Solved Psychology for UGC NET

Solved Psychology for UGC NET
UGC NET Solved Psychology Objective test
practice material for UGC NET Exam
1. If you have to develop a test for a new concept which is the best method of ensuring the validity of that test?
(i) Content
(ii) Empirical/Criterion-related
(iii) Convergent and discriminant
(iv) Factorial
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (iii) and (iv)
(D) (ii) and (iii)
Ans. (B)

2. “The raw material delivered to the brain by the sense organs via the sensory nerves is used and interpreted by the individual in
accordance with his past experience and in furtherance of whatever activities, he may be engaged in at the moment.” The
statement is indicative of the—
(A) Psychology of perception
(B) Psychology of thinking
(C) Psychology of reasoning
(D) Psychology of nervous functioning
Ans. (A)


3. All of the following are principles of perceptual organization except—
(A) Principle of observation and experience
(B) Principle of similarity
(C) Principle of familiarity
(D) Principle of distance
Ans. (A)



4. Assertion (A): There is no relationship between language and thought.
Reason (R): Thought is possible without language.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true
Ans. (D)

5. Which of the following is not true?
(A) The cones are active only in day light vision
(B) The rods permit us to see only achromatic colours
(C) The cones permit us to see both achromatic and chromatic colours
(D) The cones permit us to see only chromatic colours (red, green, blue etc.)
Ans. (D)


6. A set of ideas that fit together to provide a perspective on some aspect of the world is
known as—
(A) Hypothesis
(B) Theory
(C) Law
(D) Variable
Ans. (B)

7. Assertion (A): In pattern recognition people take longer to differentiate between similar letters than dissimilar letters.
Reason (R): Similar letters have many similar features.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true
Ans. (B)

8. The auditory sense is sensitive to—
(A) Electromagnetic energy
(B) Electrical energy
(C) Mechanical energy
(D) Chemical energy
Ans. (C)



9. Which of the following statement is false?
A totally colour blind person is—
(A) A monochromat
(B) Has only the light-dark system
(C) Also night-blind
(D) Has neither the yellow blue, system nor the red-green system
Ans. (C)


10. All of the following are eventual aspect of gestalt theory of perception except—
(A) Figure Ground perception
(B) Perceptual organisation
(C) Isomorphism
(D) Dual trace mechanism
(E) Field Force
Ans. (D)


11. The psychological correlate of frequency (of a sound wave) is—
(A) Timbre
(B) Loudness
(C) Quality
(D) Pitch
Ans. (D)

12. Which of the following statement is not correct about gestalt theory of perceptual organisation?
(A) Peripheral principles relates to characteristic of stimulus.
(B) Gestaltists have basically emphasized in perceptual organization the role of peripheral principles.
(C) Central principles of perceptual organization include meaning motivation, attitude, values, etc.
(D) Peripheral principles are also called principles of primitive organization
Ans. (B)

13. Match the items of List-I with those of List-II
List-I
(a) Long term memory
(b) Sensory memory
(c) Attention
(d) Short-term memory
List-II
(i) Chunking
(ii) Entry of information from external world
(iii) Information is stored after evaluation
(iv) Viewing people in a busy market
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans. (B)

14. The main Neurotransmitters are—
(i) Acetylcholine
(ii) Dopamine
(iii) Mescaline
(iv) Noradrenalin
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv)
Ans. (D)



15. Match List-I with List-II to indicate which process is predominantly related to which
task—
List-I
(a) Multiple choice tests
(b) Listing the places related to Gandhi
(c) Sharing the story of a cinema
(d) Essay type test
List-II
(i) Reproduction
(ii) Reconstruction
(iii) Recall
(iv) Recognition
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Ans. (D)



16. Match List-I with List-II—
List-I
(a) Cognitive development
(b) Psychological development
(c) Contact comfort
(d) Post conventional reasoning
List-II
(i) Kohlberg
(ii) Piaget
(iii) Erickson
(iv) Harlow
(v) Gilligan
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (iii) (v) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (v)
Ans. (C)



17. A preconceived assumption that the problem will be solved by means of a particular method or set of procedures is called—
(A) Functional set
(B) Rule set
(C) Operational set
(D) Mental set
Ans. (C)

18. Select the false statement—
(A) Intelligence is equal in all humans
(B) Intelligence and physical development both develop simultaneously upto a certain age
(C) Many factors contribute in formation of intelligence
(D) Intelligence develops throughout life
Ans. (D)

19. All of the following are the special features of 1986 version Standford Binet test of intelligence except—
(A) It has two equivalent forms like the L and M forms of 1937 version.
(B) More emphasis is given on verbal items.
(C) It has clever parts based on these levels of theoretical model of intelligence
(D) Mental age and I. Q. concepts are replaced by a new concept of SAS (standard age scores)

Ans. (A)




20. The concept of mental age was developed by—
(A) Binet and Standford
(B) Standford and Simon
(C) Simon and Binet
(D) Binet
Ans. (C)

21. The power to perform an acts, physical or mental, either before or after training is called—
(A) Trait
(B) Aptitude
(C) Attitude
(D) Ability
Ans. (D)


22. According to Binet, intelligence means the characteristics of an individual’s thought processes that enable him—
(A) To take and maintain a direction without becoming distracted
(B) To adopt means to ends
(C) To criticise his own attempts at problem solution
(D) All of the above
Ans. (D)

23. Which of the following correlation’s found between scores on intelligence test of various groups is not correct?
(A) Cousins — 60
(B) Identical twins (foster parents) — 72
(C) Fraternal twins (neutral parents) — 60
(D) Siblings brought up together — 47
Ans. (A)

24. Thurston’s test of primary mental abilities have factors—
(A) 7
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 8
Ans. (A)

25. The average person at age 16 has a mental age of—
(A) 16 year
(B) 14 year
(C) 15 year
(D) None of these
Ans. (C)