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PPSC Psychologist (BPS-17) in Health Department Paper 2019

PPSC solved paper of Psychologist, Punjab Public Service Commission test held in
2019 for the post of Psychologist.
 Select one option out of four given options

1. What procedure is used by the experimenters to determine whether a

difference between conditions of an experiment is large enough for us to
have confidence in its validity

(1) Correlation Coefficient

(2) Scientific Intuition
(3) Statistical Analysis
(4) None of these
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2. If one finds a Positive correlation between degree of coffee drinking and

the likelihood of the hear attacks, can one conclude that:

(1) Coffee drinking causes heart attack

(2) Individuals prone to heart attack are predisposed to drink a lot of coffee
(3) An active life style of certain people causes heart attack
(4) None of these
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3. Someone whose corpus callosum has been cut will experience difficulty in:

(1) Naming an object held in left hand

(2) Naming an object held in right hand
(3) Recognizing an object held in left hand
(4) Recognizing an object held in right hand
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4. Smoking during pregnancy is associated with:

(1) High intelligence in the fetus, since the fetus must be clever to keep the cigarette
burning
(2) Low birth weight
(3) High mortality
(4) Both B and C
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5. The application of psychological theories, methods and techniques to

solve practical human problems describes an area of physiology known
as:

(1) Social Physiology

(2) Para Physiology
(3) Applied Physiology
 (4) Humanistic Physiology
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6. Which of the following is not one of the factor, which tend to hinder the
fairness of intelligence tests for lower class children

(1) Inappropriate norms

(2) Items requiring certain experiance
(3) To assume test taking skills
(4) test givers bias the results
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7. As E scores of I-E scale shows a general trend upward:

(1) People shows more reserve suspicion and withdrawal

(2) Assassination and events like watergate and vitamin increase
(3) the ability for people to openly express themselves decrease
(4) Both A and C
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8. An ancient time, who supposedly inhibited the body and soul of a "crazy"
person?

(1) God
(2) A saint
(3) The devil
(4) None of these
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9. "Double Approach-Avoidance" conflict is:

(1) Approaching a problem from two different angles

(2) A doubly strong tendency to approach an object
(3) Being faced with the choice between two equally attractive goals
(4) Choosing between two equally attractive objects such that the choice of one
 means give up the other
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10. "Delusion" refer to:

(1) Thoughts or beliefs that have no basis in reality

(2) Feelings that have no basis in reality
(3) Behaviors that have no basis in reality
(4) None of these
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11.The basic assumptions of humanistic theories include:

(1) Humans are basically good and worthy

(2) Humans are basically bad and unworthy and thus have to be reconditioned
using learning principles
(3) There is a natural growth process that can be blocked by bad condition
(4) Both A and C
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12. "Human beings responds to their subjective cognition about their world
rather than to the objective environment" is an argument for the
effectiveness of:

(1) Primal Therapy

(2) Freudian Therapy
(3) Cognitive therapy
(4) Rankian therapy
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13. How can morality covertly enter the therapy session:

(1) By having ministers to take over the role of therapist

(2) By the use of techniques to alter a sexual preference
(3) By allowing an insane person into therapy
 (4) By allowing philosophers of ethics to become therapists
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14. Research on the role of reinforcement in insight therapy has found that

(1) It does not play a role

(2) it does play a role
(3) It has an effect only on dependent patients
(4) It plays a role in highly structured therapy situation
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15. The notion that aggression can be reduced by allowing angry individual to
engage harmless activities that allow them to "blow off self esteem" is;

(1) Frustration-aggression hypothesis

(2) Displacement hypothesis
(3) Sublimation hypothesis
(4) Catharsis Hypothesis
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16. A person behavior usually attributed to external causes when all but one
of the following conditions exist;

(1) Others act in a same way

(2) The person acts in a same way at other times
(3) The persons acts differently in other situation
(4) The person seems aware of the environment
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17. A study of gastric ulceration in response to stress produced by shock

found that the most ulceration was shown by rates who:

(1) Only heard a tone but no shock

(2) Recieved varying level of shock
(3) Could predict the onset of shock
 (4) Could not predict the onset of shock
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18. Studies of crowding have found that crowding:

(1) depends only on physical density

(2) Affects mainly females
(3) Can intensify feelings
(4) Has negative effects only on elderly
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19. Taste depends

(1) On taste buds, smell and temperature and texture of food

(2) Only on one's taste buds
(3) Only on smell and texture of food
(4) None of these
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20. Rotter's social learning theory emphasizes the following:

(1) Behavioral Potential

(2) Expectancy
(3) A reinterpretation of Freud's theory
(4) Both A and B
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21. Developmental Psychologists believe that two factors that influence

human development are

(1) Motivation and emotion

(2) Self and Others
(3) Genetic makeup and Experience
(4) Rewards and Punishments
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22. Motor skills are largely result of

(1) Learning
(2) Maturation Process
(3) Practice
(4) Observing Others
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23. In Piaget's theory, the first two years of life are called the ________
stages

(1) Para-linguistic
(2) Exploratory
(3) Sensorimotor
(4) Preoperational
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24. Learning theories explains the attachment of the infants to their parents in
item of

(1) Conditioning
(2) Observational Learning
(3) The maturation of perceptual skills
(4) Cognitive Development
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25. Freud was among the first to suggest the abnormal behaviour

(1) Can have a hereditary basis

(2) Is not the result of the demonic possession
(3) Is Psychology caused
(4) Can Result from Biological Factors
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26. Which of the following is not a common symptom of the depression

(1) Insomnia
(2) Delusions
(3) Poor Apetite
(4) Lethargy
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27. Gradual exposure to actual feared situation is called

(1) Cognitive Desensitization

(2) In vivo Desensitization
(3) Flooding
(4) Breaking of resistance
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28. Rotational-emotive therapy is a type of

(1) Psycho analysis

(2) Client centered Therapy
(3) Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
(4) Behavior Therapy
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29. The concept of intelligence is closely related to the

(1) Motivation
(2) Learning
(3) Perception
(4) Cognition
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30. Most IQ tests assess

 (1) Academic Motivation
(2) Convergent Thinking
(3) Perceptual motor skills
(4) Creativity
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31. Addictive disorders include

(1) Alcoholism and drug addiction

(2) Over eating
(3) Socio pathology
(4) All of these
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32. Seizures, confusions, delusions and hallucinations are symptoms of

(1) Advanced Alcoholism

(2) Delirium Tremens
(3) Alcoholic withdrawal
(4) All of these
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33. The central concept in Gestalt therapy is

(1) Awareness
(2) Self Fulfillment
(3) Self Control
(4) Desentization
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34. The techniques used in a behavior modification

(1) Stress Interpersonal Interaction

(2) Employ the principle of learning
 (3) Are capable to very limited range of psychological problems
(4) All involve some sort of operand conditioning
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35. Research has suggested that compulsive behavior persists because

(1) It reduce anxiety

(2) There is some underlying conflict
(3) Others begin to expect it
(4) It diverts the attention of the individual from the problem
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36. A perceptual experience, which is not grounded in reality is called

(1) Delusion
(2) Exclusionary Image
(3) Hallucinations
(4) Spontaneous discharge of sensory neurons
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37. The hallucinations of schizophrenic are most likely to the

(1) Auditory
(2) Visual
(3) Tactual
(4) Olfactory
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38. Among people with severe mood disorder _________ is most common

(1) Mania
(2) Depression
(3) Manic Depression
(4) Euphoria
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39. Rogers believes that all of us born with

(1) Unconditional positive regard

(2) A drive for self fulfillment
(3) A sense of individuality and uniqueness
(4) A variety of in congruence which must be resolved in infancy and early
childhood
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40. Tests that employ real life problems that the examiner is likely to face on
the job are called

(1) Job tasks

(2) valid tests
(3) Situational Tests
(4) Protective Techniques
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41. The group in an experiment which receives no treatment is called

(1) Control group

(2) Experimental Group
(3) No Group
(4) None of these
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42. The portion of your nervous system which controls breathing and
digestion is

(1) Axon
(2) Autonomic
(3) Linear Circuit
(4) None of these
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43. The color, smell and feeling of the flowers are relayed through what part
of brain

(1) Acetylcholine
(2) Thalamus
(3) Motor Area
(4) None of these
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44. A hungry person would find food to be a

(1) Primary reinforcer

(2) Secondary reinforcer
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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45. A Psychologist explains you that learning can be best defined in terms
underlying thought process. what theory is being stated.

(1) Social learning

(2) Cognitive learning
(3) Trial and error
(4) None of these
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46. According to Maslow, a person with no job no friend and no house can be
self actualized

(1) 100 percent yes

(2) 100 percent no
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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47. A need to establish and maintain relationship with other people

(1) Achievement Motivation

(2) Need for afffiliation
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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48. Term n-ach was introduced by the

(1) Mc Cleland
(2) Jung
(3) Maslow
(4) None of these
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49. Repression refers to the

(1) Regression
(2) Frustration
(3) Primary Defense Mechanism
(4) None of these
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50. Enduring dimension of personality characteristics differentiating people

from author is called

(1) Factor Analysis

(2) Trait
(3) Determinism
(4) None of these
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51. The theory which suggests that people learn attitude by observing their
own behavior is

(1) Operand conditions

(2) CR
(3) Self Perception
(4) None of these
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52. The theory of cognitive dissonance is offered by the

(1) Skinner
(2) Bandura
(3) Festinger
(4) None of these
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53. The ability to view the words in three dimensions and perceive distance is

(1) Depth Perception

(2) Illusion
(3) Delusion
(4) None of these
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54. According to Bandura one is socialized by

(1) Punishment
(2) Observation
(3) Food
(4) None of these
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55. Crowding cause increase in heart rate and the level of adrenaline
 (1) No
(2) Yes
(3) May be
(4) No effect
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56. Studies demonstrate that greater genetic similarities is associated with the
greater similarity of the attitude

(1) True
(2) Falso
(3) May Be true
(4) May be False
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57. Maintenance of an internal biological balance is called

(1) Instinct
(2) Need
(3) Homeostasis
(4) None of these
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58. The part of personality that provides buffer between the inside and
outside world is

(1) Super ego

(2) Ego
(3) Ego-ideal
(4) None of these
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59. Specialized cells of nervous system carry

 (1) Messages
(2) Reflexes
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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60. The combination of responses or ideal in novel way is called

(1) Exploration
(2) Creativity
(3) Thinking
(4) None of these
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61. Group intelligence testing is better than the individual testing

(1) True
(2) False
(3) May be true
(4) Not sure
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62. Birth typically occurs after

(1) Forty weeks conception

(2) Thirty eight weeks conception
(3) Four weeks conception
(4) None of these
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63. Longitudinal researches investigates

(1) Behaviour through times as subject age

(2) Behaviours of different ages as compared
 (3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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64. The cause of abnormal behavior is only physiological, it is explained by

the

(1) Psycho Model

(2) Medical Model
(3) Psychosocial Model
(4) None of these
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65. One abnormal behavior was associated with witch craft

(1) True
(2) False
(3) May be true
(4) May be False
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66. A feeling of apprehension or tension is

(1) Frustration
(2) panic
(3) Anxiety
(4) None of these
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67. Which of the following treatments deals with the phobias by gradual
exposure

(1) Super Ego control

(2) Systematic Desensitization
(3) Reinforcement
 (4) Dreams
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68. The operation of the brain's neurotransmitters is altered because

(1) Use of LDS

(2) Use of Alcohols
(3) Both of these
(4) None of these
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69. Researches show that poor performance is the result of the

(1) Poor condition

(2) Job satisfaction
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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70. Low job satisfaction is likely to bring about high absenteeism

(1) False
(2) True
(3) May be false
(4) May be false
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71. The term propinquity explains

(1) Geographical proximity

(2) Why people affiliate with one another
(3) Both A and B
(4) None of these
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72. Group thinking refers to the

(1) Deterioration of mental efficiency

(2) Deterioration of physical energy
(3) Think Tank
(4) None of these
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73. Main function of stimulant are

(1) To alleviate tensions

(2) To provide energy and alertness
(3) Prescribed for Insomnia
(4) None of these
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74. Characters disorder such as obsessive compulsive behavior are

developed due to disturbed parent child relation in the

(1) Later Oedipal Phase

(2) Paranoid Stage
(3) Libido
(4) None of these
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75. According to the Piaget, 2 to 7 years of age, language is developed slowly

and gradually this stage is called

(1) Nonoperational Stage

(2) Egocentric Stage
(3) Sensorimotor Stage
(4) None of these
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