List of top Psychology Questions

Arrange the following stages of psychosexual development in the order of their occurance from birth to death:
A. Phallic
B. Genital
C. Oral
D. Latency
E. Anal
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Arrange the order in which the following ability scales are ordered in Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery from $C_1$ onwards:
A. Visual
B. Expressive speech
C. Motor
D. Memory
E. Tactile
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Arrange the following milestones of language development during infancy in the order of their development:
A. Cooing
B. Vocabulary spurt
C. Crying
D. Babbling
E. Understand first word
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Which of the following are related with behaviouristic perspective of studying psychology?
A. The mind should not be part of psychology at all.
B. It searches for the cause of behaviour in the brain, nervous system, endocrine system and genes.
C. A truly objective science of psychology should deal solely with observable events.
D. It emphasises perception, interpretations, expectations and beliefs.
E. It is the science of behaviour and measurable environmental conditions that influence it.
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Which of the following concepts were proposed by the followers of functionalism?
A. Synthetic philosophy
B. Stimulus error
C. Social Darwinism
D. Tropism
E. Law of exercise
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Arrange the following series of events from start to end as per the Schachter-Singer theory of emotion:
A. Perception of the environmental event which might result in emotion.
B. Interpretation of the reason for the generalized arousal state.
C. A generalized state of bodily arousal which is perceived.
D. Occurance of the event in the environment.
E. Felt emotion based on reasons given for generalized arousal state.
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Arrange the following structures of olfactory system from outer to inner side of the system:
A. Olfactory bulb
B. Nerve fibre
C. Cilia
D. Nasal Cavity
E. Receptor cells
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Arrange the following contributions of behaviourists in the development of psychology as a discipline in the chronological order:
A. Conditioned reflexes by Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov.
B. Connectionism by Edward Lee Thorndike.
C. Associated reflexes by Vladimir M. Bekhterev.
D. Law of effect by Edward Lee Thorndike.
E. Associative Memory by Jacques Loeb.
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Arrange the events of three stage model of memory in order of their occurrence.
A. Maintenance rehearsal
B. Selective attention
C. Sensory memory
D. Encoding
E. Retrieval
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Arrange the flow of information through visual system:
A. Optic tract
B. Lateral geniculate nuclei
C. Primary visual cortex
D. Nasal hemiretinas
E. Optic chiasm
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Arrange the following theories of intelligence in the chronological order of their proposition:
A. Hierarchical Theory
B. Piaget's Theory
C. G-Factor Theory
D. Bruner's Theory
E. Multifactor Theory
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Arrange the following milestone events of development of psychology as a discipline in chronological order:
A. Pavlov studies conditioning
B. Wundt establishes first laboratory of psychology
C. Carl Rogers helps to start humanistic movement
D. William James publishes 'Principles of Psychology'
E. Mary Caulkins elected first women president of APA
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Some major milestone events of development of psychology in India are given below. Arrange them in chronological order:
A. The first doctorate in psychology awarded at Calcutta University.
B. A separate Applied Psychology section was added in Calcutta University.
C. Formation of Indian Psychological Association.
D. Publication of Indian Journal of Psychology.
E. Psychology teaching started at masters level in Calcutta University.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: People with bulimia nervosa try to compensate or undo its effects by vomiting or using laxatives.
Reason R: Compensatory behaviours temporarily relieve uncomfortable feeling of fullness, anxiety and disgust.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: People who expect to handle stress often actually do and are happy and satisfied in life.
Reason R: The likelihood that a given behaviour will occur in a specific situation does not depend on individuals' expectancies concerning the outcome of behaviour.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: The IQ scores of the children of mothers who are exposed to teratogens are found to be low.
Reason R: The use of drugs, alcohol consumption and smoking by mothers lead to central nervous system dysfunction in children.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Maternal depression is linked to preterm birth and slower prenatal growth rates.
Reason R: Mothers who are depressed have decreased cortisol levels.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: There is diminishing responsiveness of sensory systems to prolonged stimulation, as and when a person adopts to new environmental condition.
Reason R: The unchanging stimulation usually shifts into the background of awareness of the person.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Older, more experienced individuals can sometimes outperform younger ones on cognitive tasks ranging from scientific research to chess.
Reason R: Fluid intelligence seems to increase slowly with age but crystallized intelligence decreases.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: There is decreased effect of a drug when it is taken repeatedly.
Reason R: Conditioned compensatory response is not triggered when drug is taken in usual circumstances.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: When a flexor muscle is excited, the probability of excitation decreases in the paired extensor muscle.
Reason R: The interneuron that excited a motor neuron to the flexor muscle also inhibited a motor neuron connected to the extensor muscle.
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: Happy mood can increase creativity.
Reason R: Nigotiators who are in a good mood adopt more cooperative strategies and expect better outcomes.
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Which of the following provides a quantitative measure of the differences between scores in a distribution and describes the degree to which the scores are spread out or clustered together?

Which of the following test is Not one of the tests used in Differential Aptitude Test?

Which model of abnormality explains abnormal behaviour as caused by illogical thinking?