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Application Of Psychology — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Psychology MCQs on Application Of Psychology — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for CSS, PMS, PPSC, FPSC.

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Question 1 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

What is the step taken by the Government of India for the emotionally deprived children to solve their problems?

Question 2 of 40
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The legacy of medically oriented approach to treatment can be seen in today's

Question 3 of 40
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The aim of yoga education is to

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Bell and Baron (1977) observed that the surrounding extreme cold temperature affects the social behaviour of the people. They also found that:

Question 5 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Consider the following statements- 1. Matrix structure integrates two forms of departmentalisation. 2. The strength of matrix lies in its ability to facilitate coordination when the organisation has multiple complex and interdependent activities. 3. Matrix structure reduces many problems which typical bureaucratic structure suffers. 4. Matrix structure facilitates efficient allocation of specialists but it can also induce power struggle in organisations. Which of the above statements are correct?

Question 6 of 40
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. . . . . . . . psychologists often solve the problems of employers who hire people with psychological disorders, police who work with troubled individuals and families, departments of social service, and school teachers and administrators.

Question 7 of 40
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Organisational psychology is the out come of

Question 8 of 40
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Emittants are dangerous for the health of inhabitants and may cause the following ill effects directly or indirectly:

Question 9 of 40
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From . . . . . . . . it can be learnt that organizations are social systems.

Question 10 of 40
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Community is a social group with some degree of "we feeling" and "living in a given area", was said by

Question 11 of 40
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. . . . . . . . development refers to the development of those . . . . . . . . which enable the child to acquire knowledge of himself and the world around him.

Question 12 of 40
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Match List-I (terms) with List-II (explanation) and select the correct answer: List-I (Terms) List-II (Explanation) A. Meso system 1. The system in which various microsystems are related B. Exosystem 2. Is involved when a person's experience in a close context is affected by his experience in some other not so close setting C. Macrosystem 3. Is the culture in which the person lives D. Chronosystem 4. Involves the behaviour patterns that respond to the change in life course

Question 13 of 40
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In which country the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is widely used by colleges and universities for selecting students?

Question 14 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Which one of the following statements is correct about Behaviour and cognitive Learning Theory?

Question 15 of 40
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. . . . . . . . therapy derives from early European experiments aimed at making the mental hospital lesson institution of incarceration and more a community for the reputic social living.

Question 16 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The person overwrought by emotional problems does well to seek the counsel of a

Question 17 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Consider the following statements 1. Information Technology is today an integral part of every enterprise. 2. Information Security, i.e. Security of information assets, processes, environment, communication network data security etc., becomes important and is of concern to every organisation using IT. 3. The success of e-commerce, also emerging as an all encompassing, efficient, global mechanism for online transaction of business and commerce depends heavily on security issues Which of the above statements is correct?

Question 18 of 40
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Which one of the following options is correct?

Question 19 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In which of the following years the American psychiatric Association published the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental Disorder (DSM-II) which revised their 1952 standards (DSM-I) for recording and reporting the diagnoses of psychiatric patients?

Question 20 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Development of Super-Ego, according to Freud is a result of

Question 21 of 40
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The main purpose of . . . . . . . . is to educate the public and its leader about the nature of mental disorders and methods of treatment.

Question 22 of 40
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has given

Question 23 of 40
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What is a yoga?

Question 24 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Children from deprived homes suffer from different types of conflicts with the result that they gradually become

Question 25 of 40
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With . . . . . . . . , the therapist and the patient explore the patient's history and experiences and construct an anxiety hierarchy in systematic desensitization.

Question 26 of 40
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The chief characteristic of mental health is

Question 27 of 40
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. . . . . . . . has contributed a great deal towards the improvement of the processes and products of education.

Question 28 of 40
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The . . . . . . . . psychologist is interested in finding out in which situations learning is facilitated and in which it is inhibited and how good learning situations can be created.

Question 29 of 40
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Which of the following attributions of an event with positive outcome shall be optimistic (non depressogenic)?

Question 30 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The . . . . . . . . environment, consists of the blood and electrolytic fluids and other cells that surround any given cell.

Question 31 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

In Basket Training is

Question 32 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

Programmed learning has four components. Which one of the following options presents them in their correct sequence?

Question 33 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The therapists use . . . . . . . . , with training gradually zooming in on the shoulders, neck and face.

Question 34 of 40
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One advertisement suggests that "you can buy two shirts and get a clock free" this is an example of

Question 35 of 40
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. . . . . . . . education encourages an awareness of the problems caused by the degradation of our planet.

Question 36 of 40
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. . . . . . . . widened the scope of operant conditioning to encompass practically all human behaviour.

Question 37 of 40
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Sometimes relaxation instructions aim for deep-muscle relaxation and include suggestions of drowsiness or deep sleep, the result, in some but not all clients, is a deep trancelike state in which the clients are very suggestible; this state is sometimes called

Question 38 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

The . . . . . . . . sometimes is responsible for the superstitious belief, primitive social living customs, crude manners, quarrels and mutual distress among the people of a community.

Question 39 of 40
★ CSS ★ PMS

. . . . . . . . is a special sound which is repeated over and over to produce the deep rest and refined awareness.

Question 40 of 40
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. . . . . . . . is spontaneous acting of a realistic situation involving two or more people under classroom conditions.

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