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Basic Proficiency in Psychology

Tests basic proficiency in Psychology-the science of human behavior

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who propounded the "Locus of Control Principle" involving the tendency to believe that control resides internally or externally?

  1. Julian Rotter
  2. Sigmund Freud
  3. Carl Rogers
  4. Abraham Maslowe
  5. None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does MMPI stand for?

  1. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Indicator
  2. Minnesota Multiphasic Person Inventory
  3. Minnesota Multidynamic Personality Inventory
  4. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
  5. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Guilford's structure of intellect theory, intelligence is viewed as comprising of

  1. operations, attributes and abilities
  2. operations, contents, and products
  3. functions, contents and products
  4. operations, functions and abilities
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Albert Bandura's "Personality Theory" is better known as

  1. Psycho Development Theory
  2. Social Cognitive Theory
  3. Hierarchy of Needs
  4. Reality Principle
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many kinds of intelligence did Howard Gardner identify?

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 3
  5. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Defense mechanisms are referred to as ineffective strategies. This statement is

  1. incorrect
  2. partly correct, depending on situation
  3. correct
  4. partly correct, depending on person in question
  5. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The view that people are either born or are made with certain qualities is based on

  1. Behavioral Theory
  2. Contingency Theory
  3. Transactional Theory
  4. Trait Theory
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is credited with the development of humanistic psychology?

  1. Carl Rogers
  2. Abraham Maslow
  3. Lewin
  4. Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the third stage in GAS model associated with stress management?

  1. Alarm
  2. Resistance
  3. Exhaustion
  4. Stoppage
  5. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Formal operational stage is made up of which of the following?

  1. Adolescence
  2. Adulthood
  3. Elementary
  4. Infancy
  5. Both 1 and 2
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was propounded by Eysenck?

  1. Ego operates by working out realistic ways of satisfying the id’s demands.
  2. There is a co-factor special intelligence. Special intelligence was for individuals who accomplished high scores in some tests.
  3. There are two dimensions of neuroticism.
  4. Personality is divided into two constitutional groups.
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A person who indulges in writing graffiti on public walls becomes a professional artist. This is best described by which of the following?

  1. Rationalisation
  2. Sublimation
  3. Displacement
  4. Cognition
  5. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to Raymond Cattell, source traits are sources of human personality. How many source traits are there?

  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 14
  4. 60
  5. 06
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following axes gives insight into the general medical condition?

  1. Axis 4
  2. Axis 3
  3. Axis 5
  4. Axis 1
  5. Axis 2
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