Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Generalized beliefs and expectations about social groups and their members-
A)
Stereotypes
B)
Misconception
C)
Prejudice
D)
Bias
Option A is correct: Stereotypes.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Which of the following anxiety disorders is often diagnosed in children?
A)
Social Anxiety Disorder
B)
Separation Anxiety Disorder
C)
Generalised Anxiety disorder
D)
Panic Attack
Option B is correct: Separation Anxiety Disorder.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
A disorder in which individuals tend to display no regard for the moral and ethical rules of society or the rights of others-
A)
Antisocial personality disorder
B)
Bipolar disorder
C)
Personality disorder
D)
Borderline personality disorder
Option A is correct: Antisocial personality disorder.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Which of the following is not a hallmark symptom of schizophrenia?
A)
Hallucinations
B)
Palpitations
C)
Disorganized speech
D)
Delusions
Option B is correct: Palpitations.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
A disorder in which a person alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression
A)
Mania
B)
Anxiety disorder
C)
Personality disorder
D)
Bipolar disorder
Option D is correct: Bipolar disorder.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
The main difference between Bipolar-I and Bipolar-II disorders is:
A)
Hypomanic symptoms are not present in Bipolar I disorder
B)
Hypomanic symptoms are not present in Bipolar-II disorder
C)
Manic symptoms are not present in Bipolar-I
D)
Manic symptoms are not present in Bipolar-II
Option D is correct: Manic symptoms are not present in Bipolar-II.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Dissociative Identity Disorder was previously referred to as
A)
Depersonalization Disorder
B)
Multiple Personality Disorder
C)
Derealization Disorder
D)
None of the above
Option B is correct: Multiple Personality Disorder.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
The APA published the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) in-
A)
2021
B)
2022
C)
2023
D)
2020
Option B is correct: 2022.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Self Awareness approaches focus on
A)
Protecting and defending the self
B)
Rationalization of events that happen to the self
C)
Self-Improvement techniques
D)
Comparison of the self to others
Option C is correct: Self-Improvement techniques.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
The manner in which we interpret, analyse, remember and use information about the social world
A)
Social analysis
B)
Social prototypes
C)
Social cognition
D)
Social schemas
Option D is correct: Social schemas.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
A phenomenon in which an initial perception of a person as having positive traits produces the expectation that the person has other uniformly positive characteristics
A)
Halo effect
B)
Assumed-similarity bias
C)
Similarity bias
D)
Attribution effect
Option A is correct: Halo effect.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
A test should give similar results even though different testers administer it, different people score it, different forms of the test are given and the same person takes the test at two or more different times. This is known as:
A)
Validity
B)
Norms
C)
Reliability
D)
None of the above
Option C is correct: Reliability.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Mindfulness and forgiveness are examples of what approach to positive psychology?
A)
Problem focused approach
B)
Emotion focused approach
C)
Cognitive focused approach
D)
None of the above
Option B is correct: Emotion focused approach.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Leaders practicing the delegative leadership style who offer little or no guidance to their group and leave decision making up to the group is referred to as-
A)
Democratic leadership
B)
Authoritarian leadership
C)
Laissez-Faire leadership
D)
Transactional leadership
Option C is correct: Laissez-Faire leadership.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Which of the following is not an ethical concern in using psychological tests?
A)
Confidentiality
B)
IQ level
C)
Informed Consent
D)
Exploitation
Option C is correct: Informed Consent.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea; sweating, shakiness, and anxiety after stopping drinking is an indication of -
A)
dependence
B)
craving
C)
loss of control
D)
tolerance
Option A is correct: dependence.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
The three aspects of the biosocial model of health psychology are:
A)
Biological, psychological & social
B)
Cognitive, psychological & social
C)
Cognitive, biological & psychological
D)
Cognitive, biological & social
Option A is correct: Biological, psychological & social.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Community psychologists are motivated to improve the conditions of
A)
The individual
B)
Those who have specific needs
C)
The group as a whole
D)
Particular sections of the society
Option B is correct: Those who have specific needs.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
The leadership style based on performance of employees is
A)
Democratic Leadership
B)
Laissez Faire Leadership
C)
Transactional Leadership
D)
Autocratic Leadership
Option A is correct: Democratic Leadership.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
How can Post Traumatic Stress Disorder be caused?
A)
Directly experiencing the traumatic event
B)
Witnessing someone else experience a traumatic event
C)
Learning that a traumatic experience happened to a close loved one
D)
All of the above
Option D is correct: All of the above.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Most adult that they don’t take regular exercise due to
A)
Lack of time, stress & interference of daily life
B)
Lack of time, stress & laziness
C)
Stress, laziness & fatigue
D)
Fatigue, laziness & interference of daily life
Option A is correct: Lack of time, stress & interference of daily life.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Small groups are efficient because they can
A)
Meet rarely and have more time for individual work
B)
Meet often to identify problems and solve them
C)
Meet intermittently to report progress
D)
Meet as the need rises
Option A is correct: Meet rarely and have more time for individual work.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Community psychologists may work in many settings but are not usually found in
A)
Government offices
B)
Community centers
C)
Private organisations
D)
Clinical settings
Option A is correct: Government offices.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Examples of cognitive approaches to positive psychology include
A)
Problem solving and decision making
B)
Problem solving and mindfulness
C)
Decision making and mindfulness
D)
Decision making and journaling
Option A is correct: Problem solving and decision making.
Psychologist • 2024 • Psychology Paper-II
Most valuable asset in an organization is
A)
land and building
B)
cash and bank balances
C)
human being
D)
technology
Option C is correct: human being.
