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(1) ઉમેદવાર વાંધા- ૂચનો ર ૂ કરવા વેબસાઇટ પર િસ ધ થયેલ િનયત ન ૂનાનો ઉપયોગ કરવો.
(2) ઉમેદવારોએ પોતાને પર ામાં મળે લ સીર ઝની ુ તકામાં છપાયેલ માંક ુ બ વાંધા-
જ
ૂચનો ર ૂ ન કરતા તમામ વાંધા- ૂચનો વેબસાઇટ પર િસ ધ થયેલ ોિવઝનલ આ સર ક ના
માંક ુ બ અને તે સંદભમાં ર ૂ કરવા
જ
(3) ઉમેદવારોએ ઉ ત ૂચના ંુ અ ૂક પાલન કર ંુ અ યથા વાંધા- ૂચનો ગે કરલ ર ૂઆતો યાને
લેવાશે નહ .
101. Which of the following is not formal thought disorders?
(A) Circumstantiality (B) Tangentiality
(C) Derailment (D) Delusion
102. Which of the following is not paranoid delusion?
(A) Delusion of grandeur (B) Delusion of infidelity
(C) Delusion of reference (D) Delusion of persecution
103. Disturbances associated with cognitive disorders and medical conditions are :
(A) Visual agnosia (B) Aura
(C) Agnosia (D) All of above
104. Rating scales used for anxiety disorders are :
(A) Anxiety state inventory (B) Covi anxiety scale
(C) Physicians questionnaires (D) All of above
105. Following is not symptoms/signs of tobacco withdrawal state :
(A) Irritability or restlessness (B) Craving for tobacco
(C) Mouth ulceration (D) Convulsion
106. Following is not true for Anna Freud’s contribution in Psychology :
(A) Ellaboration of individual defense mechanism
(B) Development modern ego psychology
(C) Focus primarily on repression as the central defense mechanism
(D) Contribution in the field of child psychoanalysis
107. Following is classified as mature defense :
(A) Repression (B) Humour
(C) Regression (D) Projection
108. Which defense mechanisms are related to anal stage in psychosexual stages of development?
(A) Undoing (B) Reaction formation
(C) Isolation (D) All of above
109. Following is not true for cognitive triads in cognitive theory :
(A) Belief about self (B) Belief about world
(C) Belief about parents (D) Belief about future
110. Following is not an example of culture bound syndrome
(A) Koro (B) Susto
(C) Dhat (D) Lithologica
111. According to Blueler, symptoms of schizophrenia are :
(A) Associational disturbance (B) Autism
(C) Ambievalence (D) All of above
112. Following statement is not true for depressive disorder :
(A) Loss of pleasure in all or almost in all activities
(B) Psychomotor retardation or agitation
(C) tarly morning awakening
(D) Fluctuating mood and rapid cycling

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113. Patient most suitable for psychodynamic therapy is :
(A) Having lack of motivation or will
(B) Capacity for insight
(C) Moderate to high need for direction and guidance
(D) Social or communication problem
114. Following scientists are those who have contributed towards cognitive approach for depression
except one :
(A) Beck (B) Meyer
(C) Adler (D) Rush
115. Which psychologist has contributed towards psychodynamic approach in depression?
(A) Beck (B) Freud
(C) Meyer (D) Sullivan
116. According to ICD-10 criteria for mood(affective disorders), following statement is not true for
manic episode :
(A) Increased activity (B) Decreased sleep
(C) Difficulty in concentration (D) Decreased interest in activties
117. Following criteria is true for diagnosis of somatization disorders :
(A) Alteast four pain symptoms
(B) Alteast one sexual symptom
(C) Symptoms are intentionally produced
(D) Having pseudoneurological symptoms
118. Following is not classified as paraphilias :
(A) Pedophilia (B) Sex addict
(C) Fetishism (D) Exhibitionism
119. Following are impulse control disorder, except :
(A) Claptomania (B) Pathological gambling
(C) Hypomania (D) Trichotillomania
120. Following is not true for disturbances of consciousness :
(A) Selective inattention (B) Coma
(C) dream like state (D) Confusion
121. In the definition of psychology, behavior means :
(A) Internal covert processes
(B) Mental Processes
(C) Outward or overt action and reactions
(D) Only human behavior
122. Experimental psychologist, who design experiemetns to determine the causes of behavior would
be most interested in the goal of :
(A) Description (B) Explanation
(C) Prediction (D) Control

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123. What did freud believe controlled most, if not all, of our behavior?
(A) Conscious experiences (B) Gestalt’s perceptions
(C) The unconscious mind (D) Observational experiences
124. Who was the first woman president of American psychological Association?
(A) Mary Whiton Calkins (B) Mary Cover Jones
(C) Margaret Washburn (D) Eleanor Gibson
125. Which perspective is known as the “Third Force’ in psychology?
(A) Psychoanalysis (B) Behaviorism
(C) Cognitive Psychology (D) Humanism
126. Which perspective would a researcher be taking if she were studying the way children store and
retrieve information ?
(A) Psychoanalysis (B) Behaviorism
(C) Cognitive Psychology (D) Evolutionary perspective
127. Which of the following professionals in psychology focuses more on the environment condtions
that affect mental disorders?
(A) Psychiatrist (B) Psychoanalyst
(C) Psychiatric Social Worker (D) Psychologist
128. Which of the following specialities in psychology deals with diagnosis and treatment of disorders?
(A) Clinical (B) Development
(C) Personality (D) Experimental
129. In the scientific method, the first step is :
(A) Reporting your results (B) Perceiving a question
(C) Drawing conclusion (D) Testing the hypothesis
130. The main disadvantage of a case study is that it is not :
(A) easily done due to the large number of subjects
(B) Detailed enough for most research questions
(C) Generalizable to other similar conditions
(D) Biased
131. It’s pretty common knowledge that the more you study, the higher your grade will
be. What kind of corelation is this relationship?
(A) Positive (B) Negative
(C) Zero (D) Casual
132. In a ________ study, neither the experimentor nor participants know who is in the control group
and who is in the experimental group :
(A) Placebo (B) Single Blind
(C) Double Blind (D) Triple Blind
133. Critical thinking means making judgement based on :
(A) Emotional issues (B) Keeping a closed mind
(C) Reason and logical evaluation (D) Authority and expertise

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134. Which of the following is not one of the common ethical rules?
(A) Participants have to give informed consent
(B) Deception cannot be used in any studies with human being
(C) the rights and wellbeing of the participants must come first
(D) Data must remain confidential
135. ________ was the focus of Watson’s behaviorism :
(A) Conscious experiences (B) Gestalt’s perception
(C) The unconscious mind (D) Observable experiences
136. Which part of the neurons receives messages from other cells?
(A) Axon (B) Dandrite
(C) Soma (D) Myelin
137. Which of the following is associated with sleep, mood and appetite?
(A) Acetycholine (B) GABA
(C) Serotonin (D) Endorphin
138. Receiving neurons have special ________ that fit the shape of certain molecules.
(A) Synaptic vesicles (B) Gaps
(C) Receptor sites (D) Branches
139. Which type of cell is responsible for the reproduction of other cells of body?
(A) Blood cells (B) Stem cells
(C) Neurons (D) Basal cells
140. Which of the following would be active if you are sleeping?
(A) Sympathetic division (B) Para sympathetic division
(C) Somatic division (D) Motor division
141. The neurons of the motor pathway control ________ .
(A) Stress reaction (B) Organs and glands
(C) Involuntary muscles (D) Voluntary muscles
142. Which of the following techniques uses a radioactive sugar to look at the function of the brain?
(A) EEG (B) CT
(C) MRI (D) PET
143. Which brain structure is most responsible for our balance, poster and muscle tone?
(A) Medulla (B) Cerebellum
(C) Reticular formation (D) Pons
144. Which brain structure would most likely result in death if damaged?
(A) Medulla (B) Cerebellum
(C) Reticular formation (D) Pons
145. In which of the following lobes of the cortex would you find the primary auditory area?
(A) Frontal (B) Temporal
(C) Occipital (D) Parietal

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146. The higher mental functions such as thinking and problem solving are found in ________ lobe.
(A) Frontal (B) Parietal
(C) Temporal (D) Occipital
147. The endocrine glands secrete chemicals called :
(A) Pheromones into blood stream (B) Hormones into blood stream
(C) Pheromones onto bodily tissues (D) Hormones onto bodily tissues
148. If the pancreas secretes too little insulin it causes :
(A) Diabetes (B) Hypoglycemia
(C) Hypothyrodism (D) Virilism
149. Which type of cell makesup 10% of the brain?
(A) Glial cells (B) Neurons
(C) Stem cells (D) Afferent cells
150. Which neurotransmitter is associated with the control of pain response?
(A) Acetycholine (B) GABA
(C) Serotonin (D) Endorphin
151. Which sense is NOT sent to the cortex by the thalamus?
(A) Hearing (B) Smell
(C) Taste (D) Vision
152. Melatonin is secreted by the ________ glands
(A) Pituitary (B) Adrenal
(C) Thyroid (D) Pineal
153. Which statement about colour blindness is true?
(A) There are more men who are colour blind than women
(B) All colour blind people see only black and white
(C) Some colour blind people see only in blue
(D) Some colour blind people see only in blue and red
154. Which of the following terms refers to the psychological effect of amplitutde of light waves?
(A) Colour (B) Brightness
(C) Saturation (D) Hue
155. The ear drum is also called the :
(A) Pinna (B) Oval window
(C) Tympanic membrane (D) Cochlia
156. Which of the following properties of sound would be most similar to the colour or hue of light?
(A) Pitch (B) Loudness
(C) Purity (D) Timbre
157. Pain sensation in the skin, muscles, tandons and joints that are carried on large
(A) Visceral pain (B) Somatic pain
(C) Referred pain (D) Indegenous pain

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158. The receptor on our taste buds work most like :
(A) Receptors in the ears (B) Receptors in the eyes
(C) Receptor sites on neurons (D) Receptors in the skin
159. An illusion :
(A) Is the same thing as hallucination
(B) Exist only in the brain cells of the viewer
(C) Is a distorted perception if an actual stimulus
(D) Corresponds directly to reality
160. Which type of retinal cell forms the optic nerve?
(A) Rods (B) Cones
(C) Ganglion cells (D) Bipolar cells
161. Which of your senses habituates rather than adapts to constant stimuli?
(A) Vision (B) Touch
(C) Hearing (D) Smell
162. Scientist, who is associated with technique of introspection is :
(A) James (B) Gibson
(C) Watson (D) Wundt
163. Freewill and self actualisation method is used in :
(A) Cognitive psychology (B) Psychoanalysis
(C) Behaviorism (D) Humanism
164. Identify study in which only the experimenter know the control group and the experimental
group
(A) Single Blind (B) Double Blind
(C) Triple Blind (D) Placebo
165. To study placebo effect and experimenter effect, one has to study :
(A) Double Blind (B) Triple Blind
(C) Single Blind (D) Placebo
166. Freud called symbolic content of dreams as :
(A) Manifest content (B) Hidden content
(C) Symbolic content (D) Latent content
167. All listed below are the examples of Circadian rythem except :
(A) Sleep wake cycle (B) Menstual cycle
(C) Blood pressure changes (D) Body temperature changes
168. According to learning principle, punishment more effective when it is :
(A) Paid with reinforcement of the correct behavior
(B) Applied every other time the bad behavior occurs
(C) An aggressive type
(D) Very intense

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169. ________ is considered as a secondary reinforcer?
(A) A glass of water (B) Praising a child
(C) Putting a dog (D) Candy Bar
170. Life reviews described by Erikson in last crisis is :
(A) Looking back on the life one has lived
(B) The wirting of Biography
(C) An analysis of one’s parents life
(D) A process of assigning blame
171. Erikson described ________ as a sense of completeness of one’s ego or identity
(A) Intelligence (B) Generativity
(C) Life review (D) Integrity
172. Kubler-Ros stated that when bargaining fails usually ________ develops.
(A) Depression (B) Anger
(C) Denial (D) Acceptance
173. According to ________ theory of motivation, people are said to have an optimal level of tension.
(A) Incentive (B) Arousal
(C) Humanistic (D) Drive reduction
174. A process by which activities are started, directed and sustained to meet a person’s needs is
called :
(A) Instinct (B) Incentive
(C) Motivation (D) Drive
175. People high in this need seek to be liked by others and are team players are called :
(A) Emotion (B) Power
(C) Achievement (D) Affiliation
176. According to McClelland, the need to have control or influence over others is ________
(A) Emotion (B) Power
(C) Achievement (D) Affiliation
177. Theories of motivation in which behavior is explained as a response to the external stimulus and
its rewarding properties.
(A) Instinct (B) Incentive
(C) Motivation (D) Drive
178. According to humanistic approaches hierarchy of needs is described by :
(A) Watson (B) Gibson
(C) Maslow (D) Lewin
179. All are symptoms of burnt out except :
(A) Optimism (B) Pessimism
(C) Dissatisfaction (D) Desire to quit

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180. Positive benefits of social support are :
(A) Can improve the physical functioning of Cancer patients
(B) Can improve the physical function of people with AIDS
(C) Benefits on health
(D) All of above
181. Identify odd men out in typical source of stress in workplace :
(A) Lack of job security (B) Lack of shift work
(C) Lack of heavy work load (D) Lack of variety
182. Freud described ________ parts of personality is mostly like a director.
(A) Ego ideal (B) Super Ego
(C) ld (D) Ego
183. An area of the body that produces pleasurable sensation is called ________ zone.
(A) Fixation (B) Phallic
(C) Erogen (D) Oedipal
184. In which psychosexual stage of development the sexual feelings are repressed?
(A) Latency (B) Oral
(C) Anal (D) Phallic
185. Identify which psychoanalyst is not famous as a neo-freudian?
(A) Adler (B) Jung
(C) Horney (D) Piaget
186. Jung describes the part of mind containing universal human memories and is called as ________
conscious.
(A) Personal (B) Collective
(C) Cognitive (D) Animistic
187. Freud described the structure on personality which works on reality principle is :
(A) Libido (B) Id
(C) Ego (D) Superego
188. Which of the following is the definition of personality?
(A) The moral and ethical behavior of a person
(B) Changes in behavior according to experiences
(C) The characteristic with which each person is born
(D) The unique way an individual thinks, feel and acts
189. The enduring characteristic with which each person is born is called :
(A) Personality (B) Temperament
(C) Character (D) Personality trait
190. ________ refers to value judgements made about a person’s morals and ethical behavior.
(A) Personality (B) Temperament
(C) Character (D) Personality trait

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191. Principles by which the Id functions, the immediate satisfaction of needs without regard for the
consequences is :
(A) Reality Principle (B) Pleasure Principle
(C) Ego ideal (D) Conscious
192. The instinctual energy that may come into conflict with demand of society’s standards of behavior.
(A) Libido (B) Sex drive
(C) Pleasure principle (D) Reality Principle
193. Level of mind that is aware of immediate surroundings and perceptions.
(A) Preconscious (B) Conscious
(C) Unconscious (D) None
194. Level of the mind in which information is available but not currently awareness of at the moment,
is called :
(A) Preconscious (B) Conscious
(C) Unconscious (D) None
195. Level of mind in which thoughts, feelings and memories and other information is kept that are
not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness.
(A) Preconscious (B) Conscious
(C) Unconscious (D) None
196. Part of the personality that develops out of a need to deal with reality mostly conscious, rational
and logical is :
(A) Id (B) Ego
(C) Super ego (D) Ego ideal
197. Which part of the personality makes the person feel pride when doing the right things?
(A) Ego (B) Superego
(C) Ego ideal (D) Conscious
198. Which part of the personality that contains the standards for moral behavior?
(A) Id (B) Ego
(C) Super ego (D) Ego ideal
199. Part of the personality that acts a a moral centre is described as :
(A) Id (B) Ego
(C) Super ego (D) Ego ideal
200. The ability of the therapist to understand the feeling of the clients is called
(A) Sympathy (B) Empathy
(C) Authenticity (D) Reflection
201. When a person tries to cope by eliminating or changing the stressor directly, it is known as :
(A) A defense Mechanism (B) Problem focus coping
(C) Self focus coping (D) Emotion focus coping

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202. Which of the following statements about learning is not true.
(A) Learning is another word for maturation
(B) Learning is relatively permanent
(C) Learning involves changes in behavior
(D) Learning involves experiences
203. Memory can best be described as :
(A) A series of storage beans or boxes
(B) A process of storage
(C) An active system that encodes, stores and retrieves information
(D) A series of passive data files
204. Knowledge that we gain from school is called ________ memory.
(A) Procedural (B) Declarative
(C) Semantic (D) Episodic
205. Which of the following makes the Wechsler Tests different from Stanford - Binet
(A) The Wechsler tests are administered to individuals
(B) The Wechsler is designed only for children
(C) The Stanford Binet is designed only for adults
(D) The Wechsler provides both a verbal and performance score
206. Which of the following is not part of definitions of intelligence?
(A) Ability to adapt (B) Ability to solve problems
(C) Ability to be creative (D) Ability to use resources effectively
207. Which sense is least functional at birth?
(A) Touch (B) Taste
(C) Smell (D) Vision
208. ________ is the first voluntary movement that allows infant to get from one place to another.
(A) Sitting without support (B) Standing
(C) Raising the head when placed down (D) Rolling over
209. Meditation has been shown to accomplish all of the following except :
(A) Relaxation (B) Reduction Blood Pressure
(C) Reduce the need for sleep (D) Reduce symptoms of anxiety
210. Which of the following is not that one of the guidelines for preventing suicide?
(A) Listen with sincerity
(B) Ask the person if he or she feels suicidal
(C) Share a time when you felt the same way
(D) Give the person advice even if he or she doesn’t ask for it
211. Ramesh seems to thrive on stress and feels very much in control of his life, he would probably be
labelled a ________ personality.
(A) Type A (B) Type B
(C) Type C (D) Hardy

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212. Lisa’s score on the SRSS was 380. According to Halmes and Rahe, Lisa is probably suffering
from :
(A) Mild life crisis (B) Moderate life crisis
(C) Major life crisis (D) Mild stress disorders
213. Trying to decide between two of your own favorite desserts is an example of ________ conflicts.
(A) Approach -Approach (B) Avoidance - Avoidance
(C) Approach - Avoidance (D) Multiple Approach - Avoidance
214. Mothers who were abusive and/or neglectful were associated with the ________ type of
attachment.
(A) Secure (B) Avoidant
(C) Ambivalent (D) Disorganized - Disoriented
215. In Erikson’s ________ stage of psychological development, the child learns self control and
begins to feel more capable
(A) Trust versus Mistrust (B) Autonomy versus same and doubt
(C) Initiative versus guilty (D) Industry versus inferiority
216. According to Erikson, achieving true intimacy is difficult if once ________ is not already
established.
(A) Identity (B) Independence
(C) Carrier (D) Marriage
217. Fertilized eggs cells is called a :
(A) Zygote (B) Ovum
(C) Sperm (D) Blastocyst
218. In which of the Piaget’s stages would child be who has just developed object permanence?
(A) Sensori motor (B) Preoperational
(C) Concrete Operational (D) Formal Operational
219. “Daddy go Bye-Bye”, is an example of :
(A) Telegraphic speech (B) Babbling
(C) A holophrase (D) Cooing
220. Which of the following statements about adolescents is false?
(A) It begins with the onset of puberty
(B) It is a time during which the young person is no longer a child but is not yet an adult
(C) It ends when puberty is completed
(D) It is a time of preoccupation with one’s own thoughts
221. According to Erikson the task of adolescents is to :
(A) Find a consistent sense of self (B) Develop a senses of initiative
(C) Find intimacy with another (D) Develop a sense of industry

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222. In which of the following was NOT one of the reasons that Master & Johnson’s research was
considered controversial?
(A) They used prostitutes as participants
(B) They were doing a study about sexual behavior
(C) No one had ever studied sexual behavior before this
(D) They were observing and taking pictures of people engaging in sexual activity
223. Developing a person’s of being Male and Female is called :
(A) Gender role (B) Gender identity
(C) Gender typing (D) Gender stereotyping
224. Which of the following is not a biological influence on Gender?
(A) Hormones secreted during the fetal development
(B) The influence of hormones is taken by the pregnant women
(C) Exposal to playmates of a particular gender
(D) Sex chromosomes
225. Research has shown that Man tends to talk to each other about :
(A) Private Concerns (B) Their feelings
(C) Relationships (D) Current events
226. Which group was NOT one of the groups poorly represented in Kinsey study?
(A) Old people (B) White middle class
(C) People with little education (D) People living in rural areas
227. LeVay found evidence that homosexual Males have a difference from Heterosexual
(A) Thalamus (B) Cortex
(C) Hypothalamus (D) Corpus Callosum
228. There is no scientific documented proof of AIDS being passed to another through :
(A) Child birth (B) Blood Transfusion
(C) Sharing a needle (D) Tears or Saliva
229. The culture’s expectations for Male and Female behavior are called :
(A) Gender roles (B) Gender Typing
(C) Gender Identity (D) Gender consistency
230. Which characteristic is NOT one of the Male stereotype Characteristics?
(A) Aggressive (B) Unemotional
(C) Changeable (D) Impatient
231. A Woman who experiences intense vaginal muscles making intercourse painful from :
(A) Vaginismus (B) Dyspareunia
(C) Sexual interest disroder (D) Sexual Aversion
232. Which of the following has not been studied as a cause of aggressive behavior?
(A) Frustration (B) Pain
(C) Alcohol (D) Mariuana

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233. The area of Brain that is most involved in aggression is the :
(A) Amygdala (B) Pineal gland
(C) Cerebellum (D) Cortex
234. The concept of aggression as a basic human instinct driving people to destructive act was part of
early ________ theory.
(A) Humanistic (B) Behavioral
(C) Psychoanalytic (D) Cognitive
235. The neurotransmitter that seems most involved in aggression is :
(A) Testosterone (B) Serotonin
(C) Dopamine (D) Norepinephrine
236. Which model of abnormality explains abnormal behavior as caused by illlogical
(A) Psychoanalytic (B) Cognitive
(C) Behavioral (D) Biological
237. An irrational fear of blood would be a :
(A) Social phobia (B) Specific phobia
(C) Agora phobia (D) Acrophobia
238. Which one is not a real physical disorder?
(A) Psychosomatic Disorder (B) Psychophysiological Disorder
(C) Somatoform Disorder (D) Disease of adaption
239. Carlo wakes up in strange hotel room. He doesn’t know where he is or how he got there, and he
is not sure what day it is. This is most likely an episode of dissociative
(A) Amnesia (B)Fugue
(C) Identity Disorders (D) Multiple Personality
240. Which type of Schizophrenics is most likely to have delusion of grandeur?
(A) Disorganized (B) Catatonic
(C) Paranoid (D) Residual
241. When our Mental activity undergoes a change in quality or pattern, this is called :
(A) Waking Consciousness (B) Altered state of Consciousness
(C) Transient state of Consciouness (D) Halluncination
242. Which of the following does not have role in determining when we sleep
(A) Light and dark information (B) Body Temperature
(C) Digestion (D) Serotonin
243. In which stage of sleep is a person who is very hard to awaken?
(A) Stage 1 (B) Stage 2
(C) Stage 3 (D) Stage 4
244. Which of the following is bad advice for someone suffering from Insomnia
(A) Do not watch TV or read in bed
(B) Avoid Coffee, Tea and other Caffiene containing products before bed
(C) Do not study or work in bed
(D) Lie in bed until you fall asleep even if it takes several hours

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245. In which disorder does breathing stop for nearly half a minute or more?
(A) Sleep Apnea (B) Night terrors
(C) Sleepwalking (D) Narcolepsy
246. Which of the following is not one of the steps in inducing hypnosis?
(A) Putting the person to sleep
(B) Telling a person to relax
(C) Telling the person to use vivid imagination
(D) Telling the person to “Let go”
247. Hypnosis has been successfully used to :
(A) Give a person super human strength
(B) Recall memory accurately and completely
(C) Reduce sensation of pain
(D) Regress a person back to infancy
248. What are two signs of physical dependency?
(A) Drug tolerance and psychological craving
(B) Psychological craving and withdrawal
(C) Drug tolerance and withdrawal
(D) Psychological craving and nausea
249. Larger and larger dozes of Amphetamines can lead to severe mental disturbance and paranoia
is called :
(A) Amphetamine neurosis (B) Amphetamine psychosis
(C) Amphetaminism (D) Amphetamine toxicity
250. All narcotics are derived from :
(A) Canabies (B) Opium
(C) Mescaline (D) Morphine
251. Which of the following hallucinogesns is not synthetically created drug?
(A) Psylocybin (B) LSD
(C) PCP (D) MDMA
252. Which of the following is the longterm effect of Mariuana use?
(A) Lung cancer (B) Asthama
(C) Immune system damage (D) All of above
253. The symptoms of sleep deprivation include all but which of the following?
(A) Trembling hands (B) Inability to concentrate
(C) Feeling of general discomfort (D) Hypnic jerk
254. Sleep walking :
(A) Is partially hereditery
(B) Occurs more frequently in girls than boys
(C) Occurs in about 50% of population
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255. Night terrors :
(A) Are the samething as night mares
(B) Are always vividly remembered afterwards
(C) Are more common in children
(D) Take place in one of the lighter stages of sleep
256. Which of the following is NOT a naturally occuring substance ?
(A) Nicotine (B) Amphetamine
(C) Caffiene (D) Cocaine
257. Applied behavior analysis involves :
(A) The process of shaping
(B) Is useful only for teaching Autistic children
(C) Is different from behvior modification
(D) Cannot to be used with anyone
258. Cognition refers to :
(A) Behavior that is observable and external
(B) Behavior that is directly measurable
(C) The mental events that take place while a person is behaving
(D) Memories
259. Who added the concept of reinforcement to learning theory?
(A) Watson (B) Thorndike
(C) Skinner (D) Paulove
260. Ruchi remembers that, when she was 8 year old she was whimsical. This memory of Ruchi is
called
(A) Episodic Memory (B) Semantic Memory
(C) Sensory Memory (D) Amnesic Memory
261. When the previously learned task affects the retention of task being currently acquired, the
phenomenon is referred to as
(A) retroactive interference (B) proactive interference
(C) retroactive effect (D) proactive effect
262. A slow graded electrical potential produced by a receptor cell in response to a physical stimulus
is :
(A) receptor potential (B) generator potential
(C) transduction (D) arousal
263. The kind of brain cells involved in observational learning are known as :
(A) Glial Cells (B) Myelin Sheath
(C) Mirror Neuron (D) Golgi body
264. One of the following types of love does not belong to Rollo May’s classification of love :
(A) Eros (B) Phila
(C) Agape (D) Narcissism

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265. The technique involved in guidance which is called ‘The heart of the guidance programm’ is :
(A) the case study (B) the interview
(C) the cumulative record (D) aptitude test
266. Many responses are possible in any learning situation. That response, which brings about
reinforcement rapidly with least amount of effort is most likely to occur first. If that is blocked,
the animal will prefer the next shortest route and so on. This is known as :
(A) habit strength (B) generalised habit strength
(C) habit family hierarchy (D) frustration drive stimulus
267. Different item functioning probably reveals :
(A) administration bias (B) construct bias
(C) interpretation bias (D) predictive bias
268. Immunity system’s functioning is most likely to increase when :
(A) People just share about their problems
(B) They are taught represser coping styles
(C) They practice effectives stress management techniques
(D) The general adaptation syndrome begins
269. Which of the following methods of probing increased information from eyewitness ?
(A) Direct probing (B) Open-ended questions
(C) Cognitive interview (D) Prompted recollection of events
270. Situations in which each person can increase his/her individual gains by acting in a certain way,
but if all (or most) persons act that same way, the outcomes experienced by all is reduced. This
phenomenon is known as :
(A) Social loafing (B) Social dilemmas
(C) Reciprocity (D) Conflict
271. The art of establishing trust, respect and cooperation in a relationship is referred to us :
(A) personal distance (B) continuation behaviour
(C) use of humor (D) rapport
272. The procedure called ‘semantic priming’ is used to study, which of the following phenomena ?
(A) Signal detection ability (B) Field dependence - independence
(C) Locus of control (D) Subliminal perception
273. Cognitive change occurs because of :
(A) Cognitive self regulation (B) Cognitive complexity
(C) Cognitive conflict (D) Cognitive maturity
274. The memory which contains factual information is called :
(A) Semantic memory (B) Declarative memory
(C) Procedural memory (D) Episodic memory
275. Which of the following are the negative symptoms of Schisophrenia ?
(A) Hallucinations and Apathy (B) Asociality and Apathy
(C) Anhedonia and Poverty of speech (D) Poverty of Speech and Delusions

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276. Leaders who exert profound effects on their followers and who establish special types of
relationships with their followers are usually considered as :
(A) Democratic leaders (B) Transformational leaders
(C) Normative leaders (D) Consultative leaders
277. The pituitary gland is the master endocrine gland because :
(A) it produces the largest number of different hormones
(B) it controls the secretion of several other endocrine glands
(C) it is responsible for functioning of the autonomic nerve system
(D) it controls the thinking and amount of body growth
278. Hinduism and Buddhism differ regarding the existence of a :
(A) social dimension of self (B) physical dimension of self
(C) psychological dimension of self (D) transcendental dimension of self
279. Which one of the following is the most important feature of the defense mechanism of
rationalisation ?
(A) Going back to an earlier stage of development
(B) Justifying one’s actions
(C) Magically atoning for certain acts that give rise to guilt
(D) Attributing one’s emotions to other persons
280. As we enter a movie theatre from bright light the visual sensitivity increases and within 5-10
minutes, we are able to see under low levels of illumination. This is due to :
(A) visual acuity (B) Dark adaptation
(C) Saturation (D) Transduction
281. Arrange the following in correct sequence of memory processes.
(A) Encoding (B) Storage
(C) Attention (D) Retrieval
282. Which of the following personality psychologist does not fall in the group of humanistic
approaches of personality ?
(A) Carl Rogers (B) Rollo May
(C) Martin Saligman (D) Abraham Maslow
283. When the exposure to a feared object is rapid and intense rather than slow and gradual, it is
called :
(A) Systemic desensitization (B) Aversion therapy
(C) Flooding (D) Extinction
284. Which of the following is not one of the three goals of cognitive behavior therapy?
(A) Helping the client gain insight
(B) Relieving the symptoms and resolving the problem
(C) Helping the client develop strategies for future problem solving
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285 Which of the following is a disadvantage of group therapy?
(A) Clients share the therapist’s time
(B) Clients see how other people have handled the problem
(C) Clients get social support from others
(D) Clients interact with others socially
286. Which neurotransmitter is not one of the three that seem to be involved in depression and the
drug that treat depression?
(A) Norepinephrine (B) Serotonin
(C) Dopamine (D) Epinephrine
287. For psychotherapy to be effective
(A) The therapist must provide a protected setting for a client to reveal their feelings
(B) The therapist should maintain emotional distance from the client
(C) Client and therapist should avoid warmth in their relationships
(D) Therapist should choose one style of therapy for all of their clients
288. Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) is useful in preventing suicide attempts because it :
(A) Is more effective than drug therapies
(B) Has few negative side effects
(C) Works more quickly than anti depressants
(D) Makes people happy
289 . The risk of permanent brain damage is greatest with :
(A) Cyber therapy (B) ECT
(C) Psychosurgery (D) Bilateral ECT
290. Humanistic therapies are different from psychoanalysis because the humanistic
(A) More directive
(B) Action oriented
(C) Focused only on conscious thoughts and behavior
(D) Insight therapies
291. Which of the following types of therapy makes the greatest use of body language
(A) Psychoanalysis
(B) Person centered therapy
(C) Gestalt therapy
(D) Rogerian therapy
292. Compared to traditional psychoanalysis modern psychodynamic therapy is :
(A) More directive (B) Less directive
(C) More action oriented (D) More focused on id
293. A psychoanalyst encouraged the patient to talk about whatever come to mind is called :
(A) Free association (B) Dream interpretation
(C) Resistance (D) Transference

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294. “Which mood disorder is a consistently sad mood?
(A) Bipolar (B) Cyclothymia
(C) Mania (D) Depression
295. Which of the following is not a typical symptom of Schizophrenia?
(A) Overly rational thinking (B) Inappropriate emotions
(C) Delusions (D) Hallucinations
296. In which category of Schizophrenia would a person be who shifts patterns of behavior?
(A) Catatonic (B) Disorganized
(C) Paranoid (D) undifferentiated
297 Which of the following disorders is a type of sexual fear?
(A) Taijin-kyofu-sho (B) Amok
(C) Susto (D) Koro
298. When anxiety is unrelated to any known realistic factor it is called :
(A) Free floating anxiety (B) Panic
(C) Phobia (D) Acute
299. Alex hates to go over bridges, this is a mild form of :
(A) Social phobia (B) Specific phobia
(C) Agoro phobia (D) Clustero ohobia
300 Which of the following statements about antisocial personality disorders is true :
(A) Most people with this disorders are vicious killers
(B) Most people with this disorders are men
(C) People with disorders suffer terrible guilt but commit crimes anyway
(D) People with this disorders feel emotions very deeply and intensely

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