1.1 Basics of Psychology Quiz

Digit span test is administered to a patient with suspected cognitive impairment. Normal reverse digit span in a working age adult is digit span in a work age adult is?

Skinner’s operant conditioning is based on which of the following principles?

Situation specific amnesia may arise in all of the following situations except?

All of the following are deficiency needs except?

Wechsler Adult intelligence scales (WAIS­R) are for people

In studies on arousal levels related to different emotions, which emotion produces the maximum rise in temperature compared to all other emotions;

In the alcoholic blackouts, the following type of memory loss is seen?

Which of the following is true regarding processes that govern formation of various types of memory?

Which conditioning is involved in the aetiology of both agoraphobia and of obsessional rituals?

A 24 year old woman develops significant fear of driving after having a relatively trivial road traffic accident. She avoids using cars even as a passenger. She has no symptoms of PTSD. Which of the following therapies is best suited for her needs?

In Pavlov’s original classical conditioning experiments on dogs, which of the following served as the conditioned stimulus?

Tip of the tongue state is a well investigated examp

People can only attend to one physical channel of information at a time’­Which theory of attention states this?

A clinical psychologist performed digit span test and immediately asked the patient to count a three digit number backwards. What is this procedure called as?

Which of the following is not a component of the Big Five Theory of personality?

Biofeedback can mainly modify which of the following functions?

Which of the following is not a part of the Big Five personality traits?

The principle of combining separate pieces of information into one meaningful combination is called what?

In a scientific experiment, a neutral stimulus (a bell) is paired with a stimulus (food) that produces an autonomic response (salivation). Which of the following learning mechanisms has been employed?

The strategies to improve encoding includes all except?

The most important and common bedside test that is used in demonstrating age­associated memory impairment would be?

Learned helplessness has been invoked to explain the aetiology of whch disorder?

A 45­year­old man was admitted to the acquired brain injury unit with severe memory impairment. Which of the common clinical tests can be used to test his immediate memory?

Which is a form of negative reinforcement used in the treatment of alcohol dependence?

All of the following are true with respect to coping process when faced with a life stressor except

Which of the following theorists proposed six basic emotions?

Formation is held in the long term memory by the process of which of the following?

Which of the following refers to the formation of initial memory traces?

Amnesic syndrome is characterised by a marked impairment in which memory?

Which one of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs represents the need to develop a sense of personal worth and competence and the need for recognition by others?

A reinforced operant response weakens when the reinforcement is ceased. This is called…

Which one of the following is a way of measuring personality along the dimensions of extroversion vs ­introversion and neuroticism­ vs stability?

Mr. X was seen in the psychiatric outpatient clinic. He complains of absent­ mindedness and is failing to take medications and keep appointments. This is due to which cause?

Which one among the following is not one of the Gestalt principles of perception?

According to Ebbinghaus curve, there is a sharp drop in forgetting over what time period?

Mr. X mentioned that he has vivid memories of where he was, what he was doing and was even able to remember other fine details, when he heard the news of suicide bombing of the twin towers in 2001. These memories have been termed as…

In a behavioural technique, actual exposure to feared stimulus takes place for a substantial amount of time, so the accompanying anxiety response fades away. This is called…

In a Pavlovian conditioning paradigm, the bell is rung before the food is presented. In this instance the bell continues to ring till salivation appears. This is called…

The brain region thought to be responsible for majority of working memory functions is the…

A Lotto player thinks that more he loses, the more chances that he wins later. So he keeps playing the Lotto. This is best described as?

Raven’s progressive matrices test is used to assess

Which of the following can test abstract reasoning?

Which of the following behavioural treatment is useful in trichotillomania?

A medical student becomes more comfortable in the anatomy laboratory after several weeks of exposure to it. Which of the following explains this process?

Which of the following psychological theories is not concerned with the faculties of memory and forgetting?

Which of the following is a feature of Type A personality?

Mr. Z was admitted to a neuropsychiatric unit with a diagnosis of an amnesic syndrome. He was referred to psychology for psychometric testing. Which of the following would be unimpaired in formal testing?

When carried out in imagination, immediate exposure to elements at the top of the hierarchy without any gradation of anxiety­ inducing stimuli is termed as?

Which one among the following statements is true about classical conditioning?

Which one among the following statements regarding needs and motivation is incorrect?

Which of the following best describes Ribot’s law in memory disturbances?

Flynn effect refers to which of the following phenomenon?

Increase in the strength of the response following brief but repeated exposure to the stimulus is called?

Which of the following is an inaccurate statement concerning sensory memory?

Which one among the following statements is true?

Cognitive processing during social learning includes all except

Which of the following would demonstrate declarative memories?

A 55­year­old heavy alcoholic was admitted to the medical ward after sustaining a major fall. He has severe Anterograde amnesia and extensive retrograde memory loss. However his working memory and procedural memory are unimpaired. What is his most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is correct concerning sensory memory?

Strongest learning occurs when the delay is?

Which one among the following is a secondary emotion?

Which one among the following statements is false about modelling?

Which of the following test can be used to determine pre­morbid intelligence of a 70­year­old coal miner who shows signs of cognitive impairment?

The socio­psychological approach is adopted by which of the following theories of motivation?

Compulsions provide short-term relief of obsessional anxiety. The learning principle operating here is?

Which of the following describes Eysenck’s model of personality traits?

Which one among the following cannot be consciously inspected?

A rat receives positive reinforcement (a food pellet) for pressing a bar that turns on a green light, but not an adjacent bar that turns on a red light. The process that best explains this is?

A candidate who is attempting his final exam before graduation thinks that he is going to fail the whole exam as he has got one ‘obvious question’ wrong. He is exhibiting which behaviour?

Which one among the following statements regarding perception is incorrect?

Mr. Y is admitted to a medical ward with a diagnosis of delirium. The cognitive deficit that is characteristic of delirium is?

A child was told to finish homework tasks before he can play outside. This is based on which effect?

Mr. Z visited his doctor and following his visit he remembered the first few things they had been told better than subsequent information. What is the name of this tendency?

Mr. Y has amnesia following traumatic brain injury involving the hippocampus. Which of the following would be spared?

The traits included in ‘big five’ theory include all except?

A parrot was given a new cage. When the parrot touched a lever in the cage, it received an electric shock. It did not touch the lever again. The learning process that has occurred here is?

Which of the following test is a measure of nonverbal intelligence?

A family has got a new dog. A 3­year­old child in the family is afraid of dogs and would stay in the same room with the dog only if he could sit on his mother’s lap and had his favourite ice cream. Select the learning theory principle employed here?

A person cannot have two opposing physiological states at the same time. For example, it is not possible to be relaxed and anxious simultaneously. In learning theory, this notion is called?

A group of subjects studying molecular biology were asked to solve Multiple choice questions. What mode of retrieval is this?

George has a history of anxiety disorder. On visiting a church, he developed a sense of familiarity because his stored memories were brought into his consciousness. This phenomenon is called?

Timeout refers to a technique that is aimed at what?

Which one among the following refers to the act of bringing past experiences as they happened into conscious awareness?

The concept of motivated forgetting is based on the psychoanalytic concept of what?

The commonest cause of long-term forgetting is?

Mr. X was admitted to an intensive medical care unit following a severe head injury. On formal cognitive testing, he was unable to recall salient experiences in the days and weeks before the injury. What type of amnesia is this?

The modification of memories in terms of one’s general attitude is called?

The memories closest to a disruptive event are most vulnerable to loss. This is called?

Choose the most unstructured test from the following list?

Which among the following is defined as the basic building block or unit of intelligent behaviour?

The storage of information in pure form without specification of time and place is called?

Which one among the following is not correctly paired?

A dysthymic patient vividly recalled the events that occurred when he was depressed but poorly recalled the events that occurred during happier times. This is an example of what?

Intelligent behaviours arise from a balance between analytical, creative and physical abilities. This notion refers to which of the following?

A fear of spiders extending itself to a fear of other insects is an example of what behavioral phenomenon?

A patient has a phobia of escalators and avoids London tube stations as a result. Deep muscle relaxation is paired with a series of imagined scenes that are arranged in a hierarchy from the least to the most anxiety producing stimuli. This therapy is called?

Which of the following is a projective test of personality?

Which of the following correctly describes the exposure and response prevention treatment for a lady with fear of contamination and repeated washing?

Which of the following statements is correct concerning people with Type B personalities?

If the conditioned stimulus (CS) ends prior to the application of unconditioned stimulus (UCS) it is called?

A 59­year­old man played Lotto consistently with the desire to win big one day. He has won small amounts of money on certain occasions. What is the reinforcement schedule demonstrated by his behaviour?

A psychologist performed paired associates test on a 71­ year-old man complaining of memory loss. This test is useful to check which parameter?

Of all sensory systems, the system least developed at birth is?

Which of the following best describes flash­bulb memories?

A good test for recent memory is to ask patients which of the following?