MCQ Bank
Who said that intelligence must be bred, not trained?
- A) Charles Spearman
- B) Thorndike
- C) Francis Darwin
- D) James McKeen Cattell
Who among the following argued that it would be quite practicable to produce a highly gifted race of men by judicious marriages during several consecutive generations?
- A) James McKeen Cattell
- B) Francis Galton
- C) Charles Darwin
- D) Kurt Koffka
Identify the year in which DSM IV was published.
- A) 1994
- B) 1987
- C) 1968
- D) 1980
Tests in which the subject is first shown the stimulus card and then asked as to what the figures represent to them?
- A) Rorschach inkblot test
- B) Word association test
- C) Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
- D) Thematic apperception test
All of the following are basis of Neo-Freudian’s disagreement with Freud EXCEPT:
- A) Their emphasis on the functions of ego, and the control that it had over routine-life activities
- B) Their emphasis on the role of society and culture on personality development
- C) The impact of biological variables
- D) Freud’s idea of the primary importance of sexual urges
In Allport’s view, which of the following qualities or characteristics that do have an effect on our personality but are much less influential than cardinal or central traits?
- A) Secondary traits
- B) Fictional traits
- C) Primary traits
- D) Formal traits
Critical thinking means making judgments about world based on which of the following?
- A) Reason and logical evaluation
- B) Authority and expertise
- C) Keeping a close mind
- D) Emotion
Above 115 scores on an IQ test is that an individual is:
- A) Superior
- B) Retarded
- C) Borderline
- D) Average
Two major dimensions of personality i.e. introversion-extroversion and neuroticism-stability are given by:
- A) Hans Eysenck
- B) Gordon Allport
- C) Abraham Maslow
- D) Raymond Cattell
A type of thinking which is aimed at solving problems or creating something new is called:
- A) Autistic thinking
- B) Symbolic thinking
- C) Creative thinking
- D) Directed thinking
Which of the followings are enduring dimensions of personality characteristics that differentiate a person from others?
- A) Archetypes
- B) Traits
- C) Behavior
- D) Persona
The phobia of closed spaces is known as:
- A) Acrophobia
- B) Claustrophobia
- C) Agoraphobia
- D) Aerophobia
Who among the following differentiated between ‘dementia praecox’ (now known as schizophrenia) and depressive psychosis?
- A) Kraepelin
- B) Pinel
- C) Mesmer
- D) Tuke
DSM-IV-TR contains definitions of more than how many mental disorders?
- A) 100
- B) 300
- C) 200
- D) 400
Which of the following can be understood as the typical intelligence level found for people at a given chronological age?
- A) Intelligence Quotient
- B) Intellectual level
- C) Mental age
- D) Emotional Quotient
Which is NOT a primary symptom of major depressive disorder?
- A) Change in sleep habits
- B) Grandiosity
- C) Anhedonia
- D) Change in appetite
With which of the following test problems and tendencies like Depression, Hysteria, Paranoia, and Schizophrenia can be identified and at the same time it can be used to predict if college students will marry within 10 years?
- A) Rorschach
- B) MMPI
- C) HTP
- D) TAT
Which of the following is NOT a behavioral disturbance exhibited by schizophrenics?
- A) Odd facial expressions
- B) Increased motivation
- C) Avolition
- D) Repetitive movements
If a man once experiences chest pain while visiting a departmental store and later experiences anxiety attacks whenever visits departmental stores, this can be explained by what type of learning?
- A) Classical conditioning
- B) Observational
- C) Operant
- D) Vicarious
A rule, if it is applied, ensures the solution to the problem and always accurate is known as:
- A) Deductive reasoning
- B) Inductive reasoning
- C) Algorithms
- D) Heuristics