Behavioural Sciences MCQs — Compiled Set (Past Paper)

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1. Q1. attempts to create an association between a response (e.g., buying a brand) and some outcome (e.g., satisfaction) that serves to reinforce the response.

   • Operant conditioning
   • Iconic rote conditioning
   • Classical conditioning
   • Modeled conditioning
   • Vicarious conditioning

   Answer: Operant conditioning

2. Q2. Which one of these represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of intellectual development?

   • Sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, postoperational
   • Preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
   • Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
   • Preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, postoperational
   • Formal operational, preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational

   Answer: Sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, postoperational

3. Q3. In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, salivation was the:

   • Conditioned response.
   • Unconditioned stimulus.
   • Neutral stimulus.
   • Conditioned stimulus.
   • Unconditioned response.

   Answer: Conditioned response.

4. Q4. Humanist do not believe that human beings are pushed and pulled by mechanical forces, either of stimuli and reinforcements (behaviorism) or of unconscious instinctual impulses (psychoanalysis) they believe in:

   • Episodic
   • Semantic
   • Autobiographical
   • Implicit
   • Sensory

   Answer: Episodic

5. Q5. Transference refers to:

   • Transferring of thoughts within sessions
   • Psycho-education
   • Transferring the thoughts on paper
   • What the patient projects onto the therapist, but applies to other situation as well
   • What the therapist projects onto the patient, but applies to other situation as well

   Answer: Transferring of thoughts within sessions

6. Q6. Hypothalamus hormones include all of the following, except:

   • Substance P
   • Vasopressin
   • Somatostatin
   • Epinephrine
   • Neurotensin

   Answer: Substance P

7. Q7. The following are functions of Frontal Lobe, except:

   • Controls motor behaviour
   • Is important in regulating expressive behaviour
   • Ability to concentrate and reason is controlled from Frontal Lobe
   • No gross personality changes are found in Frontal Lobe
   • Frontal Lobe is crucial in the control of orientation

   Answer: Controls motor behaviour

8. Q8. The following are true about the aetiology of schizophrenia, except:

   • Schizophrenia is a polygenic disorders related to impaired neurotransmitter production and functions
   • The 1st degree relatives of schizophrenia have 10 times greater risk of schizophrenia as the general population
   • The concordance rate of schizophrenia is higher in MZ as in DZ twins
   • The prevalence of Schizophrenia in the general population is estimated at 5%
   • Intrauterine and perinatal viral infections are thought to be important environmental factors

   Answer: Schizophrenia is a polygenic disorders related to impaired neurotransmitter production and functions

9. Q9. Which of the following is not true of life events

   • Life events are external environmental influences that have an impact on Human beings
   • Life events are not always negative experiences
   • Life events can function as major stressors
   • Life events can occur at any stage in the human lifespan
   • Poorly adjusted individuals are more likely to succumb to mental disorders after a major life event

   Answer: Life events are external environmental influences that have an impact on Human beings

10. Q10. Life events include the following, except:

    • Adolescence
    • Child Birth
    • Pregnancy
    • Bereavement

    Answer: Adolescence

11. Q11. Important brain regions involved in memory include:

    • The cerebellum
    • The occipital cortex
    • The medial temporal lobe
    • The fusiform gyrus
    • All of the above

    Answer: The cerebellum

12. Q12. Short-term memory has a capacity than sensory memory and duration.

    • More limited / longer
    • Less limited / longer
    • Larger / shorter
    • More limited / shorter
    • Less limited / shorter

    Answer: More limited / longer

13. Q13. IQ was originally defined as:

    • CI/MA x 100
    • MA/CA x 100
    • How many items a child gets correct on an intelligence test
    • How many items a child gets incorrect on an intelligence test
    • People smart

    Answer: CI/MA x 100

14. Q14. Fluid intelligence is:

    • A type of reasoning that involves the ability to solve problems and understand complex relationships
    • Consolidated knowledge, including school and culturally based knowledge
    • A primary mental ability
    • One of Gardner's multiple intelligences
    • Ability to access and/or generate feelings

    Answer: A type of reasoning that involves the ability to solve problems and understand complex relationships

15. Q15. Which of the memory stores can hold the least amount of information?

    • Sensory store
    • Short-term memory
    • Long-term memory
    • Declarative memory
    • Prospective memory

    Answer: Sensory store

16. Q16. Which of the following is untrue about effective child rearing practices

    • Warmth and nurturance
    • Fidelity
    • False memory syndrome
    • Fright

    Answer: Warmth and nurturance

17. Q17. Which of the following is not a behavioural change theory?

    • Social cognitive learning Theory
    • Psychoanalytical theory
    • Learning Theories
    • Health Belief Model
    • Reasoned action theory

    Answer: Social cognitive learning Theory

18. Q18. Self-efficacy in the Social cognitive Theory is an important determinant in all the following, except:

    • Religious choices
    • Choice of activities in which people engage
    • Professional success
    • Amount of energy expended on such activities of choice
    • Degree of persistence they demonstrated in the face of failure and/or adversity

    Answer: Religious choices

19. Q19. Perceived threat is an important variable of which one of the following psychological theory is associated.

    • Learning theories
    • Social cognitive learning theory
    • Reasoned action theory
    • Psychoanalytic model
    • Health Belief Model

    Answer: Learning theories

20. Q20. Which of the following can be considered an important early childhood life event?

    • The first reciprocated smile
    • The birth of a sibling
    • Walking without support
    • The first recognition of father as part of family
    • Defined the family as a social unit.

    Answer: The first reciprocated smile

21. Q21. Which one of the following is not true about basic social institutions in society?

    • The family
    • The church
    • The school
    • The state
    • Health institutions

    Answer: The family

22. Q22. Which of the following best describes individuality?

    • The uniqueness of a person.
    • Qualities that make a person different from others.
    • The quality of being different from other people and doing things in your own way.
    • A person who is original and very different from others
    • Single mortal human being regardless of his/her social position.

    Answer: The uniqueness of a person.

23. Q23. The following are characteristics of abused children, except:

    • Battered child syndrome
    • Rebellious
    • Hyperkinetic syndrome
    • Failure to thrive syndrome
    • Withdrawn

    Answer: Battered child syndrome

24. Q24. Inability to recall events immediately preceding an accident or injury but without loss of earlier memory is called:

    • Specific amnesia
    • Selective amnesia
    • Retrograde amnesia
    • Repression
    • Defined the family as a social unit.

    Answer: Specific amnesia

25. Q25. Which of the following parts of the brain are involved in speech production:

    • Wernicke and Broca's areas
    • Mid Brain
    • Occipital Lobe
    • Frontal Lobe
    • Parietal Lobe

    Answer: Wernicke and Broca's areas

26. Q26. The world over, doctors pledge to commit themselves to the healing profession by taking the:

    • Socratic oath
    • Healing oath
    • Freudian oath
    • Hippocratic oath
    • Democratic oath

    Answer: Socratic oath

27. Q27. A person who pays attention to the organismic valuing process is self-actualizing or .

    • Fully functioning
    • Family planning
    • Family oriented
    • Socially functioning
    • Politically functioning

    Answer: Fully functioning

28. Q28. Anal stage is known to be one where:

    • Oedipal complex takes place
    • Anal area and toilet training become the main highlights
    • Mouth is the primary organ
    • Peer relationships are important
    • None of these occur

    Answer: Oedipal complex takes place

29. Q29. Which component of memory is also referred to as working memory?

    • Short-term memory
    • Long-term memory
    • Primary memory
    • Secondary memory
    • Transient memory

    Answer: Short-term memory

30. Q30. Short-term memory (STM) is thought to be in the range of bits of information.

    • 1 to 2
    • 3 to 5
    • 5 to 9
    • 10 to 14
    • 15 to 20

    Answer: 1 to 2

31. Q31. Which type of memory is viewed as an unlimited, permanent storage that can store numerous types of information such as concepts, decision rules, processes, affective (emotional) states, and so forth?

    • Short-term memory
    • Long-term memory
    • Primary memory
    • Secondary memory
    • Episodic memory

    Answer: Short-term memory

32. Q32. What are the two basic forms of conditioned learning?

    • Classical and operant
    • Classical and iconic
    • Iconic rote and modeling
    • Analogy and metaphor
    • Positive and negative

    Answer: Classical and operant

33. Q33. Belongingness and love needs are associated with the following, except:

    • Affiliation
    • Acceptance
    • Affection
    • Support
    • Understanding

    Answer: Affiliation

34. Q34. Identify the correct order if one is explaining the most irrational to rational to moral agency

    • Ego, superego and Id
    • Superego, Id and Ego
    • Id, Ego and Superego
    • Superego, ego and id
    • Id, Superego and Ego

    Answer: Ego, superego and Id

35. Q35. Functions of a social systems according to Talcott parsons include the following, except:

    • Adaptation
    • Goal attainment
    • Integration
    • Latency or pattern maintenance
    • Social welfare

    Answer: Adaptation

36. Q36. GAS syndrome describes the following stages in which stress manifests itself:

    • Alarm reaction, exhaustion and resistence
    • Resistence, alarm reaction and exhaustion
    • Alarm reaction, resistence, and exhaustion
    • Modeled conditioning
    • Vicarious conditioning

    Answer: Alarm reaction, exhaustion and resistence

37. Q37. attempts to create an association between a response (e.g., buying a brand) and some outcome (e.g., satisfaction) that serves to reinforce the response.

    • Operant conditioning
    • Iconic rote conditioning
    • Classical conditioning
    • Modeled conditioning
    • Vicarious conditioning

    Answer: Operant conditioning

38. Q38. attempts to create an association between a response (e.g., buying a brand) and some outcome (e.g., satisfaction) that serves to reinforce the response.

    • Operant conditioning
    • Iconic rote conditioning
    • Classical conditioning
    • Modeled conditioning
    • Vicarious conditioning

    Answer: Operant conditioning

39. Q39. The following are all defense mechanisms except:

    • Projection
    • Displacement
    • Living through fantasies
    • Rationalization
    • Regression

    Answer: Projection

40. Q40. Which of the following is NOT an example of social facilitation theory?

    • If you are performing a difficult task, you will do WORSE in front of a group
    • If you are performing a difficult task, you will do BETTER in front of a group
    • If you are performing a simple task, you will do BETTER in front of a group
    • If you are performing a simple task, you will do WORSE in front of a group
    • If you are performing a task that you are very good at, you will perform BETTER in front of a group

    Answer: If you are performing a difficult task, you will do WORSE in front of a group

41. Q41. The following are explanations that you will perform BETTER in front of a group EXCEPT:

    • Presence of others increases physiological arousal
    • Presence of others increases evaluation apprehension
    • Presence of others increases distraction
    • Performance level of dominant responses will be enhanced with an audience
    • Performance level of non-dominant responses will be enhanced with an audience

    Answer: Presence of others increases physiological arousal

42. Q42. The following are personality development theories, except:

    • Trait theories
    • Psychodynamic theories
    • Cognitive theories
    • Humanistic theories
    • Instinctivism

    Answer: Trait theories

43. Q43. Social Exchange Theory refers to:

    • The idea that our social behaviour is an exchange process, which we maximize costs and minimize rewards.
    • The idea that our social behaviour is an exchange process, which we maximize benefits and minimize costs.
    • The idea that our social behaviour is an exchange process, which we maximize benefits and maximize rewards.
    • The idea that our social behaviour is an exchange process, which we minimize benefits and minimize costs.
    • None of the above.

    Answer: The idea that our social behaviour is an exchange process, which we maximize costs and minimize rewards.

44. Q44. Which parenting styles is NOT a type of parenting?

    • Authoritarian parenting, I have the final say in my household.
    • Permissive parenting, I let my children do whatever they want.
    • Indulgent parenting, I let my children do whatever they want, but I am still involved in their lives.
    • Neglectful parenting, I do not care about my children, so I let them do whatever they want.
    • None of the above.

    Answer: Authoritarian parenting, I have the final say in my household.

45. Q45. Which of the following is NOT a type of parenting?

    • Authoritarian parenting
    • Permissive parenting
    • Indulgent parenting
    • Neglectful parenting
    • None of the above.

    Answer: Authoritarian parenting

46. Q46. Which of the following describes the process by which a term is transferred from itself, to its opposite, then to its negation?

    • Reaction formation, repression and sublimation
    • Reaction formation, repression and rationalization
    • Reaction formation, repression and displacement
    • Sublimation, stress and burn out
    • Repression, stress and burn out

    Answer: Reaction formation, repression and sublimation

47. Q47. Depression is a:

    • Neurosis
    • Mechanism of defense
    • Psychosis
    • Theory
    • Symptom

    Answer: Neurosis

48. Q48. Behavioural theories of personality focus on:

    • Unconscious dynamics
    • Patterns of thinking
    • Observable behaviours
    • Emotions
    • Instincts

    Answer: Unconscious dynamics

49. Q49. The highest level in Maslow's hierarchy is:

    • Intellectual disabi
    • Opioid use disorder
    • Cannabis use disorder
    • Stimulant use disorder
    • Tobacco use disorder 57) The following is NOT a type of neurodevelopmental disorder:

    Answer: Intellectual disabi