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- Thinking aimed at finding a single correct answer to a problem by applying knowledge and reasoning is called
- divergent thinking
- convergent thinking
- functional fixedness
- learning set
- Match List I (Phenomenon investigated) with List II (Researcher) and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Psychology MCQs (Practice_Test 2 of 68) List-I List-II - TOT Phenomenon
- Brain stimulation neurosurgery
- Long-term memory
- Encoding specificity
- Wilder Penfield
- Tulving and Thompson
- Brown and McNeill
- Ericsson and Kintsch
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- Reasoning involves the operation of reading (the recognition, knowledge, memory of words) , the contents of the passage being read (the meanings of the words themselves) and the products of the reading (the understanding that the passage provides) . This approach is most probably based on the intelligence theory known as
- Sternberg՚s triarchic theory
- Vernon՚s three kinds of intelligence: A, B and C
- Turnstone՚s theory of primary mental abilities
- Guilford՚s structure of intelligence model
- Zajonc՚s theory of confluence is about the relationship between birth order
- intelligence
- delinquency
- creativity
- personality
- Which one of the following statements illustrates the term perceptual vigilance?
- Lowering the perceptual threshold for stimuli one likes
- Raising the perceptual threshold for stimuli one likes
- Lowering the perceptual threshold for stimuli one dislikes
- Raising the perceptual threshold for stimuli one dislikes
- A child having Down՚s syndrome is likely to have IQ failing
- Between 110 to 130
- between 90 to 110
- between 70 to 90
- below 50
- Jensen՚s work on heritability of intelligence has come in for criticism for
- fudging of data
- using inappropriate research design
- drawing conclusions on the basis of culturally biased tests
- using inappropriate statistics
- Which one of the following statements indicates true relationship between intelligence and creativity?
- Intelligence and creativity have high correlation
- Intelligence and creativity have low correlation
- Intelligence arid creativity are moderately correlated
- Intelligence and creativity have higher correlation at lower levels than at higher levels of intelligence
- Which one of the following statements about Type A individuals is not correct?
- They are aggressive
- They are impatient
- They are very sociable
- They worry about deadlines
- Consider the following theories of personality:
- Trait theory
- Humanistic theory
- Psychoanalytic theory
- Social learning theory
- Neo-Freudian theories
- The correct chronological order in which they appeared is
- 1, 3,2, 4,5
- 1, 3,2, 5,4
- 3, 4,1, 5,2
- 3, 5,1, 2,4
- Consider the following statements regarding personality:
- A dwarf has an insufficiency of sections from anterior lobe of pituitary gland during early growth
- Sexual development and functioning are influenced by secretions from anterior lobe of pituitary gland
- ‘Like begets like’ provides an instance of socio-cultural influence on shaping of personality
- Assessing personality on the scale of introversion-. Extraversion represents the type approach of personality
- Which of the above statements are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following dimensions
- Extraversion
- Neuroticism
- Psychoticism
- External locus of control
- While describing personality H J Eysenck employed
- 1 and 2
- 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- Trait approach to personality asserts that traits are
- adjectives describing behaviour
- discrete and discontinuous categories of people
- generalized systems which ensure consistency in behaviour of individuals
- psychological categories of temperament associated with specific body physique
- Those who tend to be solitary, insensitive and uncaring about others are high on
- agreeableness
- assertiveness
- manipulation
- psychoticism
- Match List I (Main feature) with List II (Name of the theory) and select the correct answer:
List-I | List-II |
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- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2