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This section includes 1449 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Which among below is not an error of social cognition |
| A. | schema |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» B. optimistic bias | |
| 152. |
Terror management is a pausible explanation of which bias among the following |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
I got up on the left side of the bed today; therefore it will rain- is an example of |
| A. | belief |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» E. | |
| 154. |
………… is the tendency to imagine other outcomes in a situation than the onesthat actually occurred |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» B. optimistic bias | |
| 155. |
announced schedules for public works (e.g., new roads, airports, bridges,stadiums) that have no chance of being met is best explained by |
| A. | counter factual thinking |
| B. | optimistic bias |
| C. | planning fallacy |
| D. | magical thinking |
| Answer» D. magical thinking | |
| 156. |
The bias in which we overlook risks and expect things to turn out well is knownas |
| A. | optimistic bias |
| B. | counter factual thinking |
| C. | pessimistic bias |
| D. | planning fallacy |
| Answer» B. counter factual thinking | |
| 157. |
………… is the manner in which we interpret, analyze, remember, and useinformation about the social world. |
| A. | social cognition |
| B. | memory |
| C. | analysis |
| D. | social perception |
| Answer» B. memory | |
| 158. |
Attention ,encoding and retrieval are basic processes of? |
| A. | reasoning |
| B. | creativity |
| C. | social thought |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 159. |
……….. refers to the processes through which we recover information frommemory |
| A. | attention |
| B. | encoding |
| C. | retrieval |
| D. | observation |
| Answer» D. observation | |
| 160. |
A form of social influence involving direct requests from one person to other isknown as |
| A. | compliance |
| B. | obedience |
| C. | request |
| D. | order |
| Answer» B. obedience | |
| 161. |
Solomon asch studied on which of the following social events |
| A. | conformity |
| B. | compliance |
| C. | obedience |
| D. | loafing |
| Answer» B. compliance | |
| 162. |
Which among the following is not a basic channel of non verbal communication |
| A. | gestures |
| B. | eye contact |
| C. | spoken words |
| D. | facial expressions |
| Answer» D. facial expressions | |
| 163. |
Process through which we seek to know and understand others is termed as |
| A. | understanding |
| B. | social perception |
| C. | obedience |
| D. | social facilitation |
| Answer» C. obedience | |
| 164. |
Medical model of abnormal behaviour emphasizes ……….. |
| A. | biological underpinnings |
| B. | unemployment |
| C. | unconsciousness |
| D. | self |
| Answer» B. unemployment | |
| 165. |
Ivan Pavlov was famous on his works on ……………. |
| A. | classical conditioning |
| B. | operant conditioning |
| C. | psychodynamic theory |
| D. | humanistic theory |
| Answer» B. operant conditioning | |
| 166. |
……………….. focused on how peoples’ irrational and inaccurate thoughts aboutthemselves and the world can contribute to psychological disorders |
| A. | aron beck |
| B. | piaget |
| C. | freud |
| D. | rogers |
| Answer» B. piaget | |
| 167. |
Humanistic model emphasizes … |
| A. | self awareness |
| B. | unconsciousness |
| C. | defense mechanism |
| D. | learning |
| Answer» B. unconsciousness | |
| 168. |
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5) replaces somatoform disorders with ……………….. |
| A. | somatic symptom and related disorders |
| B. | somatization disorder |
| C. | health anxiety disorder |
| D. | body- somatic disorder |
| Answer» B. somatization disorder | |
| 169. |
………….. involves sensory or motor symptoms that do not correspond to those thatarise from known medical conditions. |
| A. | conversion disorder |
| B. | hypochodriasis |
| C. | somatization disorder |
| D. | anxiety disorder |
| Answer» B. hypochodriasis | |
| 170. |
If someone is suffering from trichotillomania, they will usually display varioussymptoms, including |
| A. | constant pulling or twisting hair |
| B. | fear |
| C. | anxiety |
| D. | phobia |
| Answer» B. fear | |
| 171. |
Severe anxiety over the idea of discarding possessions can be treated as a symptomof? |
| A. | body dysmorphic disorder |
| B. | hoarding disorder |
| C. | ocd |
| D. | dissociation disorder |
| Answer» C. ocd | |
| 172. |
…………….. is an anxiety disorder involving discomfort around social interaction,and concern about being embarrassed and judged by others. |
| A. | specific phobia |
| B. | social phobia |
| C. | agoraphobia |
| D. | ocd |
| Answer» C. agoraphobia | |
| 173. |
……………. symptoms may include nightmares, flashbacks, sleep disturbance, mooddisorders, suicidal ideation, avoidance, and hyper-arousal in response to trauma- related stimuli. |
| A. | dissociation |
| B. | ptsd |
| C. | amnesia |
| D. | ocd |
| Answer» C. amnesia | |
| 174. |
Unemployment can be treated as a ………… causal factor of psychopathology |
| A. | biological |
| B. | sociocultural |
| C. | psychological |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. psychological | |
| 175. |
DSM 5 was established in the year……? |
| A. | 2013 |
| B. | 2014 |
| C. | 2015 |
| D. | 2010 |
| Answer» B. 2014 | |
| 176. |
The psychodynamic model considers the causes of abnormality as psychologicaland as being rooted in the: |
| A. | unconscious |
| B. | conscious |
| C. | subconscious |
| D. | mind |
| Answer» B. conscious | |
| 177. |
Who is considered to be the “father of modern medicine”? |
| A. | hippocarates (460-377 |
| B. | b. sigmund freud (1902) |
| C. | plato (429-347 b.c) |
| D. | aristotle (384-322 b.c.) |
| Answer» B. b. sigmund freud (1902) | |
| 178. |
Generally, “abnormal” means deviation from the: |
| A. | social stigma |
| B. | rule and regulations |
| C. | “norm” or “standard” |
| D. | basic principles of living |
| Answer» D. basic principles of living | |
| 179. |
Stress is a condition experienced by a person who is constantly exposed to: |
| A. | malnutrition |
| B. | punishment |
| C. | frustrations and conflicts |
| D. | anxiety |
| Answer» D. anxiety | |
| 180. |
According to Behaviourists, much of our behaviour, whether normal ormaladaptive, can be attributed to: |
| A. | emotion |
| B. | learning |
| C. | environmentalism |
| D. | thinking |
| Answer» C. environmentalism | |
| 181. |
According to DSM IV-TR, preoccupations based on misinterpretations of bodilysymptoms, with the fear that one has a serious disease. |
| A. | hypochondriasis |
| B. | obsessions |
| C. | compulsions |
| D. | amnesia |
| Answer» B. obsessions | |
| 182. |
Disorder by which the person feels that his certain body parts are with an uglyappearance: |
| A. | body dysmorphic disorder |
| B. | phobia |
| C. | dissociation |
| D. | schizophrenia |
| Answer» B. phobia | |
| 183. |
Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departshome with a new identity |
| A. | amnesia |
| B. | fugue |
| C. | ptsd |
| D. | phobia |
| Answer» C. ptsd | |
| 184. |
Disorders that feature disruptions in memory, consciousness or integrity ofidentity |
| A. | dissociative disorders |
| B. | somatoform disorders |
| C. | substance abuse |
| D. | depression |
| Answer» B. somatoform disorders | |
| 185. |
____ characterised by recurrent uncontrollable thought and irresistible behaviors. |
| A. | ocd |
| B. | stress disorders |
| C. | somatoform disorders |
| D. | ptsd |
| Answer» B. stress disorders | |
| 186. |
Panic disorder is where: |
| A. | an individual experiences a singular panic attack. |
| B. | there are recurrent and unexpected panic attacks |
| C. | there is a fear of panicking in enclosed spaces. |
| D. | there is excessive anxiety and worry about many different aspects of life |
| Answer» C. there is a fear of panicking in enclosed spaces. | |
| 187. |
Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of “multiple personality” are __________disorders. |
| A. | dissociative |
| B. | anxiety |
| C. | psychotic |
| D. | schizophrenic |
| Answer» B. anxiety | |
| 188. |
Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger toa person are called |
| A. | anxieties |
| B. | dissociation |
| C. | phobias |
| D. | obsessions |
| Answer» D. obsessions | |
| 189. |
Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified under ……….. In DSM IV- TR. |
| A. | physio-mental disorders |
| B. | somatoform disorders. |
| C. | psychosomatic disorders. |
| D. | somatization disorders. |
| Answer» C. psychosomatic disorders. | |
| 190. |
Aron Beck was the pioneer of which of the following models of psychopathology? |
| A. | cognitive |
| B. | humanistic |
| C. | psychodynamic |
| D. | behaviorist |
| Answer» B. humanistic | |
| 191. |
Which of the following is not addressed by medical model? |
| A. | biochemical imbalance |
| B. | genetic disorders |
| C. | abnormal physical development |
| D. | biased information processing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 192. |
Which of the following is not a way of defining psychopathology? |
| A. | deviation from the statistical norms |
| B. | distress and impairment |
| C. | measuring iq |
| D. | maladaptive behavior |
| Answer» D. maladaptive behavior | |
| 193. |
‘People who experience flow in daily life tend to very happy’. This proposalconstitute which type of happiness theory? |
| A. | process/activity theories |
| B. | need/goal satisfaction theories |
| C. | genetic theories of happiness |
| D. | personality predisposition theories |
| Answer» B. need/goal satisfaction theories | |
| 194. |
The book ‘Denial of death’ was written by |
| A. | earnest becker |
| B. | freud |
| C. | aron beck |
| D. | seligman |
| Answer» B. freud | |
| 195. |
An organized set of beliefs that allows to anticipate situations in which negative information is likely to be received about the self and then to develop strategies fordealing with these is .................... |
| A. | positive illusion |
| B. | negative illusion |
| C. | positive self-schema |
| D. | negative self-schema |
| Answer» E. | |
| 196. |
Teamwork belongs to the virtue of .............. |
| A. | justice |
| B. | humanity |
| C. | temperance |
| D. | leadership |
| Answer» B. humanity | |
| 197. |
.............. involves registering, attending to, and deciphering emotional messages asthey are expressed in facial expressions, voice tone, or cultural artefacts. |
| A. | emotional competence |
| B. | emotional perception |
| C. | emotional understanding |
| D. | emotional facilitation |
| Answer» C. emotional understanding | |
| 198. |
An individual’s capacity to produce novel and useful ideas. |
| A. | intelligence |
| B. | wisdom |
| C. | creativity |
| D. | curiosity |
| Answer» D. curiosity | |
| 199. |
The virtue that provide the strength to control excesses and restrain impulses whichmay harm the self and others. |
| A. | temperance |
| B. | transcendence |
| C. | justice |
| D. | wisdom |
| Answer» B. transcendence | |
| 200. |
............ involves not acknowledging the existence or meaning of threatening orstressful events in the external world. |
| A. | repression |
| B. | projection |
| C. | displacement |
| D. | denial |
| Answer» E. | |