Psychological Process- Psychology of Abnormal and Social Behaviour | Set 1
1. Which of the following is not a way of defining psychopathology?
Correct : C. measuring iq
2. Which of the following is not addressed by medical model?
Correct : D. biased information processing
3. Aron Beck was the pioneer of which of the following models of psychopathology?
Correct : A. cognitive
4. DSM stands for
Correct : B. diagnostic and statistical manual.
5. Conversion disorder and hypochondriasis are classified under ……….. In DSM IV- TR.
Correct : B. somatoform disorders.
6. Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to
a person are called
Correct : C. phobias
7. Which of the following is characteristic of a dissociative disorder?
Correct : B. amnesia
8. A person who is preoccupied with fears of having a serious disease suffers from
Correct : B. hypochondriasis
9. Sudden temporary amnesia or instances of “multiple personality” are __________
disorders.
Correct : A. dissociative
10. Obsessive-compulsive disorders involve
Correct : D. high levels of anxiety.
11. Panic disorder is where:
Correct : B. there are recurrent and unexpected panic attacks
12. Stress that tend to be good is referred to as
Correct : B. eustress
13. ____ characterised by recurrent uncontrollable thought and irresistible behaviors.
Correct : A. ocd
14. Disorders that feature disruptions in memory, consciousness or integrity of
identity
Correct : A. dissociative disorders
15. DSM is a scientific classification manual of mental disorders published by
Correct : D. american psychiatric association.
16. Term used to describe the phenomenon the person becomes amnesic and departs
home with a new identity
Correct : B. fugue
17. Serotonin is a
Correct : D. neurotransmitter
18. Disorder by which the person feels that his certain body parts are with an ugly
appearance:
Correct : A. body dysmorphic disorder
19. According to DSM IV-TR, preoccupations based on misinterpretations of bodily
symptoms, with the fear that one has a serious disease.
Correct : A. hypochondriasis
20. Preoccupation with certain aspects of the body
Correct : C. bdd
21. In ________one’s sense of self is temporarily lost.
Correct : A. depersonalisation
22. Overt repetitive behaviors or more covert mental acts
Correct : B. compulsions
23. Who put forward operant conditioning?
Correct : C. skinner
24. Write the odd one
Correct : D. behavior therapy
25. Statistical approaches to abnormality define as "abnormal" those who
Correct : C. deviate from typical or average patterns of behavior.
26. A rare condition in which separate personalities exist in the same person is called
Correct : A. dissociative identity disorder.
27. A core feature of all abnormal behavior is that it is
Correct : C. maladaptive.
28. The extreme reaction known as fugue refers to
Correct : A. physical flight to escape conflict.
29. According to Behaviourists, much of our behaviour, whether normal or
maladaptive, can be attributed to:
Correct : B. learning
30. Stress is a condition experienced by a person who is constantly exposed to:
Correct : C. frustrations and conflicts
31. Generally, “abnormal” means deviation from the:
Correct : C. “norm” or “standard”
32. Who is considered to be the “father of modern medicine”?
Correct : A. hippocarates (460-377
33. The psychodynamic model considers the causes of abnormality as psychological
and as being rooted in the:
Correct : A. unconscious
34. DSM 5 was established in the year……?
Correct : A. 2013
35. Unemployment can be treated as a ………… causal factor of psychopathology
Correct : B. sociocultural
36. ……………. symptoms may include nightmares, flashbacks, sleep disturbance, mood
disorders, suicidal ideation, avoidance, and hyper-arousal in response to trauma- related stimuli.
Correct : B. ptsd
37. …………….. is an anxiety disorder involving discomfort around social interaction,
and concern about being embarrassed and judged by others.
Correct : B. social phobia
38. Severe anxiety over the idea of discarding possessions can be treated as a symptom
of?
Correct : B. hoarding disorder
39. If someone is suffering from trichotillomania, they will usually display various
symptoms, including
Correct : A. constant pulling or twisting hair
40. ………….. involves sensory or motor symptoms that do not correspond to those that
arise from known medical conditions.
Correct : A. conversion disorder
41. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5) replaces somatoform disorders with ………………..
Correct : A. somatic symptom and related disorders
42. ……………….. focused on how peoples’ irrational and inaccurate thoughts about
themselves and the world can contribute to psychological disorders
Correct : A. aron beck
43. Humanistic model emphasizes …
Correct : A. self awareness
44. Ivan Pavlov was famous on his works on …………….
Correct : A. classical conditioning
45. Medical model of abnormal behaviour emphasizes ………..
Correct : A. biological underpinnings
46. Process through which we seek to know and understand others is termed as
Correct : B. social perception
47. Which among the following is not a basic channel of non verbal communication
Correct : C. spoken words
48. Solomon asch studied on which of the following social events
Correct : A. conformity
49. A form of social influence involving direct requests from one person to other is
known as
Correct : A. compliance
50. ………… is the manner in which we interpret, analyze, remember, and use
information about the social world.
Correct : A. social cognition
51. Attention ,encoding and retrieval are basic processes of?
Correct : C. social thought
52. ……….. refers to the processes through which we recover information from
memory
Correct : C. retrieval
53. The bias in which we overlook risks and expect things to turn out well is known
as
Correct : A. optimistic bias
54. announced schedules for public works (e.g., new roads, airports, bridges,
stadiums) that have no chance of being met is best explained by
Correct : C. planning fallacy
55. ………… is the tendency to imagine other outcomes in a situation than the ones
that actually occurred
Correct : A. counter factual thinking
56. I got up on the left side of the bed today; therefore it will rain- is an example of
Correct : D. magical thinking
57. Terror management is a pausible explanation of which bias among the following
Correct : D. magical thinking
58. Which among below is not an error of social cognition
Correct : A. schema
59. In ABC triad what does C stands for ?
Correct : B. cognition
60. In ABC triad what does A stands for ?
Correct : B. affect
61. Experiment of norman triplett was on?
Correct : B. social facilitation
62. Norman triplett”S study on social facilitation was a …………study
Correct : C. experimental
63. Which among below disciplins are associated with social psychology?
Correct : D. all of the above
64. The field which the structure, function, growth, origin, and evolution of living
things is called
Correct : A. biology
65. …………. Field exclusively examines the concept of culture, and specifically the
role of culture in influencing people’s attitudes and behavior.
Correct : A. anthropology
66. The group which doesn’t receive any treatment in experimental method is
termed as
Correct : B. control group
67. The variable which is manipulated in an experimental research is called
Correct : B. independent variable
68. The variable which is measured in an experiment is called
Correct : A. dependent variable
69. Variable other than independent variable which makes changes in dependent
variable is called
Correct : C. confounding variable
70. ----------- is a standardised, planned, and systematic approach to objectively
observe and record behavior
Correct : C. observation
71. Which among below are a type of observation?
Correct : D. all of the above
72. Observation in which researcher is not involved with participants is called
Correct : C. non participant
73. A technique which involves observing involves studying the spontaneous
behavior of participants in natural surroundings is
Correct : B. naturalistic
74. When , a researchers ask large numbers of people to respond to questions about
their attitudes or behavior. It is
Correct : A. survey method
75. The term ________ refers to a tendency for one event to be associated with
changes in the other
Correct : B. correlation
76. The greater the departure from zero correlation strength is said to be
Correct : C. stronger
77. Which among below are a type of correlation
Correct : D. all of the above
78. When a variable decreases with the decrease of another variable they are said to
be
Correct : B. positive correlated
79. When a variable decreases with the increase of another variable they are said to
be
Correct : A. negative correlated
80. Correlation range is
Correct : C. 0 - +1/-1
81. actions that benefit other people or society as a whole is termed as
Correct : A. prosocial behavior
82. ________ is the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by
natural selection
Correct : A. kin selection
83. perceiving others’ thoughts and feelings accurately is known by
Correct : B. empathic accuracy
84. ___________ is defined as the inhibiting influence of the presence of others on a
person’s willingness to help someone in need.
Correct : C. bystander effect
85. Diffusion of responsibility & pluralistic ignorance are some of the causes of
Correct : B. bystander effect
86. impulsive, angry behavior that is motivated by a desire to harm someone is
known as
Correct : D. hostile aggression
87. GAM stands for ?
Correct : B. general aggression model
88. cultures in which hold strong norms indicating that aggression is an appropriate
response to insults to one’s honor is termed as
Correct : C. cultures of honor
89. which among below are not a situational cause of aggression
Correct : D. hormone
90. Which among below are a method to control aggression?
Correct : D. all of the above
91. A pattern consisting primarily of high levels of competitiveness, time urgency,
and hostility is termed as _______ behavior pattern