DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Explain the conceptual area: Spearman’s Two-Factor theory of intelligence
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The repetition of information that has entered short-term memory.
A)
Rehearsal
B)
Working memory
C)
Episodic buffer
D)
Semantic memory
Option A is correct: Rehearsal.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The term “Psycho-cybernetics” was popularized by:
A)
Maxwell Maltz
B)
B.F. Skinner
C)
Carl Rogers
D)
Sigmund Freud
Option B is correct: B.F. Skinner.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The phenomenon by which children apply language rules even when the application results in an error is:
A)
Discrimination
B)
Semantics
C)
Overgeneralization
D)
Pragmatics
Option D is correct: Pragmatics.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Explain Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development in detail.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Categorization of objects, events, or people that share common properties.
A)
Concepts
B)
Mental images
C)
Prototyping
D)
Cataloguing
Option B is correct: Mental images.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Activation of a set of nerve impulses that make the face display the appropriate expression is:
A)
Facial-feedback hypothesis
B)
Cognitive response hypothesis
C)
Facial perspective hypotheis
D)
Facial-affect program
Option D is correct: Facial-affect program.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
A thinking strategy that may lead us to a solution to a problem or decision, but may sometimes lead to errors is:
A)
Representations
B)
Adaptation
C)
Familiarity
D)
Heuristics
Option D is correct: Heuristics.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The humanistic approach focuses on:
A)
Determinism
B)
Free will and self-actualization
C)
Conditioning and acceptance
D)
Traits and behaviour
Option B is correct: Free will and self-actualization.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Explain the conceptual area: Strategies for fostering values
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
In modelling, vicarious reinforcement means:
A)
Direct reinforcement of learner
B)
Continuous reinforcement
C)
Observing others being reinforced
D)
Self-punishment
Option C is correct: Observing others being reinforced.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Explain the conceptual area: Agents of socialization
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The TAT was developed by:
A)
Henry Murray
B)
Raymond Cattell
C)
Albert Bandura
D)
B.F. Skinner
Option B is correct: Raymond Cattell.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Deductive reasoning moves from:
A)
General to specific
B)
Specific to general
C)
Emotion to cognition
D)
Behaviour to thought
Option A is correct: General to specific.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
A condition of poor eating habits which adds burden to the functioning of the digestive system, which is very common in middle age is:
A)
Loss of appetite
B)
Diarrhoea
C)
Joint pains
D)
Constipation
Option D is correct: Constipation.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Good communication is not only giving information but creating:
A)
understanding
B)
motivation
C)
attention
D)
education
Option A is correct: understanding.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The IQ range of individuals with mild mental disability is approximately:
A)
25 – 39
B)
40 – 49
C)
50 – 69
D)
70 – 79
Option C is correct: 50 – 69.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Important socializing agency in late childhood is:
A)
Gangs
B)
Parents
C)
Teachers
D)
Neighbours
Option C is correct: Teachers.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The main objective of the National Family Welfare Programme is:
A)
disease control
B)
women empowerment
C)
population control
D)
preschool education
Option C is correct: population control.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Deterioration in cognitive and behavioural functioning due to physiological causes is known as:
A)
Dementia
B)
Alzheimer’s disease
C)
Parkinson’s disease
D)
Memory loss
Option A is correct: Dementia.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Mild hearing loss refers to the inability to hear sounds between:
A)
16 to 25 db HL
B)
26 to 40 db HL
C)
41 to 55 db HL
D)
56 to 70 db HL
Option B is correct: 26 to 40 db HL.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in:
A)
2000
B)
2001
C)
2011
D)
2021
Option B is correct: 2001.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
Satisfaction income is:
A)
Real Income
B)
Money Income
C)
Psychic Income
D)
Direct Income
Option C is correct: Psychic Income.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The National Policy on Older Persons was launched in the year:
A)
1990
B)
1992
C)
1997
D)
1999
Option B is correct: 1992.
DSWO • 2026 • Paper-III
The tendency to attribute life to inanimate objects is known as:
A)
Imagination
B)
Animism
C)
Fantasy
D)
Make believe play
Option B is correct: Animism.
