List of top Psychology Questions asked in CUET (PG)

Conscious forcing of desires or thoughts out of consciousness is called:

We perceive a person’s face as a whole, and not as a collection of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. A face therefore is an example of:

The assumptions of Parametric Statistics are:
(A) Population should be normally distributed
(B) Variables should be measured in Interval and/or Ratio Scale
(C) There should be many outliers
(D) Data should be based on Probability Sampling
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A sudden and extreme disturbance of memory in which individuals wander off, adopt a new identity, and are unable to recall their own past is known as:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Erikson’s Developmental Task)		LIST II (Developmental Stage)
A	Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt	I	Late Adulthood
B	Initiative vs. Guilt	II	Toddler
C	Generativity vs. Stagnation	III	Early Childhood
D	Ego Integrity vs. Despair	IV	Middle Adulthood

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Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Theory)		LIST II (Proposed By)
A	‘g’ Factor Theory	I	Guilford
B	Hierarchical Theory	II	Spearman
C	Multifactor Theory	III	Vernon
D	Cubical Model	IV	Thurstone

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Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Scale of Measurement)		LIST II(Examples)
A	Nominal	I	Division of people on the basis of their Socio Economic Status
B	Ordinal	II	Diagnostic groups of Mental Disorders
C	Interval	III	Measurement of weight
D	Ratio	IV	Measurement of temperature on a centigrade scale

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Which kind of intelligence represents the accumulation of abilities gained through formal and informal instruction?

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LIST I(Defense Mechanism)		LIST II(Basic Nature)
A	Repression	I	Retreating to an earlier period of life
B	Regression	II	Forgetting unacceptable thoughts or impulses
C	Projection	III	Redirecting an emotional response from a dangerous object to a safer one
D	Displacement	IV	Transferring unacceptable motives or impulses to others

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The characteristics of a fully functioning person are:
(A) Aware of all experiences
(B) Able to face difficulties
(C) Inhibited and not free to make choices
(D) Adapt to the changing environmental conditions
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Monica’s therapist asks her to invent a story for each of several pictures hanging on the office wall. The pictures are snapshots of people and have no obvious meaning. This therapist’s technique is most similar to that used in:

What is a common symptom of neurosis?

Arrange the correct sequence in Simple Random Sampling:
(A) Select n cases randomly (using fishbowl method or random number table)
(B) Determine the size of the present population
(C) Decide on the sample size (n)
(D) Identify sampling units in the population
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The descriptive statistics based on test scores of representative groups of individuals is called:

Which of the following is least likely to be included in a Binet intelligence test?

The Cognitive Behavior Therapy proposed by Beck, proposes the following trajectory of illness:
(A) Illogical ideas e.g., tendency to overgeneralize setbacks
(B) Depression
(C) Negative behavior in terms of ideas and thoughts
(D) Negative affect
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Unlike the Stanford-Binet, the Wechsler test provides:

Central Traits, Cardinal Traits, and Secondary Traits were prominent in the trait theory of:

What do intelligence tests successfully predict?

A parent who fails to set firm limits on age-appropriate behavior required for a young child would be using which parenting style?

Harry Harlow’s study on baby monkeys indicates that attachment formation is related to:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Theory of Emotion)		LIST II(Basic Assumptions)
A	Cannon-Bard Theory	I	Emotional reactions to a stimulus are fol lowed automatically by an opposite reaction
B	James-Lange Theory	II	Emotional states are determined by the cognitive labels attached to feelings of arousal
C	Schachter-Singer Theory	III	Subjective emotional experience results from physiological changes within our body
D	Opponent Process Theory	IV	Emotion-provoking events induce simultaneous subjective experiences (labeled as emotions) and the physiological experi ences that accompany them

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Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Theory)		LIST II(Scholar)
A	Psychosexual Perspectives	I	Erikson
B	Psychosocial Theory	II	Festinger
C	Moral Development Theory	III	Freud
D	Cognitive Dissonance Theory	IV	Kohlberg

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A child whose actions are motivated by an avoidance of punishment shows which level of moral development?

Which of the following best describes Erikson’s developmental theory?