UGC NET Solved Sample Question Paper:Psychology

UGC NET Solved Sample Question Paper:Psychology
UGC NET Psychology Sample Questions with answers
1. Memory and retention test reveal two different aspect of learning according to—
(A) Michael J. Howe
(B) Underwood
(C) Adams
(D) Banks
Ans. (B)

2. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(A) When forgetting does occur, most of the loss occurs soon after learning
(B) There is marked forgetting of more technical and advanced scientific material that in little used in everyday life.
(C) Forgetting is slower but steady after the initial fall which is very fast
(D) The material overlearnt is never forgotten.
(E) Material that has been learned and seemingly forgotten is seldom completely forgotten
Ans. (D)

3. Recall of more pleasant items of information if better than that of the less pleasant items. Which of the following is related to this?
(A) Ward-Hovland phenomenon
(B) Pallyana principles
(C) Cue-dependent recall
(D) Trace-dependent recall
Ans. (B)

4. The most popular memory span material consist of—
(A) Words
(B) Figures
(C) Numbers
(D) Objects
Ans. (C)

5. Memory span is affected by—
(A) Sex
(B) Age
(C) Neither by age nor sex
(D) Both by sex and age
Ans. (D)

6. Which is more widely accepted conclusion of experimental studies on memory?
(A) Memory is a. reconstructive mental process. (Bartlett)
(B) Memory is a reproductive mental process. (Ebbinghaus)
(C) Memory is information stored and maintained permanently in the human brain
(D) Memory is all that is in the brain and can be retrieved.
Ans. (A)

7. With intermittent reinforcement—
(A) Learning is slow
(B) Both learning and forgetting are slow
(C) Forgetting is slow
(D) Both learning and forgetting are fast
Ans. (C)

8. Forgetting is—
(A) An active mental process
(B) A passive mental process
(C) Neither an active nor a passive mental process
(D) An active mental process in some cases and a passive mental process in other
Ans. (D)

9. Retrieval from LTM takes the form of—
(A) Recall
(B) Recognition
(C) Both recall and recognition
(D) Neither of these
Ans. (C)


10. Experiment on visual coding was done by—
(A) Shulman
(B) Posner and Keela
(C) Daberman
(D) Wickens
Ans. (B)

11. According to Woodworth and Scholsberg (1954) memory span method the size of STM is found to be—
(A) 7 ± 2 or 5 to 9
(B) 5 to 13
(C) 2 to 9
(D) 5 to 11
Ans. (A)

12. Learned relationships between stimuli and responses such as stopping the vehicle immediately after seeing the red light are an
Example of—
(A) Episodic memory
(B) Short term memory
(C) Procedural memory
(D) Semantic memory
Ans. (C)

13. All of the following are kinds of long term memory according to Tulving (1972) except—
(A) Sensory memory
(B) Episodic memory
(C) Semantic memory
(D) Procedural
Ans. (A)

14. What is meant by ‘reminiscence’?
(A) Recalling something learned in the past long back.
(B) Recognizing something which was not learned well.
(C) Recalling something intuitionally
(D) A tendency for memory to persist without practice (i.e., stopping the activity as soon as the Childs near mastery)
Ans. (D)

15. Forgetting as an ordinary process takes place because of—
(A) Emotional blocks
(B) Neural disturbances
(C) Atrophy through disuse
(D) Some negative emotions
Ans. (C)

16 Motivation results in—
(A) Goal-directed behavior
(B) Undirected behavior
(C) Excited behavior
(D) Problem solving behavior
Ans. (A)

17 The contractions of muscles in the stomach wall DO NOT—
(A) Activate cells in lateral hypothalamus
(B) Influence hypothalamic control of immediate appetite
(C) Activate thermo receptors in the brain
(D) Result in hunger pangs
Ans. (C)

18. Psychologists have tried to explain the nature of ‘motivation’ by formulating a concept ‘motivation cycle’ which includes all
of the following except—
(A) Need
(B) Drive
(C) Goal
(D) Propensity
Ans. (D)

19. For the human beings the most important triggers of sexual drive are—
(A) Sensory stimuli
(B) Adrenaline level
(C) Hormone levels
(D) All of the above
Ans. (A)

20. The drive-reduction theory of motivation explained behavior in terms of—
(A) Restoration of physiological balance in the body.
(B) Internal drives pulling the organism into activity
(C) External stimuli acting as motivators of behavior
(D) Both (A) and (B) but not (C)
Ans. (D)

21. Cannon propounded a theory of thirst in 1932 which is known as—
(A) Cannon’s physiological theory of thirst
(B) Cannon’s inborn theory of thirst.
(C) Cannon’s biological theory of thirst.
(D) Cannon’s theory of thirst.
Ans. (D)

22. A motive or drive give rise to behavior that is—
(A) Goal oriented
(B) Instinctive in nature
(C) Pleasure seeking
(D) Pain avoiding
Ans. (A)


23. All of the following are characteristic of REM sleep except—
(A) In this the individual sees dream and, hence, cannot have deep sleep.
(B) Its beginning studies were made by Aserinsky and Kleitman in 1953.
(C) In children 50% of sleep is REM sleep, in the young people it remains only 20% of the total sleep.
(D) Percentage of REM sleep decreases with growing age.
(E) In this eyes remain closed and eye ball do not move.
Ans. (E)

24. Sensory stimuli can arouse the following drive states—
(A) Hunger
(B) Pain
(C) Sexual drive state
(D) All of the above
Ans. (D)

25. Motivation could be described as—
(A) An instinctual response to a need
(B) A modifier of behavior
(C) An acquired response to a need
(D) An energizer of behavior
Ans. (D)