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Psychology Quations and Answere for NET/SET, TRB

01. The use of technology to enhance learning process is called ------ in education.

(a) Information technology        (b) ICT

(c) IT                                           (d) Communication technology

02. The psychological aspects of the classroom are best managed by

(a) the class teacher                (b) the principal

(c) the subject teacher                (d) the students themselves

03. Character could be distinguished from personality in the following sense

(a) Personality deals with over all disposition of a person only

(b) Personality includes physical and social aspects whereas character stresses on the intellectual and spiritual aspects

(c) Character is a patent objective of education for the society whereas personality is popular among education.

(d) All of the above

04. Which one of the following areas of the brain is involved in controlling movements of the body?

(a) Primary                    (b) Secondary

(c) Supplementary            (d) All of the above

05. The gestalt psychologists brought out clearly the importance of

(a) The functional factors in cognitive operations

(b) The functional factors in perception

(c) The structural factors in perception

(d) The interactive factors in cognition

06. Which of the following statements would be true about the attitudes of a person?

(a) They are not biogenic, although they are based on biogenic motives.

(b)They are not measurable because they are so subjective

(c) They are biogenic and receive further strength and support from the social environment

(d)They could be measured on the basis of the aptitude tests developed by psychologists

07. Which of the following concepts is not based on experimental studies?
(a) Behavioural                            (b) Psychoanalytic
(c) Humanistic                            (d) Cognitive

08. Psychologists are in favour of including contents of therapeutic value in the reading material to be recommended for school children. This objective could be achieved by

(a) Including lesson on treatment of physical ailments.
(b) Dealing with doubts and problems of students which cannot be asked in the classroom directly.
(c) Simplifying the language of the books to enable students to understand what they read clearly
(d) Explaining to students the problem having faced by schools in their administration.

09. Which of the following meanings of psychology would be correct to-day as per the views of experts?
(a) It is a science of the mind                        (b)It is a science of behaviour
(c) It is a science of consciousness                (d)It is a science of the soul

10. Geo-psychology’ is the branch of?
(a) Applied Psychology                            (b) Pure Psychology
(c) General Psychology                            (d) None of the above

11. Which of the following conclusions should be correct in your opinion? An individual's best opportunity for self-fulfilment lied.
(a) In the individual's struggle against the environmental forces.
(b)In a state which takes complete responsibilities for individuals
(c) In a social rather than a narrowly individual context
(d)In an individual rather than a wide social context

12. Demand of the outside world, the task is best accomplished by development of a
(a) The Id                                     (b) Super ego        
(c) A strong ego                            (d) All of the above

13. The concept of motivation helps us to
(a) adopt measures to assess the achievements of individual
(b) frame rules and regulations to control an educational situations
(c) take special precautions to avoid safeguarding self-interests.
(d) Explain the behaviour of man or animals than can be observed.

14. Motivation theories can be divided into the push and pull theories according to some experts. The pupil theories deal with

(a) education for family planning
(b) sex education from a scientific point of view
(c) the characteristics to be about different population groups.
(d) Knowledge of the problems imposed by population growth

15. Absolutism in philosophy can be interpreted as
(a) Belief in the existence of an absolute entity
(b) The possibility of gaining, insight into perfect knowledge through spirituality
(c) Absolute contraction of each philosopher that his view alone is perfectly right.
(d) An approach to educational philosophy on the basis of empirical truths alone.

16. The adjustment mechanisms in Psychology are so called because
(a) They create favourable conditions for adjusting an individual to a new situation
(b) They suggest methods of locating the situations to which a person could be easily adjusted
(c) They protect a person's self-esteem against frustration and anxiety by suggesting alternative methods.
(d) They are flexible and could be easily adjusted to any situation irrespective of persons involved.

17. Which of the following types of experiments have been described by Mc Guigan?
(a) Confirmatory                                    (b) Crucial
(c) Exploratory                                        (d) All of the above

18. The term 'Functional Literacy' regarding the education of adult means that
(a) The literacy of the adult should enable him for thoughtful reading in his social and professional life.
(b) The adults should be able to function as members of the adult franchise scheme.
(c) It should provide his access to written communication without much difficulty
(d) None of the above

19. Psychological tests are connected with assessment of
(a) Personality only                                            (b) Perception only
(c) All aspects of psychological functioning    (d )Sociability

20. Educational Equality is a
(a) Fundamental right                                    (b) Only a customary right
(c) Only a legal right                                        (d) Only a directive principle.

21. Normal requirements of society are satisfied by
(a) Id                                 (b) Supper Ego
(c) Super ego                    (d) None of these

22. Who among the following was the first man to describe ‘Null Hypothesis’?
(a) Raymond Dodge                            (b) Ronald Fisher
(c) Herman Ebhinghaus                        (d) None of the above

23. The writings which show that 'the psycho­analytical point of view can be used in productive way" related to
(a) E. H. Eriksons                                (b) Spencer
(c) Linton                                                (d) Freud's theory

24. Primary education helps
(a) Democratisation of child                    (b) Socialisation of child
(c) In course understanding                    (d) All of the above

25. We usually avoid remembering something that is associated with fear or unpleasantness. In tradition language those avoidance is termed as
(a) Suppressing                                    (b) Repression
(c) Retrieval future                                (d) Forgetting

25, ……………..theory is that “much of man’s behaviour is determined by innate instincts that are largely unconscious”.
(a) Skinner’s                                    (b) Watson’s
(c) Freud’s                                        (d) None of the above

21. Jung used the term "Collective Unconscious" to indicate
(a) The unconscious tendencies inherited by an individual from primordial racial tendencies
(b) All the factors that together constitute to strengthen an individual's unconscious
(c)The unconscious potential of a group or mob
(d) The effects of all the unconscious urges which made a person's behaviour problematic

22. A children in school is called a problem child when
(a) He is able to solve the problems of other children
(b) He suggests useful approaches to teachers when they are explaining any problem
(c) He behaves such that is becomes a problem for the teacher to understand him
(d) He is very resourceful in suggesting good problems for the class to workout

23. In teaching any class or subject, student's needs and interests also have to be born in mind. Which of the following dimensions cover this aspect?
(a)The psychological dimension                            (b) The evaluation dimension
(c)The philosophical dimension                                (d) The methodological dimension

24. Performance tests are termed as
(a) Non-verbal tests                                        (b) Verbal tests
(c) Projective tests                                            (d) Subjective tests

25. Who among the following was the founder of ‘Behaviourism School of Psychology’?
(a) William James                                        (b) Edward Tichener
(c) John B. Watson                                     (d)  Alferd  Edwin                     

26. There is always confusion between personality and character. The so called destination between them is that
(a) Personality is external and character is internal as behaviour
(b) Personality depends more on the environment while character depends on heredity
(c) Character speaks of moral behaviour while personality stands for the psychological aspect of behaviour
(d) Personality is the moral aspect of behaviour and character is the psychological aspect of behaviour.

27. Psychologists speak of 'Social heredity' of an individual while discussing the topic of heredity. It means
(a) Influences that have shaped the individuals social surroundings
(b) The background and origin of the society from which the individual comes.
(c) The customs, habits and environmental effects of the hope and society from which the individual comes
(d) The natural surroundings and climate conditions of the society in which a child is reared.

28. According to Montessori
(a) equipment of schools is more important than teachers
(b) knowledge of psychology will be a luxury for teachers
(c) teachers should interfere in the pupil's behaviours with keen interest
(d) knowledge of experimental psychology is essential for teachers

29. The …………..lobe processes auditory information.
(a) Occipital                            (b) Parietal
(c) Temporal                            (d) Frontal

30. Behaviourism in psychology is the outcome of the following school of thought, prevalent in education
(a) Associations                                (b) Aristotlenism
(c) Mechanical Naturalism            (d) Physical Naturalism

31. What is true of drives?

1). Internal states                        2). Aroused by tension

3). Underlying need                    4). Guided by external stimuli

Code:

(a). 1, 2 and 4                                (b). 1, 2 and 3

(c). 2, 3 and 4                                (d). 1, 2, 3 and 4

32. Which among the following fields of psychology focuses on the interaction between the physical world and human behaviour?
(a) Educational psychology                            (b) Abnormal psychology
(c) Environmental psychology                    (d) All of the above

33. The technique to study the subject’s brain wave, heart rate and blood pressure is called
(a) Relaxation Training                                (b) Biofeedback
(c) Both (a) and (b)                                       (d) None of the above

34. A developmental psychologist is concerned with
(a) Learning and Teaching
(b) Human growth and the factors that shape human behaviour from birth to old age
(c) Work with students in high schools or universities giving advice
(d) None of the above

35. According to whom Clinical Psychology is now the largest field of specialisation
(a) Cates and Lockman                            (b) Morgan and King
(c) Adler                                                    (d) Freud

36. When did Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzing in Germany establish the first Psychological Laboratory?
(a) 1875                    (b) 1890                (c) 1879                (d) 1877

37. In an experiment which of the following variable is needed to control?
(a) Independent                    (b) Dependent
(c) Intervening                    (d) All of the above

38. Legal Psychology’ is a branch of
(a) Pure Psychology .                    (b) Applied Psychology
(c) Clinical Psychology                (d) Abnormal Psychology

39. Which theorist proposed the concept of the "zone of proximal development"?
(a) Lev Vygotsky                            (b) Albert Bandura
(c) Lawrence Kohlberg                    (d) Urie Bronfenbrenner

40. Which of the following is NOT a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
(a) Sensorimotor                                (b) Preoperational
(c) Reflective operational                (d) Concrete operational

41. According to Erik Erikson, the primary developmental task of infancy is:

(a) Trust vs. Mistrust                            (b) Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
(c) Initiative vs. Guilt                                (d) Industry vs. Inferiority

42. What parenting style is characterized by high responsiveness and high demandingness?
(a) Permissive                                        (b) Authoritarian
(c) Uninvolved                                        (d) Authoritative

43. Which of the following is NOT one of the five dimensions of temperament proposed by Thomas and Chess?

(a) Activity level                                    (b) Distractibility

(c) Adaptability                                        (d) Perceptiveness

44. Evolutionary psychology has its roots in

(a) Functionalism                                (b) Behaviourism

(c) Collectivism                                    (d) Structuralism

45. Dr Pula wants to explore differences in child-rearing practices between British and Chinese parents. She is most likely a

(a) Physiological psychologist                        (b) Cognitive psychologist

(c) Social-cultural psychologist                   (d) Cognitive-ergonomic psychologist

46. Educational psychology is concerned with the study of …?

(a) Teaching methods                                (b) Philosophy of education

(c) Educational learning                            (d) Human learning

47. Toy age is the age time of

(a) Babyhood                                    (b) Early Childhood

(c) Childhood                                    (d) All of these

48. Who gave single factor theory of intelligence?

(a) Freeman                                        (b) Thorndike

(c) Alfred Binet                                (d) Sigmund Freud

49. Which of the following is an example of the negative attitude towards people?

(a) Prejudice                                                 (b) Stereotype

(c) Prototype                                                   (d) Discrimination

50. If a child writes with his / her left hand and is comfortable doing things with it, ……..

(a) Allow his preference                                        (b) Made to write with the left hand

(c) Send to seek medical help                                (d) Discouraged

51. The word 'Pedagogy' means?

(a) To guide the child                                    (b) To lead the child

(c) To understand the child                            (d) To educate the child

52. If Individual learns from his own mistakes, this statement is based on which learning theory?

(a) Trial & Error                                    (b) Classical conditioning

(c) Instrumental conditioning                 (d) Insight

 

53.  A man reflects his anger from his boss to his child, is an example of

(a). ‌Projection                                        (b). Reaction Formation

(c). Displacement                                (d). Regression

 54. Short term memory is capable of holding approximately how many items of unrelated information?

(a). one                 (b). two to four                (c). ‌five to nine            (d). ten to twelve

 55. Observational learning involves:

(1). Attention and retention                             (2). Attention and Reinforcement

(3). Production processes and motivation        (4). Reinforcement and motivation

Codes:

(a). 1 and 3 only                                (b). 2 and 4 only

(c). 3 and 4 only                                 (d). 1 and 2 only

 

56. Self-Efficacy is

(a). A person’s mental model of his or her ability and attitudes.

(b). A generalised evaluative attitude toward the self that influences both moods and behaviour

(c). The process by which a person comes to know or perceive the personal attributes

(d). A set of beliefs that one can perform adequately in a particular situation.

57. Memory for particular events is called

(a). Semantic                 (b). Sensory            (c). Episodic        (d). Procedural

 

58. Which of the following attitude scaling method/s has/have been proposed by L.L. Thurstone?

(1). Paired comparison                (2). Summated ratings

(3). Scalogram                            (4). Equal appearing intervals

Codes:

(a). 2 only                                    (b). 4 only

(c). 1 and 4 only                        (d). 2 and 3 only