List of top Psychology Questions

Leena goes to a therapist who conveys through her words and behavior that she is not judging her and will continue to show the same positive feelings towards the client even if he is rude. The therapist is demonstrating.

Identify the factors contributing to healing in Psychotherapies :
(A) Techniques adopted by the therapist
(B) Instruction given by the family and therapist
(C) A good therapeutic alliance
(D) Proper advice given by the client to therapist
(E) Emotional unburdening of the client
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Leena has developed a liking towards the French language because she finds her French teacher very knowledgeable. She rarely misses her French teacher's class and always appreciates the positive qualities which the teacher possessed. This process of attitude formation could be due to:

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List - I	List -II
(A) Cognitive therapy	(I)It considers that question about meaning of one's life leads to problems
(B) Behaviour therapy	(II)It values one's personal growth
(C) Existential therapy	(III)It challenges the faulty thinking patterns of the client to reduce distress
(D)Humanistic therapy	(IV) It identifies the faulty conditioning patterns and sets up alternative ways to improve one's responses

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Systematic Desensitization technique, given by Wolpe, is based on_______.

Identify the correct sequence in Aaron Beck's therapy.
(A) The child develops a core schema, 'I am ugly' due to his experiences at home
(B) The negative thoughts are known as cognitive distortions
(C) This theory states that childhood experiences provided by the family develops core schemas in the child
(D) These cognitive distortions distort the reality in a negative manner leading to dysfunctional cognitive structures
(E)Later he gets a terrible remark in neighbourhood that he is not good looking leading to negative thoughts about himself
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___________refers to below average intellectual functioning and deficits or impairments in adaptive behaviour which are manifested before the age of 18 years.

According to _________approach, psychological problems are caused by inadequacies in theway an individual thinks, feels or perceives the world.

Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders was published by__________

Kavita has a distorted body image of being overweight. She often refuses to eat, exercises compulsively and even starves. She is suffering from______.

Schizophrenia is the descriptive term for a group of psychotic disorder. Identify its other symptoms:
(A) The positive symptoms are the excesses of thought, emotion and behaviour
(B)Formal thought disorder is a part of schizophrenia symptom
(C) Delusions are a part of negative symptoms
(D) The negative symptoms are the deficits in thought, emotion and behaviour
(E) Blunt affect is showing excessive emotions
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Match List - I with List - II.

List - I	List -II
(A) Deviance	(I)Interfering with person's ability to carry out day to day activities (II) Different, extreme, unusual, even bizarre
(B) Distress	(II)Different, extreme, unusual, even bizarre
(C) Dysfunction	(III)Unpleasant and upsetting to the person and to others
(D) Danger	(IV)Causing harm to the person or to others

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Mr. 'A', is working in a Multinational Company (MNC). He is always in a great hurry, possesses high motivation, feels short of time. Identify the type of personality, Mr. 'A', is displaying.

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I	List -II
(A) Morgan and Murray	(I) Behavioural Analysis
(B) Nomination	(II) Projective Technique
(C) Sentence Completion Test	(III) Self report measure
(D) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory	(IV) TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)

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In self report measure, the tendency of the subject to agree with items/questions irrespective of their content is known as

Arrange the sequence of Draw-a-Person Test:
(A) Then the subject is asked to draw a figure of an opposite sex person
(B) A pencil and an eraser provided to facilitate the subject to draw a person
(C) Interpretation is then done based on the drawing
(D) The subject is asked to make a story about the person as a novel's character
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Prakash is achievement-oriented, dependable responsible, hardworking and self-controlled. Prakash is high on _________factor.

You strongly believe you can control, select, influence, and even construct the circumstances of your life. You do not believe in luck or fate for passing your examinations. You would be high on as you have the conviction about your own effectiveness.

The concept of 'Collective Unconscious' was given by :

Mr. Thomas lost his wife due to corona virus. However, he calls on her mobile phone every single day hoping she would answer his calls. He is in a state of:

Which of the following statements are not true for gifted children?
(A) Advanced logical thinking and problem solving behaviour
(B) Difficulty in processing information
(C) Independent and non-conformist thinking
(D) Lack original and creative thinking
(E)Prefer solitary academic activities for long period 
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Match List - I with List - II.

List - I	List -II
Description	IQ Range
(A) Borderline	(I)80-89
(B)High average	(II)70 - 79
(C)Low average	(III)90 - 109
(D)Average	(IV) 110-119

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Seema wants to conduct a creativity test on one of her friends. Which of the following criteria she needs to fulfil to conduct the creativity test?

Identify the psychologist who gave the notion of contextual or practical intelligence which implies that intelligence is a product of culture.

Your friend is a fabulous painter. Keeping in mind various intelligences from Howard Gardner's theory, which of the following is the most suitable intelligence you see in your friend's ability in forming, using and transforming mental images.