Multiple aptitude batteries are the result of

Galton devised most of the simple tests in testing, from his work at the

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : In social Phobia, exposure to the feared social situation provokes anxiety which may take the form of a situationally bound or situationally predisposed panic attack.

Reason (R) : The individual with social phobia does not recognize that the fear is excessive or unreasonable.

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Select the one that is correctly matched :

The mean raw score obtained by children in a given standard, gives us

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Obsessions or compulsions cause marked distress, are time consuming and interfere with the person's normal routine.

Reason (R) : Obsessions are intrusive and mostly non-sensical thoughts, images or urges that the individual tries to resist or eliminate whereas compulsions are the thoughts or actions used to suppress obsessions and provide relief.

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When a psychological test is useful in relating to other measures such as present academic grades or any other test scores, indicates

Fastest acquistion of behaviour and rapid decrease of behaviour occur when reinforcement is no longer provided in

The hallmark of operant conditioning is 

Carl Rogers used which technique to evaluate self-concept

Consider the following statements :

Post traumatic stress disorder has the following characteristics :

I. The individual has been exposed to a traumatic event 

II. The traumatic event is persistently reexperienced

III. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with the trauma

IV. Absence of symptoms of increased arousal.

Of the statements :

Which one of the tests mentioned below is a culture fair test

Whenever undesirable response occurs, it should be reinforced

Consider the following statements :

The principal characteristics of Lewin's Field theory are

I. Behaviour is a function of the field that exists at the time behaviour occurs

II. Analysis begins with the situation as a whole

III. From the whole situation, the component parts are differentiated

IV. The concrete person in a concrete situation can be represented mathematically

Of the statements :

In thematic apperception test when specific scoring systems are used, which reliability is fairly good

The Indian version of the Stanford-Binet scale was standardized by

In assertive training the individual is instructed, coached, trained and supported in taking

Serious interpersonal problems such as domestic violence, child abuse, marital conflict, sexual dysfunctions and dysfunctional social relationships occur due to 

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : In phobic disorders, the individual avoids situations that produce severe anxiety or panic

Reason (R) : Individuals with phobic disorders are suicidal and have nocturnal panic.

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : The proprium is innate.

Reason (R) : It is in the proprium that we find the root of the consistency that marks attitudes, intentions and evaluations.

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Confounding variables are those aspects of a study or sample that might influence the dependent variable.

Reason (R) : Certain variables which cannot be measured or controlled directly may have an effect upon the outcome.

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The projective test, which uses cartoon formats and studies attitudes, is 

When a translated score, in a test, tells where a person stands in some population of persons who have taken a test, then the test we are using is

In reciprocal inhibition the bond between the stimuli and anxiety response will be

Which requires examination of the amount of risk acceptable to individuals who are considering occupational change

Consider the following statements :

The characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia are

I. Delusions and hallucinations

II. Disorganized speech

III. Grossly disorganized behaviour

IV. Social/occupational dysfunction

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

According to Allport

I. The process of development takes place along multiple lines

II. At birth the organism is a creature of biology

III. The organism is transformed into an individual who operates in terms of a growing age

IV. Functional autonomy does not play a crucial role in this transformation.

Of the statements :

There are four steps in the organizatinal development technique of appreciative inquiry. Identify the correct order :

Item-total correlations are affected by

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Sentiments cause their possessors to pay attention to certain objects or classes of objects and to feel and react in a certain way with regard to them.

Reason (R) : A sentiment is an environmental mould dynamic source trait which is the result of experimental or sociocultural factors.

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Reliability refers to the attribute of consistency in measurement.

Reason (R) : Reliability is more commonly a matter of degree.

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In organizational development, there is a strong emphasis on

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is effective for the treatment of

A person approaches the test with a certain attitude and with a certain interpretation of whatever ambiguities there are in the directions. This is called

Chance errors are otherwise known as

Counselling may be seen as a primary tool for addressing the many adjustment issues that older people face. This is the approach by

In autogenic training the core is

Consider the following statements :

I. Traits may be classified in terms of the modality through which they are expressed

II. Any single trait may represent the outcome of the operation of enviornmental factors, hereditary factors or both

III. Traits that result from environmental conditions are called environmental mould traits

IV. Traits that reflect hereditary factors are called constitutional traits.

Of the statements :

Employee dissatisfaction expressed through active and constructive attempts to improve working conditions is referred to as

The formula N - 1 is applicable in determining the degrees of freedom while comparing two distributions for

The irrational belief that one is loved by another person usually of higher status is termed as

The process of considering alternative causes for events and reactions is called

The larger the item variance relative to the total variance, the need for correction is

If the criterion is not continuous but a natural division then the appropriate method of correlation to be used is

When counsellors who work regularly with clients in crisis, experience, some of the same symptoms of crisis of their clients. It is known as

The physical environment during relaxation should be free from

A collection of feelings that an individual holds toward his or her job is called

Consider the following statements :

According to Bandura

I. Reinforcement serves as an antecedent rather than a consequent influence

II. Reinforcement functions as an informative and motivational operation

III. Reinforcement does not function as a mechanical response strengthener

IV. Direct reinforcement is not necessary in order for learning to occur.

Of the statements :

Deep muscle relaxation training is based on

Consider the following statements :

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia include

I. Emotional and social withdrawal

II. Apathy

III. Poverty of thought 

IV. Poverty of speech

Of the statements :

'D' in ABCDE analysis of cognitive therapy stands for

A sentence completion instrument can be used as a/an

Consider the following statements :

I. Correlation is the degree of association between 2 variables

II. Correlation is represented in terms of a coefficient

III. If the coefficient is positive, the variables are not associated

IV. If the coefficient is negative the variables are associated

Of the statements :

The Rorschach ink blot test is a 

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In which conflict resolution technique, each party involved in the conflict gives up something of value

Frustrations, conflicts and anxieties are resolved by

Deep muscle relaxation training was developed by

Consider the following statements :

People with avoidant personality disorder exhibit the following psychological characteristics :

I. Low self-esteem

II. Fear of rejection, criticism, leads to fear of attention

III. Resemblance to social phobta

IV. Extreme insensitivity

Of the statements :

A way of coping with manipulation criticism is

When therapists help clients develop more accurate explanations for events, thus helping them give up self-blaming ideas, they are using the technique of

The test that can be used to get the same results of critical ratio is

The counselling profession has recognised the need for special competencies in counselling older adults by

One distinctive feature of projective test is that it has

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Consider the following statements :

I. Personality is made up of Id. Ego and Super ego

II. The Id. Ego and Super ego have their own components and operating principles

III. They interact so closely that it is difficult to disentangle their effects

IV. Behaviour is always the product of an interaction among Id, Ego and Super ego.

Of the statements :

A man is attracted to a woman, but fears losing his independence, so he becomes hostile towords her. He is using the defense mechanism of

There is a resemblance to social phobia in

In order to test the best fit of assumed distribution of scores with the observed data, the appropriate statistical method is

The view of conflict proposes that conflict can be positive force in a group and some conflict is absolutely nacessary for a group to perform effectively

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Stress is the consequence of a person's appraisal process and is determined by the person-environment fit

Reason (R) : When the individual perceives that his or her resources will not be sufficient to meet the stressor, he may experience high stress.

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When the number of samples is more than two, but it is neither certain nor decided in advance, the sampling is known as

The theoretical basis for the development of Edward's personal preference schedule is the need system proposed by

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Consider the following statements :

Beck et al stated that cognitive profiles refer to the following aspects in personality disorder :

I. Beliefs

II. Attitudes

III. Affects

IV. Strategies

Of these :

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The technique which exposes a client again and again to the fear arousing stimuli is known as

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A very elaborate theory concerning ANOVA, and its usefulness in practical field was contributed by

Which approach to performance evaluation provides employees with a wider perspective of their performance

The weakest criteria to evaluate performance of an employee is his or her

The rating scale, which is based on the presumption that on object can have different connotative meanings is

If one selects samples randomly at all stages, it is known as

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : The research hypothesis can take a declarative form

Reason (R) : The research hypothesis can take a question form.

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The number of items in the original Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory was

"Children will score high on a reading achievement test after 1st grade than they did prior to 1st grade".

1. The above need a one-tailed test
2. The above is directional hypothesis
3. The above is a null hypothesis
4. The above need a two-tailed test

Cognitive distortion

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : People with obsessive-complusive personality disorder are characterised by a fixation on things being done the right way.

Reason (R) : People with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder show rigidity and stubbornness.

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Sequence the following :

Need, Tension, Energy, Value

Select your response according to the coding scheme given below :

To determine the cluster of more internally homogeneous items to serve as new criteria for item analysis the technique used is

The process of building organizations that ensure the effectiveness of work teams and of their organisations is called

The best technique for selecting a representative sample is

Consider the following statements :

1. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome seems to have begun in Central Africa
2. AIDS is transmitted through the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
3. A person may test HIV-seropositive (HIV +) but be free of AIDS
4. Intensive community-based interventions aimed at risk population will be effective.

Of the statements :

Statistical test of a non-directional hypothesis is

Older adults with transitional developmental concerns get little assistance in which of the following services

The phenomenon that may operate when subjects are selected on the basis of extremely high or extremely low pre-test scores is called

Consider the following statements :

I. RET uses 40 or 50 regular techniques

II. RET uses irregular techniques like body massage

III. RET uses imagery

IV. RET uses relaxation.

Of the statements :

Probable Error (PE) gives misleading result

The test which yields four second-order factors in addition to other factors of personality is

The difficulty level in speed tests is

When teams have large numbers of people, it increases

Which teams are groups of employees who perform highly interdependent jobs and take on many responsibilities of their former supervisors

When the interviewers are simply given quotas filled from the different strata. It is called

Simplified representation of reality is

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : According to Ellis human beings are uniquely irrational as well as rational.

Reason (R) : Human beings are biologically predisposed towards irrational thinking.

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To have which sole identity stripped away is terrifying and the counsellor should expect clients sling tenaciously to the identity

Which one of the following is not a primary reinforcer

A working proposition is termed

The main advantage of a case study is

The purpose of which test was to identify military recruits who would be likely to break down in combat

The procedure in which the experimenter provides all the information about the study to the participant to avoid confusion is known as

Individuals who have ......... characteristic learn more than others from training programs.

The central limit theorem principle explains

The first method used for health behaviour change was

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Anxiety neurotics are genrally emotionally hypersensitive to stimuli.

Reason (R) : Systematic desensitization reduces the bond between anxiety provoking stimuli and anxiety response.

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Non-probability sampling is otherwise called as

......... is a form of conditioning in which shock, unpleasant smell, visualization is paired with an undesired behavious.

In alternate or parallel form method the time interval for the administration of the test should be between

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Ellis was interested in learning therapy.

Reason (R) : Ellis applied deconditioning in his therapies.

The results of the MMPI are considered invalid if the scores of the individual are high on the

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Parents of school bullies are rejecting, authoritarian or permissive about the child's aggression.

Reason (R) : Parents of victims of bullies are anxious, overprotective and rejecting of their child.

Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

Precision can be imporved by

Autogenic relaxation technique was developed by

A multiple regression involves prediction of 

Which personality assessment tools are easy to score and can be evaluated for reliability and validity

What kind of question allows the respondent to answer freely in their own words

In selection process which tests yield validity superior to other tests

The technique which reduces heart rate, skin conductance, muscle tension, B.P., Inflammatory process, lipid level nursery utilisation, self-report of anxiety and tension is

A categorical variable is one

Independent variable that the researcher does not manipulate is called

Delinquency can be viewed in terms of

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Too much work on frequent frustration at work can lead to a syndrome of physical and emotional exhaustion. This syndrome is called

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Type A individuals show polyphasic behaviour.

Reason (R) : Type A individuals tend to do two or more things at the same time.

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In an experimental study, the procedure in which both the experimental assistants and participants are kept unaware of, which participants get which treatment is known as

Defective measuring device is that when the device is constantly in 

Relaxation is a state of condition which is opposite to the state of 

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Biserial may be used with continuous variables which have been grouped into two categories.

Reason (R) : Phi coefficient is most useful in item analysis when we want to know the item-item correlation.

Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

Counsellors use which of the following instruments to identify developmental aspects of the client

Consider the following statements :

When giving a speech both students and teachers should try to 

1. Connect with the audience
2. Use correct grammer
3. Organize the speech into introduction, main body and conclusion
4. Focus on the topic throughout the speech.

Of the statements :

When a trained observer watches a child interact with classmates it is called observation in a/an

Select the one that is correctly matched :

The number of stages involved in GAS is

The process of coming to view one's thoughts objectively is

Different dimensions of a dependent variable are

1. Latency, topography, force and locus
2. Duration, latency, topography and focus
3. Frequecny, rate, latency and force
4. Level, latency, force and locus

Of the statements :

Deciding the technique to be used in selecting the items of the sample is 

The name for a geometric figure used as the object of focus during meditation is 

Experimenter bias can be controlled by or reduced by

Which of the following standardizes meaning within an experiment, by defining a concept in terms of specific operations or procedures used to measure it

Which of the following deos not measure trait anxiety

Which one of the following is a requirement for a Psychological test

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Non-parametric tests cannot be used to analyse quantitative varibales measured on an interval scale.

Reason (R) : When a tie occurs in rank scores, the tied scores are discarded.

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A two-dimensional diagnostic model was given by

Match the following :

In regression

The perception that one has little control over events that affect one's life is termed as

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Rather than pass judgments on student's behaviour, asking students to evaluate their own behaviour is effective in making them responsible

Reason (R) : Asking students to evaluate their behaviour in relation to rules set gives the student a chance to defend their actions.

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Consider the following statements :

Non-parametric tests are used

1. Where N is quite small (i.e. N=5 or 6)
2. When normality of distribution of scores in the population is doubtful
3. When measurement of data is available in the form of ordinal scale
4. When measurement of data is available in the form of nominal scale

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) can be used to measure anxiety in 

1. high school students
2. neuropsychiatric population
3. college students
4. medical and surgical patients

Of the statements :

The cognitive perspective focuses on which process

When a research design is characterised by the lack of a control group and failure to provide an equivalence of a control group. It is called

Maladjustment at behavioural level is attributed to 

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Codes :

Pseudostressors are also called as

Consider the following statements :

When setting rules for students, a teacher must keep in mind the following :

1. Rules should be reasonable and necessary
2. Rules should be specific and clear
3. Rules for classroom behaviour must be consistent with school rules
4. Rules should be liked by all students

Of the statements :

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Measures of well-being show good internal reliability.

Reason (R) : Measures of well-being are negatively correlated with symptoms of mental illness.

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According to which perspective, the behaviour of a person is driven or motivated, by powerful inner forces

When the number of items is certain in the universe, it is

Auto-suggestion should be given when the subject is in a 

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Which of the following is not the advantage of autogenic relaxation

Titchener's method for examining the elements of conscious mental life was called as

Consider the following statements :

Experience sampling methods measure

1. What people are doing and feeling while events occur
2. Events and feeling about them shortly after the event has occurred
3. Events or activities and feelings about them a few days after the event has occurred
4. Events and feelings about them as recalled a few years later.

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Median provides a technique for comparing the basic tendencies of two independent samples.

Reason (R) : Median test can be used when 't' test's purpose are not fulfilled

Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Median provides a technique for comparing the basic tendencies of two independent samples.

Reason (R) : Median test can be used when 't' test's purpose are not fulfilled

Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Students in permissive classrooms tend to have inadequate academic skills and poor self-control.

Reason (R) : Permissive classrooms provide student's autonomy.

Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

Which is the seat of emotions

The reports of observations about the behaviour of organisms and the conditions under which the behaviour occurs are known as

A complete enumeration of all items in the population is known as

Consider the following statements :

When setting rules for classroom behaviour, the teacher needs to 

1. state rules and expectations clearly
2. be willing to enforce the rules consistently
3. make exceptions and give privileges to some students
4. handle discipline problems the same way as his prodecessor.

Of the statements :

Gradual method of removing fearful association is called

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Codes :

Which type of psychologist uses knowledge of biology, learning, motivation and personality

Consider the following statements :

According to the Big Five Personality model individuals high in neuroticism

1. feel tense/anxious, moody
2. feel emotionally reactive, self-conscious
3. are calm
4. feel secure.

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

Usage of parametric tests include

1. Population must be of normal distribution
2. Variables must have been measured in interval or ratio scale
3. Observation must be independent
4. The population must have some variance.

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Ex-post facto research is systematic, empirical inquiry in which the scientist does not have direct control of independent variables, because their manifestations have already occurred or they are not manipulable.

Reason (R) : In ex-post-facto research. inferences about relations among variables are made. without direct intervention. from concomitant variation of independent and dependent variables.

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : RET is less effective with individuals having character disorders & psychotics.

Reason (R) : RET is not effective with younger and brighter clients.

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Select the one that is correctly matched :

Which of the following is incorrectly matched

The tendency of people to see their worlds as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful is termed as

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Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Market segmentation is now widely used by manufacturers, retailers and the non-profit sector.

Reason (R) : Segmentation strategies benefit both marketers and consumers.

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Consider the following statements :

1. Non-probability sample includes convenience sample
2. Non-probability sample includes judgment sample
3. Non-probability sample includes quota sample
4. Non-probability sample includes cluster sample.

Of the statements :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Consumer decision rules are procedures used by consumers to facilitate brand choices.

Reason (R) : Consumer decision rules enhance the burden of making complex decisions by providing guidelines that make the process more taxing.

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Codes :

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Codes :

Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Screening is a procedure whereby those sections of the population who are at risk of developing a desease are examined to see whther they have any early indications of the disease.

Reason (R) : The rationale behind this strategy is that the earlier disease is identified and treated the less likely it is to develop into its full blown form.

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Consider the following statements :

1. Health promotion is any activity that protects or improves health status
2. The objective is to prolong life and improve quality of life
3. Health promotion reduces the effects of impaired physical/mental health in affected individuals
4. Health promotion includes environmental and behavioural interventions.

Of the statements:

Select the one that is incorrectly matched :

Select the one that is incorrectly matched :