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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The principle of ________________ states that the body monitors and maintains relatively constant levels of internal states, such as temperature, fluid levels andenergy supplies. |
| A. | equilibrium |
| B. | hedonism |
| C. | homeostatic |
| D. | self-actualization |
| Answer» D. self-actualization | |
| 2. |
_____________ is a form of intelligence that involves the ability to adapt to theenvironment and is sometimes described as street smarts. |
| A. | situational |
| B. | componential |
| C. | contextual |
| D. | experiential |
| Answer» D. experiential | |
| 3. |
____________ is a form of intelligence that involves the ability to deal with novelsituations by drawing on existing skills and knowledge. |
| A. | experiential |
| B. | componential |
| C. | contextual |
| D. | practical |
| Answer» B. componential | |
| 4. |
____________ is a group of cognitive processes used to generate useful, original,and novel ideas or solutions. |
| A. | aptitude |
| B. | creativity |
| C. | attitude |
| D. | decision making |
| Answer» C. attitude | |
| 5. |
______________ is a Contemporary American psychologist whose triarchictheory of intelligence includes three forms of intelligence- componential, contextual, and experiential. |
| A. | charles spearman |
| B. | david wechsler |
| C. | howard gardner |
| D. | robert sternberg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Lewis Terman’s approach to measuring and defining intelligence as a single,overall IQ score was in the tradition of British psychologist ________________. |
| A. | charles spearman |
| B. | david wechsler |
| C. | lazarus |
| D. | robert woodworth |
| Answer» B. david wechsler | |
| 7. |
If a test measures what it is supposed to measure, it is said to be ____________. |
| A. | valid |
| B. | reliable |
| C. | true |
| D. | standardized |
| Answer» B. reliable | |
| 8. |
_______________ defined intelligence as the global capacity to think rationally,act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment. |
| A. | stanford binet |
| B. | david wechsler |
| C. | lewis terman |
| D. | robert woodworth |
| Answer» C. lewis terman | |
| 9. |
During World War 1 _________ test was developed which was administeredorally to those who could not read, later adapted for civilian use. |
| A. | aptitude |
| B. | army alpha |
| C. | army beta |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» D. intelligence | |
| 10. |
_______________ tests attempt to measure general mental abilities, rather thanaccumulated knowledge or aptitude for a specific subject or area. |
| A. | attitude |
| B. | personality |
| C. | intelligence |
| D. | creativity |
| Answer» D. creativity | |
| 11. |
Classifying people on the basis of body build is an example of __________approach to personality. |
| A. | trait |
| B. | dynamic |
| C. | type |
| D. | behavioral |
| Answer» D. behavioral | |
| 12. |
A mental category for classifying specific people, object, or experiences is a(n) _____________ |
| A. | image |
| B. | concept |
| C. | phoneme |
| D. | algorithm |
| Answer» C. phoneme | |
| 13. |
The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed imagery of somethingthat has been previously seen is called_________________ |
| A. | flashbulb memory |
| B. | mnemonics |
| C. | eidetic memory |
| D. | repression |
| Answer» D. repression | |
| 14. |
The process requiring time during which memory trace becomes more resistantto extinction is _________________ |
| A. | consolidation |
| B. | organization |
| C. | retention |
| D. | reminiscence |
| Answer» B. organization | |
| 15. |
Consideration of what is practical and possible in gratifying instinctive needscharacteristic of the ego is called__________________ |
| A. | defense mechanism |
| B. | pleasure principle |
| C. | reality principle |
| D. | psychic structure |
| Answer» D. psychic structure | |
| 16. |
In Maslow’s hierarchy of motives, the most highly evolved motive is ____________ |
| A. | ambition |
| B. | fear |
| C. | self-actualization |
| D. | the need to explore |
| Answer» D. the need to explore | |
| 17. |
A theory of omissions suggesting that emotion provoking eventssimultaneously produce subjective reactions and physiological arousal is ________________ |
| A. | james lange theory |
| B. | cannon-bard theory |
| C. | activation theory |
| D. | cognitive arousal theory |
| Answer» C. activation theory | |
| 18. |
The tendency to think of wing objects only as they have been used in the pastis __________ |
| A. | mental set |
| B. | algorithms |
| C. | functional fixedness |
| D. | analogy |
| Answer» D. analogy | |
| 19. |
The finding that the first and the last items in a series are more likely to berecalled than are intervening items is called_____________________ |
| A. | serial position effect |
| B. | rote memorization |
| C. | free recall |
| D. | serial recall |
| Answer» B. rote memorization | |
| 20. |
The feeling that we can almost, but not quite, remember some information wewish to retrieve from memory is _________________ |
| A. | long-term memory |
| B. | short-term memory |
| C. | partial amnesia |
| D. | tip-of-the-tongue phenomena |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Our ability to pay attention to only some aspects of the world around us whilelargely ignoring others is called___________ |
| A. | span of attention |
| B. | division of attention |
| C. | distraction of attention |
| D. | selective attention |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Cognitive events, often vivid but disconnected that occur during sleep are ____________ |
| A. | dreams |
| B. | hypnosis |
| C. | consciousness |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. hypnosis | |
| 23. |
Disorder involving the inability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep at once it isattained is called __________________ |
| A. | amnesia |
| B. | insomnia |
| C. | apathy |
| D. | narcolepsy |
| Answer» C. apathy | |
| 24. |
_____________ is the one of the determinants of individual differences. |
| A. | intelligence |
| B. | hereditary |
| C. | creativity |
| D. | reactivity |
| Answer» C. creativity | |
| 25. |
A reluctant child forced to bring sugar from a shop, spills half on the way. Thisis an example of ______________________ |
| A. | hysteria |
| B. | passive aggression |
| C. | disobedience |
| D. | active aggression |
| Answer» C. disobedience | |
| 26. |
______________ theory advocates that emotions spring from physiologicalreactions. |
| A. | cannon-bard |
| B. | james-lange |
| C. | mcdougall |
| D. | schachter and singer |
| Answer» C. mcdougall | |
| 27. |
_______________ is the father of intelligence testing. |
| A. | alfred binet |
| B. | spearman |
| C. | cattell |
| D. | sternberg |
| Answer» B. spearman | |
| 28. |
_______________ is the tendency to perceive a stationary point of light in adark room as moving. |
| A. | stroboscopic motion |
| B. | phi-phenomenon |
| C. | autokinetic effect |
| D. | illusion |
| Answer» D. illusion | |
| 29. |
The variable which the experimenter manipulates is called ___________ |
| A. | independent variable |
| B. | dependent variable |
| C. | continuous variable |
| D. | intervening variable |
| Answer» B. dependent variable | |
| 30. |
_________________ is a faint copy of the visual input which persists in thevisual sensory register for a few seconds, before it gradually decays. |
| A. | iconic image |
| B. | short-term memory |
| C. | long-term memory |
| D. | episodic |
| Answer» B. short-term memory | |
| 31. |
_________________________ is condition in which there is no inclination toeat, even under conditions of severe food deprivation. |
| A. | apraxia |
| B. | astropine |
| C. | aphasia |
| D. | aphagia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Any disorder in which the comprehension or the expression of language isimpaired is___________________ |
| A. | apraxia |
| B. | astropine |
| C. | aphagia |
| D. | aphasia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which theyoccurred is ____________________ |
| A. | declarative memories |
| B. | semantic memories |
| C. | episodic memories |
| D. | procedural memories |
| Answer» D. procedural memories | |
| 34. |
Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with theability to remember similar, more recently learned material is _____________ |
| A. | retroactive interference |
| B. | proactive interference |
| C. | replacement |
| D. | amnesia |
| Answer» C. replacement | |
| 35. |
Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, andpropositions are referred as _______________________ |
| A. | procedural memories |
| B. | declarative memories |
| C. | semantic memories |
| D. | episodic memories |
| Answer» D. episodic memories | |
| 36. |
The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encounteredmaterial is__________________ |
| A. | explicit memory |
| B. | recall |
| C. | recognition |
| D. | relearning |
| Answer» C. recognition | |
| 37. |
The ability to identify previously encountered material is ________________ |
| A. | explicit memory |
| B. | recall |
| C. | recognition |
| D. | relearning |
| Answer» D. relearning | |
| 38. |
Who is considered as the father of Structuralism in cultural anthropology? |
| A. | edmund husserl |
| B. | claude levistrauss |
| C. | louis dumont |
| D. | louis althusser |
| Answer» C. louis dumont | |
| 39. |
The arrangements of the interrelations of the part is the ………………….? |
| A. | social segregation |
| B. | social unity |
| C. | social structure |
| D. | social system |
| Answer» D. social system | |
| 40. |
When the culture of a society evolves some new inventions, a customs or a trait and it ispassed on to another culture, it is called …………………? |
| A. | diffusion |
| B. | assimilation |
| C. | accommodation |
| D. | acculturation |
| Answer» B. assimilation | |
| 41. |
The term ‘Thick Description’ proposed by …………………….? |
| A. | a l kroeber |
| B. | clifford geertz |
| C. | l h morgan |
| D. | robert redfield |
| Answer» C. l h morgan | |
| 42. |
The tribes of south India, such as Irulas, Kadars and Paniyas, belonging to which racialcomposition of tribes in India? |
| A. | proto-austaloid |
| B. | mangloid |
| C. | dravidian |
| D. | negrito |
| Answer» D. negrito | |
| 43. |
Which of the following tribal group mainly involved in food gathering and hunting for theirlivelihood? |
| A. | chenchus |
| B. | bharwads |
| C. | todas |
| D. | gujjars |
| Answer» B. bharwads | |
| 44. |
According to Majumdar and TN Madan, Anthropology may be conveniently divided into…………………? |
| A. | sociocultural, physical, anthropological, linguistic |
| B. | paleo anthropology, primatology, prehistoric archeology, ethno archeology |
| C. | classical archeology, linguistic archeology, archeological anthropology, applied anthropology |
| D. | physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnology, applied anthropology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Malinowski’s functionalism is also known as ……………………? |
| A. | socio-structural approach |
| B. | bio-cultural approach |
| C. | symbolic approach |
| D. | socio- cultural approach |
| Answer» C. symbolic approach | |
| 46. |
“The clans consider themselves as having descended from a plant or animal or any otheranimate or inanimate object”, the term refers to ……………………? |
| A. | descend |
| B. | animism |
| C. | totemism |
| D. | naturism |
| Answer» D. naturism | |
| 47. |
It is a method, …..…………. Involves going put and staying out, learning a new languageand actively participating the activities as well as experiencing the lives of the people you are studying? |
| A. | genealogy |
| B. | focused interview |
| C. | case study |
| D. | participant observation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
“Argonauts of the western pacific” written by? |
| A. | auguste comte |
| B. | talcott parson |
| C. | malinowski |
| D. | emile durkheim |
| Answer» D. emile durkheim | |
| 49. |
Which if the sociologist proposed that “Society as a functionally interrelated system inwhich general laws or functions operate”? |
| A. | emile durkeheim |
| B. | radcliffe brown |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | habermas |
| Answer» C. karl marx | |
| 50. |
The word ‘Teleology’ means ………………….? |
| A. | study of cosmology |
| B. | everything is determined by purpose |
| C. | rational analysis of phenomena |
| D. | study of relationship |
| Answer» C. rational analysis of phenomena | |