List of top Psychology Questions asked in CUET (UG)

Read and arrange the given points as per American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD'S) views on intellectual disability.
(A) Deficits in a person's capacity to be independent and deal effectively with the environment.
(B) The deficits must be observed during developmental period (0-18) yrs.
(C) The definition points to three basic features.
(D) A person must show significantly sub-averages intellectual functioning
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According to Allport, a single trait that dominates an individual's entire personality is known as _____.
According to the Triguna theory of personality (Charak Samhita), the ___ guna Characterizes laziness, anger, arrogance, depression and helplessness :
Arrange the following stages of psychosexual stages of development by Freud in the increasing order with regard to age of the child.
(A) Anal stage
(B) Oral stage
(C) Phallic stage
(D) Genital stage
(E) Latency
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Who defined intelligence as “the global and aggregate capacity of an individual to think rationally, act purposefully, and to deal effectively with his/ her environment”?
In a person has the skill of understanding the motives, feelings and behaviour of other people, he/she is said to have:
Match List - I with List - II.
List - IList - II
(A)Charles Spearman(I)Hierarchical model of intelligence
(B)Alfred Binet(II)Theory of multiple Intelligence
(C)Arthur Jensen(III)Two factor theory
(D)Howard Gardner(IV)Uni factor Theory
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Arthur Jensen proposed a hierarchical model of intelligence consisting of abilities operating at two levels. These levels are :
Who amongst the following attempted to standardized Binet's test in Urdu and Panjabi ?
Characteristics of gifted children are:
(A) Independent and non-conformist
(B) Remarkable ability in a specific filed
(C) High speed in processing information
(D) Typically slower than their peers
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Preeti is a hardworking and sincere social worker, who is famous amongst the community she works with as 'Sakhi Saheli because of her empathetic and warm personality. Her friends often call this phenomena Preetism, a label that denotes her loving generous and friendly nature. She is always seen in ethnic clothes and a khadi shoulder bag. For her self-less service towards the less privileged. Preeti was recognised by several organisations and the government.
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Kavita is a happy-go-lucky girl, who loves her father, Mr. Pandey. Her dad loves his daughter and wants to give her all the happiness and opportunities to progress in life. Kavita wants to pursue a professional degree in a reputed college of another city but Mr. Pandey is not ready to let her go as he thinks that those who go there get spoilt and indulge in delinquent behaviour
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Brijesh is 25 years old autorickshaw driver. He has continuous feelings of insecurity and believes that the police in the area is tracking and following him. The patrolling of the police makes him feel that they are monitoring his behaviour minutely. The intense anxiety about this is interfering with his work and relationship and his family and friends are all worried for him. Brijesh laughs abruptly and inappropriately and sometimes stops speaking mid sentence and stares into nothingness as he appears to see or hear something that is not present.

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BEHAVIOURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF ILLNESS: THE EFFECTS OF THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS ON HEALTH

  • Cancer is actually a group of diseases characterized by a loss of some cells' ability to function normally. These cells typically multiply rapidly, generating tumours.
  • Individual differences in people's reaction to nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco, help determine who will become a smoker.
  • Both smoking and passive smoking are implicated in many cancers, in cardiovascular disease, and in sickness among childien. Poor diet can raise our risks of cancer of the colon and rectum, breast cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Heavy drinking can cause disease of the stomach, liver and intestines. It can also impair mental and sexual functioning, and it can result in fetal alcohol syndrome.
  • Inadequate emotional expression can adversely affect the progression of cancer. Emotions also affect high blood pressure.
    Persons who tend to be competitive, aggressive, hostile, and impatient are displaying a pattern of behaviours termed Type A. Cynical hostility puts Type A persons most at risk for heart attacks.
  • Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a reduction in the immune system's ability to defend itself against foreign matter. AIDS is transmitted primarily through unprotected sex and infected blood.
What is the correct sequence of the stages of group formation?
A. Storming
B. Norming
C. Adjourning
D. Forming
E. Performing
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The state in which a person feels that she he has lost something valuable, and is not getting something that she/he deserves is known as____
Match List I with List II:
LIST-I List-II 
A.Where did you last work?I.Bipolar question
B.Would you like to work for the
company?		II.Direct question
C.How happy were you with your last
job?		III.Open-ended question
D.Do you think communication is an important skillIV.Close ended question

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These days many people have adopted fad diets as they find them to be favored by many people. This may be because of a psychological phenomenon in which people do something because everybody else is also doing it regardless of their own beliefs. This is the phenomenon of
Identify all the factors that reduce social loafing.
A. Making the efforts of each person identifiable
B. There is an improper coordination among members
C. Increasing the pressure to work hard
D. Decreasing the motivation of group members as their contribution will not be evaluated
E. Making people feel that their individual contribution is important
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When a group is cohesive it means that____
Cara's mother allows her to watch her favourite programme on television every time she completes her homework on her own. This is an example of
In____the client is taught to contract individual muscle groups in order to give the awareness of tenseness or muscular tension.
In which therapy would the therapist ask a client a question like why should everyone love you'?
In the light of Lapiere's study on prejudice against Chinese amongst Americans, arrange the following events in sequence to understand why attitude may not always predict behavior.
A. The hotelier were asked if they would give accommodation to Chinese guests
B. A Chinese couple was asked to travel across United States and stay in different hotels
C. La Pierre sent out questionaires to managers of hotels in areas where the Chinese couple had travelled
D. Only once were the Chinese couple refused service by a hotel
E. A very large percentage said that they would not do so which was inconsistent with the positive behavior actually shown to the couple.
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Arrange the modality of treatment in psycho dynamic therapy as it progresses in a therapy session:
A. Resistance
B. Working through and Insight
C. Transference(positive/negative)
D. Confrontation and Clarification
E. Interpretation
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