List of top Psychology Questions

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?

Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Erikson’s Developmental Task)		LIST II (Developmental Stage)
A	Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt	I	Late Adulthood
B	Initiative vs. Guilt	II	Toddler
C	Generativity vs. Stagnation	III	Early Childhood
D	Ego Integrity vs. Despair	IV	Middle Adulthood

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A sudden and extreme disturbance of memory in which individuals wander off, adopt a new identity, and are unable to recall their own past is known as:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Theory)		LIST II (Proposed By)
A	‘g’ Factor Theory	I	Guilford
B	Hierarchical Theory	II	Spearman
C	Multifactor Theory	III	Vernon
D	Cubical Model	IV	Thurstone

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The assumptions of Parametric Statistics are:
(A) Population should be normally distributed
(B) Variables should be measured in Interval and/or Ratio Scale
(C) There should be many outliers
(D) Data should be based on Probability Sampling
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Scale of Measurement)		LIST II(Examples)
A	Nominal	I	Division of people on the basis of their Socio Economic Status
B	Ordinal	II	Diagnostic groups of Mental Disorders
C	Interval	III	Measurement of weight
D	Ratio	IV	Measurement of temperature on a centigrade scale

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Arrange the correct sequence in Simple Random Sampling:
(A) Select n cases randomly (using fishbowl method or random number table)
(B) Determine the size of the present population
(C) Decide on the sample size (n)
(D) Identify sampling units in the population
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The characteristics of a fully functioning person are:
(A) Aware of all experiences
(B) Able to face difficulties
(C) Inhibited and not free to make choices
(D) Adapt to the changing environmental conditions
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I(Defense Mechanism)		LIST II(Basic Nature)
A	Repression	I	Retreating to an earlier period of life
B	Regression	II	Forgetting unacceptable thoughts or impulses
C	Projection	III	Redirecting an emotional response from a dangerous object to a safer one
D	Displacement	IV	Transferring unacceptable motives or impulses to others

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which kind of intelligence represents the accumulation of abilities gained through formal and informal instruction?

What is a common symptom of neurosis?

Monica’s therapist asks her to invent a story for each of several pictures hanging on the office wall. The pictures are snapshots of people and have no obvious meaning. This therapist’s technique is most similar to that used in:

What do intelligence tests successfully predict?