| Post Name | Scientific Assistant (Polygraph)-Kerala police Department |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 057/2019/OL |
| Category Code | 012/2019 |
| Date of Test | 3 December 2019 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Who proposed the attenuation model of attention?
Answer
A. Treisman
2
The study of how physical stimuli are translated into psychological experience
Answer
C. Psychophysics
3
According to Brown and Peterson the retention duration of memory is as little as _____
Answer
D. 20 seconds` `
4
Who proposed the investment theory of creativity?
Answer
A. Sternberg and Lubart
5
_____ is a type of mental set
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D. Stereotype
6
In _____ theory of motivation, people are said to have an optimal level of tension.
Answer
C. Arousal
7
Most connectionist models assume that cognitive processes occur in _____
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B. Parallel
8
The experimental method that requires people to repeat the attended message out loud
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D. Shadowing
9
The illusion of movement created by presenting visual stimuli in rapid succession is called _____
Answer
C. The phi phenomenon
10
The apparent capacity of major news event to illuminate trivial aspects of the subject's environmental context is called _____
Answer
D. Flashbulb memory
11
In triarchic theory of human intelligence, higher order executive processes to plan, monitor, and evaluate belong to _____
Answer
A. Metacomponents
12
Which among the following is prone to an error in syllogistic reasoning?
Answer
D. All of these
13
Which of the following statements is true regarding Maslow's Hierarchy of needs? 1. Theory is based on his own personal observations and not on empirical evidence 2. Theory is rigid and cannot be applied in certain cultures as in Japan or Greece. 3. He later refined his theory by adding existence needs, relatedness needs and growth needs.
Answer
B. 1 and 2
14
Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through _____ conditioning, the avoidance response is maintained as a result of _____ conditioning.
Answer
A. Classical, operant
15
The amplitude of wave shown in ERP is _____ for the attended stimulus than the unattended stimulus.
Answer
B. Larger
16
According to Biederman, the role of geons in object perception is similar to that of _____ in speech perception.
Answer
C. Phonemes
17
Which of the following is a memory distortion explained in Schacter's "seven sins of memory"?
Answer
A. Absent mindedness
18
IQ tests have proven to be good predictors of _____.
Answer
B. School performance
19
Set of problems with the same underlying structures and solutions but different specific details are called _____.
Answer
C. Isomorphs
20
The need for money is an example of _____ drive.
Answer
B. An acquired
21
_____ are mental representations of physical locations.
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D. Cognitive maps
22
According to Posner and Snyder which of the following is not a criterion for automatic processing?
Answer
C. Task difficulty
23
The principles of organization hold good for _____
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A. Visual sense only
24
According to Mandler, maintenance rehearsal results in _____.
Answer
B. Integration
25
Binet and simon published the first useful test of general mental ability in _____.
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B. 1905
26
Unconscious processing that works on a specific problem while the mind is otherwise occupied is called _____.
Answer
D. Incubation
27
Those who have an internal locus of control are prone to think intelligence is _____.
Answer
B. Changeable
28
_____ is the part of brain associated with retrieval of emotionally charged events.
Answer
A. Amygdala
29
Anitha put ice cream in the cupboard and can of soup in the freezer while putting away the groceries. Identify the error associated with automatic processing.
Answer
B. Description error
30
_____ theory cannot account for the complexity and flexibility of object recognition.
Answer
A. Template matching
31
Deepak had a concussion and now he is not able to remember events prior to othe accident. He is suffering from _____
Answer
B. Retrograde amnesia
32
For all mental operations, there is an underlying general factor called 'g'. This theory of intelligence was put forwarded by _____
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B. Spearman
33
Which of the following schools of thought in psychology supported the role of insight in problem solving?
Answer
C. Gestalt psychology
34
The stress increasing effects of uncontrollability are related to the effects of _____ on stress.
Answer
A. Unpredictability
35
Identify the true statements from the following regarding learned helplessness. 1. Martin Seligman discovered it unexpectedly while experimenting on dogs using classical conditioning. 2. Components of learned helplessness are outcome contingency, mediating, cognitions, and behaviour outcomes. 3. Implications of learned helplessness include failure to initiate action, failure to learn and depression.
Answer
D. 1, 2 and 3
36
The integration errors because of attention overload is called _____.
Answer
A. Illusory conjunctions
37
Perceptual organizations will not be possible without _____ segregation.
Answer
D. Figure-ground
38
Name the psychologist who argued for the existence of working memory.
Answer
C. Alan Baddeley
39
In structure of intellect model, _____ is the ability to understand changes in information such as rotation of visual figures.
Answer
A. Transformations
40
A strategy in which one estimates the probability of an event by the ease with which mental operations can be carried out is called _____.
Answer
C. Availability heuristics
41
Cognitive meditational theory of emotion is given by _____
Answer
D. Lazarus
42
Rescorla's work on signal relations showed that the predictive value of _____ is an influential factor in classical conditioning.
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C. A conditioned stimulus
43
An attentional dysfunction of ignoring the half of visual field contralateral the hemisphere that has a lesion.
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D. Hemi-neglect
44
The neurons in the visual cortex that respond only to stimuli of particular orientation and specific length and width are called _____.
Answer
D. Hypocomplex cells
45
Multiple choice tests involve _____ task.
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B. Recognition
46
The concept of emotional intelligence was originally developed by _____
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C. Peter Salovey and John Mayer
47
Shaji is on a two-week vacation. He is having a miserable time. But instead of going home hedicides to continue in order to justify his initial deal. Identify the bias.
Answer
C. Sunk cost effect
48
Who reformulated the frustration-aggression hypothesis?
Answer
A. Berkowitz
49
Kohler determined that Sultan's two-stick solution to the banana problem was an example of insight because it was _____.
Answer
B. Sudden and rapid
50
The influence of decision making process in noticing stimulus is accounted in _____
Answer
D. Signal detection theory
51
Plasticity of perception is demonstrated by experiment with _____
Answer
A. Prisms
52
_____ is a mnemonic technique.
Answer
D. Pegword method
53
According to Cattell, _____ is the hardware of our brains that determine the limits of our information processing.
Answer
A. Fluid intelligence
54
Wason selection task suggests _____ as a general tendency in human thought which also caters to maintaining prejudices.
Answer
C. Confirmation bias
55
The theory of emotion that owes a lot to Darwin's work is the _____ theory.
Answer
D. Facial feedback
56
The key to the cognitive perspective of classical conditioning is that the presentation of the conditioned stimulus must _____.
Answer
B. Provide information about the coming of the unconditioned stimulus
57
Organic Delusional Syndrome does NOT include the following symptoms:
Answer
C. Altered state of consciousness
58
Which of the following sequences of decision making perspective of pro-social behaviour is correct?
Answer
A. Perceiving need β taking personal responsibility β weighing cost & benefit β deciding how to help β help given
59
Rag-bag definition is related to :
Answer
B. Personality
60
Barriers based on attitudinal or organizational bias that prevents qualified females from advancing to top level positions:
Answer
D. Glass Ceiling Effect
61
Q-Sort Test measures which of the following:
Answer
Question Cancelled
62
Which model argues / assumes that aversive circumstances produce negative effect in the form of anger, hostility or irritation?
Answer
A. Cognitive Neo-Association Model
63
Which one of the following is not a component of consummate love?
Answer
C. Infatuation
64
What is the important factor of attitude which influences our behaviour?
Answer
A. Strength of Attitude
65
Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that a curvilinear relationship exists between:
Answer
B. Motivation & Performance
66
Who defined Neurotic Anxiety?
Answer
C. Freud
67
'Style of Life' is the Slogan of:
Answer
B. Theory of Personality
68
'Structured Personality-Learning Theory' was written by:
Answer
D. Raymond Cattell
69
Childhood psychopathology is best described by which of the following statements?
Answer
A. Childhood psychiatric disorders are more common in boys than in girls
70
Model of 'sensation seeking' was developed by"
Answer
C. Zucherman
71
Pedophilia is best characterized by all of the following statements, EXCEPT:
Answer
A. It is often caused by organic mental syndrome
72
The approach in which inaccurate, harmful attribution are replaced with more accurate and beneficial ones:
Answer
B. Attribution Training
73
Agoraphobia is best characterized by which of the following statements:
Answer
C. It commonly accompanies panic attack
74
According to Dollard & Miller, there are 4 important conceptual elements in learning process. They are:
Answer
A. Drive, cue, response and reinforcement
75
Who suggested that 'personal judgments' operate at each stage of self-regulation?
Answer
B. Bandura
76
Avoidant Personality Disorder falls under which Cluster?
Answer
C. Cluster C
77
Criteria of Kurt Schneider for the diagnosis of schizophrenia include all of the following. EXCEPT:
Answer
D. Ambivalence
78
Standard Progressive Matrices consists of:
Answer
B. 60 items
79
Bisexuality is a:
Answer
D. Sexual attraction to members of both sexes
80
Which score suggests possible impairment in MMSE (Mini-Mental Status Examination)?
Answer
A. Below 25
81
Over-inclusion of trivial or irrelevant details that impede sense of getting to the point is:
Answer
B. Circumstantiality
82
Which of the following is NOT necessary for crisis intervention?
Answer
D. Avoid exploring for dynamic factors
83
The theoretical propositions are not stated at outset of study. This statement is an essential characteristic of:
Answer
A. Grounded Theory
84
Characteristic that differentiates interval and ratio scales is the definition of the:
Answer
D. 0-point
85
Who included in his model of intelligence the operation of convergent thinking?
Answer
C. Guilford
86
The examination of existing records for the purpose of confirming hypothesis is known as:
Answer
D. Archival Research
87
An indicudual's self-concept derives partly from membership in an 'in group' arises from which theory of cognitive approach of prejudice:
Answer
A. Social Identity Theory
88
Which one of the following test is nearrest non-parametric alternative in terms of Power to independent sample t-test?
Answer
B. Mann-Witney U-Test
89
Which among the following is not a test of reliability?
Answer
C. Campbell & Fiske
90
Axon membrane's depolarization below threshold of activation:
Answer
D. Decrease in size as they sweep along membrane
91
The original pathology gets reiterated in transferences towards therapist. These transference constitutes substitute pathology known as:
Answer
C. Transference Neurosis
92
In which stage of psychosocial development competitiveness and ambition traits are seen by fixation
Answer
A. Urethral Stage
93
Castration Anxiety is related to:
Answer
B. Father
94
Mode of onset includes:
Answer
A. Abrupt
95
In which year Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV) was developed?
Answer
C. 2005
96
Planning Fallacy refers to:
Answer
B. Underestimation of Time
97
Impairment of right-left discrimination was defined by:
Answer
C. Siev et.al
98
Clinical-Theoretical Approach is pioneered by:
Answer
B. Luria
99
The minimum age of onset of Autism Spectrum Disorder symptoms is:
Answer
A. 12-24 months
100
What is the duration of Post-Partum Psychosis?
Answer
D. Within 2-3 weeks of Delivery
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