Psychology Questions & Answers (Compiled from UPSC, SSC ,PSC ,IBPS previous question papers)

Match List I correctly with List II and select your answer using the codes given below :

Delinquency can be viewed in terms of

Independent variable that the researcher does not manipulate is called

A categorical variable is one

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

In selection process which tests yield validity superior to other tests

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

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

A multiple regression involves prediction of 

Autogenic relaxation technique was developed by

Precision can be imporved by

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 :

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

Consider the following statements :

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

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

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

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

Non-probability sampling is otherwise called as

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.

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

The first method used for health behaviour change was

The central limit theorem principle explains

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

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

The main advantage of a case study is

A working proposition is termed

Which one of the following is not a primary reinforcer

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

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.

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

Simplified representation of reality is

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

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