Free Psychology Test online Questions

Free Psychology Test online Questions
Free Practice test Psychology
1. Latent learning goes on under—
(A) Low levels of drive
(B) High levels of drive
(C) Strong motivation to learn
(D) Stimulatory conditions of reward and punishment that are perceived at the subconscious level
Ans. (A)

2. The following play an important role in emotions—
(A) Cerebrum
(B) Hypothalamus
(C) Limbic system
(D) Limbic system and hypothalamus
Ans. (D)

3. Shifting from right-hand driving (in America) to left-hand driving (in Britain) in an example of—
(A) Negative transfer of learning
(B) Positive transfer of learning
(C) No transfer of learning
(D) Learning by past experience
Ans. (A)

4. The pituitary gland is the master endocrine gland because—
(A) It produces the largest number of different hormones
(B) It controls the secretion of several other endocrine glands
(C) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(D) It controls the timings and amount of body growth
Ans. (C)

5. If reinforcement is given after unpredictable period of time with some specified average time between reinforcement it is
known as—
(A) Variable interval schedule
(B) Fixed ratio schedule
(C) Fixed interval schedule
(D) Variable ratio schedule
Ans. (A)

6. Some of the mood altering drugs (such as tranquilizers and LSD) probably create their effect by—
(A) Changing the activity of the synapsis
(B) Blocking the release of some synaptic transmitters and thus allowing fewer messages to get through.
(C) Accumulating in certain brain cells, where they may act like certain neural transmitters and over stimulate the cells
(D) Either of the above alternatives are true
Ans. (D)

7. A boy who paints because he derives satisfaction by painting is motivated by—
(A) Selective reward
(B) Extrinsic reward
(C) Mixed reward
(D) Intrinsic reward
Ans. (D)

8. Lymbic system (old brain) is involved in—
(A) Carrying out actions that require a sequence of behavior for completion
(B) Control of many bodily functions
(C) Learning and memory
(D) Thinking
Ans. (A)

9. In order to achieve success in life, one should—
(A) Have plenty of money
(B) Have contacts with influential persons
(C) Work hard and continuously
(D) Be honest and sincere
Ans. (C)
10. Hair and fat distribution in human body is controlled mainly by the secretions from the—
(A) Adrenal glands
(B) Gonads
(C) Pituitary
(D) Thyroid
Ans. (B)

11. A decrease in intensity or probability of a response’s occurrence after lapse of some time take place in—
(A) Classical conditioning
(B) Apparent conditioning
(C) Neither of these
(D) Both of these
Ans. (D)

12. In case of man, the amount of cortex corresponding to—
(A) Hands and finger is much larger than that devoted to the feet and toes
(B) Feet and toes is much larger than that devoted to the hands and finger
(C) Feet and toes and of hands and fingers is approximately the same amount
(D) In the tongue is the maximum
Ans. (A)

13. Reticular formation serves to—
(A) Control motor behavior
(B) Arouses other parts of the brain to be ready to function
(C) To influence hunger and eating behavior
(D) To determine sequence of behavior for completion of an act
Ans. (B)

14. Punishing a child for wetting the bed, often—
(A) Substitute the behavior by some other behavior
(B) Decrease the frequency of the behavior
(C) Increase the frequency of the behavior
(D) Does not have any effect
Ans. (C)

15. Which of the following is not true for low and high anxious subject?
(A) Ego involving instructions raises scores for low anxious subject
(B) Pressure to finish a task results in a substantially improved score for high anxious subjects but not for low anxious subjects
(C) High anxious subjects learn a simple classically conditioned response (e.g., eye blink to airpuff) more rapidly than low anxious
subjects
(D) In complex tasks, the low anxious subjects do better
Ans. (B)

16. Lesions in the visual association area causes—
(A) Deficits in the ability to recognize and discriminate different forms
(B) Loss of visual acuity
(C) Delayed-response deficit
(D) Only (A) and (B) are true
Ans. (D)

17. The grade-point average is least affected by the degree of anxiety, at—
(A) The middle range of ability
(B) The extremes of ability
(C) The effect is approximately the same at all levels of ability
(D) None of the above
Ans. (B)

18. Dwarfism occurs as a result of—
(A) Under secretion of an anterior pituitary hormone
(B) Over secretion of an anterior pituitary hormone
(C) Environmental influences
(D) Inadequate protein intake especially during early childhood
Ans. (A)

19. The following characteristic is not carried by recessive genes—
(A) Brown-eyes
(B) Baldness
(C) Susceptibility to poisoning
(D) Hemophilia
Ans. (A)

20. All of the following are correct about the role of the brain in emotional reaction except—
(A) The brain is ‘involved in both the coordination of all emotional activities
(B) The brain plays an important role in the arousal as well as inhibition of emotional reactions
(C) If the limbic system is removed the animal goes to sleep and becomes completely inactive. (otherwise, it becomes enraged at a
slight stimulation)
(D) If the neocortex is removed the animal becomes very placid and tame showing little or no reaction to considerable provocation.
Ans. (C)

21. The methods used for studying the heritability of traits in human beings is by means of—
(A) Selective breeding
(B) Fraternal and identical twin studies
(C) Identical twin studies
(D) All of the above
Ans. (B)

22. An individual with an XXY 23rd chromosome is—
(A) Physically a female with marked masculine characteristics
(B) Physically a male with marked feminine characteristics
(C) A homosexual
(D) An eunuch
Ans. (B)

23. Which of the following is not true about autonomic nervous system?
(A) Autonomic’ nerve fibers originate from cells locate in the spinal cord and the brain and are distributed to sense organs in the skin.
(B) It is constituted by the efferent visceral fibre taken collectively.
(C) It is important neural mechanisms which help an individual adjust to his environment.
(D) It helps the person by preparing him for action for fighting or running away, for releasing or for digesting and excreting waste
Matter.
Ans. (A)

24. Environmental influences—
(A) Can change the genetic make-up
(B) Cannot change the I.Q. level of an individual
(C) Can change the utilization of the inherited potential
(D) All of the above are true
Ans. (C)

25. The transmission of an impulse in a neuron depends on—
(A) Graded potential
(B) The all-or-none principle
(C) Both (a) and (b) are correct
(D) Neither (a) nor (b) are correct
Ans. (B)