Psychology Exam Model paper Objective Questions

Psychology Exam Model paper Objective Questions
Free Sample Objective Questions on Psychology
1 Which of the following statement is FALSE? Incentives—
(A) Are external stimuli acting on the organism?
(B) Direct behavior
(C) Are not motivators of behavior?
(D) Arouse the organism
Ans. (C)

2. Motives cannot be—
(A) Inferred from behavior
(B) Observed directly
(C) Used to explain behavior
(D) Used to predict behavior
Ans. (B)

3. According to double-depletion hypothesis there are two physiological reasons of thirst. They are—
(a) Hypovolemia
(b) Cellular dehydration
(c) Increase in blood sugar
(d) Arousal of osmoreceptors
Reply on these codes—
(A) a and d
(B) b and c
(C) d and b
(D) b and a
Ans. (D)

4. The strongest among the following motives is—
(A) Self assertion
(B) Self preservation
(C) Social approval
(D) Love
Ans. (B)

5. The .body’s tendency to maintain a balance among its internal physiological states and the environment is termed—
(A) Ambivalence
(B) Homeostasis
(C) Homeostasis
(D) Cognitive dissonance
Ans. (C)

6. There are some people—who fulfilled their power needs by using other people. Christie and Geis. 1970 gave them a special
term, which is very famous. The term is—
(A) Machiavellianism
(B) Instrumental aggression
(C) Psychokinesis
(D) Brainstorming
Ans. (A)

7. Which of the following does not represent motives?
(A) Organic needs
(B) Attitudes
(C) Aptitudes
(D) Interests
Ans. (C)

8. The aroused condition of an organism that results from some bodily or tissue deficit is called—
(A) Drive
(B) Motive
(C) Goal
(D) Incentive
Ans. (A)

9. Psychologists believe that when a person is in tension due to high anxiety then in this condition the need for affiliation—.
(A) Decreases
(B) Increases
(C) remains same
(D) First it increases than decreases
Ans. (B)

10. Injections of insulin will—
(A) Decrease the food intake
(B) Not affect the eating behavior
(C) Increase the food intake
(D) Result in increased activity in the ventromedical cells of hypothalamus
Ans. (C)

11. The most widely known psychologist who studied achievement motivation is—
(A) Atkinson
(B) McClelland and his associates
(C) Hoyenga and Hoyenga
(D) Fernald and Fernald
Ans. (B)

12. Obesity in normal animals can be induced by—
(A) Social factors
(B) External stimuli
(C) Lesions in the ventromedical hypothalamus
(D) All of the above
Ans. (C)

13. A person who is alcoholic, he feels pleasure when he drinks, but when he becomes normal he feels bad. This fact
describes—
(A) Opponent-process theory
(B) Cognitive theory
(C) Incentive theory
(D) None of these
Ans. (A)

14. The relationship between fear and affiliation motive is—
(A) Negative
(B) Zero
(C) Only slightly negative
(D) Positive
Ans. (D)

15. The changes in achievement need come about—
(A) 50 years after changes in economic activity.
(B) 50 years before changes in economic activity.
(C) At the same as the changes in economic activity.
(D) 75 years after changes in economic activity.
Ans. (B)

16. Food intake in obese people is markedly affected by—
(A) Fear
(B) Stomach contraction cues
(C) Taste and small cues
(D) All of the above
Ans. (C)

17. Stop talking to someone is an example of—
(A) Verbal-active-direct
(B) Verbal-active-indirect
(C) Verbal-passive indirect
(D) Verbal-passive-direct
Ans. (D)

18. Match list 1 with list 2—
List I
(a) Murray needs theory
(b) Homey theory
(c) McCelland theory
List II
1. Fear of failure
2. Self respect
3. Equality in traits
4. Security
Codes—
(a) (b) (c)
(A) 1 2 3
(B) 2 1 3
(C) 3 4 1
(D) 4 3 1
Ans. (C)

19. Specific hunger result from—
(A) Nutritional deficits
(B) Ethnic and cultural influences
(C) Past experiences
(D) All of the above
Ans. (D)

20. Correlation of achievement scores and performance in college (college grade) is found to be—
(A) Low and negative
(B) Erratic
(C) Low and positive
(D) High and positive
Ans. (B)

21. People with high need for achievement prefer tasks that are—
(A) Moderately difficult
(B) Not difficult
(C) Very difficult
(D) Impossible
Ans. (A)

22. The things that we learn to fear are—
(A) Primary goals
(B) Primary negative goals
(C) Secondary negative goals
(D) Punishment
Ans. (C)

23. Who said that the behaviors of human beings are motivated and controlled by the instincts of Eros and Thanato?
(A) McDougall
(B) Freud
(C) William James
(D) Woodworth
Ans. (B)

24. Which of the following statement is FALSE? Exploration, competence and self-actualization motives are?
(A) Difficult so satisfy
(B) Part of the human and animal species heritage
(C) Powerful and persistent even in lower animal species
(D) Innate
Ans. (C)

25. Starting from the lowest needs to higher order needs, the needs in Maelow’s hierarchy are—
(A) n. physiological, n. safety, n.belongingness, n. understanding, n. self actualization
(B) n. physiological, n. safety, n. belongingness, n. esteem, n. self actualization
(C) n. physiological, n. belongingness, n. safety, n. esteem, n. self actualisation.
(D) n. safety, n. esteem, n. understanding, n. control, n. self actualization
Ans. (B)