50 multiple-choice questions for the TU MA Psychology entrance exam (60 minutes), with answers and explanations after sign-in. Free practice at Entrance by PsyNepal.
Babies teach their parents to hold them a lot by crying whenever they are put down. When they are picked up, the babies stop crying. This is an example of:
Insight learning
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Latent learning
Ganesh has a hard time trying to pick up his teacher's question. Which part of his nervous system most directly allowed him to perform this behavior?
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Autonomic
Somatic
Which of the following is a positive symptom of hallucinations?
Flat affect
Greater sensitivity toward others
Catatonia
Hallucinations
A low level of glucose in Steven's blood makes him more likely to want to:
Engage in risky behavior
Pursue a romantic interest
Eat meal
Study to improve his grades
Hari's parents are furious about his behavior. Without letting him explain, prohibit him from using his car or his cell phone for a month. Using this information, which parenting style are his parents most likely using?
Authoritative
Indulgent
Neglectful
Authoritarian
The first time Anita sees a rabbit, she calls it a cat. Her mistake is due to the process of:
Discrimination
Assimilation
Accommodation
Generalization
Fadindra believes that victims of natural disasters are foolish because they should have developed better advance detection and warning systems. Fadindra is manifesting the:
Just-world bias
Self-fulfilling prophecy effect
Self-serving bias
False consensus effect
A doctor examining a car crash victim in order to determine whether the crash caused structural damage to the brain would use what kind of brain scan?
MRI
PET
EEG
fMRI
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