" are called?
Flexible
Adenoidal
Androgynous
Bisexual
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________ is a pure marker of low positive affect.
Nervous
Boredom
Relaxation
Stress
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Which of the following are classified as a paraphilia or sexual deviation?
Sexual communication disorder
Lack of sexual desire
Sexual identity disorder
Fetishism
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Reliability can be defined as?
(True score variance) / (Total variance)
(Error variance) / (Total variance )
(Error variance) / (Total score variance )
(True score variance) / (Error variance )
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The research findings indicate that stress and performance have:-
No correlation
Direct positive relationship
Inverted U relationship
Direct negative relationship
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Tamizhmani is below normal intelligence but he is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September
13, 1957. She has __________ syndrome.
Giftedness
Calendar assessment
Savant
Genius
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What is the first step in the recruitment and selection process?
building a pool of candidates
performing initial screening interviews
performing candidate background checks
deciding what positions to fill
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Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called:-
Cretinism
Microcephaly
Eugenics
Adaptive behavior
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Which of these statements is true?
Existence needs are the highest order needs.
Maslow is known for his early work on Classical Conditioning
Alderfer developed a needs theory based on Pavlov's early work.
Relatedness reflects people's need to be valued by others.
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Pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism are all examples of:-
. Sexual misconduct
Sexual problems
Sexual difficulties
Paraphilias
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__________ refers to the number of factors in an organization's environment and how they are
interrelated.
Environmental uncertainty
Environmental flexibility
Environmental complexity
Environmental stability
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All aspects of the training program come together in the:-
Implementation phase.
Design phase.
Analysis phase.
Development phase.
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The international labor organization was established in:-
April 9, 1919
May 20,1920
April 19,1949
April 19,1919
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________ defines the nature of the company's business in terms of how it will match its internal strengths
and weaknesses with its external opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive position.
Financial auditing
Employee testing
Employee benchmarking
Strategic planning
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The first union was recognized in:-
1890
1920
1884
1918
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Which form of retardation can be controlled by a special diet?
Hydrocephaly
PKU
Microcephaly
Down syndrome
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DOI means:-
Direct Odd Identifier
Digital Odd Index
Direct Object Index
Digital Object Identifier
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Which of the following is NOT a component of the working memory model?
Central executive
Articulatory loop
Visuo-spatial scratchpad
Iconic store
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In a single group pretest-posttest design, which one of the following statistical method can be best
employed to evaluate the mean differences of pre and posttests?
Mann-Whitney U test
Chi-Square
Repeated measures ANOVA
Randomized ANOVA
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When working with a family, the clinician must establish a therapeutic alliance with:-
The person who initially sought counseling for the family.
The adults in the family only.
The identified patient.
Each person in the family equally.
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Which theory of counseling has no specific model of human development?
Psychoanalytic
Cognitive
Existentialism
Gestalt
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Manimozhi's cherished beliefs are going to come under attack via a persuasive communication. Which of
the following theories would be most relevant in helping Manimozhi resist this imminent challenge to her
beliefs?
Balance theory
Social judgment theory
Inoculation theory
Adaptation-level theory
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A male robin in his own territory responds aggressively when an intruding male robin challenges him with
a display of red breast feathers. In this situation, the red breast feathers are referred to by ethologists as:-
Negative incentives
Aversive stimuli
Conditioned stimuli
Sign stimuli
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The study of unspoken rules for the use of interpersonal space is called:-
Psychoecology
Territoriality
Kinesics
Proxemics
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In a journal reference 40(3), 33-39 represents:-
Issue (Volume), Pages
Pages (Issue Number), Journal
Volume (Issue Number), pages
Journal (page), volume
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Mental health counselors focus on the treatment of personal disorders and dysfunctions as well as the
_______________.
modification of the environment
prevention and promotion of mental health
community feedback and dialogue
crisis management
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Research on counseling effectiveness:-
Is difficult to apply to unique situations.
Tends to be biased in favor of counseling.
Shows that counseling is usually effective.
Shows that short-term therapy is more effective than long-term therapy.
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Rogers believed that the highest authority in guiding treatment should be the:-
Clinician's judgment.
Treatment plan developed by the clinician.
Client's life script.
Client's direct experience.
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Creation of superordinate goals has been shown to be effective in reducing:-
Intergroup conflict
Cognitive dissonance
Authoritarianism
Social posturing
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Clinical mental health counselors are often employed in _________ organizations.
educational
mental health
depression-oriented
crisis-oriented
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Existential counselors believe that ______ is the primary mechanism of change.
the client's courage
the client's defense mechanism
the counselor's expertise
the relationship
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Which theory of counseling has a PESSIMISTIC view of human motivation?
Gestalt
Neo-analytic
Person-Centered
Reality Therapy
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Stress inoculation training (SIT) assumes that:-
Clients need to re-experience stressors in order to successfully cope with them.
If people can learn to cope with mild stressors, they will eventually be able to cope with more severe
ones.
Most client goals can be accomplished in 6-8 weekly sessions.
External reinforcements are more important than internal reinforcements.
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Those who study cognitive development have observed that young children are often unable to separate
their own perspective from another person's point of view and instead confuse the two. According to Jean
Piaget's developmental theory, the confusion results from the youngchild's:-
Immature ego development
Limited short-term memory capacity
Tendency to overregularize
Pervasive egocentrism
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The employment of such words as "good," "bad," "right," and "wrong" are associated with
_________________.
morality
attitude
law
criminal liability
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An individual's misuse of valuable natural resources could be an example of:-
Compliance
Group sanctions
Groupthink
A social trap
Sr No. PhD Applied Psychology
1 Which fraction comes next in the sequence
Alt1 9/32
Alt2 10/17
Alt3 11/34
Alt4 12/35
2 Choose the missing term out of the given options:
Ac__cab__baca__aba__acac
Alt1 aacb
Alt2 acbc
Alt3 babb
Alt4 bcbb
3 Leaf is related to Sap in the same way as Bone is related……………?.............
Alt1 Fluid
Alt2 Blood
Alt3 Marrow
Alt4 Calcium
4 Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Rotate: Gyrate
Alt1 Putrefy: Reject
Alt2 Anachronism: Cubism
Alt3 Accolade: Criticism
Alt4 Absolve: Exonerate
5 Choose the alternative, which is similar to the given words:
Liver : Heart : Kidney
Alt1 Blood
Alt2 Nose
Alt3 Lung
Alt4 Urine
6 Spot the defective segment from the following:
Alt1 The more you read
Alt2 the more will you
Alt3 get to know
Alt4 about more things
7 Choose the meaning of the idiom/phrase from among the options given:
A rainy day
Alt1 a holiday
Alt2 a difficult time
Alt3 a fine day
Alt4 a wet day
8 The villagers plan to ------- the elections in protest.
Alt1 avoid
Alt2 ignore
Alt3 neglect
Alt4 boycott
9 Choose the option closest in meaning to the given word:
PUERILE
Alt1 vulgar
Alt2 perverse
Alt3 childish
Alt4 young
10 Choose the antonymous option you consider the best:
OBTUSE
Alt1 fast
Alt2 sharp
Alt3 reliable
Alt4 lucid
11 In a Cricket tournament, each of the six teams will play every other term exactly once during the league
phase. How many matches will be played during the league phase in total ?
Alt1 12
Alt2 36
Alt3 15
Alt4 24
12 A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. The every time turning to his left, he waks 5, 15 and 15
metres respectively. How far is he now from the starting point ?
Alt1 15 metres
Alt2 5 metres
Alt3 10 metres
Alt4 30 metres
13 The sum of the income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of the income of A and
C is the same as that of b and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the income of b
and D. Whose income is he highest ?
Alt1 A
Alt2 B
Alt3 C
Alt4 D
14 Five boys A, B, C, D and E are seated on a bench. A is to the left of C. b is to the immediate right of D and there
are two people between C and D. E is to the extreme right of the row. Who is exactly at the middle of this group
?
Alt1 A
Alt2 B
Alt3 C
Alt4 E
15 A man is facing south. He turns 1350 in the anticlockwise direction and then 1800 in the clockwise direction.
Which direction is he facing now?
Alt1 North East
Alt2 North West
Alt3 South East
Alt4 South West
16 Find the number which when added to itself 17 times becomes 126.
Alt1 13
Alt2 7
Alt3 9
Alt4 18
17 Ravi is exactly 9999 days old today. How old is he?
Alt1 27
Alt2 28
Alt3 26
Alt4 29
18 A Maths teacher usually has 21 students in his class. A,B & C are asleep. D&E are in the bathroom and the
teacher has sent F&G to the principal's office. How many students are left in the classroom?
Alt1 18
Alt2 19
Alt3 15
Alt4 17
19 JIPMER is coded as 589142;
AIPMT is coded as 78910;
Then JEE is coded as
Alt1 910
Alt2 544
Alt3 789
Alt4 914
20 Mr. Arvind drove 90 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 90 km at 45 kmph. What is his average speed over
his 180 km ?
Alt1 37.5 kmph
Alt2 35 kmph
Alt3 36 kmph
Alt4 38 kmph
21 According to the psychodynamic view dream analysis is one of the central tenets of:-
Alt1 Humanistic therapy.
Alt2 Cognitive behaviour therapy.
Alt3 Client centred therapy.
Alt4 Psychoanalysis.
22 Which one of these is not a "Graphic representation"?
Alt1 Bar Chart
Alt2 Histogram
Alt3 Table
Alt4 Pie Chart
23 The occurrence of a conditioned response after experimental extinction has been followed by a period of rest is
called:-
Alt1 Spontaneous recovery
Alt2 Disinhibition
Alt3 Stimulus generalization
Alt4 Relearning
24 The process of organic and intellectual self regulation is called:-
Alt1 Assimilation
Alt2 Equilibrium
Alt3 Accommodation
Alt4 Equilibration
25 A major disadvantage of the experimental method is that:-
Alt1 Private funding can never be obtained
Alt2 There is a certain amount of artificiality attached to it
Alt3 Subjects are difficult to find for research projects
Alt4 APA Ethical Review Committees often do not approve of the research techniques
26 Professor Kumar is interested in the effects of physical attractiveness on how others interpret the appearance
and behaviors of attractive versus unattractive people. Professor Kumar is most likely to be interested in:-
Alt1 Attribution theory.
Alt2 Lie detection.
Alt3 Social encoding.
Alt4 Social perception.
27 The process called semantic priming is used to study which of the following phenomena?
Alt1 Subliminal perception
Alt2 Field dependence and independence
Alt3 Signal detection ability
Alt4 Locus of control
28 A genetically-induced lack of an enzyme that is a cause of a type of mental retardation describes:-
Alt1 Microcephaly
Alt2 Phenylketonuria
Alt3 Cretinism
Alt4 Hydrocephaly
29 Post-attentive processes:
Alt1 Require little attention
Alt2 Would include the perceptual grouping processes proposed by Gestalt psychologists
Alt3 Occur before attention is focused
Alt4 Are effortful and conscious
30 In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for?
Alt1 Descriptors for the Science of the Mind
Alt2 Diagnostic Science of the Mind
Alt3 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Alt4 Disorders, Science, and the Mind
31 The concept of nurturant- task leadership has been propounded by ____.
Alt1 SP Sinha
Alt2 A K Sinha
Alt3 JBP Sinha
Alt4 D N Sinha
32 Das, J.P. (2002). Participative decision making: Issues and concerns. Organization Decision Processes, 21 (4), pg.
412-428. In this reference, Organization Decision Processes is a __________.
Alt1 Thesis
Alt2 Journal
Alt3 Book
Alt4 Edited Book
33 In operant conditioning a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals is
the case of:-
Alt1 Fixed interval schedule
Alt2 Variable interval schedule
Alt3 Variable ratio schedule
Alt4 Fixed ratio schedule
34 Which scaling methods employ Law of Comparative Judgment to obtain scale values?
1.Method of successive intervals.
2. Summated ratings method.
3.Magnitude estimation method.
4. Paired comparison method.
Alt1 1 and 4 only
Alt2 4 only
Alt3 2 and 3 only
Alt4 3 and 4 only
35 With aging there is a decline of __________ intelligence, but not of __________ intelligence.
Alt1 Fixed; fluid
Alt2 Fluid; crystallized
Alt3 Fluid; fixed
Alt4 Crystallized; fluid
36 Which one of these is not associated with behavioural observation?
Alt1 Spatial analysis
Alt2 Linguistic analysis
Alt3 Non-verbal analysis
Alt4 Data Anaylsis
37 ___________ was the founder of the Boston Vocational Bureau and is sometimes referred to as the "Father of
Guidance".
Alt1 Clifford Beers
Alt2 Frank Parsons
Alt3 John Dewey
Alt4 Jesse B. Davis
38 Which of the following personality tests are considered to be the projective in nature?
1.Thematic Apperception Test
2. Kent-Rosenoff Word Association Test
3. NEO Five-Factor Inventory
4. Ro er's Incomplete Sentence Blank
Alt1 1 only
Alt2 1 and 2 only
Alt3 2, 3 and 4 only
Alt4 1, 2 and 4 only
39 Which of the following is a Criterion-related validity?
Alt1 Content validity
Alt2 Predictive validity
Alt3 Construct validity
Alt4 Face Validity
40 One of the difficulties with the survey method is:-
Alt1 The relatively small number of subjects use
Alt2 That subjects may give dishonest or inaccurate responses
Alt3 The impossibility of getting a representative sample
Alt4 Inability to examine changes over time.
41 Who first introduced the biopsychosocial model of health and illness?
Alt1 Engel
Alt2 Osler
Alt3 Freud
Alt4 Hippocrates
42 Superego is_____.
Alt1 Pleasure principle
Alt2 Morality principle
Alt3 Principle of Veracity
Alt4 Reality principle
43 The sampling type that involves selecting a sample from a population based on certain specific set of
characteristics for one's research study is known as _____.
Alt1 Convenience sampling
Alt2 Snowball sampling
Alt3 Quota sampling
Alt4 Purposive sampling
44 Vertical expansion of jobs is involved in _____________ type of job design.
Alt1 Job rotation
Alt2 Job enlargement
Alt3 Flextime
Alt4 Job enrichment
45 What is the key characteristic feature of experimental research?
Alt1 manipulation of the independent variable
Alt2 extraneous variables are never present
Alt3 a positive correlation among variables
Alt4 a negative correlation among variables
46 Family-oriented alcohol prevention programs have been developed because ________.
Alt1 Most underage alcohol use occurs at home.
Alt2 Teen views of alcohol typically reflect those of their parents.
Alt3 Teen drinking frequently starts when problems in the home have become unmanageable.
Alt4 Parents need to help their children resist peer pressure.
47 "Psychopathology is the product of social pathology" This view is given by _______________ approach.
Alt1 Socio pathology
Alt2 Social psychology
Alt3 Socio economic
Alt4 Socio cultural
48 Which country had the highest conformity percentage when Asch's conformity experiment was conducted
overseas?
Alt1 Hong Kong
Alt2 Brazil
Alt3 Lebanon
Alt4 Zimbabwe
49 "Any activity can be a reinforcer if a contingency schedule constrains an animal's access to that activity." This is
known as:-
Alt1 Premack principle
Alt2 Concurrent reinforcement schedule
Alt3 Instinctual drift
Alt4 Disequilibrium hypothesis
50 In the course of learning their first language, young children may say "goed" (for "went") and "Mans" (for
"men"). These kinds of errors suggest that young children tend to:-
Alt1 Pay little attention to what they hear
Alt2 Produce words that they do not comprehend
Alt3 Overgeneralize the regularities that they hear in language
Alt4 Use correct grammatical forms only after they have developed a large vocabulary
51 Which of the following is NOT a way to increase the accuracy of a patient's response during the medical
interview?
Alt1 communicate with the patient in a judgmental or punitive way
Alt2 decrease patient's anxiety
Alt3 let the patient know what kind of information is desired
Alt4 eliminate the possibility that the patient will be embarrassed
52 ______________ is the father of stress research.
Alt1 Gary Schwartz
Alt2 Jay Weiss
Alt3 Freud
Alt4 Hans Selye
53 Consider the following three types of psychological researches:
1.Field experiment
2. Laboratory experiment
3. Ex post facto study
Arrange these typical investigations in descending order in terms of the researcher's ability to control secondary
variance.
Alt1 3, 1, 2
Alt2 1, 2, 3
Alt3 2, 1, 3
Alt4 3, 2, 1
54 Which one of these is related to relative measure of variation?
Alt1 Variance
Alt2 Range
Alt3 Coefficient of variation
Alt4 Mean deviation
55 To estimate the degree of the relationship between birth order and achievement motivation, a researcher
would do a(n) __________ study.
Alt1 Experimental
Alt2 Introspective
Alt3 Correlational
Alt4 Naturalistic
56 What do you mean by information processing?
Alt1
A presumed mode of attention that concerns the non-temporal information processing demands of a task and its activation
shortens temporal awareness
Alt2 The number of cycles completed within one second
Alt3 The study of the relation between physical stimulation and subjective experience
Alt4 The magnitude model
57 What is the idea behind Maslow's famous pyramid?
Alt1 it showed the three factors underlying self-actualization, one on each corner
Alt2 the road to enlightenment consists of many small steps
Alt3 as one takes care of basic needs, the "higher needs" become more relevant
Alt4 it was a sort of temple or meeting place for his students
58 Group therapy can be advantageous when an individual:-
Alt1 May acquire therapeutic benefit from observing and watching others.
Alt2 May need comfort and support from others.
Alt3
May need to work out their problems in the presence of others (e.g. in the case of emotional problems relating to
relationships, feelings of isolation, loneliness and rejection).
Alt4 all of these.
59 After termination of the therapy, a patient calls the therapist for small issues in life frequently. This is known as
____________.
Alt1 Transference
Alt2 Counter transference
Alt3 Dependency
Alt4 Independence
60 Which one of these represents symmetrical distribution?
Alt1 Mean = Median = Mode
Alt2 Mean < Median < Mode
Alt3 mean < Median > Mode
Alt4 Mean > Median > Mode
61 Which of the following would NOT be an example of tangible social support?
Alt1 a ride to the grocery store
Alt2 a referral to a doctor
Alt3 a ride to the doctor's office
Alt4 a loan of money
62 Among the following, which can be described as data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a
different person for a different purpose?
Alt1 Primary data
Alt2 Experimental data
Alt3 Secondary data
Alt4 Field notes
63 In Roger's theory, psychologically healthy persons who live life to the fullest are known as ____________.
Alt1 Fully functioning person
Alt2 Successful person
Alt3 satisfied
Alt4 Complete personality
64 If a test consists of very easy items, then the scores from a sample will have _________ distribution.
Alt1 Leptokurtic
Alt2 Negatively skewed
Alt3 Positively skewed
Alt4 Platykurtic
65 In DSM IV to qualify Dysthymia diagnosis, a person should have depressed mood for ____________ period.
Alt1 Two weeks
Alt2 Two months
Alt3 Two years
Alt4 Six months
66 Who is a visionary leader?
Alt1 One who has medium-term perspective
Alt2 One who has short term perspective
Alt3 One who take initiative for need satisfaction
Alt4 One who has long term perspective
67 Research done to examine the findings of someone else using the "same variables but different people" is
known as ___________.
Alt1 Replication
Alt2 Empiricism
Alt3 Exploration
Alt4 Hypothesis
68 It is generally considered that Cognitive behavioural therapy changes:-
Alt1 Thoughts and behaviour
Alt2 Thought processes.
Alt3 Behaviour.
Alt4 Mood states
69 Phase II of GAS model represents ______________________.
Alt1 Alarm reaction
Alt2 Exhaustion
Alt3 Burn out
Alt4 Resistance
70 Partial correlation analysis involves:-
Alt1 Examining the relationship between two variables controlling for additional variables statistically
Alt2 Matching participants on potential confounding variables
Alt3 Including pre and post group in a correlational analysis
Alt4 Limiting the sample to individuals at a constant level of an extraneous variable
71 The effect of stress and emotion on memory seems to depend on the attentional mode of control that is
present when an emotional event, such as a crime, occurs. In the _______ mode, novel, surprising and
interesting events will be remembered best.
Alt1 Arousal
Alt2 Activation
Alt3 Misinformation
Alt4 Encoding
72 An observation that the higher the air temperature, the lower the activity of test animals would be an example
of a:-
Alt1 Positive correlation
Alt2 Negative correlation
Alt3 Zero correlation
Alt4 Causal relationship
73 What is meant by the term "metacommunication?"
Alt1 one-sided communication
Alt2 communication about communication
Alt3 long-winded communication
Alt4 verbal communication
74 The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance is called:-
Alt1 Memory
Alt2 Intelligence Quotient
Alt3 Mental age
Alt4 Maturation
75 ADHD in children is most often treated with the drug:-
Alt1 Valium
Alt2 Ritalin
Alt3 Thorazine
Alt4 Haldol
76 ________ is the standard deviation of a sampling distribution.
Alt1 Replication error
Alt2 Sample standard deviation
Alt3 Standard error
Alt4 Meta error
77 Which of the following might be considered as the central tenets of Client-CentredTherapy:-
Alt1 Empathy.
Alt2 Congruence.
Alt3 Unconditional positive regard.
Alt4 all of these.
78 What is the role of receptors in the eye?
Alt1 They accept messages from the brain via the retinal ganglion cells.
Alt2 To send messages to the brain via the optic nerve.
Alt3 To synapse on bipolar cells, whose axons leave the retina via the optic nerve.
Alt4 To convert light energy into neural responses.
79 Suppose you were hired for conducting a research on homosexuality. For this research which type of sampling
will be more effective?
Alt1 Random sampling
Alt2 Snowball sampling
Alt3 Area sampling
Alt4 Stratified sampling
80 Among the following which approach doesn't have a theory of motivation?
Alt1 CBT
Alt2 Client centered
Alt3 Humanistic
Alt4 Psychoanalysis
81 Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five model indicates a person's ability to withstand stress?
Alt1 emotional stability
Alt2 openness to experience
Alt3 extraversion
Alt4 agreeableness
82 Thinking in either-or conditions is known as ____________.
Alt1 Inferential thinking
Alt2 Generalization
Alt3 Dichotomous thinking
Alt4 Cognitive lapse
83 The person who leads a focus group discussion is called a __________.
Alt1 Trainer
Alt2 Facilitator
Alt3 Moderator
Alt4 Anchor
84 In a situation where leader-member relation is good, task structure is high and position power is strong, which
type of leaders will have better performance?
Alt1 Laissez-fair type
Alt2 Task oriented
Alt3 Relationship oriented
Alt4 Nurturant
85 Employee's feeling of obligation to stay with the organization is known as __________.
Alt1 Affective commitment
Alt2 Work commitment
Alt3 Continuance commitment
Alt4 Normative commitment
86 The concept of psychological capital was advocated by _____.
Alt1 Caplan
Alt2 Baron
Alt3 Luthans
Alt4 Seligman
87 The belief that heterosexuality is better or more natural than homosexuality is called:-
Alt1 Homogenism
Alt2 Sexual orientation
Alt3 Heterosexism
Alt4 Homophobia
88 Aphasia's pertains to:-
Alt1 Personality defects
Alt2 Emotional disorders
Alt3 Language disorder
Alt4 Behavioural defects
89 CBT is known as ______________ approach to therapy.
Alt1 Scientific
Alt2 Methodical
Alt3 Process
Alt4 Content
90 Training methods can be divided into _____ and _____ approaches.
Alt1 KSA; lecture
Alt2 Strategic; skill
Alt3 Procedural; strategic
Alt4 Cognitive; behavioral
91 __________ is known as meaning making cognitive structures.
Alt1 Representation of fact
Alt2 Mode
Alt3 Self schema
Alt4 Schema
92 The range of correlation coefficient varies in between ____________.
Alt1 0 and 1.00
Alt2 - ∞ and + ∞
Alt3 0 and ∞
Alt4 -1.00 and +1.00
93 Which of the following is the method of trade union:-
Alt1 Collective bargaining
Alt2 Political action
Alt3 Mutual insurance
Alt4 All of these
94 Which area Industrial Relations does not cover?
Alt1 Economic development
Alt2 Collective bargaining
Alt3 Machinery for resolution of industrial dispute
Alt4 Role of management, union and government
95 Which of the following measures reliability by administering two different yet comparable tests and then
comparing the two test scores?
Alt1 retest estimate
Alt2 equivalent form estimate
Alt3 criterion validity measurement
Alt4 internal comparison estimate
96 What is the correct sequence of stages in group formation in Tuckman's five stage model?
Alt1 Performing, storming, forming, norming, adjourning
Alt2 Norming, forming, storming, adjourning, performing
Alt3 Storming, forming, adjourning, norming, performing
Alt4 Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
97 While preparing a graph the proportion of X axis to Y axis should be _________.
Alt1 4:3
Alt2 3:4
Alt3 3:2
Alt4 2:3
98 If two groups are administered the same test with a time gap of two to three weeks, we would be able to
compute:-
Alt1 Test-retest reliability
Alt2 Parallel form reliability
Alt3 Interscorer reliability
Alt4 odd-even reliability
99 Speed and power tests cannot be differentiated on the basis of:- 1. Time limit
2. Verbal content
3. Non-verbal content
4. Difficulty level
Alt1 1 and 4
Alt2 2 and 4
Alt3 2 and 3
Alt4 1, 2, and 4
100 Annual or semi-annual ratings of each employee's performance, coupled with feedback about the ratings they
receive are referred to as:-
Alt1 Graphic rating scales
Alt2 Rating inventories
Alt3 Performance appraisals
Alt4 Behaviourally anchored rating scales
Examination:Ph.D. AppliedPsychology
Section 1 - Section 1
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Perceving a rope as a snake is
Perception
Sensation
Hallusination
Illusion
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_________ represents a general principle that guides problem solving, though it does not guarantee
a correct solution.
Insight
Trial and error
Algorithm
Heuristics
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If Road is coded as WTFI, what is the code for BEAT
GJFY
ABCD
DEFG
HIGZ
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In a study of gender effects on career choice among emerging adults in a government college , the
independent variable is ___
Age
Type of college
Gender
Career choice
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When the bus was at full speed, its brakes failed and an accident was _______
inevitable
infallible
undeniable
essential
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The title of a formal, written research report should be about ______ words in length.
5-15
10-20
5-10
10-12
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Sampling method that focuses on important subpopulations and allows use of random sampling
techniques for different subpopulations is _________
Stratified sampling
Cluster sampling
Quota sampling
Accidental sampling
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People in the age group of 40 to 50 years are more likely to purchase ice cream and are more likely
to purchase it in large amounts than are members of any other age group. The general perception that
teenagers eat more ice cream than adults must, therefore, be incorrect.
The argument is flawed primarily because the author
depends on popular belief rather than on documented research findings
does not specify the precise amount of ice cream purchased by any demographic group
fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming
discusses ice cream rather than more nutritious and healthful foods
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Testing hypothesis is _______
Data analysis
Data preparation
Inferential statistics
Descriptive & statistics
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Which of the following statements about the qualitative-quantitative debate is incorrect?
Positivism stresses the importance of observable and observed facts in the accumulation of
knowledge.
Positivism applies to quantitative methods.
Qualitative researchers often fail to recognize positivism as the epistemological basis of their
work.
It became equated with relatively crude and quantified methods.
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Which of the following is not an axis Idisorder?
Schizotypal Personality disorder
Schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorder
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According to Csikszentmihalyi, ______ is the outcome of High challenge level when there is low skill
level?
Boredom
Apathy
Anxiety
Arousal
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Vicarious trauma is,
Reliving trauma
Witnessing a trauma
Social learning of trauma situation
Emotional residue of trauma exposure
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A method by which an individual’s expectations about others or themselves eventually cause actions
in ways that confirm those expectations
Counterfactual thinking
Belief perseverance
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Correspondence bias
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Use of seatbelts and bike helmets is considered as _____
Secondary prevention
Zero-order prevention
Primary prevention
Tertiary prevention.
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Which part of the brain controls eating, drinking, body temperature and provides a link between the
brain and the endocrine system?
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Temporal lobes
Hypothalamus
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We’re late again for the test, _______?
aren’t we?
are we?
isn’t it?
is it?
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A man makes 150 pots per minute. If 30 pots are packed in a case how many cases will be made
ready by the Man in one hour?
200
1000
300
250
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Which one of the following does not come under prevention act of human trafficking in India
Awareness generation and legal literacy on economic rights
Addressing culturally sanctioned practices like the system of devadasis, jogins, bhavins etc.
Anti-poverty schemes such as Swadhar, Swayamsidha, Swa-Shakti, Swawlamban, Balika
Samridhi Yojana etc. to vulnerable sections.
HIV/AIDS awareness program
Question No.20 4.00
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Who argued that “Inner most core of human personality is forward moving, socialized, rational and
realistic”?
Rogers
Jung
Freud
Adler
Question No.21 4.00
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Freud’s pleasure principle and Maslow’s hierarchical needs model represent _______ approach to
happiness.
Need and goal satisfaction theories
Instinct theories
Process theories
Genetic theories.
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Integral yoga describes yoga as
Union of universe
Group of physical practices or disciplines
Methodized effort towards self-perfection
Patanjali sutras
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Viktor Frankl is the founder of _________
Logo-therapy
Gestalt therapy
Behaviour Therapy
Person-centered therapy
Question No.24 4.00
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Study the following information carefully and answer the question below it
The Director of an MBA college has decided that six guest lectures on the topics of Motivation,
Decision Making, Quality Circle, Assessment Centre, Leadership and Group Discussion are to be
organised on each day from Monday to Sunday.
(i) One day there will be no lecture (Saturday is not that day), just before that day Group Discussion
will be organised.
(ii) Motivation should be organised immediately after Assessment Centre.
(iii) Quality Circle should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed by Group
Discussion
(iv) Decision Making should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between
Leadership and Group Discussion
On which day the lecture on Leadership will be organised?
Monday
Saturday
Thursday
Tuesday
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______ is a “sequence of remedial actions that individuals undertake to rectify perceived ill-health
Health hazardous behavior
Health Awareness
Health Behavior
Health seeking behavior
Question No.26 4.00
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Find the odd one out?
Thrive
Renovate
Flourish
Blossom
Question No.27 4.00
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The term statistical significance refers to
inference from representative of a normal population
analysis with positive results
inference that the results are unlikely to be due to chance
significance of the test used
Question No.28 4.00
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As a response, forgiveness may be understood as
Pardoning and forgetting
Condoning and denial
Reconciliation
Prosocial change
Question No.29 4.00
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KAIZEN is a Japanese term which can be interpreted as ______________
TQC
TQM
Quality circles
Continuous improvement
Question No.30 4.00
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Sex ratio of India according to 2011 census is
940F - 1000 M
930 F - 1000 M
960 F - 1000 M
950F - 1000 M
Question No.31 4.00
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Variability refers to
Exact mid point of the distribution
Spread of a scores around their central tendency
Convergence of scores towards a line
Geometrical distribution of the scores around he central point
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Ten most common positive emotion as joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement,
inspiration, awe and love was identified by
James Lange
Schachter- Singer
Frederikson
Cannon Bard
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Which of the following is against the research ethics
Debriefing
Confidentiality
Deception
Informed consent
Question No.34 4.00
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Individual’s behavior both influences and influenced by personal factors and the social environmental
is called______
Self-actualization
Reciprocal determinism
Observational learning
Reinforcement
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Which of the following leadership style creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the
end goal of developing followers into leaders?
Charismatic leadership
Transformational leadership
Bureaucratic leadership
Autocratic leadership
Question No.36 4.00
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According Adler, ____ is a central personality dynamic reflecting the growth and forward movement of
life?
Inferiority complex
Collective unconscious
Fictional finalism
Defense mechanism
Question No.37 4.00
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Health psychology focuses on how
Psychological foactors influence on health and illness
Social factors influences on health and illness
Biological factors influences on health and illness
Bilogical, Social and Psycholgocial factors influence on health and illness
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Teaching the skills, knowledge and competencies that are needed for employees to perform a
specific job within the workplace and work environment is called
Lecture method
T-group
Off-the job training
On-the Job training
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Suppose you are tossing a fair coin and it comes up heads on the first five tosses. The probability of it
coming up heads again on the sixth toss is
1:6
1:36
1:2
1:180
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A systematic forecasting method that involves structured interaction among a group of experts on a
subject without disclosing the identity is called________.
Focus group method
Interacting group method
Nominal group method
Delphi technique
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Which of these measures can be used to present dispersion of data?
Mean, median and Mode
SD, IQR and Range
Median, Alpha and SD
Range, Median and Deviation
Question No.42 4.00
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Select the Pair that best respresents the relationship that is given in the question:
Slapstick:Laughter
Clown: Comical
Horror:Fear
Satire: Sarcasm
Mimicry:Laughter
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Rahul was working in the farm and saw a snake. This lead to widening of pupils, increase in heartbeat
and sweating. This indicates the activation of ______
Sympathetic nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Central nervous system
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Study the following information carefully and answer the question below it:
P, Q, R, S T went on a picnic. P is son of Q but Q is not the father of P. R is the son of S, who is the
brother of P. T is the wife of S.
How is P related to S?
Brother
Father
Nephew
None of these
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This pup is very naughty. It is always _____some mischief or the other.
out for
up at
in for
up to
Question No.46 4.00
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Which of the following school of thought rejects the existence of permanent, unchanging soul?
Sankhya
Buddhist
Vedanta
Yoga
Question No.47 4.00
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Which one is not a projective test
Thematic aperception test
Draw a person
Sentence completion test
letter concellation test
Question No.48 4.00
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Blood test failing to detect the disease it was designed to detect, is an example of what?
Type Ierror
Null hypothesis testing
Type IIerror
Chance factor
Question No.49 4.00
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A Systematic way of determining the value/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organization is
called_____________
Job specification
Job enlargement
Job rotation
Job evaluation
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Reflex are controlled by
ANS
Brain
CNS
Spinal cord
Question No.51 4.00
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Which of the following is not a Psychosomatic disease
Peptic ulcer
Bronchial asthama
Rheumatoid arthritis
Venseral disease
Question No.52 4.00
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Conduct disroder usually diagnosed in
Adolescence and middle age
Adolescence only
Childhood and adolescence
Adolescence and old age
Question No.53 4.00
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Psychoanalytic theory and personality was propounded by
Jung
Freud
Eysinck
Adler
Question No.54 4.00
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Plagiarism is
Use of a writer's ideas without giving due credit
Originality
Referring and quoting too many authors
Data manipulation
Question No.55 4.00
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Memories that are outside of conscious awareness are called
Retroactive memories
Explicit memories.
Implicit memories
Proactive memories
Question No.56 4.00
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____________ is the process of estimating the future human resource requirement of right quality
and right number
Human resource accounting
Human Resource Planning
Job description
Job analysis
Question No.57 4.00
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The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.
Life style
Self-concept
Quality of life
Health promoting behaviour
Question No.58 4.00
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Health seeking behaviour defiend as sequence of remredial actions that individual under takes to
Perceived psycholgocial health
Perceived psycho- social health
Perceived ill health
Perceived social health
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Which of the following act is not considered as corporal punishment?
banging head against the wall
Scapegoat
Remedial class
Humiliation
Question No.60 4.00
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Find the odd one out?
Birds : Horticulture
Fish : Pisiculture
Silkworm: Serculture
Bees : Apiculture
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Exhausted: Tired
Arrogant: Docile
Progressive: Regressive
Considerate: Rude
Depressed : Sad
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Contemporary brain theory is _____.
Materialistic
Mentalistic
Sequential Programming
Non-materialistic
Question No.63 4.00
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Multimodal therapy is proposed by________
Aaron Beck
Fritz Perls
Irvin Yalom
Arnold Lazarus
Question No.64 4.00
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Trait theory of personality was propounded by
Cattell
Allport
Freud
Eysinck
Question No.65 4.00
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Leadership traits can be assessed best by
Interview
Conference method
Role playing techniques
Projective techniques
Question No.66 4.00
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Choose the best antonym of the italicized word.
There has always been a feeling of rancour between the two families.
friendliness
suspicion
competition
rivalry
Question No.67 4.00
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Which of the following is the main, comprehensive criminal code of India?
Juvenile Justice Act
Criminal law code
Indian Penal code
Indian Evidence Act and the Code
Question No.68 4.00
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We must always try to adapt ourselves _________ our circumstances.
with
in
to
by
Question No.69 4.00
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When neither experimenter nor subject knows who is assigned to the experimental and control
groups, it is called ______
Placebo effect
Double-blind technique
Type Ierror
Single-Blind technique
Question No.70 4.00
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People will ___________ when they perceive it as a threat.
Understand change
Make change
Resist change
Accept Change
Question No.71 4.00
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Which of the following is most common psychiatric diagnosis in HIV- infected (AIDS) individuals
Dementia
Adjustment reaction
Delirium
Paranoid psychosis
Question No.72 4.00
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Which of the following act replaced the Indian lunacy act?
PWD 1995
Mental health act 1987
Well being act 1990
Mental Health act 1993
Question No.73 4.00
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Idon’t care if she comes to my house or not.
The underlined word is a
gerund
pronoun
conjunction
verb
Question No.74 4.00
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Which of the following is not a specific objective of Integrated Child Protection scheme
to enhance capacities at all systems and persons involved service
to report child marriages and arrange family planning programs
to raise public awareness about child rights and child protection services
to institutionalize essential services and strength structures
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When an individual displays a deficit in the comprehension of speech involving difficulties in
recognizing spoken words and converting thoughts into words is known as
Thought disorder
Prosopagnosia
Broca’s aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia
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Which of the following part of the brain functions as a switching station between STM and LTM
Engram switching center
Cerebral cortex.
RS
Hippocampus
Question No.77 4.00
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A cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used.
Structural fixedness
Limitational fixedness
Functional fixedness
Traditional fixedness
Question No.78 4.00
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Statement: The Company has recently announced a series of incentives to the employees who are
punctual and sincere.
Assumptions:
I.Those who are punctual will get motivated.
II. The Productivity of the company may increase.
If only assumption IIis implicit
If neither Inor IIis implicit
If both Iand IIare implicit
If only assumption Iis implicit
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What is the antithesis of Positive Psychology?
Abandoning the language of the illness ideology
Emphasizing human strengths
DSM’s categorizing and pathologizing of human experience
Reconstruction of our views of psychological health
Question No.80 4.00
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Replication of an experiment means,
Reanalyzing the study using renewed design
Repeating the original experiment
Reporting similar findings.
Reanalyzing the data using qualitative methods
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Social Impact Evaluation (SIE) is carried out ____
To evaluate the efficacy of R&R Plan implementation
To extend interactions with the project affected persons
To create a baseline data of prospective Project Affected Persons
To assess the impact of the project on the society
Question No.82 4.00
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The personality aspect that is greatly disturbed in schizophrenia is the
Id
Ego
Super ego
Libido
Question No.83 4.00
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Which of the following theory was developed by Michael White?
Art therapy
Narrative therapy
Multimodal therapy
Solution-focused therapy
Question No.84 4.00
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Social sterotypes typically involve categories defined by an
Personal dimention
Electic dimention
Catanotic dimention
Ethnic dimension
Question No.85 4.00
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What statistical test would be used with interval or ratio data with multiple dependent variables?
ANCOVA
Repeated measures of ANOVA
MANOVA
Mixed ANOVA
Question No.86 4.00
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The study and application of positivily oriented human resource strenghts and psychological
capacities that can be increased, developed and effectively managed for performance improvement
in todays work place called as
Positive Culture
Positive organizationall behaviour
Positive behaviour
Positive organizational development
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In the following question, the first two words (given in italics) have a definite relationship. Choose
one word out of the given four alternatives which will fill the blank space and showthe same
relationship with the third word as between the first two.
Hear is to Deafas as Speak is to ………?………….
Silent
Talkative
Listen
Dumb
Question No.88 4.00
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New National Education Policy was introduced in the year
1986
1976
2006
1996
Question No.89 4.00
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Rehabilitation Psychologists provide services with the goal of _____
Increasing function and reducing disability
Increase activity limitations
To re-teach habits
To restrict societal participation
Question No.90 4.00
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Analysis of variances method is used when
Comapre two means
When means are independent
When means are dependent
More than two means are compared
Question No.91 4.00
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In testing Null hypothesis, if the findings are significant then null hypothesis is
Rejected
Reviewed
Accepted
Cancelled
Question No.92 4.00
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Correct the error in the italicized part of the sentence by choosing the most appropriate option.
Leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician offered clarifications about his role
in the party elections.
Leaving for little room to
Having left less room for
Leaving less room for
Leaving little room for
Question No.93 4.00
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Which of the following is not a symptom of anxiety disorders
Sleep problem
Panic
Sadness
Heart palpitation
Question No.94 4.00
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Who proposed Expectancy theory of motivation?
Vroom
Herzberg
Maslow
Alderfer
Question No.95 4.00
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Choose the synonym of the italicized word. Many cities were incinerated during the war.
attacked
burnt
bombed
destroyed
Question No.96 4.00
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DSM V refers to
Diagnostic and statisitcal methods of mental disorders
Diagnostic and methods of mental disorders
Diagnostic and systems of mental disorders
Diagnostic and Statistcial Manual of mental disorders
Question No.97 4.00
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Statement: Warning: Cigarette smoking is injurious to Health
Assumptions:
I. Non-Smoking Promotes Health
II. This warning is not necessary
If only assumption IIis implicit
If only assumption Iis implicit
If both Iand IIare implicit
If neither Inor IIis implicit
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A cognitive restructuring method in which client and therapist become investigators by examining the
evidence to support or reject the patient’s cognitions
Guided discovery
Downward arrow technique
Socratic questioning
Collaborative empiricism
Question No.99 4.00
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________ deals with attitudes and behavioral patterns of a group i.e., how groups are formed, what is
their structure and which processes are followed in their functioning etc.
Group polarization
Group Influence
Group Dynamics
Group cohesiveness
Question No.100 4.00
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Which one is not a probability sampling method
Random sampling
Cluster sampling
Purposive sampling
Stratified sampling

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  • 1. PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY Entrance Examination of Applied Psychology Solved question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology Content 1. 2010 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 2. 2011 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 3. 2012 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 4. 2013 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 5. 2015 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 6. 2016 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 7. 2017 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology 8. 2018 Solved Question Paper for Ph.D Applied Psychology All questions have been solved by S.Lakshmanan, Psychologist, Pondicherry
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  • 54. PU Ph D Applied Psychology 1 of 100 213 PU_2015_157 A number calculated with complete population data and quantifies a characteristic of the population is called as ____________. Datum Parameter Population Statistic 2 of 100 105 PU_2015_157 Any deception involved in the experiment is explained to participants:- before they agree to participate in the experiment in the informed consent during the experimental session in the debriefing session 3 of 100 184 PU_2015_157 Motive for manipulation is a:- Secondary motive Primary motive Tertiary General motive 4 of 100 128 PU_2015_157 Bogus Pipeline is used for measuring:- Cognitive Dissonance Attitude Persuasion Personality 5 of 100 193 PU_2015_157 Maximum resources are used at which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome model? Exhaustion stage Resistance stage Preliminary stage
  • 55. Alarm stage 6 of 100 204 PU_2015_157 Among the following, which can be considered as a categorical variable? annual income age Gender grade point average 7 of 100 110 PU_2015_157 ___________ refers to research in which the observer becomes part of the group being studied. Participant observation correlational research Naturalistic observation archival research 8 of 100 178 PU_2015_157 Which of the following method is the most quantitative method of Job Evaluation? Factor Comparison Ranking Point Ranking Classification Method 9 of 100 205 PU_2015_157 The strongest evidence for causality comes from which of the following research methods? Correlational Ethnography Experimental Causal-comparative 10 of 100 169 PU_2015_157 Central Executive which is hypothised to focus attention during information processing is a part of:- Sensory memory Short term Memory Long Term Memory
  • 56. Working Memory 11 of 100 177 PU_2015_157 Which of the following method of Performance Appraisal is based upon the principle of normal distribution? Critical Incident Method 360 Degree feedback method Checklist Method Forced Distribution Method 12 of 100 139 PU_2015_157 Individuals who are good at understanding and communicating with others are higher at which type of intelligence? Naturalistic Intrapersonal Interpersonal Linguistic 13 of 100 192 PU_2015_157 Humanistic perspective of psychology focuses upon:- Inherited tendencies Unconscious process Cultural factors Personal growth 14 of 100 100 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is the first step in a research process? coming up with the hypothesis conducting the experiment data analysis conducting the literature review 15 of 100 159 PU_2015_157 The number that shows a score's deviation from the mean in standard deviation units is called:- U score T score
  • 57. Z score X score 16 of 100 189 PU_2015_157 Need for self-understanding, as per the expanded model of Maslow's need hierarchy, is part of ___________. Cognitive need Aesthetic need Self-Actualization need Esteem need 17 of 100 129 PU_2015_157 Which Personality Disorder show dramatic, emotional and erratic personality? Paranoid PD Borderline PD Dependent PD OCPD 18 of 100 211 PU_2015_157 Which among the following sampling technique will give a more accurate representation of the population? A small sample based on simple random sampling A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique A large sample based on simple random sampling A small cluster sample 19 of 100 166 PU_2015_157 Variables that invalidate a study are called:- Contigent variables Contaminating variable Categorical variables Independent variable 20 of 100 209 PU_2015_157 Among the following, which technique would yield a simple random sample?
  • 58. Numbering all the elements of a sampling frame and then using a random number table to pick cases from the table Choosing students from a particular class room to participate Listing the individuals by department wise and choosing a proportion from within each department at random Randomly selecting classes, and then sampling everyone within the class 21 of 100 154 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is a parametric test? Sign test U test T test Chi-square 22 of 100 157 PU_2015_157 F ratio is a part of which of the following statistics? T-test Pearson correlation coefficient Chi-square ANOVA 23 of 100 123 PU_2015_157 The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 was developed using a method called:- factor analysis empirical keying multiple regression structural equation modelling 24 of 100 156 PU_2015_157 Subset of a population is called:- Parameter Sample Populace Statistic 25 of 100
  • 59. 208 PU_2015_157 Open-ended questions generally provide ______ data. Quantitative Confirmatory Correlational Qualitative 26 of 100 190 PU_2015_157 Self-Determination theory was propounded by __________. Carruthers and Hood Fromm Ryff and Singer Ryan and Decci 27 of 100 185 PU_2015_157 Which of the following psychologist advocated Nurturant- Task theory for leadership? JBP Sinhna Iswar Dayal RC Tripathi Uday Pareek 28 of 100 140 PU_2015_157 A problem solving strategy where individuals produce numerous ideas and evaluate them only after all ideas have been collected is:- Functional analysis Brainstorming Convergent thinking Deductive thinking 29 of 100 183 PU_2015_157 In which of the following group decision making method there is no face-to-face interaction at all among the group members? Brainstorming Nominal Group Technique Delphi Technique Interactive Group Technique
  • 60. 30 of 100 167 PU_2015_157 An ABAB design is also known as:- Reversal design Backward design Forward design Experimental design 31 of 100 127 PU_2015_157 Which is not a cause of Memory Distortion? Motives Schemas Source monitoring Reality monitoring 32 of 100 106 PU_2015_157 Rotter's social learning theory emphasizes the following:- Behavioral potential motivation A reinterpretation of Freud's theory expectancy 33 of 100 111 PU_2015_157 Quantitative research is more concerned with __________ and qualitative research is more concerned with _________. details and emotions; generalities generalities; interobserver reliability generalities; details and emotions grounded theory; logic 34 of 100 141 PU_2015_157 Which of the following monitor blood and oxygen flow in the brain to identify areas of high activity? FMRI EEG CAT
  • 61. ECG 35 of 100 215 PU_2015_157 How many dependent variables are used in multiple regression? Two One Three Above four 36 of 100 218 PU_2015_157 ________ is the standard deviation of a sampling distribution. Sample standard deviation Replication error Standard error Meta error 37 of 100 147 PU_2015_157 Which one of the following choices gives a correct example of a poly-genetic trait with the correct reason? A zygote; created by the union of a sperm and egg, both of which have 23 chromosomes each Skin color; inherited down generations A carrier of a disease; the person received one gene from one parent, and a different one from the other, making the two genes in a specific pair different. Eye color; affected by numerous genes 38 of 100 206 PU_2015_157 Among the following, which correlation has the strongest value? -1.00 -.93 +.94 +.20 39 of 100 138 PU_2015_157 The phrase "know thyself" reflects which type of knowledge? Intrapersonal Interpersonal
  • 62. Naturalistic Linguistic 40 of 100 212 PU_2015_157 Among the following sampling techniques, in which, does the researcher might ask the research participants to identify other potential participants? Quota Snowball Purposive Convenience 41 of 100 216 PU_2015_157 Partial correlation analysis involves:- Matching participants on potential confounding variables Examining the relationship between two or more variables controlling for additional variables statistically Including only one group in a correlational analysis Limiting the sample to individuals at a constant level of an extraneous variable 42 of 100 197 PU_2015_157 Which among the following is a form of research typically conducted by teachers, counselors, and other professionals to answer questions they have and to specifically help them solve local problems? Action research Pure research Basic research Predictive research 43 of 100 207 PU_2015_157 Among the following, which can be described as data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose? Field notes Secondary data Experimental data Primary data 44 of 100 170 PU_2015_157 Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is called:-
  • 63. Linguistic Deductionism Linguistic Determinism Linguistic Reductionism Linguistic Connectionism 45 of 100 137 PU_2015_157 The basic conflict during adolescence according to Erikson's theory is:- Initiative vs guilt Identity vs role confusion Trust vs mistrust Intimacy vs isolation 46 of 100 191 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is called poor man's stratified sampling? Purposive sampling Cluster sampling Quota sampling Simple random sampling 47 of 100 155 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is a non parametric test? ANOVA Chi-square test T test Pearson correlation 48 of 100 210 PU_2015_157 Among the following which analysis is more suitable when the dependent variable is measured as categories? Factor analysis Regression analysis Discriminant analysis Structural analysis 49 of 100 198 PU_2015_157
  • 64. The development of a solid foundation of reliable knowledge typically is built from which type of research? Action research Basic research Orientational research Evaluation research 50 of 100 124 PU_2015_157 Dichotic listening has been used extensively as an experimental technique in the study of:- Selective attention Ponzo illusion Memory Transposition 51 of 100 143 PU_2015_157 Neurotransmitters drift away after being released into the synaptic cleft and some are inactivated by enzymes. Some are reabsorbed into the pre-synaptic neuron. This process is called:- Reionize Reuptake Recycle Reabsorb 52 of 100 116 PU_2015_157 ________ validity refers to the degree to which the score on a test corresponds with another measure of the designated trait. content concurrent criterion split-half 53 of 100 217 PU_2015_157 GLM refers to which of the following? General Logit Model General Lab Model General Linear Model General Limited Model
  • 65. 54 of 100 168 PU_2015_157 Law of effect in the context of learning was given by:- Tolman Skinner Pavlov Thorndike 55 of 100 104 PU_2015_157 Reasoning that proceeds from specific cases to general theories is referred to as:- the principle of falsifiability serendipity inductive logic deductive logic 56 of 100 219 PU_2015_157 A post hoc test is ____________. A test to determine regression to the mean A follow-up test to the analysis of variance when there are three or more groups A follow-up test to the independent t-test A test to compare two or more means 57 of 100 142 PU_2015_157 The neural impulse is fired in the pre-synaptic neuron:- When a lot of excitatory PSP builds up When the charge of the neuron reaches -70 mill volts When a lot of inhibitory PSP builds up When sodium ions rush in at stimulation and create an action potential 58 of 100 182 PU_2015_157 Which of the following communication networks permit all group members to actively communicate with each other? Wheel All-Channel Grapevine Chain
  • 66. 59 of 100 202 PU_2015_157 Among the following, identify the research paradigm which is least concerned about generalizing its findings? Quantitative research Mixed research Experiments Qualitative research 60 of 100 203 PU_2015_157 What is the key characteristic feature of experimental research? extraneous variables are never present a negative correlation among variables a positive correlation among variables manipulation of the independent variable 61 of 100 222 PU_2015_157 A fundamental assumption of chi square test is that no more than ________ % of cells can have an expected frequency of less than _______. 5; n 4; 1 75; 95 25; 5 62 of 100 229 PU_2015_157 Split brain surgery is performed to prevent which of the following? Impaired motor skills Epileptic seizures Autism Strokes 63 of 100 254 PU_2015_157 In experimental research, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by the __________. Extraneous variable Dependent variable
  • 67. Confounding variable Independent variable 64 of 100 234 PU_2015_157 Removal or destruction of brain tissue in a surgical procedure is called:- Lobotomy Ablation Dissection Excoriation 65 of 100 237 PU_2015_157 According to Piaget, the inability of a child to take other's perspectives into consideration is called:- Selfish thought Eccentric Thought Intuitive thought Egocentric Thought 66 of 100 235 PU_2015_157 Deep sleep, slow delta waves, bedwetting & sleepwalking occur at which stage of sleep? Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 1 Stage 4 67 of 100 236 PU_2015_157 Two factor theory of Emotion was given by:- Zajonc –Lazarus Scachter-Singer Canon-Bard James-Lange 68 of 100 220 PU_2015_157 History effects are associated with:- criterion validity split-half reliability
  • 68. test-retest reliability content validity 69 of 100 247 PU_2015_157 If a test consists of very difficult items, then the scores from a sample will have _________ distribution. Positively skewed Leptokurtic Negatively skewed Platykurtic 70 of 100 252 PU_2015_157 When a extraneous variable systematically varies with the independent variable and influences the dependent variable, it is known as:- Unreliable variable Reliable variable Confounding variable Second dependent variable 71 of 100 238 PU_2015_157 The support that is provided to children so that they reach their maximum potential is called:- Servicing Shouting Scouting Scaffolding 72 of 100 232 PU_2015_157 In problem solving, trial and error works best when:- There are many unambiguous choices There is unlimited number of choices There are many ambiguous choices There are only a limited number of choices 73 of 100 251 PU_2015_157 World Mental Health Day is observed on _____. December 10
  • 69. October 10 September 10 November 10 74 of 100 231 PU_2015_157 Thinking is a synonym for:- Sensation Learning Perception Cognition 75 of 100 253 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is NOT a type of reliability? Internal consistency Test-retest Split-half Content 76 of 100 246 PU_2015_157 Crowd behavior can be best studied through the method of _______. Case history, Survey research Observation Experimentation 77 of 100 221 PU_2015_157 What is Cramer's V used for? Cramer's V is used instead of χ 2 in analysis which are bigger than 2×2 Cramer's V is a way of reporting the ratio between the observed and expected scores Cramer's V is used when assumptions for conducting chi square are violated Cramer's V is a measure of effect used for tests of association 78 of 100 233 PU_2015_157 Rating different choices on each of several criteria in decision making is known as:- Functional elasticity
  • 70. Means-ends analysis Non binding modeling Compensatory modeling 79 of 100 242 PU_2015_157 "Childhood anxiety triggers our desire for love and security" was said by:- Alfred Adler Heinz Kohut Karen Horney Anna Freud 80 of 100 230 PU_2015_157 Sound heard in the left ear is registered:- Only in the right hemisphere Faster in the right hemisphere Both hemispheres at an equal pace Faster in the left hemisphere 81 of 100 261 PU_2015_157 False positive errors:- are in inverse proportion to false negative errors are unlikely in most practical situations where tests are employed should invariably be minimized may be less costly in some situations than false negative errors 82 of 100 293 PU_2015_157 Who among the following is a central figure in Family Therapy? Virginia Satir Richard Bandler Viktor Frankl Karen Horney 83 of 100 298 PU_2015_157 Among the following which is not an Experiential Training activity? Role play
  • 71. Sensitivity training Internship Audio visual learning 84 of 100 264 PU_2015_157 In computing item discrimination indices, the best strategy from a statistical point of view is to compare:- upper 27% versus the lower 27% those above the median versus those below "A" students versus failing students those with delta scores of above 50 versus below 50 85 of 100 262 PU_2015_157 Tacit knowledge is:- declarative knowledge gained through instruction knowledge of how to do well on tests knowledge of tacits procedural knowledge gained through experience 86 of 100 268 PU_2015_157 Cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions are called:- Cultural relativity Emblems Display rules Cultural sensitivity 87 of 100 271 PU_2015_157 The tendency to view outcomes as inevitable and predictable after we already know the outcome is known as:- Framing Confirmation bias Hindsight Bias Counterfactual thinking 88 of 100 270 PU_2015_157 Different languages predispose those individuals who speak to them to think about the world in different ways is a proposition by:-
  • 72. Jacques Lacan Benjamin Whorf Noam Chomsky Skinner 89 of 100 272 PU_2015_157 Long term potentiation refers to:- The impact of overlearning on retention An automatic tendency to recall emotionally significant events An increased neural readiness for impulse transmission The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system 90 of 100 277 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is an important concept of Gestalt therapy? Cognizance Unfinished business Ultimate meanings Existential dilemma 91 of 100 288 PU_2015_157 Which of the following is not necessary for the construction of a questionnaire? Validity Reliability Difficulty Index Discrimination Index 92 of 100 269 PU_2015_157 "I'm crying, so I must be sad" best relate to theory of emotion proposed by:- Canon-Bard Schacter-Singer James-Lange Lazarus 93 of 100 281 PU_2015_157 Albert Ellis was the founder of which of the following therapies:-
  • 73. Solution-Focussed Therapy REBT Cognitive therapy Depression Therapy 94 of 100 263 PU_2015_157 Item-generation techniques are easy to apply to:- figural ability items open-ended questions verbal items projective tests 95 of 100 283 PU_2015_157 Insisting on just the opposite of what one wants is called:- Projection Paradoxing Relabeling Prescribing the symptom 96 of 100 289 PU_2015_157 The type of power which originates from the obligation of the individual to accept the leader and be influenced is _________ power. Legitimate Coercive Referent Reward 97 of 100 260 PU_2015_157 According to classical test score theory, what happens to the true score variance as error in a measure increases? it increases classical test score theory makes no statement on this point it decreases it remains constant 98 of 100
  • 74. 282 PU_2015_157 The process of being in contact and emotionally separate from others is known as:- Triangulation Differentiation Detriangulation Coaliations 99 of 100 299 PU_2015_157 Shame Attacking exercise is used in ________ therapy. Systematic Desensitisation Aversion Therapy REBT CBT 100 of 100 284 PU_2015_157 As per the Max-min-con principle, research design attempts to minimize _____________ variance. Systematic variance Error Variance Extraneous variance True variance
  • 75. 157 PU Ph D Applied Psychology 1 of 100 100 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is not generally studied by cognitive psychologists? Problem solving Memory distortion Decision making Social interaction 2 of 100 102 PU_2016_157N_E _______ memory is memory for personally experienced events, while ______ memory refers to knowledge about the world. Episodic; Semantic Implicit; Explicit Semantic; Episodic Explicit; Implicit 3 of 100 140 PU_2016_157_E Forced Distribution method is a method of __________. HR Supply forecast Performance Appraisal Job Evaluation Job Analysis 4 of 100 125 PU_2016_157_E Which of the following type of conflict is extremely disruptive? Approach-Approach Avoidance-Avoidance Relational inconsistency Approach-Avoidance 5 of 100 116 PU_2016_157_E Among the following sampling techniques, in which, does the researcher might ask the research participants to identify other potential participants? Purposive Snowball
  • 76. Convenience Quota 6 of 100 119 PU_2016_157_E How many dependent variables are used in multiple regression? Above four Three Two One 7 of 100 111 PU_2016_157N_E The focus of Fredricksons' broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions is on:- emotions associated with simple sensory pleasures such as eating and sex. discrete positive emotions such as joy, love, interest and contentment. positive feelings associated with being in a good mood. all of the above 8 of 100 135 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is the type of psychology that explains behaviour in terms of functional brain units, regardless of their anatomical representation? cognitive psychology neuropsychology behavioral neuroscience clinical neuropsychology 9 of 100 152 PU_2016_157_E Psychiatrists endorse _______________ model of illness. Social Psychological Behavioural Biological 10 of 100 137 PU_2016_157_E Crowd behavior can be best studied through the method of:- experimentation
  • 77. case history observation survey research 11 of 100 124 PU_2016_157N_E Low reliability of the variables reduces the correlation coefficient because:- It adds random noise to the computations. The Z scores are less likely to follow a normal curve. It reduces random influences that would otherwise add to the overall variance. The cross-products of the Z scores are less likely to follow a normal curve. 12 of 100 109 PU_2016_157_E The strongest evidence for causality comes from which of the following research methods? Ethnography Experimental Causal-comparative Correlational 13 of 100 149 PU_2016_157_E Groups that are focused on providing information that can be used to facilitate human growth and development and prevent problems from occurring:- Discussion groups Encounter groups Growth groups Psycho education groups 14 of 100 107 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is the best example of a behaviourally based attitude? Manini votes for her state representative because she likes him. Pallavi finds herself sketching in her spare time and realizes she must love to draw. Sheila tastes chocolate for the first time and loves it! Nageshwari exercises every day because he knows that it is good for his health. 15 of 100 144 PU_2016_157N_E Counterconditioning is an exposure therapy technique which involves:-
  • 78. Helping the client to see that their behaviour is counterproductive. Learning that one negative event may be linked to another. Learning that an event or situation is no longer threatening. Exposing the client to the feared stimulus. 16 of 100 113 PU_2016_157_E Among the following, which technique would yield a simple random sample? Numbering all the elements of a sampling frame and then using a random number table to pick cases from the table Listing the individuals by department wise and choosing a proportion from within each department at random Randomly selecting classes, and then sampling everyone within the class Choosing students from a particular class room to participate 17 of 100 122 PU_2016_157N_E The comparison distribution for a t test for independent means is a:- Distribution of differences between means. Distribution of proportional variance scores. Poisson distribution. Z distribution (that is, a normal curve). 18 of 100 121 PU_2016_157N_E In the formula for estimating the population variance from the sample, the sum of squared deviations is divided by:- The number of participants in the population. The number of participants in the population minus one. The number of participants in the sample. The number of participants in the sample minus one. 19 of 100 156 PU_2016_157_E Dexamethasone suppression test is associated with ____________ levels. Dopamine GABA Nor epinephrine Cortisol
  • 79. 20 of 100 155 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following nonverbal cues seems to be most important in establishing rapport with a patient? gestures nods body alignment smiles 21 of 100 121 PU_2016_157_E GLM refers to which of the following? General Lab Model General Logit Model General Limited Model General Linear Model 22 of 100 145 PU_2016_157_E As far as job-designing is considered, which method is most effective? Job-Engineering Job Rotation Job-Enlargement Job-Enrichment 23 of 100 112 PU_2016_157N_E The emergence of positive psychology in the late 1990s had much to do with cultural trends, or zeitgeist, captured in the phrase:- The misery index. The paradox of affluence. Tired of the negative. Money doesn't buy happiness. 24 of 100 151 PU_2016_157_E The stage in the process of counseling in which the client and the counsellor come close to each other is _______________________________. Intervention Assessment Rapport establishment
  • 80. Termination 25 of 100 147 PU_2016_157_E Type II error appears, if we _________. Accept the null hypothesis, when it is true Accept the null hypothesis, when it is false Reject the null hypothesis, when it is true Reject the null hypothesis, when it is false 26 of 100 138 PU_2016_157_E Maxmincon principle refers to:- maximization of extraneous variance, minimization of error variance and control of systematic variance maximization of systematic variance, minimization of error variance, and control of extraneous variance maximization of systematic variance, minimization of extraneous variance, and control of error variance maximization of extraneous variance, minimization of systematic variance, and control of error variance 27 of 100 153 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is a dangerous result of non-adherence? long incubation period latent content high self-efficacy antibiotic resistance 28 of 100 129 PU_2016_157_E The correct sequence in organizational socialization is ________. Prearrival→ Metamorphosis →Encounter Prearrival→ Encounter →Metamorphosis Metamorphosis →Prearrival→Encounter Metamorphosis →Encounter →Prearrival 29 of 100 134 PU_2016_157_E Attempt to praise others by flattering is known as _______. Identification
  • 81. Ingratiation Procrastination Individuation 30 of 100 158 PU_2016_157_E Cyclothymia is a ____________ disorder as per DSM IV. Major depression Unipolar Substance induced mood Bipolar 31 of 100 102 PU_2016_157_E Four-C model of creativity was proposed by:- Robert Baran Robert J. Sternberg James Kauffman R B Cattel 32 of 100 114 PU_2016_157_E Among the following which analysis is more suitable when the dependent variable is measured as categories? Factor analysis Structural analysis Regression analysis Discriminant analysis 33 of 100 148 PU_2016_157N_E Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is generally perceived as:- Phenomenological. Evidence-based. Psychodynamic. Humanistic. 34 of 100 105 PU_2016_157_E Among the following approaches of knowledge generation, to which approach is Rene Descartes is associated with?
  • 82. Expert opinion Rationalism Pragmatism Idealism 35 of 100 116 PU_2016_157N_E According to researcheson Integrity, the most frequently occurring ethical offenses involved:- Completely fabricating (i.e., making up) details of studies that were never actually conducted. Plagiarizing by claiming that another researcher's data were the offender's own data. Departing from protocols for randomly assigning participants to groups. Falsifying or fabricating data. 36 of 100 130 PU_2016_157_E Linguistic relative hypothesis views that ___________. Thought shapes language Thought shapes behaviour Language shapes thought Behaviour shapes thought 37 of 100 127 PU_2016_157_E Maximum resources are used at which stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome model ________. Exhaustion stage Preparatory Stage Resistance stage Alarm stage 38 of 100 154 PU_2016_157_E A patient comes late to the session many times. From psychodynamics perspective this might be ______________. Hatred conditioning Retardation Resistance 39 of 100 133 PU_2016_157N_E
  • 83. Which of the following would be used to reveal a dysrhythmia in brain activity? MRI EEG PET scan CAT scan 40 of 100 160 PU_2016_157_E Phenomenological approach to patients is emphasized by ________________. Socio-cultural approach Psychoanalysis Behaviourism Existentialism 41 of 100 123 PU_2016_157_E A post hoc test is ___. A follow-up test to the independent t-test A test to determine regression to the mean A follow-up test to the analysis of variance when there are three or more groups A test to compare two or more means 42 of 100 131 PU_2016_157_E Factorial design is best suited for:- survey research experimental study longitudinal study field study 43 of 100 132 PU_2016_157N_E Dr. Ranjan, a psychiatrist, takes a biopsychosocial viewpoint of psychopathology. Which of the following treatments is he most likely to suggest for Julia's current state of depression? A combination of psychological therapy and antidepressant drugs Family therapy and a change in her work environment A prolonged vacation Intense psychotherapy 44 of 100
  • 84. 120 PU_2016_157N_E Based on the scores 1, 9, 3, 6, 1, 2, 6, 2, 2, and 8, a score of 4 is the:- Mean. Mode. standard deviation Median. 45 of 100 143 PU_2016_157_E Which of the following journal is published by National Academy of Psychology (India)? Psychological Studies Journal of Psychological Researches Psychology & Developing Societies Journal of Applied Psychology 46 of 100 127 PU_2016_157N_E In a counseling relationship, the "Battle for Structure" involves ___________. motivation for change client responsibility issues of administrative control the physical arrangement of the counseling room 47 of 100 131 PU_2016_157N_E Antisocial personality problems were first written about and described by the ________. Ancient Greeks. Mesopotamians. Ancient Egyptians. Hebrews. 48 of 100 128 PU_2016_157N_E The most successful clients in counseling are often referred to by the acronym __________. YAVIS HOUNDS DUDS SOLER 49 of 100
  • 85. 105 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is an example of social influence? You didn't do well on the test because you stayed up all night cramming. You feel guilty because you lied to your trusting professor about your assignment You almost fall asleep at the wheel, so you pull off the road to take a short nap. When you get hungry, you have trouble concentrating 50 of 100 133 PU_2016_157_E There was a quarrel between the husband and wife. The wife shifted her anger to their small child over a trivial matter. This is an example of _________. Reaction formation Projection Displacement Introjection 51 of 100 139 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is a Cluster B personality disorder? Borderline Paranoid Schizoid Depressive 52 of 100 137 PU_2016_157N_E The loss in the ability to write is known as _____. Agraphia Dyslexia Alexia Agrammatism 53 of 100 114 PU_2016_157N_E From a biological and evolutionary perspective, the effect of negative emotions, like fear and anger, is described by the idea of specific action tendencies, meaning that negative emotions:- Depend on the temperament of the person. Tend to narrow the focus of our thoughts and possible actions. Result in a consistent pattern of body reactions. Are usually socially caused, resulting from the specific actions of others.
  • 86. 54 of 100 157 PU_2016_157N_E The biomedical model of illness is:- a) reductionistic b) dualistic c) monistic d) reductionistic and dualistic 55 of 100 140 PU_2016_157N_E While neurological assessment procedures evaluate the brain's physical properties, neuropsychological assessment focuses on ________. Brain activity. Client performance. Brain functioning. Self-reported changes in cognitive and perceptual functioning. 56 of 100 109 PU_2016_157N_E ________ are the cognitive structures we use to organize our knowledge of the social world. Counterfactuals Schemas Cognitive filters Heuristics 57 of 100 118 PU_2016_157N_E A class of 35 students was separated into two categories, men and women. The total number of individuals in each category was tallied, and of the 35 students there were 10 men and 25 women. What scale of measurement was used to organize the data? Nominal Ratio Interval Ordinal 58 of 100 110 PU_2016_157_E Among the following, which correlation has the strongest value? -1.00 +.0.2
  • 87. -0.93 +.94 59 of 100 150 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is NOT true of good questions? they are not leading in any way they are phrased simply, without medical jargon they are phrased in a non-accusatory way they are long and detailed 60 of 100 143 PU_2016_157N_E Which of the following is not a Behaviour Therapy technique? Flooding. Systematic desensitisation Counter transference. Counterconditioning. 61 of 100 246 PU_2016_157_M For which of the following types of tests interscorer reliability is relevant? 1.Objective personality inventories 2. Projective tests 3. Achievement tests with descriptive items 4. Intelligence tests 1 and 3 only 1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 2 and 4 only 62 of 100 164 PU_2016_157N_M A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by a(n) ________ bias. impact distinction self-serving bias availability
  • 88. 63 of 100 252 PU_2016_157_M Oversimplified assumptions about the nature of men and women are:- Sex differences Sex roles Sexual scripts Gender stereotypes 64 of 100 165 PU_2016_157N_M Which function of the management process requires a manager to establish goals and standards and to develop rules and procedures? staffing planning organizing leading 65 of 100 253 PU_2016_157_M People who possess the personality traits traditionally called "male" and "female" are called? Flexible Adenoidal Androgynous Bisexual 66 of 100 162 PU_2016_157N_M ________ is a pure marker of low positive affect. Nervous Boredom Relaxation Stress 67 of 100 255 PU_2016_157_M Which of the following are classified as a paraphilia or sexual deviation? Sexual communication disorder Lack of sexual desire Sexual identity disorder Fetishism
  • 89. 68 of 100 244 PU_2016_157_M Reliability can be defined as? (True score variance) / (Total variance) (Error variance) / (Total variance ) (Error variance) / (Total score variance ) (True score variance) / (Error variance ) 69 of 100 251 PU_2016_157_M The research findings indicate that stress and performance have:- No correlation Direct positive relationship Inverted U relationship Direct negative relationship 70 of 100 259 PU_2016_157_M Tamizhmani is below normal intelligence but he is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September 13, 1957. She has __________ syndrome. Giftedness Calendar assessment Savant Genius 71 of 100 168 PU_2016_157N_M What is the first step in the recruitment and selection process? building a pool of candidates performing initial screening interviews performing candidate background checks deciding what positions to fill 72 of 100 257 PU_2016_157_M Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called:- Cretinism Microcephaly Eugenics
  • 90. Adaptive behavior 73 of 100 173 PU_2016_157N_M Which of these statements is true? Existence needs are the highest order needs. Maslow is known for his early work on Classical Conditioning Alderfer developed a needs theory based on Pavlov's early work. Relatedness reflects people's need to be valued by others. 74 of 100 256 PU_2016_157_M Pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, and frotteurism are all examples of:- . Sexual misconduct Sexual problems Sexual difficulties Paraphilias 75 of 100 171 PU_2016_157N_M __________ refers to the number of factors in an organization's environment and how they are interrelated. Environmental uncertainty Environmental flexibility Environmental complexity Environmental stability 76 of 100 170 PU_2016_157N_M All aspects of the training program come together in the:- Implementation phase. Design phase. Analysis phase. Development phase. 77 of 100 178 PU_2016_157N_M The international labor organization was established in:- April 9, 1919 May 20,1920
  • 91. April 19,1949 April 19,1919 78 of 100 166 PU_2016_157N_M ________ defines the nature of the company's business in terms of how it will match its internal strengths and weaknesses with its external opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive position. Financial auditing Employee testing Employee benchmarking Strategic planning 79 of 100 177 PU_2016_157N_M The first union was recognized in:- 1890 1920 1884 1918 80 of 100 258 PU_2016_157_M Which form of retardation can be controlled by a special diet? Hydrocephaly PKU Microcephaly Down syndrome 81 of 100 289 PU_2016_157_D DOI means:- Direct Odd Identifier Digital Odd Index Direct Object Index Digital Object Identifier 82 of 100 293 PU_2016_157_D Which of the following is NOT a component of the working memory model? Central executive
  • 92. Articulatory loop Visuo-spatial scratchpad Iconic store 83 of 100 291 PU_2016_157_D In a single group pretest-posttest design, which one of the following statistical method can be best employed to evaluate the mean differences of pre and posttests? Mann-Whitney U test Chi-Square Repeated measures ANOVA Randomized ANOVA 84 of 100 182 PU_2016_157N_D When working with a family, the clinician must establish a therapeutic alliance with:- The person who initially sought counseling for the family. The adults in the family only. The identified patient. Each person in the family equally. 85 of 100 188 PU_2016_157N_D Which theory of counseling has no specific model of human development? Psychoanalytic Cognitive Existentialism Gestalt 86 of 100 299 PU_2016_157_D Manimozhi's cherished beliefs are going to come under attack via a persuasive communication. Which of the following theories would be most relevant in helping Manimozhi resist this imminent challenge to her beliefs? Balance theory Social judgment theory Inoculation theory Adaptation-level theory 87 of 100 297 PU_2016_157_D
  • 93. A male robin in his own territory responds aggressively when an intruding male robin challenges him with a display of red breast feathers. In this situation, the red breast feathers are referred to by ethologists as:- Negative incentives Aversive stimuli Conditioned stimuli Sign stimuli 88 of 100 294 PU_2016_157_D The study of unspoken rules for the use of interpersonal space is called:- Psychoecology Territoriality Kinesics Proxemics 89 of 100 290 PU_2016_157_D In a journal reference 40(3), 33-39 represents:- Issue (Volume), Pages Pages (Issue Number), Journal Volume (Issue Number), pages Journal (page), volume 90 of 100 192 PU_2016_157N_D Mental health counselors focus on the treatment of personal disorders and dysfunctions as well as the _______________. modification of the environment prevention and promotion of mental health community feedback and dialogue crisis management 91 of 100 180 PU_2016_157N_D Research on counseling effectiveness:- Is difficult to apply to unique situations. Tends to be biased in favor of counseling. Shows that counseling is usually effective. Shows that short-term therapy is more effective than long-term therapy.
  • 94. 92 of 100 181 PU_2016_157N_D Rogers believed that the highest authority in guiding treatment should be the:- Clinician's judgment. Treatment plan developed by the clinician. Client's life script. Client's direct experience. 93 of 100 295 PU_2016_157_D Creation of superordinate goals has been shown to be effective in reducing:- Intergroup conflict Cognitive dissonance Authoritarianism Social posturing 94 of 100 191 PU_2016_157N_D Clinical mental health counselors are often employed in _________ organizations. educational mental health depression-oriented crisis-oriented 95 of 100 186 PU_2016_157N_D Existential counselors believe that ______ is the primary mechanism of change. the client's courage the client's defense mechanism the counselor's expertise the relationship 96 of 100 189 PU_2016_157N_D Which theory of counseling has a PESSIMISTIC view of human motivation? Gestalt Neo-analytic Person-Centered Reality Therapy
  • 95. 97 of 100 184 PU_2016_157N_D Stress inoculation training (SIT) assumes that:- Clients need to re-experience stressors in order to successfully cope with them. If people can learn to cope with mild stressors, they will eventually be able to cope with more severe ones. Most client goals can be accomplished in 6-8 weekly sessions. External reinforcements are more important than internal reinforcements. 98 of 100 298 PU_2016_157_D Those who study cognitive development have observed that young children are often unable to separate their own perspective from another person's point of view and instead confuse the two. According to Jean Piaget's developmental theory, the confusion results from the youngchild's:- Immature ego development Limited short-term memory capacity Tendency to overregularize Pervasive egocentrism 99 of 100 199 PU_2016_157N_D The employment of such words as "good," "bad," "right," and "wrong" are associated with _________________. morality attitude law criminal liability 100 of 100 296 PU_2016_157_D An individual's misuse of valuable natural resources could be an example of:- Compliance Group sanctions Groupthink A social trap
  • 96. Sr No. PhD Applied Psychology 1 Which fraction comes next in the sequence Alt1 9/32 Alt2 10/17 Alt3 11/34 Alt4 12/35 2 Choose the missing term out of the given options: Ac__cab__baca__aba__acac Alt1 aacb Alt2 acbc Alt3 babb Alt4 bcbb 3 Leaf is related to Sap in the same way as Bone is related……………?............. Alt1 Fluid Alt2 Blood Alt3 Marrow Alt4 Calcium 4 Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words: Rotate: Gyrate Alt1 Putrefy: Reject Alt2 Anachronism: Cubism Alt3 Accolade: Criticism Alt4 Absolve: Exonerate 5 Choose the alternative, which is similar to the given words: Liver : Heart : Kidney Alt1 Blood Alt2 Nose Alt3 Lung Alt4 Urine 6 Spot the defective segment from the following: Alt1 The more you read Alt2 the more will you Alt3 get to know Alt4 about more things
  • 97. 7 Choose the meaning of the idiom/phrase from among the options given: A rainy day Alt1 a holiday Alt2 a difficult time Alt3 a fine day Alt4 a wet day 8 The villagers plan to ------- the elections in protest. Alt1 avoid Alt2 ignore Alt3 neglect Alt4 boycott 9 Choose the option closest in meaning to the given word: PUERILE Alt1 vulgar Alt2 perverse Alt3 childish Alt4 young 10 Choose the antonymous option you consider the best: OBTUSE Alt1 fast Alt2 sharp Alt3 reliable Alt4 lucid 11 In a Cricket tournament, each of the six teams will play every other term exactly once during the league phase. How many matches will be played during the league phase in total ? Alt1 12 Alt2 36 Alt3 15 Alt4 24 12 A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right. The every time turning to his left, he waks 5, 15 and 15 metres respectively. How far is he now from the starting point ? Alt1 15 metres Alt2 5 metres Alt3 10 metres Alt4 30 metres 13 The sum of the income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of the income of A and C is the same as that of b and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the income of b and D. Whose income is he highest ? Alt1 A Alt2 B
  • 98. Alt3 C Alt4 D 14 Five boys A, B, C, D and E are seated on a bench. A is to the left of C. b is to the immediate right of D and there are two people between C and D. E is to the extreme right of the row. Who is exactly at the middle of this group ? Alt1 A Alt2 B Alt3 C Alt4 E 15 A man is facing south. He turns 1350 in the anticlockwise direction and then 1800 in the clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now? Alt1 North East Alt2 North West Alt3 South East Alt4 South West 16 Find the number which when added to itself 17 times becomes 126. Alt1 13 Alt2 7 Alt3 9 Alt4 18 17 Ravi is exactly 9999 days old today. How old is he? Alt1 27 Alt2 28 Alt3 26 Alt4 29 18 A Maths teacher usually has 21 students in his class. A,B & C are asleep. D&E are in the bathroom and the teacher has sent F&G to the principal's office. How many students are left in the classroom? Alt1 18 Alt2 19 Alt3 15 Alt4 17 19 JIPMER is coded as 589142; AIPMT is coded as 78910; Then JEE is coded as Alt1 910 Alt2 544 Alt3 789 Alt4 914
  • 99. 20 Mr. Arvind drove 90 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 90 km at 45 kmph. What is his average speed over his 180 km ? Alt1 37.5 kmph Alt2 35 kmph Alt3 36 kmph Alt4 38 kmph 21 According to the psychodynamic view dream analysis is one of the central tenets of:- Alt1 Humanistic therapy. Alt2 Cognitive behaviour therapy. Alt3 Client centred therapy. Alt4 Psychoanalysis. 22 Which one of these is not a "Graphic representation"? Alt1 Bar Chart Alt2 Histogram Alt3 Table Alt4 Pie Chart 23 The occurrence of a conditioned response after experimental extinction has been followed by a period of rest is called:- Alt1 Spontaneous recovery Alt2 Disinhibition Alt3 Stimulus generalization Alt4 Relearning 24 The process of organic and intellectual self regulation is called:- Alt1 Assimilation Alt2 Equilibrium Alt3 Accommodation Alt4 Equilibration 25 A major disadvantage of the experimental method is that:- Alt1 Private funding can never be obtained Alt2 There is a certain amount of artificiality attached to it Alt3 Subjects are difficult to find for research projects Alt4 APA Ethical Review Committees often do not approve of the research techniques 26 Professor Kumar is interested in the effects of physical attractiveness on how others interpret the appearance and behaviors of attractive versus unattractive people. Professor Kumar is most likely to be interested in:- Alt1 Attribution theory. Alt2 Lie detection. Alt3 Social encoding. Alt4 Social perception. 27 The process called semantic priming is used to study which of the following phenomena?
  • 100. Alt1 Subliminal perception Alt2 Field dependence and independence Alt3 Signal detection ability Alt4 Locus of control 28 A genetically-induced lack of an enzyme that is a cause of a type of mental retardation describes:- Alt1 Microcephaly Alt2 Phenylketonuria Alt3 Cretinism Alt4 Hydrocephaly 29 Post-attentive processes: Alt1 Require little attention Alt2 Would include the perceptual grouping processes proposed by Gestalt psychologists Alt3 Occur before attention is focused Alt4 Are effortful and conscious 30 In the field of abnormal psychology, what does DSM stand for? Alt1 Descriptors for the Science of the Mind Alt2 Diagnostic Science of the Mind Alt3 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Alt4 Disorders, Science, and the Mind 31 The concept of nurturant- task leadership has been propounded by ____. Alt1 SP Sinha Alt2 A K Sinha Alt3 JBP Sinha Alt4 D N Sinha 32 Das, J.P. (2002). Participative decision making: Issues and concerns. Organization Decision Processes, 21 (4), pg. 412-428. In this reference, Organization Decision Processes is a __________. Alt1 Thesis Alt2 Journal Alt3 Book Alt4 Edited Book 33 In operant conditioning a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals is the case of:- Alt1 Fixed interval schedule Alt2 Variable interval schedule Alt3 Variable ratio schedule Alt4 Fixed ratio schedule
  • 101. 34 Which scaling methods employ Law of Comparative Judgment to obtain scale values? 1.Method of successive intervals. 2. Summated ratings method. 3.Magnitude estimation method. 4. Paired comparison method. Alt1 1 and 4 only Alt2 4 only Alt3 2 and 3 only Alt4 3 and 4 only 35 With aging there is a decline of __________ intelligence, but not of __________ intelligence. Alt1 Fixed; fluid Alt2 Fluid; crystallized Alt3 Fluid; fixed Alt4 Crystallized; fluid 36 Which one of these is not associated with behavioural observation? Alt1 Spatial analysis Alt2 Linguistic analysis Alt3 Non-verbal analysis Alt4 Data Anaylsis 37 ___________ was the founder of the Boston Vocational Bureau and is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Guidance". Alt1 Clifford Beers Alt2 Frank Parsons Alt3 John Dewey Alt4 Jesse B. Davis 38 Which of the following personality tests are considered to be the projective in nature? 1.Thematic Apperception Test 2. Kent-Rosenoff Word Association Test 3. NEO Five-Factor Inventory 4. Ro er's Incomplete Sentence Blank Alt1 1 only Alt2 1 and 2 only Alt3 2, 3 and 4 only Alt4 1, 2 and 4 only 39 Which of the following is a Criterion-related validity? Alt1 Content validity Alt2 Predictive validity Alt3 Construct validity Alt4 Face Validity 40 One of the difficulties with the survey method is:- Alt1 The relatively small number of subjects use
  • 102. Alt2 That subjects may give dishonest or inaccurate responses Alt3 The impossibility of getting a representative sample Alt4 Inability to examine changes over time. 41 Who first introduced the biopsychosocial model of health and illness? Alt1 Engel Alt2 Osler Alt3 Freud Alt4 Hippocrates 42 Superego is_____. Alt1 Pleasure principle Alt2 Morality principle Alt3 Principle of Veracity Alt4 Reality principle 43 The sampling type that involves selecting a sample from a population based on certain specific set of characteristics for one's research study is known as _____. Alt1 Convenience sampling Alt2 Snowball sampling Alt3 Quota sampling Alt4 Purposive sampling 44 Vertical expansion of jobs is involved in _____________ type of job design. Alt1 Job rotation Alt2 Job enlargement Alt3 Flextime Alt4 Job enrichment 45 What is the key characteristic feature of experimental research? Alt1 manipulation of the independent variable Alt2 extraneous variables are never present Alt3 a positive correlation among variables Alt4 a negative correlation among variables 46 Family-oriented alcohol prevention programs have been developed because ________. Alt1 Most underage alcohol use occurs at home. Alt2 Teen views of alcohol typically reflect those of their parents. Alt3 Teen drinking frequently starts when problems in the home have become unmanageable. Alt4 Parents need to help their children resist peer pressure. 47 "Psychopathology is the product of social pathology" This view is given by _______________ approach. Alt1 Socio pathology Alt2 Social psychology Alt3 Socio economic Alt4 Socio cultural
  • 103. 48 Which country had the highest conformity percentage when Asch's conformity experiment was conducted overseas? Alt1 Hong Kong Alt2 Brazil Alt3 Lebanon Alt4 Zimbabwe 49 "Any activity can be a reinforcer if a contingency schedule constrains an animal's access to that activity." This is known as:- Alt1 Premack principle Alt2 Concurrent reinforcement schedule Alt3 Instinctual drift Alt4 Disequilibrium hypothesis 50 In the course of learning their first language, young children may say "goed" (for "went") and "Mans" (for "men"). These kinds of errors suggest that young children tend to:- Alt1 Pay little attention to what they hear Alt2 Produce words that they do not comprehend Alt3 Overgeneralize the regularities that they hear in language Alt4 Use correct grammatical forms only after they have developed a large vocabulary 51 Which of the following is NOT a way to increase the accuracy of a patient's response during the medical interview? Alt1 communicate with the patient in a judgmental or punitive way Alt2 decrease patient's anxiety Alt3 let the patient know what kind of information is desired Alt4 eliminate the possibility that the patient will be embarrassed 52 ______________ is the father of stress research. Alt1 Gary Schwartz Alt2 Jay Weiss Alt3 Freud Alt4 Hans Selye 53 Consider the following three types of psychological researches: 1.Field experiment 2. Laboratory experiment 3. Ex post facto study Arrange these typical investigations in descending order in terms of the researcher's ability to control secondary variance. Alt1 3, 1, 2 Alt2 1, 2, 3 Alt3 2, 1, 3 Alt4 3, 2, 1 54 Which one of these is related to relative measure of variation?
  • 104. Alt1 Variance Alt2 Range Alt3 Coefficient of variation Alt4 Mean deviation 55 To estimate the degree of the relationship between birth order and achievement motivation, a researcher would do a(n) __________ study. Alt1 Experimental Alt2 Introspective Alt3 Correlational Alt4 Naturalistic 56 What do you mean by information processing? Alt1 A presumed mode of attention that concerns the non-temporal information processing demands of a task and its activation shortens temporal awareness Alt2 The number of cycles completed within one second Alt3 The study of the relation between physical stimulation and subjective experience Alt4 The magnitude model 57 What is the idea behind Maslow's famous pyramid? Alt1 it showed the three factors underlying self-actualization, one on each corner Alt2 the road to enlightenment consists of many small steps Alt3 as one takes care of basic needs, the "higher needs" become more relevant Alt4 it was a sort of temple or meeting place for his students 58 Group therapy can be advantageous when an individual:- Alt1 May acquire therapeutic benefit from observing and watching others. Alt2 May need comfort and support from others. Alt3 May need to work out their problems in the presence of others (e.g. in the case of emotional problems relating to relationships, feelings of isolation, loneliness and rejection). Alt4 all of these. 59 After termination of the therapy, a patient calls the therapist for small issues in life frequently. This is known as ____________. Alt1 Transference Alt2 Counter transference Alt3 Dependency Alt4 Independence 60 Which one of these represents symmetrical distribution? Alt1 Mean = Median = Mode Alt2 Mean < Median < Mode Alt3 mean < Median > Mode Alt4 Mean > Median > Mode 61 Which of the following would NOT be an example of tangible social support? Alt1 a ride to the grocery store
  • 105. Alt2 a referral to a doctor Alt3 a ride to the doctor's office Alt4 a loan of money 62 Among the following, which can be described as data that were originally collected at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose? Alt1 Primary data Alt2 Experimental data Alt3 Secondary data Alt4 Field notes 63 In Roger's theory, psychologically healthy persons who live life to the fullest are known as ____________. Alt1 Fully functioning person Alt2 Successful person Alt3 satisfied Alt4 Complete personality 64 If a test consists of very easy items, then the scores from a sample will have _________ distribution. Alt1 Leptokurtic Alt2 Negatively skewed Alt3 Positively skewed Alt4 Platykurtic 65 In DSM IV to qualify Dysthymia diagnosis, a person should have depressed mood for ____________ period. Alt1 Two weeks Alt2 Two months Alt3 Two years Alt4 Six months 66 Who is a visionary leader? Alt1 One who has medium-term perspective Alt2 One who has short term perspective Alt3 One who take initiative for need satisfaction Alt4 One who has long term perspective 67 Research done to examine the findings of someone else using the "same variables but different people" is known as ___________. Alt1 Replication Alt2 Empiricism Alt3 Exploration Alt4 Hypothesis 68 It is generally considered that Cognitive behavioural therapy changes:- Alt1 Thoughts and behaviour
  • 106. Alt2 Thought processes. Alt3 Behaviour. Alt4 Mood states 69 Phase II of GAS model represents ______________________. Alt1 Alarm reaction Alt2 Exhaustion Alt3 Burn out Alt4 Resistance 70 Partial correlation analysis involves:- Alt1 Examining the relationship between two variables controlling for additional variables statistically Alt2 Matching participants on potential confounding variables Alt3 Including pre and post group in a correlational analysis Alt4 Limiting the sample to individuals at a constant level of an extraneous variable 71 The effect of stress and emotion on memory seems to depend on the attentional mode of control that is present when an emotional event, such as a crime, occurs. In the _______ mode, novel, surprising and interesting events will be remembered best. Alt1 Arousal Alt2 Activation Alt3 Misinformation Alt4 Encoding 72 An observation that the higher the air temperature, the lower the activity of test animals would be an example of a:- Alt1 Positive correlation Alt2 Negative correlation Alt3 Zero correlation Alt4 Causal relationship 73 What is meant by the term "metacommunication?" Alt1 one-sided communication Alt2 communication about communication Alt3 long-winded communication Alt4 verbal communication 74 The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance is called:- Alt1 Memory Alt2 Intelligence Quotient Alt3 Mental age Alt4 Maturation 75 ADHD in children is most often treated with the drug:- Alt1 Valium Alt2 Ritalin Alt3 Thorazine
  • 107. Alt4 Haldol 76 ________ is the standard deviation of a sampling distribution. Alt1 Replication error Alt2 Sample standard deviation Alt3 Standard error Alt4 Meta error 77 Which of the following might be considered as the central tenets of Client-CentredTherapy:- Alt1 Empathy. Alt2 Congruence. Alt3 Unconditional positive regard. Alt4 all of these. 78 What is the role of receptors in the eye? Alt1 They accept messages from the brain via the retinal ganglion cells. Alt2 To send messages to the brain via the optic nerve. Alt3 To synapse on bipolar cells, whose axons leave the retina via the optic nerve. Alt4 To convert light energy into neural responses. 79 Suppose you were hired for conducting a research on homosexuality. For this research which type of sampling will be more effective? Alt1 Random sampling Alt2 Snowball sampling Alt3 Area sampling Alt4 Stratified sampling 80 Among the following which approach doesn't have a theory of motivation? Alt1 CBT Alt2 Client centered Alt3 Humanistic Alt4 Psychoanalysis 81 Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five model indicates a person's ability to withstand stress? Alt1 emotional stability Alt2 openness to experience Alt3 extraversion Alt4 agreeableness 82 Thinking in either-or conditions is known as ____________. Alt1 Inferential thinking Alt2 Generalization Alt3 Dichotomous thinking Alt4 Cognitive lapse 83 The person who leads a focus group discussion is called a __________.
  • 108. Alt1 Trainer Alt2 Facilitator Alt3 Moderator Alt4 Anchor 84 In a situation where leader-member relation is good, task structure is high and position power is strong, which type of leaders will have better performance? Alt1 Laissez-fair type Alt2 Task oriented Alt3 Relationship oriented Alt4 Nurturant 85 Employee's feeling of obligation to stay with the organization is known as __________. Alt1 Affective commitment Alt2 Work commitment Alt3 Continuance commitment Alt4 Normative commitment 86 The concept of psychological capital was advocated by _____. Alt1 Caplan Alt2 Baron Alt3 Luthans Alt4 Seligman 87 The belief that heterosexuality is better or more natural than homosexuality is called:- Alt1 Homogenism Alt2 Sexual orientation Alt3 Heterosexism Alt4 Homophobia 88 Aphasia's pertains to:- Alt1 Personality defects Alt2 Emotional disorders Alt3 Language disorder Alt4 Behavioural defects 89 CBT is known as ______________ approach to therapy. Alt1 Scientific Alt2 Methodical Alt3 Process Alt4 Content 90 Training methods can be divided into _____ and _____ approaches. Alt1 KSA; lecture Alt2 Strategic; skill Alt3 Procedural; strategic Alt4 Cognitive; behavioral
  • 109. 91 __________ is known as meaning making cognitive structures. Alt1 Representation of fact Alt2 Mode Alt3 Self schema Alt4 Schema 92 The range of correlation coefficient varies in between ____________. Alt1 0 and 1.00 Alt2 - ∞ and + ∞ Alt3 0 and ∞ Alt4 -1.00 and +1.00 93 Which of the following is the method of trade union:- Alt1 Collective bargaining Alt2 Political action Alt3 Mutual insurance Alt4 All of these 94 Which area Industrial Relations does not cover? Alt1 Economic development Alt2 Collective bargaining Alt3 Machinery for resolution of industrial dispute Alt4 Role of management, union and government 95 Which of the following measures reliability by administering two different yet comparable tests and then comparing the two test scores? Alt1 retest estimate Alt2 equivalent form estimate Alt3 criterion validity measurement Alt4 internal comparison estimate 96 What is the correct sequence of stages in group formation in Tuckman's five stage model? Alt1 Performing, storming, forming, norming, adjourning Alt2 Norming, forming, storming, adjourning, performing Alt3 Storming, forming, adjourning, norming, performing Alt4 Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning 97 While preparing a graph the proportion of X axis to Y axis should be _________. Alt1 4:3 Alt2 3:4 Alt3 3:2 Alt4 2:3 98 If two groups are administered the same test with a time gap of two to three weeks, we would be able to compute:- Alt1 Test-retest reliability
  • 110. Alt2 Parallel form reliability Alt3 Interscorer reliability Alt4 odd-even reliability 99 Speed and power tests cannot be differentiated on the basis of:- 1. Time limit 2. Verbal content 3. Non-verbal content 4. Difficulty level Alt1 1 and 4 Alt2 2 and 4 Alt3 2 and 3 Alt4 1, 2, and 4 100 Annual or semi-annual ratings of each employee's performance, coupled with feedback about the ratings they receive are referred to as:- Alt1 Graphic rating scales Alt2 Rating inventories Alt3 Performance appraisals Alt4 Behaviourally anchored rating scales
  • 111. Examination:Ph.D. AppliedPsychology Section 1 - Section 1 Question No.1 4.00 Bookmark Perceving a rope as a snake is Perception Sensation Hallusination Illusion Question No.2 4.00 Bookmark _________ represents a general principle that guides problem solving, though it does not guarantee a correct solution. Insight Trial and error Algorithm Heuristics Question No.3 4.00 Bookmark If Road is coded as WTFI, what is the code for BEAT GJFY ABCD DEFG HIGZ Question No.4 4.00 Bookmark In a study of gender effects on career choice among emerging adults in a government college , the independent variable is ___ Age Type of college Gender Career choice Question No.5 4.00 Bookmark When the bus was at full speed, its brakes failed and an accident was _______ inevitable infallible undeniable essential Question No.6 4.00 Bookmark The title of a formal, written research report should be about ______ words in length. 5-15 10-20 5-10 10-12
  • 112. Question No.7 4.00 Bookmark Sampling method that focuses on important subpopulations and allows use of random sampling techniques for different subpopulations is _________ Stratified sampling Cluster sampling Quota sampling Accidental sampling Question No.8 4.00 Bookmark People in the age group of 40 to 50 years are more likely to purchase ice cream and are more likely to purchase it in large amounts than are members of any other age group. The general perception that teenagers eat more ice cream than adults must, therefore, be incorrect. The argument is flawed primarily because the author depends on popular belief rather than on documented research findings does not specify the precise amount of ice cream purchased by any demographic group fails to distinguish between purchasing and consuming discusses ice cream rather than more nutritious and healthful foods Question No.9 4.00 Bookmark Testing hypothesis is _______ Data analysis Data preparation Inferential statistics Descriptive & statistics Question No.10 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following statements about the qualitative-quantitative debate is incorrect? Positivism stresses the importance of observable and observed facts in the accumulation of knowledge. Positivism applies to quantitative methods. Qualitative researchers often fail to recognize positivism as the epistemological basis of their work. It became equated with relatively crude and quantified methods. Question No.11 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is not an axis Idisorder? Schizotypal Personality disorder Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder Anxiety disorder
  • 113. Question No.12 4.00 Bookmark According to Csikszentmihalyi, ______ is the outcome of High challenge level when there is low skill level? Boredom Apathy Anxiety Arousal Question No.13 4.00 Bookmark Vicarious trauma is, Reliving trauma Witnessing a trauma Social learning of trauma situation Emotional residue of trauma exposure Question No.14 4.00 Bookmark A method by which an individual’s expectations about others or themselves eventually cause actions in ways that confirm those expectations Counterfactual thinking Belief perseverance Self-fulfilling prophecy Correspondence bias Question No.15 4.00 Bookmark Use of seatbelts and bike helmets is considered as _____ Secondary prevention Zero-order prevention Primary prevention Tertiary prevention. Question No.16 4.00 Bookmark Which part of the brain controls eating, drinking, body temperature and provides a link between the brain and the endocrine system? Hippocampus Amygdala Temporal lobes Hypothalamus Question No.17 4.00 Bookmark We’re late again for the test, _______? aren’t we? are we? isn’t it? is it?
  • 114. Question No.18 4.00 Bookmark A man makes 150 pots per minute. If 30 pots are packed in a case how many cases will be made ready by the Man in one hour? 200 1000 300 250 Question No.19 4.00 Bookmark Which one of the following does not come under prevention act of human trafficking in India Awareness generation and legal literacy on economic rights Addressing culturally sanctioned practices like the system of devadasis, jogins, bhavins etc. Anti-poverty schemes such as Swadhar, Swayamsidha, Swa-Shakti, Swawlamban, Balika Samridhi Yojana etc. to vulnerable sections. HIV/AIDS awareness program Question No.20 4.00 Bookmark Who argued that “Inner most core of human personality is forward moving, socialized, rational and realistic”? Rogers Jung Freud Adler Question No.21 4.00 Bookmark Freud’s pleasure principle and Maslow’s hierarchical needs model represent _______ approach to happiness. Need and goal satisfaction theories Instinct theories Process theories Genetic theories. Question No.22 4.00 Bookmark Integral yoga describes yoga as Union of universe Group of physical practices or disciplines Methodized effort towards self-perfection Patanjali sutras Question No.23 4.00 Bookmark Viktor Frankl is the founder of _________ Logo-therapy Gestalt therapy Behaviour Therapy Person-centered therapy
  • 115. Question No.24 4.00 Bookmark Study the following information carefully and answer the question below it The Director of an MBA college has decided that six guest lectures on the topics of Motivation, Decision Making, Quality Circle, Assessment Centre, Leadership and Group Discussion are to be organised on each day from Monday to Sunday. (i) One day there will be no lecture (Saturday is not that day), just before that day Group Discussion will be organised. (ii) Motivation should be organised immediately after Assessment Centre. (iii) Quality Circle should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed by Group Discussion (iv) Decision Making should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between Leadership and Group Discussion On which day the lecture on Leadership will be organised? Monday Saturday Thursday Tuesday Question No.25 4.00 Bookmark ______ is a “sequence of remedial actions that individuals undertake to rectify perceived ill-health Health hazardous behavior Health Awareness Health Behavior Health seeking behavior Question No.26 4.00 Bookmark Find the odd one out? Thrive Renovate Flourish Blossom Question No.27 4.00 Bookmark The term statistical significance refers to inference from representative of a normal population analysis with positive results inference that the results are unlikely to be due to chance significance of the test used Question No.28 4.00 Bookmark As a response, forgiveness may be understood as Pardoning and forgetting Condoning and denial Reconciliation Prosocial change
  • 116. Question No.29 4.00 Bookmark KAIZEN is a Japanese term which can be interpreted as ______________ TQC TQM Quality circles Continuous improvement Question No.30 4.00 Bookmark Sex ratio of India according to 2011 census is 940F - 1000 M 930 F - 1000 M 960 F - 1000 M 950F - 1000 M Question No.31 4.00 Bookmark Variability refers to Exact mid point of the distribution Spread of a scores around their central tendency Convergence of scores towards a line Geometrical distribution of the scores around he central point Question No.32 4.00 Bookmark Ten most common positive emotion as joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, awe and love was identified by James Lange Schachter- Singer Frederikson Cannon Bard Question No.33 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is against the research ethics Debriefing Confidentiality Deception Informed consent Question No.34 4.00 Bookmark Individual’s behavior both influences and influenced by personal factors and the social environmental is called______ Self-actualization Reciprocal determinism Observational learning Reinforcement
  • 117. Question No.35 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following leadership style creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders? Charismatic leadership Transformational leadership Bureaucratic leadership Autocratic leadership Question No.36 4.00 Bookmark According Adler, ____ is a central personality dynamic reflecting the growth and forward movement of life? Inferiority complex Collective unconscious Fictional finalism Defense mechanism Question No.37 4.00 Bookmark Health psychology focuses on how Psychological foactors influence on health and illness Social factors influences on health and illness Biological factors influences on health and illness Bilogical, Social and Psycholgocial factors influence on health and illness Question No.38 4.00 Bookmark Teaching the skills, knowledge and competencies that are needed for employees to perform a specific job within the workplace and work environment is called Lecture method T-group Off-the job training On-the Job training Question No.39 4.00 Bookmark Suppose you are tossing a fair coin and it comes up heads on the first five tosses. The probability of it coming up heads again on the sixth toss is 1:6 1:36 1:2 1:180
  • 118. Question No.40 4.00 Bookmark A systematic forecasting method that involves structured interaction among a group of experts on a subject without disclosing the identity is called________. Focus group method Interacting group method Nominal group method Delphi technique Question No.41 4.00 Bookmark Which of these measures can be used to present dispersion of data? Mean, median and Mode SD, IQR and Range Median, Alpha and SD Range, Median and Deviation Question No.42 4.00 Bookmark Select the Pair that best respresents the relationship that is given in the question: Slapstick:Laughter Clown: Comical Horror:Fear Satire: Sarcasm Mimicry:Laughter Question No.43 4.00 Bookmark Rahul was working in the farm and saw a snake. This lead to widening of pupils, increase in heartbeat and sweating. This indicates the activation of ______ Sympathetic nervous system Autonomic nervous system Parasympathetic nervous system Central nervous system Question No.44 4.00 Bookmark Study the following information carefully and answer the question below it: P, Q, R, S T went on a picnic. P is son of Q but Q is not the father of P. R is the son of S, who is the brother of P. T is the wife of S. How is P related to S? Brother Father Nephew None of these Question No.45 4.00 Bookmark This pup is very naughty. It is always _____some mischief or the other. out for up at in for up to
  • 119. Question No.46 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following school of thought rejects the existence of permanent, unchanging soul? Sankhya Buddhist Vedanta Yoga Question No.47 4.00 Bookmark Which one is not a projective test Thematic aperception test Draw a person Sentence completion test letter concellation test Question No.48 4.00 Bookmark Blood test failing to detect the disease it was designed to detect, is an example of what? Type Ierror Null hypothesis testing Type IIerror Chance factor Question No.49 4.00 Bookmark A Systematic way of determining the value/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organization is called_____________ Job specification Job enlargement Job rotation Job evaluation Question No.50 4.00 Bookmark Reflex are controlled by ANS Brain CNS Spinal cord Question No.51 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is not a Psychosomatic disease Peptic ulcer Bronchial asthama Rheumatoid arthritis Venseral disease
  • 120. Question No.52 4.00 Bookmark Conduct disroder usually diagnosed in Adolescence and middle age Adolescence only Childhood and adolescence Adolescence and old age Question No.53 4.00 Bookmark Psychoanalytic theory and personality was propounded by Jung Freud Eysinck Adler Question No.54 4.00 Bookmark Plagiarism is Use of a writer's ideas without giving due credit Originality Referring and quoting too many authors Data manipulation Question No.55 4.00 Bookmark Memories that are outside of conscious awareness are called Retroactive memories Explicit memories. Implicit memories Proactive memories Question No.56 4.00 Bookmark ____________ is the process of estimating the future human resource requirement of right quality and right number Human resource accounting Human Resource Planning Job description Job analysis Question No.57 4.00 Bookmark The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. Life style Self-concept Quality of life Health promoting behaviour
  • 121. Question No.58 4.00 Bookmark Health seeking behaviour defiend as sequence of remredial actions that individual under takes to Perceived psycholgocial health Perceived psycho- social health Perceived ill health Perceived social health Question No.59 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following act is not considered as corporal punishment? banging head against the wall Scapegoat Remedial class Humiliation Question No.60 4.00 Bookmark Find the odd one out? Birds : Horticulture Fish : Pisiculture Silkworm: Serculture Bees : Apiculture Question No.61 4.00 Bookmark Exhausted: Tired Arrogant: Docile Progressive: Regressive Considerate: Rude Depressed : Sad Question No.62 4.00 Bookmark Contemporary brain theory is _____. Materialistic Mentalistic Sequential Programming Non-materialistic Question No.63 4.00 Bookmark Multimodal therapy is proposed by________ Aaron Beck Fritz Perls Irvin Yalom Arnold Lazarus
  • 122. Question No.64 4.00 Bookmark Trait theory of personality was propounded by Cattell Allport Freud Eysinck Question No.65 4.00 Bookmark Leadership traits can be assessed best by Interview Conference method Role playing techniques Projective techniques Question No.66 4.00 Bookmark Choose the best antonym of the italicized word. There has always been a feeling of rancour between the two families. friendliness suspicion competition rivalry Question No.67 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is the main, comprehensive criminal code of India? Juvenile Justice Act Criminal law code Indian Penal code Indian Evidence Act and the Code Question No.68 4.00 Bookmark We must always try to adapt ourselves _________ our circumstances. with in to by Question No.69 4.00 Bookmark When neither experimenter nor subject knows who is assigned to the experimental and control groups, it is called ______ Placebo effect Double-blind technique Type Ierror Single-Blind technique
  • 123. Question No.70 4.00 Bookmark People will ___________ when they perceive it as a threat. Understand change Make change Resist change Accept Change Question No.71 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is most common psychiatric diagnosis in HIV- infected (AIDS) individuals Dementia Adjustment reaction Delirium Paranoid psychosis Question No.72 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following act replaced the Indian lunacy act? PWD 1995 Mental health act 1987 Well being act 1990 Mental Health act 1993 Question No.73 4.00 Bookmark Idon’t care if she comes to my house or not. The underlined word is a gerund pronoun conjunction verb Question No.74 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is not a specific objective of Integrated Child Protection scheme to enhance capacities at all systems and persons involved service to report child marriages and arrange family planning programs to raise public awareness about child rights and child protection services to institutionalize essential services and strength structures Question No.75 4.00 Bookmark When an individual displays a deficit in the comprehension of speech involving difficulties in recognizing spoken words and converting thoughts into words is known as Thought disorder Prosopagnosia Broca’s aphasia Wernicke’s aphasia
  • 124. Question No.76 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following part of the brain functions as a switching station between STM and LTM Engram switching center Cerebral cortex. RS Hippocampus Question No.77 4.00 Bookmark A cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used. Structural fixedness Limitational fixedness Functional fixedness Traditional fixedness Question No.78 4.00 Bookmark Statement: The Company has recently announced a series of incentives to the employees who are punctual and sincere. Assumptions: I.Those who are punctual will get motivated. II. The Productivity of the company may increase. If only assumption IIis implicit If neither Inor IIis implicit If both Iand IIare implicit If only assumption Iis implicit Question No.79 4.00 Bookmark What is the antithesis of Positive Psychology? Abandoning the language of the illness ideology Emphasizing human strengths DSM’s categorizing and pathologizing of human experience Reconstruction of our views of psychological health Question No.80 4.00 Bookmark Replication of an experiment means, Reanalyzing the study using renewed design Repeating the original experiment Reporting similar findings. Reanalyzing the data using qualitative methods Question No.81 4.00 Bookmark Social Impact Evaluation (SIE) is carried out ____ To evaluate the efficacy of R&R Plan implementation To extend interactions with the project affected persons To create a baseline data of prospective Project Affected Persons To assess the impact of the project on the society
  • 125. Question No.82 4.00 Bookmark The personality aspect that is greatly disturbed in schizophrenia is the Id Ego Super ego Libido Question No.83 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following theory was developed by Michael White? Art therapy Narrative therapy Multimodal therapy Solution-focused therapy Question No.84 4.00 Bookmark Social sterotypes typically involve categories defined by an Personal dimention Electic dimention Catanotic dimention Ethnic dimension Question No.85 4.00 Bookmark What statistical test would be used with interval or ratio data with multiple dependent variables? ANCOVA Repeated measures of ANOVA MANOVA Mixed ANOVA Question No.86 4.00 Bookmark The study and application of positivily oriented human resource strenghts and psychological capacities that can be increased, developed and effectively managed for performance improvement in todays work place called as Positive Culture Positive organizationall behaviour Positive behaviour Positive organizational development
  • 126. Question No.87 4.00 Bookmark In the following question, the first two words (given in italics) have a definite relationship. Choose one word out of the given four alternatives which will fill the blank space and showthe same relationship with the third word as between the first two. Hear is to Deafas as Speak is to ………?…………. Silent Talkative Listen Dumb Question No.88 4.00 Bookmark New National Education Policy was introduced in the year 1986 1976 2006 1996 Question No.89 4.00 Bookmark Rehabilitation Psychologists provide services with the goal of _____ Increasing function and reducing disability Increase activity limitations To re-teach habits To restrict societal participation Question No.90 4.00 Bookmark Analysis of variances method is used when Comapre two means When means are independent When means are dependent More than two means are compared Question No.91 4.00 Bookmark In testing Null hypothesis, if the findings are significant then null hypothesis is Rejected Reviewed Accepted Cancelled Question No.92 4.00 Bookmark Correct the error in the italicized part of the sentence by choosing the most appropriate option. Leaving aside little room for misinterpretation, the senior politician offered clarifications about his role in the party elections. Leaving for little room to Having left less room for Leaving less room for Leaving little room for
  • 127. Question No.93 4.00 Bookmark Which of the following is not a symptom of anxiety disorders Sleep problem Panic Sadness Heart palpitation Question No.94 4.00 Bookmark Who proposed Expectancy theory of motivation? Vroom Herzberg Maslow Alderfer Question No.95 4.00 Bookmark Choose the synonym of the italicized word. Many cities were incinerated during the war. attacked burnt bombed destroyed Question No.96 4.00 Bookmark DSM V refers to Diagnostic and statisitcal methods of mental disorders Diagnostic and methods of mental disorders Diagnostic and systems of mental disorders Diagnostic and Statistcial Manual of mental disorders Question No.97 4.00 Bookmark Statement: Warning: Cigarette smoking is injurious to Health Assumptions: I. Non-Smoking Promotes Health II. This warning is not necessary If only assumption IIis implicit If only assumption Iis implicit If both Iand IIare implicit If neither Inor IIis implicit Question No.98 4.00 Bookmark A cognitive restructuring method in which client and therapist become investigators by examining the evidence to support or reject the patient’s cognitions Guided discovery Downward arrow technique Socratic questioning Collaborative empiricism
  • 128. Question No.99 4.00 Bookmark ________ deals with attitudes and behavioral patterns of a group i.e., how groups are formed, what is their structure and which processes are followed in their functioning etc. Group polarization Group Influence Group Dynamics Group cohesiveness Question No.100 4.00 Bookmark Which one is not a probability sampling method Random sampling Cluster sampling Purposive sampling Stratified sampling