UGC NET Psychology Paper 2 – Dec 2020 & June 2021 merged (Nov 2021) – Question Paper with Answer Key

Which of the following nerves carry the sensory messages from skin, eyes and ears to Central Nervous System?

A Woman who learns that she has been deprived of promotion to a higher job in a company, may storm into her boss's office and have temper tentrum. It exemplifies :

Which of the following is correct for the Pheromones?

Which of the following describes the enduring facilitation of synaptic transmission that occurs following activation of synapses by high intensity and high frequency stimulation of pre-synaptic neurons?

If a person's distinctive social category makes him or her vulnerable to stereotyping, it is referred to as:-

Which of the following statements is wrong?

Which of the following is involved in Type 'a' processes of thinking as described by Wertheimer?

A person's chronological Age is 20 years, and mental age is 16 years. What would be his IQ?

"When individuals believe that moral choices are not dependent on close ties to others and that rules must be enforced in the same manner for everyone and each person should uphold them". The following statement is characteristic of which stage of Moral Development according to Kohlberg?

Which of the following statements describe the term 'Diffusion of Responsibility?

Cattell proposed his theory of fluid and crystallized intelligences on the basis of which of the following?

Behavior is a direct result of behavioral intentions, this is explained by which of the following?

As per Socrates' Greek Philosophy, Which of the following is NOT true about eudaemonia?

Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) is best suited for making groupwise comparisons for several dependent variables. Which of the following are these?

Who among the following proposed that different emotional stimuli induce different patterns of ANS activity and that these different patterns produce different emotional experiences?

The tendency to believe that a task will take less time than it really will, is known as:-

Which of the following are the correct differences between Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease?

(A) Parkinson's disease is a disorder of middle and old age while Huntington's disease is a disorder of young.

(B) Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder while Huntington's disease is an emotional disorder.

(C) Unlike Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease has a strong genetic base.

(D) Parkinson's disease is not associated with severe dementia while Huntington's disease is.

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Memory that is thought to contain knowledge, facts, information, ideas that can be recalled or described in words, pictures, or symbols is called:-

Young adults who return after leaving home for some period, to live in their middle aged parents home are known as:-

Integration of cognitive aspects of learning with the emotional aspects of experience and learning is known as:-

Which one of the following is usually not considered an example of the evaluative dimension of the Osgood Semantic Differential?

In which schools of Indian thought about yoga, 'Prakrti' remains isolated as a principle of ultimate reality into self and is active only in the presence and service of 'Purusa'?

Pattern of familial transmission of intelligence from one generation to other is investigated in which of the following?

Persons inclined to be verbally aggressive have:-

The person's failure to respond to the second stimulus while continuing to respond to the first stimulus is because of:-

Some people are able to draw an object, match similar objects and describe the component parts but they fail to recognize the objects that they had just seen or drawn. Which of the following describes this phenomena?

Discovery and understanding of our own abilities brings happiness but also brings fear of new responsibilities and duties. It is called:-

Qualities such as calmness, tolerance, sociability, love of comfort and easy goingness depict, which of the following?

In which phase of Enright's model of psychological forgiveness, individual gains a cognitive understanding of the offender in a new light that brings a positive change in view about the offender, self and the relationship?

It is possible to accept the world as it is, without experiencing dissatisfaction. This is related to which of the following in Buddhism?

Which one of the following is considered as a culture-fair test?

Projective measures, particularly inkblot tests, index which of the following?

When a target is defined by just one distinctive feature which is available on its feature map and it calls attention to itself is known as:-

Which one of the following is a nearest parametric alternative to Kruskal–Wallis test?

Which theory determines poverty as a psychological problem of separated classes in society?

Visuospatial sketch pad is a component of which of the following?

Who of the following emphasised nomothetic approach in personality research?

After being robbed by a boy recently the shopkeeper says "beware of teenagers in our community". Which of the following explains his reactions?

Communication of the understanding of the 'internal frame of reference' to client by a therapist pertains to which type of counseling skills?

Vouyerstic and exhibitionistic disorders are included in which of the following in DSM-5?

Which of the following are true regarding Broca's area?

(A) It is located in the frontal lobe.

(B) Its function is speech production.

(C) Understanding and processing aspects of language are associated with it.

(D) It helps people using sign language.

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Which of the following is/are correctly associated with Plato's idea of 'Chariot that is pulled by two horses'?

(A) Desiring soul is the charioteer.

(B) Rational soul is located in the head.

(C) Rational soul is governed by restraint and modesty.

(D) Spirited soul knows the honour.

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Ethological approach to motivation mainly explains

(A) biological aspects of behaviour.

(B) evolutionary history of behaviour.

(C) causation of behaviour in terms of stimulus, hormonal and neurobiological events.

(D) proximal determinants of behaviour.

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Loftus and Pickrell (1995) asked people to read and think about events which had happened to them in childhood and also instructed to write a description of one event which was actually fictitious. About one third of the participants described the fictitious events as having really happened to them. This is called:-

(A) Eyewitness memory

(B) False memory

(C) Flash bulb memory

(D) Autobiographical memory

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Which of the following characteristics are applicable to emotions that are considered to occur as a result of interaction among subjective and environmental factors and neural and hormonal processes?

(A) Emotions give rise to hedonic experiences.

(B) Emotions stimulate to generate cognitive explanations.

(C) Emotions trigger variety of internal neurobiological changes.

(D) Emotions always elicit rewarding behaviour.

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In the two group design with a continuous dependent variable, which of the following measures of effect size can be employed?

(A) Cohen's d

(B) Point biserial correlation

(C) Eta square

(D) Partial eta square

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Which of the following are considered as projective tests of personality?

(A) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

(B) Rotter's Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB)

(C) Guttman's Scalogram Analysis

(D) Kent–Rosenoff Free Association Test

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Which of the following are correctly described influences of Behaviourism?

(A) Watson's scientific psychology was designed to predict and control human behaviour

(B) Mary Cover Jones studied the effectiveness of counter conditioning

(C) Skinner claimed to have introduced the term 'Behaviour therapy' and is also credited for it

(D) Lazarus emphasised the extension of Thorndike's Law of effect

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Interscorer reliability is relevant in:-

(A) projective tests of personality

(B) achievement tests with short answers

(C) achievement tests with essay type questions

(D) self–report personality inventories

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Which of the following tactics for gaining compliance are based on reciprocity?

(A) The Door–in–the – face technique

(B) "That's – Not–All" Approach

(C) Playing hard to get

(D) Foot–in–the Door Technique

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Which of the following type of inversion is observed in reaction formation?

(A) Implicit

(B) Explicit

(C) Conscious

(D) Unconscious

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Attitudes can be classically conditioned even without our awareness by which of the following?

(A) Subliminal conditioning

(B) Observational learning

(C) Mere exposure

(D) Social networks

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Which among these is correct for Cyber bullying?

(A) It involves disinhibition

(B) Lesser role of Bystanders

(C) Ability of targets to retaliate is more

(D) No evidence left behind

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Which of the following in learning environment are considered to be true about school success?

(A) The self image is vital to learning

(B) Very high goal setting is necessary to motivate and study

(C) Success experience is a function of challenge more than repetition

(D) Child's spiritual identity is vital to learning

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Which of the following are the performance subtests of WAIS?

(A) Digit span

(B) Similarities

(C) Digit symbol

(D) Object assembly

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Which of the following categories were given by Skinner for different verbal responses in terms of how they are reinforced?

(A) Mand

(B) Tact

(C) Echoic Behaviour

(D) Autoclitic Behaviour

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Which among the following does not refer to Social Referencing?

(A) Intentional search for information about others' feelings, to help explain the meaning of uncertain circumstances and events

(B) It occurs around the age of 2 – 3 years

(C) Infants make use of facial expressions in social referencing

(D) Infants need to understand the significance of other's behavior within the context of a specific situation

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Which of the following characterizes Cognitive Dissonance?

(A) Dissonance often occurs in situations involving forced compliance

(B) Attempts to resolve dissonance are reflected in increased cortical activity

(C) Dissonance cannot be reduced directly but only by adding cognitions that justify our behaviours

(D) Dissonance is stronger when we have little justification for our attitude – inconsistent behaviour

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New Mood Therapy:-

(A) is a cognitive therapy

(B) is meant for treatment of depression

(C) involves many behavioural interventions

(D) was originated by Ellis

(E) is action commitment therapy

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The components of 'Working Memory' are:-

(A) Acoustic unit

(B) Semantic unit

(C) Central executive

(D) Episodic buffer

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Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) measures:-

(A) Perceiving emotions

(B) Using emotions to facilitate thought

(C) Understanding emotions

(D) Implicit motivation

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Which of the following are features of Metacognition?

(A) Encoding

(B) Regulation

(C) Monitoring

(D) Evaluation

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Jensen's Level I and Level II abilities can be best understood in terms of which of the following?

(A) Difficulty and complexity of tasks

(B) SES Differences

(C) Racial Differences

(D) Gender Differences

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What are the characteristics of 'Emerging persons' in Rogerian approach?

(A) Honest and open

(B) Indifferent to material comforts and rewards

(C) Caring

(D) Having profound trust in authority

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Which of the following are correct for the Biopsychosocial Model of health?

(A) Close interaction between body and mind, though they are separate entities

(B) Active participation of the patient

(C) Health and illness are on the same continuum

(D) Treatment process involves medication, surgery and radiation

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Arrange the first five elements of 'Flow' in correct sequence :

(A) Clarity of Goals

(B) Immediate Feedback of Actions

(C) Balance between challenges and skills

(D) Merger of awareness and actions

(E) Exclusion of distractions from consciousness

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Arrange the following as per the Yogic Concept of Cognition.

(A) Sensorial transformation is attended by manas

(B) Reaction by budhi to the object of cognition

(C) Registration of external object on mind

(D) Assimilation and discrimination by manas

(E) Information to Ahamkara

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Arrange the following correlations in ascending order in terms of their strength of relationship

(A) – 0.75

(B) – 0.30

(C) 0.40

(D) 0.68

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The evolution of the various explanations or models of memory occur in the following sequence :

(A) Multistore

(B) Working memory

(C) Level of processing

(D) Interference

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Arrange in correct sequence, the first five intelligences given by Gardner :

(A) Linguistic Intelligence

(B) Logico-mathematical Intelligence

(C) Spatial Intelligence

(D) Kinesthetic Intelligence

(E) Natural intelligence

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Arrange the Nafs (Self in Sufism) from lower to higher self :

(A) The self pleasing to God

(B) The pure self

(C) Inspired self

(D) Serene self

(E) The pleased self

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According to Master and Johnson, which of the following is correct sequence of Sexual Response?

(A) Excitement

(B) Desire

(C) Plateau

(D) Orgasm

(E) Resolution

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Give the correct sequence of stages in the relationship maintenance as suggested by Thibaut and Kelly (1959) in their Social Exchange Theory :

(A) Bargaining

(B) Commitment

(C) Sampling

(D) Institutionalization

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Give the sequence of Identity Formation in Adolescents.

(A) Consolidation

(B) Exploration

(C) Rapprochement

(D) Differentiation

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Arrange in a sequence the Stop-start Relapse Cycle of Internet Addiction :

(A) Regret

(B) Rationalization

(C) Relapse

(D) Abstinence

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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) : Chances of inheriting the dominant genes are twice in females as compared to males

Reason (R) : Females in comparison to males have two 'X' chromosomes

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Given below are two statements :

Statement (I) : Edwards Personality Preference Schedule (EPPS) uses forced choice format.

Statement (II) : The forced choice format is presumed to prevent socially desirable responding

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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) : In fixed interval schedule of reinforcement behaviour is reinforced in a fixed time period.

Reason (R) : When students get feedback intermittently their level of performance increases

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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) : Cattell incorporated factors Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 in 16 PF

Reason (R) : Some factors appeared only in L–data not in Q and T-data

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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) : Lewin asserted that avoidance – avoidance conflicts are relatively more stable

Reason (R) : Opposing forces tend to remain in a state of disequilibrium.

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Item I was passed by 30 subjects in the low scoring group and by 56 subjects in the high scoring group. What would be the discrimination index for item I?

Which one of the following tests can be used for evaluating the statistical significance of the discrimination index?

What is the expected Cronbach alpha for Form A?

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): It is not possible to compute K-R reliability for the above test, since each item has five alternatives.

Reason (R): K-R reliability can be computed when the items can be dichotomously scored.

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For computing inter-item correlations, which one of the following is suitable?

The above design can best be labelled as:

The above data indicate:

The above results indicate that:

Which one of the following F ratios would be used to evaluate the second hypothesis?

The above findings indicate that post-hoc comparisons are: