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101. Sheila had her first child seven years after marriage. As the child grew up, he was so demanding to the extent that he would not share anything belonging to him with others. This bahaviour of the child could be due to: (a) rigid standards (b) overindulgence (c) overprotection (d) selfishness of the child Answer (c) 102. Which one of the following is maximally related to entrepreneurial development. (a) Need for affiliation. (b) Need for power (c) Need for extension (d) Need for achievement. Answer (d) 103. Which one of the following is a correct description of the terms emotion focused coping? (a) It is an attempt to change or regulate the cognitive distress resulting from a stressor. (b) It is an attempt to reduce or eliminate the problem causing the stress. (c) It is an attempt to change the social interaction causing the stress. (d) It is an attempt to minimize the impulse-arousal stressor of the environment in which a person lives. Answer (d) 104. Consider the following statements: During the process or classical conditioning a response tends to become: 1. more firmly fixed. 2. Less generalized. 3. anticipatory Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3. Answer (b) 105. As the distance increase, the texture in the visual field appears to be: (a) coarser to finer (b) coarser and coarser (c) finer and coarser (d) finer and finer Answer (a) 106. The extend to which a test correlates with other variables with which it should theoretically correlated is known as: (a) Content validity (b) Construct validity (c) Predictive validity (d) Face validity Answer (b) 107. The curve of forgetting shows that memory loss: (a) begins to occur about three to four hours after learning. (b) occurs at a fairly steady rate over time. (c) occurs most rapidly at first and then levels off to a slow decline. (d) occurs slowly at first and increase steadily over time. Answer (c) 108. Recognition, understanding and reasoning about emotions as well as accurate expression and appraisal of emotions in oneself and others and assimilation of emotional experience into cognition are some of the important indices of which one of the following: (a) Emotional maturity (b) Emotional stability (c) Emotional intelligence (d) Emotional adaptability Answer (c) 109. The degree of distance a person wishes to maintain in relationship to people of other groups can be measured through. (a) Scalogram analysis (b) Summated rating scale (c) Equal-appearing interval scale (d) Social distance scale Answer (d) 115. The process through which one learns new behavior of others is known as (a) Modelling (b) Self-efficacy (c) Shaping (d) Conformity Answer (a) 116. When prejudiced individuals engage in trivial positive actions towards the members of group they dislike, it is called: (a) Allurement (b) Appeasement (c) Credibility (d) Tokenism Answer (d) 117. Which theory explains that prejudice sometimes stems from direct competition among social groups? (a) Social learning theory (b) Realistic conflict theory (c) Social diversity theory (d) Self monitoring theory Answer (b) 118. Consider the following tests: 1. Alexander’s Pass Along Test 2. Embedded Figure Test Which of the above is/are the performance test/tests of intelligence? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Answer (c) 119. A negative attitude towards the members of some specific social group that is based solely on their membership in that group, is due to (a) Categorization (b) Identification (c) Prejudice (d) Discrimination Answer (c) 120. A basic form of learning in which one stimulus, initially neutral, acqauires the capacity to evoke reactions through repeated pairing with another stimulus, is: (a) Social learning (b) Classical conditioning (c) Instrumental conditioning (d) Operant condioting Answer (b) Related PostLatest PostsTags: Psychology, UPSC, UPSC - Civil Services, UPSC - Civil Services (Psychology) Question Paper 2009, UPSC Question Papers, UPSC Question Papers 2009 |
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