List of top Psychology Questions on Psychology and Life asked in GATE XH- C5

Assertions:
P. Factor analysis reduces a large number of measures to a smaller number of clusters.
Q. The measures within each cluster are highly interconnected and reflect the same underlying dimensions.
Which of the following is correct?

Match the following:

Match the following theories of ageing.
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Theory} & \textbf{Description} \\ \hline \text{P. Cellular-Clock Theory} & \text{(iii) Cells are limited in number of times they can reproduce to repair damage} \\ \hline \text{Q. Wear-and-Tear Theory} & \text{(iv) Body organs and cell tissues wear out with repeated use and abuse} \\ \hline \text{R. Free-radical Theory} & \text{(i) Oxygen molecule with unstable electron} \\ \hline \text{S. Activity Theory} & \text{(ii) Elderly person who remains active in some way adjusts more positively to ageing} \\ \hline \end{array} \]

Which of the following is/are included as a basic type of intelligence in Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory?

Which of the following option(s) refer(s) to secondary appraisal?

Identify “False” and “True” statements:
P. Little children wearing neon green color jacket on field trips illustrates the use of exogenous attention.
Q. Scanning the room for green color because your friend said she will wear a green dress illustrates the use of endogenous attention.
R. Endogenous attention is voluntary – exogenous attention is involuntary.
S. Endogenous attention is a bottom-up process and exogenous attention is a top-down process.

Ankit was chased by a dog when he was a child. Now he is afraid of all animals. This is an example of:

The tendency to explain other people’s behavior as the result of personal factors is called ________

Match the following:
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Column I:} & \textbf{Column II:} \\ \hline \text{P. Instinct} & \text{(ii) Are fixed action patterns} \\ \text{Q. Incentive} & \text{(i) Environmental motivation triggers} \\ \text{R. Self-actualization} & \text{(iv) Considered by Maslow as the highest need} \\ \text{S. Intrinsic motivation} & \text{(iii) Self-determination theory} \\ \hline \end{array} \]

Match the following:
\[ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf{Column I: Perspectives in Psychology} & \textbf{Column II: Concept of Human Nature} \\ \hline \text{P. Psychodynamic} & \text{(iii) Controlled by inner forces and conflicts} \\ \text{Q. Behavioural} & \text{(i) Reactors to the environment} \\ \text{R. Humanistic} & \text{(iv) Free agent seeking self-realization} \\ \text{S. Cognitive} & \text{(ii) As thinkers} \\ \hline \end{array} \]

An experimental set-up where neither the experimenter nor the participants know who are in the experimental or control groups is known as?

Parenting style in which parents are so involved that children are permitted to behave without set limits is termed as ________

Which of the following is/are source(s) of variability that contribute(s) to errors in measurement of estimating reliability?

The humanistic approach to therapy would be least effective in treating which of the following condition(s)?

Which of the following is/are true for conformity:

In language development which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

Behavior modification programs aimed at extinction of an undesirable behavior typically make use of:

Which of the following option(s) do(es) NOT denote the state of internal physiological equilibrium that the body strives to maintain?

Prejudice is supported by the human tendency to categorize into in-groups and out-groups. Prejudice is supported by which of the following processes?

Which of the following is/are feature(s) of clinical phobia?

Which of the following would NOT be effective in minimizing groupthink?

Match the biases/effects in the first column with the descriptions in the second column of the table given below.

Biases/effects	Descriptions
P) Barnum Effect	iv) Tendency to believe in description of personality that is supposedly descriptive of oneself, but could in fact describe almost anyone
Q) Reference Group Effect	iii) Tendency to rate oneself with respect to one’s social and cultural group
R) Self-Serving Bias	i) Tendency to take credit for one’s success but downplaying responsibility for one’s failure
S) Self-Effacing Bias	ii) Tendency to take blame for failure but downplay one’s role in the success

Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to Brehm’s reactance theory?

Match the theory/law in the first column with the corresponding explanation in the second column.

Theory/law	Explanation
P) Weber’s law	i) The detection of change in a stimulus is relative to the magnitude of the stimulus
Q) Steven’s Power law	ii) Sensory magnitude grows in proportion to the physical intensity of the stimulus raised to a power
R) Signal detection theory	iii) The magnitude of a sensation is a logarithmic function of the stimulus
S) Fechner’s law	iv) The ability to detect a weak stimulus varies from moment to moment as per response bias

Which of the following is/are TRUE for creative individuals?