List of top Psychology Questions

........... are sources of motivation and inspiration, because they help us visualize the unknown and uncharted territories beyond our capacities.
Name the type of personality disorder, in which a condition is marked by an over-reliance on other people to meet one’s emotional and physical needs.
There are five stages of active listening. The first stage is ‘Receiving’. Write the names of the other four stages.
Explain the term: Personality Traits. Name any two parameters that describe a personality, based on Five Factor Model.
Rakhi is not able to trust anyone, not even her friends or family members. She holds grudges against others. What is the kind of personality disorder that she suffers from?
............. is a kind of motivation that includes activities for which there is no apparent reward but one derives enjoyment and satisfaction in doing them.
Communication involves a sender, who encodes and sends a message through a channel, and a receiver, who decodes the message and gives .............
Which psychological disorder is characterized by persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of specific objects or situations?
What is the ‘fundamental attribution error’ in social psychology?
Which theory suggests that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal?
Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating emotions and memory?
What is the significance of the ‘bystander effect’ in social psychology?
Which term describes a relatively stable pattern of behavior, thoughts, and emotions that characterizes an individual?
In the context of cognitive psychology, what is the ‘Stroop effect’?
In the context of memory, what is the ‘serial position effect’?
What is the Hawthorne effect?
What is the primary focus of psychology as a discipline?
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the role of unconscious conflicts in behavior?
Who is known as the father of modern psychology?
What is the term for the process by which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus to elicit a conditioned response?

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?