Organisation : Central Board Of Secondary Education
Exam : National Eligibility Test (NET)
Document Type : Model/Previous Question Paper
Subject : Psychology
Date/Year : 10.07.2016 & 28.08.2016
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Psychology Model Question :
Time : 2 1/2 hours
Maximum Marks : 150
Paper – III :
Note :
** This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.
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1. Behavioural Assessment is characterized by
(a) Behaviour can be most effectively understood by focusing on preceding events and resulting consequences.
(b) It places the emphasis on understanding of situational determinants of behaviour.
(c) It is concerned with the latent aspects of the ways with which a person interacts with his or her environment.
(d) Knowledge from behavioural assessment can be used to specify methods for changing relevant behaviours.
Codes :
(1) (a), (b) and (c) only (2) (a), (b) and (d) only
(3) (b), (c) and (d) only (4) (a), (c) and (d) only
2. Complex cognitive activities such as thinking and reasoning involve the role of
(1) Frontal lobe
(2) Parietal lobe
(3) Occipital lobe
(4) Association cortex
3. “The inherent tendency to seek out novelty and challenge, to extend and exercise one’s capacities, to explore and learn” describes
(1) Extrinsic Motivation
(2) Intrinsic Motivation
(3) Unconscious Motivation
(4) Sensation Seeking
4. A tendency to search for information that confirms one’s own preconceptions refers to
(1) Functional fixedness
(2) Mental set
(3) Confirmation bias
(4) Overconfidence
5. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : According to Rollo May, the conflict that generates ontological anxiety is between being and non-being.
Reason (R) : Anxiety occurs as the individual does not attempt to realise his or her potentialities.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
6. Bilingual children and adults appear to do better ________ tasks that drawn heavily on memory and _______ control resources.
(1) verbal; cognitive
(2) verbal; non-cognitive
(3) non-verbal; cognitive
(4) non-verbal; non-cognitive
7. The following term is no longer used as a subtype of the Schizophrenia spectrum.
(1) Disorganized
(2) Hebephrenic
(3) Catatonic
(4) Undifferentiated
8. Painful and unpleasant experience hurts the ego of a person. In order to get rid of this one tends to forget it is repressed to unconscious. This Freudian concept highlighted by –
(1) Alfred Adler
(2) Anna Freud
(3) Rosenzweig
(4) Kurt Lewin
9. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below :
List – I (Authors) List – II (Concepts)
a. Jensen i. Inbreeding Depression
b. Cattell, R.B. ii. Operations
c. Guilford iii. Motivating oneself
d. Goleman iv. Beyondism
Codes :
a b c d
(1) i ii iii iv
(2) i iv ii iii
(3) ii iii iv i
(4) iii i ii iv
10. Cognitive theories of motivation conceive of an action sequence as instigated by some _______.
(1) External Stimulation
(2) Source of Information
(3) Extrinsic Motivation
(4) Unconscious Motivation
11. While drawing inferences about people or events which type of information is given more weight ?
(1) Positive information
(2) Negative information
(3) Both positive and negative information are given more weight
(4) Positive and negative information has no relationship in social inference
12. When an employee is paid in accordance to his performance measure, it refers to……. but when an employee is paid a fixed sum for each unit of performance, then it refers to
(1) Variable-pay ; piece rate pay
(2) Piece rate pay ; Variable-pay
(3) Variable-pay ; Profit-sharing
(4) Profit-sharing ; piece rate pay
13. A number of types of amnesia have been mentioned below. Which one of these is not due to physiological reasons
(1) Senile amnesia
(2) Biological amnesia
(3) Marijuana, alcohol related amnesia
(4) Defensive amnesia
14. According to Weiner, most of the attributed causes for school successes or failures can be characterised in terms of three dimensions. These are
(1) Expectancy, Stability, Controllability
(2) Locus, Stability, Deficiency
(3) Stability, Complexity, Controllability
(4) Locus, Stability, Controllability
15. According to Cattell-Horn-Caroll theory of Intelligence, which of the following sequences of second-stratum-abilities in rank order from highest to lowest loadings ?
(1) Fluid intelligence-> general memory & learning-> crystallized intelligence-> broad visual perception-> broad auditory perception-> broad retrieval ability-> broad cognitive speediness-> processing speed
(2) Fluid intelligence-> crystallized intelligence-> general memory & learning-> broad visual perception-> broad auditory perception-> broad retrieval ability-> broad cognitive speediness-> processing speed
(3) Fluid intelligence-> crystallized intelligence-> broad visual perception-> broad auditory perception-> general memory & learning-> broad retrieval ability-> processing speed-> broad cognitive speediness
(4) Fluid intelligence-> crystallized intelligence-> broad visual perception-> broad auditory perception-> broad retrieval ability-> general memory & learning-> broad cognitive speediness-> processing speed
16. The following is not a form of epilepsy
(1) Jacksonian (2) Petit Mal
(3) Grand Mal (4) Orbitofrontal
17. Humanistic theories of personality are characterised by
(a) Which emphasise personal responsibility.
(b) Which do not deny the importance of past, they generally focus on the present.
(c) Which depict persons as naturally striving to be creative and happy rather than to be mediocre and conventional.
(d) Which assume that there are some key dimensions alongwhich individuals differ in consistent, stable ways.
Codes :
(1) (a), (b) and (d) only (2) (a), (b) and (c) only
(3) (b), (c) and (d) only (4) (a), (c) and (d) only
18. The following is not one of the mechanism of coping described in coping assessment instruments
(1) Problem – focused coping
(2) Emotion – focused coping
(3) Seeking social support
(4) Defence focused coping
19. Long tem potentation is –
(1) Increase in synaptic strength resulting from the simultaneous activation of pre and post synaptic neurons.
(2) Increase in synaptic strength resulting from differential activation of pre and post synaptic neurons.
(3) Decrease in synaptic strength resulting from the simultaneous activation of pre and post synaptic neurons.
(4) Decrease in synaptic strength resulting from the differential activation of pre and post synaptic neurons.
20. Which of the following are not cluster B disorders of personality ?
(a) Narcissistic Personality Disorder
(b) Dependent Personality Disorder
(c) Borderline Personality Disorder
(d) Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Codes :
(1) (a) and (c) only (2) (b) and (c) only
(3) (a) and (d) only (4) (b) and (d) only