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

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

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 :

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

Chance errors are otherwise known as

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

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is effective for the treatment of

In organizational development, there is a strong emphasis on

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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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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Item-total correlations are affected by

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

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 :

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 :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :

Whenever undesirable response occurs, it should be reinforced

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

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 :

Carl Rogers used which technique to evaluate self-concept

The hallmark of operant conditioning is 

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