List of top Psychology Questions

An individual reporting loss of part or some bodily functions is a symptom of:

Choose out of the following statements what is true about Somatic symptom disorder:
A. A person has persistent body-related symptom
B. Continually worries about the symptoms
C. Frequent visits to doctor
D. Experience paralysis, blindness etc.
E. Preoccupation with the thought of developing various illnesses.

Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the dendrite of a receiver neuron are called ........

Shweta got to know that she has a class presentation next week which will be evaluated. So she worked hard all week because she wanted to perform well. On the other hand, Veena got to know about the presentation last night. She ended up not sleeping the whole night and panicked due to which she could not prepare the presentation. The type of stress experienced by Shweta is ...... and ....... by Veena.

One of the important sources of psychological stress results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. This is called ..........

After the Covid-19 pandemic, Vikas would feel stressed every time he saw any person sneezing or coughing. According to cognitive theory of stress appraisal, Vikas appraised the situation as:

As individuals, we always make a judgment about our own worth. This is an aspect of:

Varun's personality attributes can be described as dutiful, truthful, disciplined, clean and detached. Which type of personality is Varun having according to Charak Samhita?

Indian adaptation of TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) has been done by:

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behaviour is an example of:

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam, he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behavior is an example of:

According to Morris, type D personality is-

Arrange in order the intellectual activity that involves the interdependent functioning of three neurological systems of the brain as given by Das and Naglieri:
A. Psychology test is announced by the teacher.
B. You try to understand and grasp the meaning and relationship, learn all the information serially where required.
C. Arousal/Attention compels you to focus, read and revise your lessons.
D. Planning is activated by scheduling a time table, and clear your doubts to meet with your goal.

What are the characteristics of emotionally intelligent persons?
A. Sensitive to their own feelings and emotions.
B. Can relate emotions to thoughts.
C. Understand the intensity of others' emotions.
D. Unable to perceive various types of emotions on others.
E. Do not understand the powerful influence of the nature of emotions.

Freud proposed five stage theory of personality, also called psychosexual stages of development. The order in which these stages appear are:
A. Anal
B. Genital
C. Oral
D. Latency
E. Phallic

Erich Fromm viewed human beings differently despite being a Post Freudian. Identify his view from the statements given below:
A. Being purposeful and goal directed.
B. Basically social beings.
C. Sexual aggressive beings.
D. Guided by aims and aspirations.
E. Personality develops from our experiences with other individuals.

There is a general consensus among psychologists that intelligence is a product of complex interaction of \underline{\hspace{2cm} and \underline{\hspace{2cm}}:}

Alfred Binet is associated with:

Which one is not a part of componential intelligence (Sternberg, 1985)?

William Shakespeare, Premchand and Rabindra Nath Tagore are famous writers whose drama, poems, and stories have made them immortal. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, identify their intelligence:

Key trait explain What?

Stage of change where the person is thinking of changing?

Stage of change where the person is thinking of changing?