Psychology Model Test Paper

Psychology Model Test Paper
1. Who among the following proposed a theory of motivation based on the concept of need?
(a) Maslow
(b) Murray
(c) Hull
(d) Freud
Ans. (b)

2. Who among the following psychologists suggested that each person .has an essential nature that “presses” to emerge, like the “press’’ within an acorn to become an oak tree.
(a) Maslow
(b) Rogers
(c) Freud
(d) Erikson
Ans. (a)

3. “The term motivation refers to the arousal of tendency to act, to produce one or more effects.” The above definition was given by
(a) Gudilford
(b) Atkinson
(c) Hebb
(d) Maslow
Ans. (b)

4. ……… is a widely used projective test of personality in which individuals are asked to describe what they see in a series of inkblots.
(a) Rorschach Test
(b) TAT
(c) NEO-PI
(d) MCMI
Ans. (a)

5. In the anterior, or front, of the hypothalamus are nerve cells called ____, which generate nerve impulses when they are dehydrated.
(a) Double — depletion hypothesis
(b) Osmoreceptors
(c) Renin
(d) Angiotensin
Ans. (b)

6. Which of the following hormones is involved in the breakdown of fats, and is released when food reaches the part of the intestine immediately below the stomach?..
(a) Oxytocin
(b) Cholecystokinin
(c) Thyrotropin
(d) Antidiuretic
Ans. (b)

7. Which of the following changes is produced by water deficit in the blood and fluids surrounding the body cells?
(a) Decreases their volume
(b) Increases the concentration of certain chemicals
(c) Impairment of weight control system
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)

8. According to Maslow’s theory is thought to be the top need in a hierarchy of needs or motives.
(a) Esteem needs
(b) Self actualization
(c) Belongingness and love needs
(d) Safety needs
Ans. (b)

9. During which of the following psychosexual stages the male child develops the Oedipus complex?
(a) Anal stage
(b) Phallic stage
(c) Latency stage
(d) Genital stage
Ans. (b)

10. Which one of the following statements is not correct about 16 PF (Sixteen factor personality inventory):
(a) This test was developed by Cattell
(b) In this technique factor analysis is used to identify the basic personality structure
(c) This is a subjective technique
(d) It is used for high school students to adults
Ans. (c)

11. ______ are powerful tools for the explanation of behavior, and they allow us to make predictions about future behavior.
(a) Needs
(b) Motives
(c) Drives
(d) Conflicts
Ans. (b)

12. Which of the following theories is a hedonistic theory, that says that we are motivated to seek goals which give us good emotional feelings and avoid goals resulting in displeasure?
(a) Drive theories
(b) The opponent-process theory
(c) Optimal-level theories
(d) Incentive theories
Ans. (b)

13. Who among the following proposed that emotional states are a function of the interaction of cognitive factors and a state of physiological arousal?
(a) William James
(b) Schachter
(c) Maslow
(d) Con Lange
Ans. (b)

14. Which one of the following statements is correct about ‘super ego’?
(a) It is acquired from our parents and through experience
(b) It is the final aspect of personality described by Freud
(c) It represents our internalization of the moral teachings and norms of our society
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

15. Which of the following emotions is termed as negative emotion?
(a) Amusement
(b) Curiosity
(c) Fear
(d) Joy
Ans. (c)

16. Which of the following theories of motivation might be described as the ‘Push theories of motivation’?
(a) Social learning theory
(b) Drive theories
(c) Incentive theories
(d) Opener process theory
Ans. (b)

17. Need for ______ was one of the first social motives to be studied in detail, and research into this motive continues.
(a) Power
(b) Achievement
(c) Self-actualization
(d) Sex
Ans. (b)

18. In the study, biological aspects of motivation, researchers frequently use the procedures of _____ for the study of motivation.
(a) Deprivation
(b) Stimulation
(c) Incentives
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

19. Consider the following statements:
1. Observational learning generally takes place in a social situation involving a model and an imitator.
2. The imitator in an observational learning observes the model and experiences the model’s behavior and its consequences vicariously
Select the correct answer from the options given below
(a) l and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

20. ______ used the term instinct to denote as an inherited disposition that has three components i.e., energizing, action and goal direction.
(a) Atkinson
(b) Mc Dougall
(c) Mc Clelland
(d) Maslow
Ans. (b)

21. Which of the following statements about children’s reaction to excessive levels of basic anxiety is correct?
(a) A Passive Style In which children try to cope by being agreeable and
compliant
(b) An Aggressive Style In which children fight to get attention
(c) A Withdrawn Style In which children repress their emotions
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

22. The preoptic area of the _____ monitors body temperature and activates homeostatic mechanism.
(a) Thalamus
(b) Hypothalamus
(c) Amygdale
(d) Hippocampus
Ans. (b)

23. Studies have shown the role of in emotions, located in the centre of the brain.
(a) Cerebellum
(b) Limbic system
(c) Pituitary
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

24. Which one of the following statements about Roger’s self theory towards becoming a fully functioning person is not correct?
(a) A fully functioning person strives to experience life to the fullest
(b) A fully functioning person lives in the here and now and trusts his own feelings
(c) A fully functioning person is sensitive to the needs and rights of others
(a) A fully functioning person allows society’s standards to shape his feelings or actions to an excessive degree
Ans. (d)

25. _____, a famous psychologist at Harvard during the late 1800s believed that the important factor in our felt emotion is the feedback from the bodily changes that occur in response to a frightening or upsetting situation.
(a) Cannon
(b) William James
(c) Carl Lange
(d) Abraham Maslow
Ans. (b)