List of practice Questions

How is/are genetic theories of psychopathology tested?
An investigator approached college students who initially believed that water should be purified and asked them to compose and recite a videotaped speech against the use of water purifiers. To do this, some were offered large incentives and others were offered small incentives. Later their attitudes towards water purifiers were tested. Which of the following will be the expected finding(s)?
In which attachment style(s), do children tend to show clingy behaviour but then reject the attachment figure’s attempt to interact with them?
A researcher is conducting a study involving two independent variables. Which of the following Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is/are available to him/her?
Which of the following statements is true about personal space?
If a person got a score of 75 on a test, which of the following distributions allow(s) for the most favourable interpretation of that score? (assuming higher values are more favourable)
A man’s wife is dying. She is in dire need of a drug. The only place to get the drug is at the store of a pharmacist who is known to overcharge people. The man can only pay ₹20000 but the pharmacist wants ₹50000. What will the man do if he is at the conventional stage of morality as per Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning?
According to Erik Erikson, identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage of life span development. Which of the following outcomes may emerge as a result of identity crisis?
Life span experts argue that biological aging begins at birth. Which of the following is/are explanation/s of aging?
Which of the following will hold true for a learning acquisition curve drawn for a classical conditioning experiment on eye blinking as conditioned response that plots the learning over a number of trials?
In the situation where ‘a teenager who hates studying science but is also not able to tell his parents fearing their reaction’, what is the conflict he is facing and which of these may be his way of dealing with this situation?
Which of these is true about individuals high on n-achievement motivation?
Which of the following is/are Allport’s basic assumption(s) concerning human nature?
Which of the following aspects are characteristics of the group structure in an organizational context?
Which of the following needs/motives are proposed by Abraham Maslow?
The role of culture and ‘scaffolding’ are emphasized in __________.
Most people tend NOT to consider situational factors while judging others’ behaviour because __________
Using archival analysis, scientists describe a culture by ________.
Which is/are the component(s) of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?
Which of the following properties of sound is similar to the hue of light?
________ is a reinforcement schedule, where a person or animal receives the reinforcement based on varying amount of time.
________ is a loss of memory of events that occurred prior to the trauma.
Phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder fall in the category of ________.
The smallest unit of speech perception that has meaning is ________.
In adolescence, with the development of the stage of ‘formal operations’, we are likely to see the development of _________.