PSYCHOLOGY QUESTION BANK 2 (ENGLISH)
MCQ 1: Psychology is a _________
- A natural science
 - A physical science
 - A biological science
 - A social science
 
D
MCQ 2: Psychology as a ‘Science of Mind’, defined by _________ school of psychology.
- Psychoanalysts
 - Behaviourists
 - Functionalists
 - Ancient Greek Philosophers
 
D
MCQ 3: In the year _________ the Scientific Psychology was first accepted.
- 1779
 - 1679
 - 1879
 - 1889
 
C
MCQ 4: Who is the father of Experimental Psychology.
- Wilhelm Wundt
 - Sigmund Freud
 - C.G. Jung
 - E.B. Titchener
 
A
MCQ 5: Psychology can be literally defined as the _________
- Science of mind
 - Science of behaviour
 - Science of soul
 - Science of consciousness
 
C
MCQ 6: J.B. Watson, the founder and father of behaviouristic school of psychology defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of _________.
- Soul
 - Consciousness
 - Mind
 - Behaviour
 
D
MCQ 7: E.B. Titchener (1867-1927) defined ‘Psychology’ as the science of _________.
- Conscious Experience
 - Science of Mind
 - Science of Experience
 - Science of Soul
 
A
MCQ 8: Who defined ‘Psychology’ as the scientific study of activities of organism in relation to its environment?
- J.B Watson
 - Sigmund Freud
 - Wood worth
 - William James
 
C
MCQ 9: “S-R” concept was first established by _________
- J.B Watson
 - Wilhelm Wundt
 - William James
 - I.P. Pavlov
 
A
MCQ 10: Rejecting the concept of “S-R” connectionism, further “S-O-R” concept was developed by _________.
- Woodworth
 - C.G. Jung
 - E.B. Titchener
 - Sigmund Freud
 
A
MCQ 11: Who defined “Psychology as the science of immediate experience with consciousness being the main subject matter”?
- E.B. Titchener
 - William James
 - Sigmund Freud
 - Wilhelm Wundt
 
A&D
MCQ 12: Who is the founder and principal proponent of psychoanalysis _________.
- Sigmund Freud
 - E.B Titchener
 - C.G. Jung
 - Alfred Adler
 
A
MCQ 13: Who is the psychologist who constructed the first intelligence test?
- William James
 - J. B. Watson
 - William Mc Dougall
 - Alfred Binet
 
D
MCQ 14: The occurrence of ‘O’ in ‘S-O-R’ concept is responsible in regulating the behavior of the organism and making psychological activity _________.
- Complex
 - Dynamic
 - Fixed
 - Puzzled
 
B
MCQ 15: Anything which evokes a response in the Organism is called.
- Stimulus
 - Thing
 - Situation
 - Incidence
 
A
MCQ 16: The method of ‘Field Observation’ is always considered as _________.
- Subjective
 - Complex
 - Neutral
 - Objective
 
D
MCQ 17: To study Abnormal Psychology means, to study mainly the nature of _________.
- Normality of mind
 - Unconscious level of mind
 - Subconscious level of mind
 - Abnormality of mind
 
B
MCQ 18: Clinical Psychology deals with the practical aspect of _________.
- Abnormal PsychologyEducational Psychology
 - Educational Psychology
 - Child Psychology
 - Experimental Psychology
 
A
MCQ 19: Sigmund Freud is regarded as the father of _________ in psychology.
- Gestalt school
 - Behaviouristic school
 - Functionalistic school
 - Psychoanalytic school
 
D
MCQ 20: Ebbinghuas, had done the pioneering experiments on _________.
- Perception
 - Emotion
 - Memory
 - Thinking
 
C
MCQ 21: Science is invariably characterised by _________.
- Its methodology
 - Its theory
 - Its fact
 - Its hypothesis
 
A
MCQ 22: General psychology deals with _______
- Personality
 - Development
 - Intelligent
 - Fundamentals of all branches of psychology
 
D
MCQ 23: Industrial Psychology is _________.
- Theoretical Psychology
 - Applied Psychology
 - Educational Psychology
 - Abnormal Psychology
 
B
MCQ 24: Developmental Psychology studies _________.
- Personality
 - Motivation
 - Intelligence
 - Various stages of development of man
 
D
MCQ 25: Abnormal Psychology is concerned with _________.
- Developmental stages of individual
 - Diagnosis of abnormal behaviour
 - Abnormal behaviour and its causes
 - Treatment of abnormal behaviour
 
C
MCQ 26: Social Psychology deals with ________.
- Behaviour of an individual at work
 - Behaviour and experience in social situations
 - Behaviour of ethnic groups
 - Abnormal Behaviour of people
 
B
MCQ 27: Psychology is the science studying the behaviour of _________.
- Mankind
 - Living Organism
 - Animals
 - Plants
 
B
MCQ 28: Some of the most useful knowledge of human perception has borrowed from _________.
- Chemistry
 - Physics
 - Sociology
 - Zoology
 
B
MCQ 29: A major part of developmental psychology is devoted to the understanding of behaviour of _________.
- Children
 - Adolescents
 - Women
 - Old people
 
A
MCQ 30: Who is the founder of ‘Individual Psychology’?
- David Hull
 - Thorndike
 - Alfred Binet
 - Alfred Adler
 
D
MCQ 31: From the following pioneered psychologist who is associated with Behaviourism?
- B.F. Skinner
 - William James
 - Megde Arnold
 - David Hull
 
A
MCQ 32: Who is recognised as the father of psychoanalysis?
- Sigmund Freud
 - Tolman
 - Alfred Adler
 - William James
 
A
MCQ 33: Wolf Gang Kohler was associated with _________ school of psychology.
- Social Psychology
 - Gestalt Psychology
 - Industrial Psychology
 - Educational Psychology
 
B
MCQ 34: The “Law of effect” was coined by _________.
- Skinner
 - Pavlov
 - Kohler
 - Thorndike
 
D
MCQ 35: Archetype is a terminology associated with _________.
- Jung
 - Freud
 - Adler
 - Skinner
 
C
MCQ 36: Who established the first experimental psychological laboratory?
- Sigmund Freud
 - B.F. Skinner
 - Evan Pavlov
 - Wilhelm Wundt
 
D
MCQ 37: Who is the valuable contributor in insightful learning?
- Throndike
 - B.F. Skinner
 - Evan Pavlov
 - Kohler
 
D
MCQ 38: The most pioneered contributor to Behavioural school of psychology is _________.
- Freud
 - Allport
 - Watson
 - Fechner
 
C
MCQ 39: Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory of experimental psychology at _________.
- Greenwich
 - Zurich
 - Leipzig
 - Munich
 
C
MCQ 40: From the following psychologist, who rejected introspection as a method of psychology _________.
- B.F. Skinner
 - Fulton
 - Cattell
 - J.B. Watson
 
D
MCQ 41: In which method of study of psychology, independent and dependent variable are important elements.
- Introspection Method
 - Experimental Method
 - Observational Method
 - Case History Method
 
B
MCQ 42: In _________ method of study in psychology, passive study and analysis of human behaviour is usually done
- Introspection Method
 - Experimental Method
 - Observational Method
 - Genetic Method
 
C
MCQ 43: In the simplest experimental method, ‘E’ manipulates _________.
- One Variable
 - Two Variables
 - Three Variables
 - Four Variables
 
A
MCQ 44: What it is called, when more than one independent variable works in an experimental situation.
- Situational Crisis
 - Interaction
 - Multisituational Effect
 - Variable Crisis
 
B
MCQ 45: Who has been considered as the father of psychoanalysis method of study _________?
- Sigmund Freud
 - E.B Titchener
 - C.G. Jung
 - Alfred Adler
 
A
MCQ 46: Who has been credited as the first developer of first intelligence test and made important contributions to our understanding of the thought process?
- William James
 - Alfred Binet
 - William McDougall
 - J.B. Watson
 
B
MCQ 47: The concepts like “Introspection” and “Conscious Experience” are associated with _________.
- Functionalism
 - Behaviourism
 - Structuralism
 - Gestalt Psychology
 
C
MCQ 48: A Provisional theory to explain observed facts is known as _________.
- Construct
 - Theory
 - Hypothesis
 - Event
 
C
MCQ 49: _________ is the least noticeable value of stimulus.
- Stimulus Threshold
 - Response Threshold
 - Hypothesis
 - Problem
 
A
MCQ 50: Which one of the following approaches tries to analyze human behaviour in terms of stimulus-response units acquired through the process of learning, mainly through instrumental conditioning .
- Cognitive Approach
 - Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
 - Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
 - Existential Approach
 
C
MCQ 51: _________ approach is popularly rooted in Gestalt psychology.
- Wholistic Approach
 - Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic Approach
 - Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
 - Cognitive Approach
 
D
MCQ 52: _________ approach emphasizes the role of instinctual processes and their modification in the course of interaction with the society.
- Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
 - Cognitive Approach
 - Holistic Approach
 - Stimulus-Response Behaviouristic Approach
 
A
MCQ 53: The system which still survives very nearly in its rigid forms is _________.
- Cognitive Approach
 - Dynamic and Psychoanalytic Approach
 - Holistic Approach
 - Existential Approach
 
B
MCQ 54: Psychologists with the Biological perspective try to relate behaviour to functions of _________.
- Body
 - Mind
 - Soul
 - Unconscious
 
A
MCQ 55: The perspective which is concerned with characteristic changes that occur in people as they mature is known as _________.
- Developmental Perspective
 - Biological Perspective
 - Humanistic Perspective
 - Psychoanalytic Perspective
 
A
MCQ 56: For the first time, the word ‘Psychology’ is introduced by_________.
- Rudolf Goekle
 - William James
 - Sigmund Freud
 - C. G. Jung
 
A
MCQ 57: Rudolf Goekle used the word ‘Psychology’ for the first time in the year _________.
- 1590 AD
 - 1095 AD
 - 1950 AD
 - 1509 AD
 
A
MCQ 58: Which branch of psychology deals with the study of animal behaviour?
- Social Psychology
 - Comparative Psychology
 - Abnormal Psychology
 - Differential Psychology
 
B
MCQ 59: Woodworth’s approach to define Psychology is_________.
- Dynamic
 - Constant
 - Fluctuating
 - Simple
 
A
MCQ 60: Who is the Founder of Gestalt Psychology _________?
- Kurt Koffka
 - Max wertheimer
 - Kurt Lewin
 - Wolfgang Kohker
 
B
MCQ 61: _________ field of psychology focuses on the potential role of evolution in behaviour.
- Developmental Psychology
 - Physiological Psychology
 - Evolutional Psychology
 - Cognitive Psychology
 
C
MCQ 62: Which perspective of psychology emphasizes the overt behaviour of the individual?
- Developmental Perspective
 - Behaviouristic Perspective
 - Humanistic Perspective
 - Psychoanalytic Perspective
 
B
MCQ 63: Thought process is the main component of _________ perspective.
- Gestalt Perspective
 - Biological Perspective
 - Humanistic Perspective
 - Cognitive Perspective
 
D
MCQ 64: _________ perspective focuses on changes in behaviour and cognitive processes over the life span.
- Developmental Perspective
 - Biological Perspective
 - Humanistic Perspective
 - Psychoanalytic Perspective
 
A
MCQ 65: ‘Behaviour can be influenced by social and cultural factor’, the _________ perspective of psychology emphasizes it.
- Developmental Perspective
 - Biological Perspective
 - Humanistic Perspective
 - Socio-cultural Perspective
 
D
MCQ 66: The frameworks for explaining various events or process in science is known as _________.
- Facts
 - Theories
 - Models
 - Hypothesis
 
B
MCQ 67: Emphasizing what comes to mind first or most readily/quickly is known as _________.
- Heuristic
 - Critical Thinking
 - Intuitive Thought
 - Confirmation Bias
 
A
MCQ 68: A systematic study of facts according to a reliable and correct method of study is called a _________.
- Scientific Study
 - Biological Study
 - Social Technique
 - Methodology
 
A
MCQ 69: The concept of building block of consciousness was laid by _________.
- Watson
 - Wundt
 - Freud
 - Jung
 
B
MCQ 70: Who is the first woman, awarded Ph. D in psychology?
- Anna Freud
 - Margaret Floy Washburn
 - Melanie Klein
 - Karen Horney
 
B
MCQ 71: In the year 1913, C. G. Jung, established his school after separated from Sigmund Freud, which is known as _________.
- Psychoanalysis School
 - Individual Psychology
 - Psychoanalytical School
 - Child Psychology
 
C
MCQ 72: The _________ law of psychology deals with least noticeable difference in different stimuli.
- Getsalt Law
 - Watson Law
 - Binet –Simon Law
 - Weber-Fechner Law
 
D
MCQ 73: Gestalt psychology taking its name from the German word ‘Gestal’ which literally means _________.
- World
 - Whole
 - A part
 - Whole vs part
 
B
MCQ 74: Who promoted the formulation of Elementism?
- Sigmund Freud
 - Aristotle
 - Plato
 - Paul Broca
 
B
MCQ 75: The concept of Rationalism is developed by _________.
- Sigmund Freud
 - Aristotle
 - Plato
 - Paul Broca
 
C
MCQ 76: Who proposed that mind and body are two separate entities and interact with each other?
- Rene Descartes
 - Aristotle
 - Plato
 - Paul Broca
 
A
MCQ 77: Who is an important functionalistic psychologist was particularly interested in consciousness, memory and emotions?
- John Dewey
 - William James
 - Thorndike
 - Skinner
 
B
MCQ 78: What is the name of the person established the School of Individual Psychology?
- Adler
 - Jung
 - Anne Freud
 - Eric Fromm
 
A
MCQ 79: Who is a pioneer contributor to the Cognitive Psychology?
- Jean Piaget
 - Kohler
 - Chomsky
 - Kholberg
 
A
MCQ 80: The modern psycholinguistic theory was developed by _________.
- Chomsky
 - Kohler
 - Piaget
 - Kholberg
 
A
MCQ 81: The concept of psychology come into teaching and the first psychology course offered by _________.
- Willhelm Wundt
 - E. B. Titchner
 - J. B. Watson
 - William James
 
D
MCQ 82: Abraham Maslow and Carl Roger were the founder of ________ approach.
- Developmental approach
 - Biological approach
 - Humanistic approach
 - Socio-cultural approach
 
C
MCQ 83: Hope, happiness, optimism and flow takes together as _________.
- Cognitive psychology
 - Positive psychology
 - Humanistic psychology
 - Evolutionary psychology
 
B
MCQ 84: Wilson was the strong supporter of _________ plays vital role for shaping of behaviour.
- Genes
 - Culture and environment
 - Past life
 - God or almighty
 
A
MCQ 85: The role of brain, body chemical, central nervous system, neural mechanism, etc., are considered the _________ branch of psychology.
- Cognitive psychology
 - Positive psychology
 - Neuropsychology
 - Evolutionary psychology
 
C
MCQ 86: Who proposed the famous PASS theory on psychology?
- Binet-Simon
 - Cattell
 - J. P Das
 - Thurstone
 
C
MCQ 87: The first psychological laboratory was established in India at _________.
- Delhi University
 - Bombay University
 - Calcutta University
 - Banaras Hindu University
 
C
MCQ 88: First Psychology department started in the department of philosophy at Calcutta University in the year ________.
- 1905
 - 1916
 - 1890
 - 1780
 
B
MCQ 89: First psychology Department at in India established by the headship of ________.
- Prof. K. D Bruta
 - Prof. N. N Sengupta
 - Prof. G. Gupta
 - Prof. Ganguli
 
B
MCQ 90: The famous book ‘Principles of Psychology’ was authored by________.
- Willhelm Wundt
 - E. B. Titchner
 - J. B. Watson
 - William James
 
D
MCQ 91: According J. B Watson, ‘Psychology is a Science of________’.
- Soul
 - Mind
 - Behaviour
 - Brain
 
C
MCQ 92: Some of our most useful knowledge of human perception borrowed from ________.
- Physics
 - Chemistry
 - Sociology
 - Mathematics
 
A
MCQ 93: The structuralist intended to identify the buildings blocks of ________.
- Consciousness
 - Subconsciousness
 - Unconsciousness
 - None of the above
 
A
MCQ 94: Who discovered that all mental process are not accompanied by mental imagery?
- Willhelm Wundt
 - E. B. Titchner
 - J. B. Watson
 - Oswald Kulpe
 
D
MCQ 95: The functionalist strongly influenced by ________.
- Willhelm Wundt
 - Charles Darwin
 - J. B. Watson
 - William James
 
B
MCQ 96: Who is credited for setting up the first psychological laboratory in United States?
- Willhelm Wundt
 - Charles Darwin
 - J. B. Watson
 - William James
 
D
MCQ 97: What is the meaning of ‘Flock’ according to Gestalt psychology?
- The whole
 - Perceptual unit
 - Perception
 - Closur
 
B
MCQ 98: Who is the father of psychodynamic theory?
- Willhelm Wundt
 - Charles Darwin
 - Sigmund Freud
 - William James
 
C
MCQ 99: Self actualisation is the proposed by ________.
- Carl Roser
 - Abraham Mashlow
 - Sigmund Freud
 - William James
 
B
MCQ 100: Computer provided a new way to conceptualise mental processes and to develop detail theories which is known as ________.
- Cognitive Approach
 - Behavioural Approach
 - Gestalt Approach
 - Information Processing Approach
 
D
MCQ 101: Who is a famous psycholinguistic?
- Gardner
 - Alan Newell
 - A. Simon
 - Noam Chomsky
 
D
MCQ 102: ________ psychology compare human abilities with those of animals particularly non-human primates.
- Industrial Psychology
 - Social Psychology
 - Evolutionary Psychology
 - Animal Psychology
 
C
MCQ 103: Who is the author of book Principle of Psychology?
- Willhelm Wundt
 - Charles Darwin
 - Sigmund Freud
 - William James
 
D
MCQ 104: In which year Sigmund Freud published the book ‘The Ego’ and ‘The Id’?
- 1927
 - 1972
 - 1980
 - 1908
 
A
MCQ 105: First issue of cognitive neuroscience appears in the year ________.
- 1967
 - 1989
 - 1997
 - 1978
 
B
MCQ 106: Psychiatric nurse holds a master degree in ________.
- M.S.N with C.S. in Psychiatric nursing
 - M.A./M.Sc in Clinical Psychology
 - M.S degree in Psychiatry
 - M.A./M.Sc in Counselling Psycho-logy
 
A
MCQ 107: The academic related psychological problems are dealt by________.
- Industrial Psychologist
 - Social Psychologist
 - Academic Psychologist
 - Clinical Psychologist
 
C
MCQ 108: Psychology in the work place is the subject matter of________.
- Industrial and organisational Psychology
 - Social Psychology
 - Academic Psychology
 - Clinical Psychology
 
A
MCQ 109: According to Darwin, the variation in behaviour passed from one generation to next generation is due to ________.
- Selection
 - Cultural Changes
 - Inheritance
 - None of the above
 
C
MCQ 110: Study of gender difference is the subject matter of ________.
- Industrial and Organisational Psychology
 - Social Psychology
 - Developmental Psychology
 - Clinical Psychology
 
C