List of top Psychology Questions asked in CUET (UG)

Meeku was pulled up by his teachers for missing classes to play cricket during school hours. To modify his behaviour, Meeku's class-teacher applauded him every time his homework was submitted or when he answered in class. Gradually, Meeku started enjoying his teacher's class and stopped missing it. Which behavioural technique did the class teacher use?

Attitude change according to Festinger happens in the following way:
A. It emphasizes on the cognitive component.
B. Holding two opposing ideas/cognitions makes an individual feel that something is out of tune.
C. The cognitive components of an attitude must be in consonance with each other.
D. One of the ideas will have to be changed so that consonance can be attained.

The process of emotional unburdening by the client, which has healing properties is called ........

According to the psychodynamic therapy, the cause of psychological disorders can be:

Choose the correct option for identifying the features of a psychological disorder:

According to the Holmes and Rahe's stressful life events measure, arrange the following life events according to decreasing stress score:
A. Death of a close family member.
B. Unexpected accident or trauma.
C. Appearing for examination.
D. Change in eating habits.

An individual reporting loss of part or some bodily functions is a symptom of:

Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the dendrite of a receiver neuron are called ........

Schizophrenia is the descriptive term for a group of:

Choose out of the following statements what is true about Somatic symptom disorder:
A. A person has persistent body-related symptom
B. Continually worries about the symptoms
C. Frequent visits to doctor
D. Experience paralysis, blindness etc.
E. Preoccupation with the thought of developing various illnesses.

Shweta got to know that she has a class presentation next week which will be evaluated. So she worked hard all week because she wanted to perform well. On the other hand, Veena got to know about the presentation last night. She ended up not sleeping the whole night and panicked due to which she could not prepare the presentation. The type of stress experienced by Shweta is ...... and ....... by Veena.

After the Covid-19 pandemic, Vikas would feel stressed every time he saw any person sneezing or coughing. According to cognitive theory of stress appraisal, Vikas appraised the situation as:

One of the important sources of psychological stress results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. This is called ..........

Indian adaptation of TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) has been done by:

As individuals, we always make a judgment about our own worth. This is an aspect of:

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behaviour is an example of:

According to Morris, type D personality is-

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam, he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behavior is an example of:

Varun's personality attributes can be described as dutiful, truthful, disciplined, clean and detached. Which type of personality is Varun having according to Charak Samhita?

Freud proposed five stage theory of personality, also called psychosexual stages of development. The order in which these stages appear are:
A. Anal
B. Genital
C. Oral
D. Latency
E. Phallic

Arrange in order the intellectual activity that involves the interdependent functioning of three neurological systems of the brain as given by Das and Naglieri:
A. Psychology test is announced by the teacher.
B. You try to understand and grasp the meaning and relationship, learn all the information serially where required.
C. Arousal/Attention compels you to focus, read and revise your lessons.
D. Planning is activated by scheduling a time table, and clear your doubts to meet with your goal.