motherteresawomenuniv.ac.in TNSET Psychology Question Paper 2017 : Mother Teresa Women’s University

University : Mother Teresa Women’s University
Exam : TNSET – Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test 2017
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2017
Subject : Psychology

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TNSET Psychology Question Paper :

Note :
a. Attempt all the questions.
b. Each question carries two (2) marks

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1. A binocular depth cue resulting from the most of eye muscles is
1) Accommodation
2) Retinal disparity
3) Convergence
4) Stereoscopic cue

2. The occurrence of Phi- phenomenon is observed
1) Meditation
2) Piece of music
3) Violent mob
4) Cinema

3. When we judge whether a person is 10 or 100 m away, we depend on
1) Retinal disparity
2) Monocular cues
3) Binocular cues
4) Depth perception

4. A penny seen from straight ahead casts a circular image on retina. This is an example of ______________ Constancy.
1) Size Constancy
2) Colour
3) Brightness
4) Shape

5. Closure objects tend to be partially in front of Distant Objects
1) Liner Perspective
2) Super Position
3) Texture Gradient
4) Aerial Perspective

6. ______________ is a decrease in the strength of a response to a repeated stimulus
1) Habituation
2) Discrimination
3) Repetition
4) Association

7. ____________ refers to the period during which a response is being learned.
1) Habituation
2) Discrimination
3) Acquisition
4) Association

8. Presenting Conditioned Stimulus and Unconditioned Stimulus at the same time of conditioning referred to
1) Pairing
2) Delayed pairing
3) Simultaneous pairing
4) Delayed non – pairing

8. Presenting Conditioned Stimulus and Unconditioned Stimulus at the same time of conditioning referred to
1) Pairing
2) Delayed pairing
3) Simultaneous pairing
4) Delayed non – pairing

10. The process in which the desirable behavior is quickly reinforced with points and bills that are later turned in for tangible rewards is called as
1) Shaping
2) Behaviour Modification
3) Token Economy
4) Rewards

11. The storage capacity of STM can be increased by a process known as
1) Free call
2) Chunking
3) Rehearsal
4) Encoding

12. Mental Repetition of information for retention in Short Term Memory
1) Encoding
2) Retrieval
3) Rehearsal
4) Forgetting

13. Memory for motor movements and skills
1) Episodic
2) Semantic
3) Procedural
4) Chunking

14. If the memory traces distorts with time then it is validating of ________________ theory
1) Interference
2) Motivated Forgetting
3) Decay
4) Reconstruction

15. Inappropriate retrieval cues is the cause of
1) Poor encoding
2) Forgetting in STM
3) Forgetting in LTM
4) Interference

16. Aphasia affecting speech comprehension
1) Broca’s aphasia
2) Global Amnesia
3) Kooorsakoffs Syndrome
4) Wernicks aphasia

17. Match the following
I) Prototype A . Categories
II) Concept B . Average features
III) Exemplar C . Thinking in pictures
IV) Mental Image D . Specific member/ instance
I II III IV
1) B D A C
2) B A D C
3) A D B C
4) A B D C

18. ____________ are strategies usually leading to solution but does not guarantee success.
1) Heuristic
2) Goals
3) Algorithm
4) Means end analysis

19. Use of objects only in the way one is accustomed to
1) Functional fixation
2) Functional fixedness
3) Set point
4) Rigid

20. Complex set of beliefs, expectations & personal experience ____________
1) Semitics
2) Schema
3) Concept
4) Prototype

21. Need for —————— motivation is associated with economic and business growth.
1) Affiliation
2) Sentience
3) Achievement
4) Autonomy

22. Attempts to be competent in dealing with the environment is
1) Achievement motivation
2) Power motivation
3) Affectance motivation
4) Stimulus motivation

23. —————— is capable of responding to an alarming situation before cortex.
1) Brain stem
2) Hypothalamus
3) Amygdala
4) Reticular activating system

24. A type of motivation in which a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is separate from the person:(Morgan and King – Introduction to Psychology)
1) Intrinsic motivation
2) Extrinsic motivation
3) Internal motivation
4) Achievement motivation

25. Which of the following was not listed as one of the factors involved in the ability to go to sleep.
1) Body mass
2) Body temperature
3) Serotonin levels
4) Melotonin levels

26. The examinations given at the end of a course to see how much you have learned are
1) Capacity tests
2) Achievement tests
3) Aptitude tests
4) Attitude tests

27. The first group tests of intelligence was
1) W.A.T
2) T.A.T
3) Stanford Binet
4) Army Alpha

28. French Psychologist Binet has developed the test of intelligence by
1) 1890
2) 1900
3) 1905
4) 1911

29. The concept of __________ refers to notable rise in intelligence test scores over the past century, possibly due to better living conditions, like schooling and environment.
1) Flynn Effect
2) Twin Effect
3) Cultural Effect
4) Gene Effect

30. Creativity is based on
1) Visual imagery
2) Auditory imagery
3) Intelligence
4) Problem solving