List of top Psychology Questions asked in GATE XH- C5

According to Kohlberg’s theory of Moral development, at which level individuals judge morality in terms of abstract principles?
Research design in which several age groups of participants are studied at one particular point of time is called:
You had been driving a car with manual-gear for 5 years. Recently, you started driving a new car with an auto-gear. If you are having any trouble, it is most likely due to _________.
According to Robert Sternberg, “Street Smarts” refers to –
Memory involves three stages. Find out the correct sequence from the following:

A study is conducted to see the effectiveness of volume levels of commercials. In the graph given below, values of mean effectiveness (dependent variable) are presented on the Y axis, and three levels of volume, namely, soft, medium and loud are presented on the X axis. The graph shows the relationship between volume and mean effectiveness for males in the continuous line and for females in the dashed line. Which of the following interpretation(s) is/are correct from the graph? 

Match the concepts in the first column with the description in the second column. 

Match the depth cues in the first column with their description in the second column. 
Cues                                      Description
P. Aerial perspective             (i) The inward turning of the eyes that occurs when you look at an object that is closer to you. 
Q. Motion Parallax                (ii) The distant mountain appears fuzzy. 
R. Convergence                    (iii) Parallel lines appear to converge at the horizon. 
S. Linear perspective            (iv) When we travel in a vehicle, objects that are close appear to move in the opposite direction. 
 

Match the neurotransmitter in the first column with its effect in the second column. 

Match the events in the first column with the different categories of stress in the second column. 

Which of the following are involved in sympathetic nervous system activation?
In which attachment style(s), do children tend to show clingy behaviour but then reject the attachment figure’s attempt to interact with them?
A man’s wife is dying. She is in dire need of a drug. The only place to get the drug is at the store of a pharmacist who is known to overcharge people. The man can only pay ₹20000 but the pharmacist wants ₹50000. What will the man do if he is at the conventional stage of morality as per Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning?
According to Erik Erikson, identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage of life span development. Which of the following outcomes may emerge as a result of identity crisis?
Life span experts argue that biological aging begins at birth. Which of the following is/are explanation/s of aging?
A researcher is conducting a study involving two independent variables. Which of the following Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is/are available to him/her?
Which of the following statements is true about personal space?
Which of the following will hold true for a learning acquisition curve drawn for a classical conditioning experiment on eye blinking as conditioned response that plots the learning over a number of trials?
In the situation where ‘a teenager who hates studying science but is also not able to tell his parents fearing their reaction’, what is the conflict he is facing and which of these may be his way of dealing with this situation?
Which of these is true about individuals high on n-achievement motivation?
Which of the following is/are Allport’s basic assumption(s) concerning human nature?
Which of the following aspects are characteristics of the group structure in an organizational context?
Which of the following needs/motives are proposed by Abraham Maslow?
Most people tend NOT to consider situational factors while judging others’ behaviour because __________
Which is/are the component(s) of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?