List of practice Questions

Select the correct relation between $E$ and $F$. $E=\dfrac{x}{1+x}$ and $F=\dfrac{-x}{\,1-x\,}$, with $x>1$.

Being treated with warmth and consideration by others only when one behaves as expected, is called as _______

Large rewards and severe punishments are examples of ______ justification for behaviour and result in _____ changes in attitude.

Prejudice is supported by the human tendency to categorize into in-groups and out-groups. Prejudice is supported by which of the following processes?

Which of the following is/are feature(s) of clinical phobia?

The value of $F$ calculated from the ANOVA table below (rounded off to one decimal place) is ______

Sum of Square (SS)	Degree of freedom (df)	Mean Square (MS)
Between	54	3	18
Within	100	20	5

Which of the following therapies is/are based on classical conditioning?

Which of the following characterize(s) Wernicke’s aphasia?

Which of the following is/are the component(s) of Theory of Mind?

Which of the following would NOT be effective in minimizing groupthink?

Which of the following describe(s) the standard error of the mean?

Which of the following describe(s) organizational commitment?

Match the biases/effects in the first column with the descriptions in the second column of the table given below.

Biases/effects	Descriptions
P) Barnum Effect	iv) Tendency to believe in description of personality that is supposedly descriptive of oneself, but could in fact describe almost anyone
Q) Reference Group Effect	iii) Tendency to rate oneself with respect to one’s social and cultural group
R) Self-Serving Bias	i) Tendency to take credit for one’s success but downplaying responsibility for one’s failure
S) Self-Effacing Bias	ii) Tendency to take blame for failure but downplay one’s role in the success

Match the theories in the first column with the central themes in the second column of the table given below.

Theories	Central themes
P) Drive theory	iv) Biological needs push us to action
Q) Arousal theory	i) Our general level of activation leads to optimization
R) Expectancy theory	iii) Setting specific and challenging goals boosts motivation
S) Goal setting theory	ii) Behaviour is determined by desirable outcomes

Which one of the following would resolve the basic dilemma of the social psychologist?

Match the research methods in the first column with their purposes in the second column of the table given below.

Research Methods	Purposes
P) Narrative method	i) Describing a person, event, and experience in detail
Q) Ethnography	iv) Describing cultural characteristics in detail
R) Case Study	iii) Extracting themes from data
S) Content analysis	ii) Collecting data in the form of cohesive stories

Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to Brehm’s reactance theory?

According to the overjustification effect, which one of the following consequences would be TRUE for students who freely choose to study psychology, if marks are given for attendance?

If the variance of a set of scores is 100, the standard deviation is _______ (in integer).

Match the structures of the brain in the first column with their respective functions in the second column.

Brain Structures	Functions
P) Cerebellum	iii) Controls fine motor skills
Q) Thalamus	iv) Relays and filters information from the senses and transmits the information to the cerebral cortex
R) Tectum	i) Orients a person in the environment
S) Medulla	ii) Coordinates heart rate, circulation, and respiration

Which one of the following is established by the replication of research studies?

Match the theory/law in the first column with the corresponding explanation in the second column.

Theory/law	Explanation
P) Weber’s law	i) The detection of change in a stimulus is relative to the magnitude of the stimulus
Q) Steven’s Power law	ii) Sensory magnitude grows in proportion to the physical intensity of the stimulus raised to a power
R) Signal detection theory	iii) The magnitude of a sensation is a logarithmic function of the stimulus
S) Fechner’s law	iv) The ability to detect a weak stimulus varies from moment to moment as per response bias

Match the sleep disorders with their characteristic symptoms.

Sleep disorders	Symptoms
P) Enuresis	ii) Urinating while asleep in bed
Q) Hypersomnia	i) Excessive daytime sleepiness
R) Circadian rhythm disorder	iv) Disturbances of the sleep-wake cycle
S) Sleep apnea	iii) A disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief periods while asleep

________ explains aging as a process of mutual withdrawal of individual and society, whereas _______ assumes positive correlation between activity and successful aging.

Which of the following is/are TRUE for creative individuals?