List of top Psychology Questions asked in CUET (PG)

........... is a sensory experience that seems real to the person having it, but occurs in the absence of any external perceptual stimulus.

"Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those Psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment".
This definition of personality was given by:

Which of the following examples are related to punishment?
A. Stopping at a red light to avoid getting in an accident.
B. Losing the privilege of driving because you got into too many accidents.
C. Having to lose some of your money to pay the penalty for late tax filing.
D. Being grounded (losing your freedom) because of disobedience.
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Identify the schedule of reinforcement in which the number of responses required for reinforcement is different for each trial or event.

The tendency to falsely believe, through revision of older memories to include newer information, that one could have correctly predicted the outcome of an event is known as:

The tendency to perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related is called:

Which of the following is associated with depth perception?
A. Monocular cues
B. Binocular cues
C. Proximity
D. Liner perspective
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In the trichromatic theory of color vision, which of the following cones has been included?
A. Yellow cones
B. Blue cones
C. Red cones
D. Green cones
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........... intelligence refers to accumulated knowledge-information we store over a lifetime of experience, plus the application of skills and knowledge to solving specific problems.

The snail-shaped structure of the inner ear that is filled with fluid is known as:

The sense of movement and body position is called:

Who has discussed 'Basic anxiety' and Basic hostility'?

Identify the correct sequence of steps as per the information-processing model of memory:
A. Sensory memory
B. Long-term memory
C. Selective attention
D. Short-term memory
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"When the lights are turned on in a sequence, they appear to move". This phenomenon is known as:

Which type of measures are EEG and GSR?

We perceive a person’s face as a whole, and not as a collection of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. A face therefore is an example of:

Which of the following questions would be of most interest to a cognitive psychologist? (A) How does a child acquire the concept of color? (B) Are introverted people more likely to be high self-monitors? (C) What mechanisms are invoked in hunger? (D) How is the unconscious represented in dreams? Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Sensory is to Motor as Receptor is to:

The brain's interpretation of neural impulses from receptors defines:

The minimum amount of light energy that must be present for vision is called:

The reduced sensitivity of sense organs to prolonged stimulation is called sensory:

The part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil is known as:

Perceiving a text as words on a page, rather than as black and white pieces of paper, illustrates which principle of Gestalt?

Which perspective maintains that most human perceptual capabilities are inborn and result very little from learning?