List of top Psychology Questions asked in GATE Humanities and Social Sciences- Psychology

Assertions: 
P. Factor analysis reduces a large number of measures to a smaller number of clusters. 
Q. The measures within each cluster are highly interconnected and reflect the same underlying dimensions. 
Which of the following is correct?

Match the following: 

Match the following theories of ageing.
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Theory} & \textbf{Description} \\ \hline \text{P. Cellular-Clock Theory} & \text{(iii) Cells are limited in number of times they can reproduce to repair damage} \\ \hline \text{Q. Wear-and-Tear Theory} & \text{(iv) Body organs and cell tissues wear out with repeated use and abuse} \\ \hline \text{R. Free-radical Theory} & \text{(i) Oxygen molecule with unstable electron} \\ \hline \text{S. Activity Theory} & \text{(ii) Elderly person who remains active in some way adjusts more positively to ageing} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
Which of the following is/are included as a basic type of intelligence in Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory?
Which of the following option(s) refer(s) to secondary appraisal?

Identify “False” and “True” statements: 
P. Little children wearing neon green color jacket on field trips illustrates the use of exogenous attention. 
Q. Scanning the room for green color because your friend said she will wear a green dress illustrates the use of endogenous attention. 
R. Endogenous attention is voluntary – exogenous attention is involuntary. 
S. Endogenous attention is a bottom-up process and exogenous attention is a top-down process.

Ankit was chased by a dog when he was a child. Now he is afraid of all animals. This is an example of:
The tendency to explain other people’s behavior as the result of personal factors is called ________
Match the following:
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Column I:} & \textbf{Column II:} \\ \hline \text{P. Instinct} & \text{(ii) Are fixed action patterns} \\ \text{Q. Incentive} & \text{(i) Environmental motivation triggers} \\ \text{R. Self-actualization} & \text{(iv) Considered by Maslow as the highest need} \\ \text{S. Intrinsic motivation} & \text{(iii) Self-determination theory} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
Match the following:
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Column I: Perspectives in Psychology} & \textbf{Column II: Concept of Human Nature} \\ \hline \text{P. Psychodynamic} & \text{(iii) Controlled by inner forces and conflicts} \\ \text{Q. Behavioural} & \text{(i) Reactors to the environment} \\ \text{R. Humanistic} & \text{(iv) Free agent seeking self-realization} \\ \text{S. Cognitive} & \text{(ii) As thinkers} \\ \hline \end{array} \]
An experimental set-up where neither the experimenter nor the participants know who are in the experimental or control groups is known as?
Parenting style in which parents are so involved that children are permitted to behave without set limits is termed as ________
Which of the following is/are source(s) of variability that contribute(s) to errors in measurement of estimating reliability?
The humanistic approach to therapy would be least effective in treating which of the following condition(s)?
Which of the following is/are true for conformity:
In language development which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
Behavior modification programs aimed at extinction of an undesirable behavior typically make use of:
Which of the following option(s) do(es) NOT denote the state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain?