UGC NET Psychology Paper 2 – June 2020 cycle (25 Sep 2020, Shift 1) – Question Paper with Answer Key

Which one of the following branches of philosophy of science deals with the question of existence?

Which one of the following terms denotes that there are qualities of experience that cannot be explained in terms of combinations of traditional kinds of sensations?

A researcher is studying group process of software startup developers by staying with them and like them for six months. Which of the following is used by her?

Testing the scientific hypothesis is impossible due to the need of auxiliary assumptions. What is this associated with?

Making decisions by the use of mental short cuts that focus on one aspect of a problem, while ignoring others refers to which one of the following?

A group of sixty newly diagnosed diabetic patients were tested for anxiety using a standardized inventory. They were retested for anxiety again after months using the same inventory. The mean difference in anxiety was evaluated by a suitable t-test. The degrees of freedom associated with the t-test would be

In depth perception, what kind of images are used?

Total cholesterol is determined by adding which of the following values?

Which approach focussed on the nature of a task and its influence on a person's ability in solving problems?

Teplov while discussing the strong/weak nervous systems believed that the point of 'transmarginal unhibition' is the point beyong which :

In multiple approach-avoidance conflict, one has to choose between which of the following?

Which one of the following models proposes that there are three major functional units of the brain: focussing on sustaining attention; receiving and storing information and planning and self-monitoring?

For an intelligence test in an educational setting, which of the following difficulty value shows maximum discrimination?

What do you call the attention that is drawn automatically to a stimulus without the intention of the participant?

Jensen put forward the 'Regression' argument to account for which of the following?

What is the retention without conscious recollection of skills and dispositions called?

Who among the following is credited with proposing the investment theory of creativity?

Client: (Silent and shifting nervously in her chair. She is facing the counselor, but her eyes scan anxiously about) Counselor: It must be difficult for you to decide what you are going to do here with me This response is an example of:

In Bronfenbrenner's model, which one of the following systems is independent of cultural bias?

A harsh father always restricts the curiosity motive of his son and the son develops a general hostility towards his superiors. Which of the following is correct about this?

Which of the following principle is violated when a psychologist intentionally misrepresents his research results?

According to Lazarus, what comes between the stimulus and emotional response to that stimulus to mediate?

Vaibhasika and Sautrantika are associated with which of the following?

In the famous experiment by Schacter and Singer involving epinephrine, what was found to govern the emotions?

Which of the following is the correct response pattern for the semantic differential test to measure a trait 'active'?

Which one of the following is the correct description of Old Fashioned Racism?

Which of the following is an attitude measure that places a single adjective in the centre of an even number of numerical values?

Which one of the following is considered as correct for Poverty Gap?

Who among the following conducted one of the most famous and controversial experiments in the area of obedience?

Immediately after an action potential, the cell does not produce another action potential due to

Which one of the following attitude scaling methods is especially unsuitable for scaling a large number of attitude statements?

The Door in the Face Technique is based on which tactics of compliance?

Which neurotransmitter is helpful in synaptic plasticity?

Which technique of studying the brain involves injecting the patient with radioactive glucose?

What does 'Absolute Poverty' mean?

What do you call the neurological procedure involving the implantation of a medical device under the skin in the chest that sends electrical impulses to electrodes surgically placed in the specific location in the brain?

Antiduretic hormone (ADH) is released by which of the following?

Which of the following is the correct explanation of "An intolerance for weakness, a punitive attitude and submissive respect for their in-group authorities as reflected in their agreement"?

Who believed that meaning in life can be uncovered by creative, experiential and attitudinal values?

Who among the following has laid emphasis on examining the relationship of culturally specific practices with development?

Which of the following are considered in favour of scientific realism?

A. Corroboration

B. Empiricism

C. Miracle argument

D. Selective optimism

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In the independent groups' design, selective subject loss occurs because of which of the following?

A. Subjects are lost differently across conditions

B. Subject characteristics are responsible for subject loss

C. Subjects are lost uniformly across conditions

D. Subject characteristics are independent of subject loss

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Which one of the following personality test/s employ/s a 'Lie' scale?

A. Rotter's Locus of control scale

B. Eysenck Personality Profiler

C. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

D. Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

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Which of the following are involved in decreased food intake and weight loss?

A. Insulin

B. Leptin

C. Cholecystokinin

D. Orexin

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Which of the following character strengths are included in the VIA classification of strengths?

A. Creativity

B. Forgiveness

C. Resilience

D. Prudence

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Which of the following internal roadblocks to effective listening is exemplified by the

statement "We have never done it that way before"?

A. Resistance to change

B. Halo Effect

C. Stereotyping

D. Hearing only, not feeling

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Adult neurons rely heavily on which of the following?

A. Glucose

B. Protein

C. Potassium

D. Sodium

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Which of the following were considered to be appropriate for psychological study by Wundt?

A. Analysis of cultural products

B. Higher mental processes

C. The totality of psychological phenomena

D. Self-observation

E. Physiological type of experimentation

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The cognitive theory contends dependency behaviours to be arising, from and being maintained by cognitive distortions and maladaptive thought processes. Which of the following are associated with cognitive distortions?

A. Availability

B. Hindsight bias

C. Flexible attribution

D. Illusion of control

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Which of the following is true about Hypovolemia?

A. It causes thirst

B. It increases the blood pressure

C. Angiotensin is released during this condition

D. The volume of blood increases

E. Blood pressure reduces

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Which of the following are the parts of mental logic theories of reasoning?

A. A set of interference schemas

B. Accumulation of concepts

C. A reasoning program

D. A set of pragmatic principles

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Which is true about coefficient alpha?

A. It is a lower bound of a test of parallel items

B. It is an upper bound of a test of parallel items

C. It is an average of all combination of split-half reliabilities

D. It is independent of inter-item correlations

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Which of the following statements are true about Unity Thema?

A. It is a compound of interrelated needs linked to press

B. It is a compound of conflicting needs linked to press

C. It operates largely as an unconscious force

D. It operates largely as a conscious force

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What comprises haptic perception?

A. Shape

B. Size

C. Volume

D. Identity

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Which of the following are the components of Metacognition?

A. Metacognition knowledge

B. Metacognition experience

C. Metacognition control

D. Metacognition regulation

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Which of the following are associated with the Path in Sufism?

A. Establishing self and assertion

B. Repentance

C. Renunciation

D. Poverty

E. Annihilation

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Which of the following is useful for testing univariate normality of distribution?

A. Q-Q plot

B. Shapiro-Wilk test

C. Jarque- Bera test

D. Scatter plot

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Johnson-Laird (1995) has some contengencies in the scientific study of logic, which comprise:

A. Relational inferences

B. Propositional inferences

C. Focus gambling

D. Syllogisms

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Which of the following are comprised in executive functions?

A. Planning

B. Attention

C. Set shifting

D. Declarative memory

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Mr A is very good at discriminating between progressive and regressive ways of behaviour. His choices are clearly perceived by him and adequately symbolised. According to Rogers, these are the characteristics of which of the following?

A. Individual tendency towards 'growth'

B. Tendency to 'self actualise'

C. His constructive creativity

D. His self-affirmation

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The psychosocial stage of Intimacy v/s Isolation is preceded and succeeded by which of the following?

A. Generativity v/s Stagnation

B. Identity v/s Identity confusion

C. Industry v/s Diffusion

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Which of the following characterise the hardy person?

A. He is high on sense of commitment

B. He is more likely to act to 'cover-up'

C. He doesn't avoid problems, yet he is often angry

D. He is always under the control of his life and events

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Which of the following dimensions are essential to be mastered in multicultural counseling, as per McFadden's transcultural perspective?

A. Cultural-Historical

B. Historical hostility management

C. Scientific-Ideological

D. Minority identity management

E. Social

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Several types of heuristics have been identified by researchers. Which of the these are included in it?

A. Lexicographic strategy

B. Satisficing strategy

C. Mental set

D. Elimination by aspects

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A teacher engages students in hands-on, inquiry-based and relevant learning activities in his class. What does this illustrate?

A. Application of the law of exercise

B. Application of the law of effect

C. Creating intrinsic motivation

D. Creating extrinsic motivation

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Which is the correct sequence of speech and language development according to Vygotsky?

A. Naive

B. Primitive

C. Egocentric

D. Ingrowth

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In cognitive therapy by Elis, arrange the sequence of following after recognising the activating event

A. Discriminating the new emotional/behavioural consequences

B. Recognising the emotional/behavioural consequences of belief

C. Understanding the corresponding beliefs

D. Challenging and counteracting these beliefs

E. Recognising new feelings

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What is the correct sequence of Decision Making Perspective of Pro-social behaviour to help a person in distress?

A. Taking personal responsibility

B. Weighing the cost and benefits

C. Perceived a need

D. Deciding how to help

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Arrange the following in sequence as per the Extinction Transfer Theory of Aggression

A. Frustration

B. Residual Arousal

C. Arousing Events

D. Increased Arousal

E. Arousal attributed to Frustration

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Arrange in sequence what Yerkes described commonly takes place in "insight learning"

A. Sharpening and frequent recurrent attention to the goal

B. Trial

C. Survey/Inspection

D. Attitude of concentrated attention

E. Critical point

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The enhancement of dominant responses is strongest when people think they are being evaluated. What is the correct sequence of this theory?

A. Evaluation apprehension

B. Well learned

C. Presence of other

D. Increased arousal

E. Social facilitation

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What is the correct sequence of transformation in integral yoga?

A. Transformation of physical

B. Transformation of subconscient

C. Transformation of mind

D. Transformation of vital

E. Transformation of inconscient

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In which sequence, according to Piaget, the following cognitive milestones are achieved?

A. Object permanence

B. Reversibility

C. Abstraction

D. Centration

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Arrange the pairings of US and CS in classical conditioning in terms of onset of US in relation to CS starting from the earliest

A. Backward

B. Simultaneous

C. Delayed

D. Trace

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Arrange the stages of personality development in the theory given by Rollo May

A. Innocence

B. Rebellion

C. Ordinary consciousness of self

D. Creative consciousness of self

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Given below two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Schertzer and Stone (1974) specified that acceptance requires respect for the individual as a person of warmth

Reason R: Therapists relate to their patients/clients in a non-judgemental, non-critical and non-punitive way

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Given below two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Obtained t-valve will follow theoretical t-distribution if underlying assumptions are fulfilled

Reason R: The application of t-test makes an assumption of heterogeneity of variance

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Given below two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: According to Classical Test Theory (CTT) total variance is equal to the sum of true variance and error variance

Reason R: Error variance and true variance are independent of each other as per CTT

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Given below two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: The NEO-PI-R does not have a response style scale

Reason R: NEO-PI-R developers argued that adjustment of social desirability leads to a reduction in validity

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Given below two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as

Reason R

Assertion A: Many companies now enable their employees to share profits or even to participate in company ownership

Reason R: Worker's productivity boosts rewards from employers

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Which of the following is df for F for the entire model?

Which of the following is correct about residual variance in the passage?

What kind of a variable is 'type of school' in the passage?

Which of the following is the reason for insignificance of IT-B?

What is indicated by R² in the passage?

Which of the following is correct in case of three items having cross-loading?

In the above example, what percentage of the variance would be explained by the first unrotated factor?

The Bartlett's test results in the above study suggested that

Using the Kaiser-Guttman criterion, how many factors would be retained in the above study?

Which of the following is correct for the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test?

A. It is a test of sampling adequacy

B. Chi-square test is used to test the significance

C. Values smaller than 0.5 are desirable

D. Smaller partial correlation leads to high KMO

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