KUET 2023 Question Paper M.A. Psychology

FOR KUET EXAM PREPARATION

KUET 2023
Question Paper · M.A.
Psychology
EXAM YEAR TYPE SUBJECT

KUET 2023 Question Paper M.A. Psychology

Notes · Sample Papers · Previous Year Papers · Mock Tests

co m .
. s e
em l a

as a g
Sr. No. .............................

ENTRANCE TEST-2023
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

A .com
PSYCHOLOGY

om
Question Booklet Series

.c em
Total Questions : 60

em a s
Time Allowed : 70 Minutes Roll No. :

a s g l
Test Roll Number in the space provided at the top of this page of Question a
l information
g
Instructions for Candidates :

a
1. Write your Entrance Booklet and
fill up the necessary in the spaces provided on the OMR Answer Sheet.
2. OMR Answer Sheet has an Original Copy and a Candidate’s Copy glued beneath it at the top. While making
entries in the Original Copy, candidate should ensure that the two copies are aligned properly so that the
entries made in the Original Copy against each item are exactly copied in the Candidate’s Copy.
3. All entries in the OMR Answer Sheet, including answers to questions, are to be recorded in the Original Copy
only.

m
c. o
4. Choose the correct / most appropriate response for each question among the options A, B, C and D and
darken the circle of the appropriate response completely. The incomplete darkened circle is not correctly

mcircle of correct/most appropriate response. In no case
read by the OMR Scanner and no complaint to this effect shall be entertained.

s e
l a
5. Use only blue/black ball point pen to darken the

g
6. Do not darken more than one circle ofaoptions for any question. A question with more than one darkened
gel/ink pen or pencil should be used.

response shall be considered wrong.
7. There will be ‘Negative Marking’ for wrong answers. Each wrong answer will lead to the deduction of
0.25 marks from the total score of the candidate.
8. Only those candidates who would obtain positive score in Entrance Test Examination shall be eligible for
admission.

m
c. o
9. Do not make any stray mark on the OMR sheet.

o m mbooklet.
. c e
10. Calculators and mobiles shall not be permitted inside the examination hall.

s
em12. OMR Answer Sheet must be handled carefully and it should not be folded orglmutilated
a in which case it will not
s
11. Rough work, if any, should be done on the blank sheets provided with the question

gla a
a
be evaluated.
13. Ensure that your OMR Answer Sheet has been signed by the Invigilator and the candidate himself/herself.
14. At the end of the examination, hand over the OMR Answer Sheet to the invigilator who will first tear off the
original OMR sheet in presence of the Candidate and hand over the Candidate’s Copy to the candidate.

SM-29569–A 1 [Turn over
“

m . c
c. o s e m
m a
se
For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit
g l
Page 1 of 8

1. The field of Psychology crosses boundaries with : 7. Which of the following researchers support that
(A) Physics emotional tone can influence memory?
(B) Philosophy (A) Hollingworth
(C) Biology (B) Rychalk
(D) All of these (C) Thompson
2. Psychology falls in the domain of : (D) All of these
(A) Pure Science 8. Creativity is to intelligence as :
(B) Pseudo Science
(A) Sensation is to perception
(C) Information Science
(B) Peace is to Law
(D) Positive Science
(C) Digging the hole deeper is to digging the hole at
3. Psychoanalysis is :
other place
(A) Most Controversial School in psychology
(D) Digging the hole at other place is to digging the
(B) Most unopposed school in psychology
hole deeper
(C) No More relevant today
9. The book “Theories of Personality” is authored by :
(D) Most relevant today
(A) Calvin S Hall
4. In Psychology we mostly carry out :
(B) Gardner Lindzey
(A) Direct Experiments
(C) John B Campbell
(B) Indirect Experiments
(C) Grounded Theory Studies (D) All of these

(D) Qualitative Research 10. Who gave the concept of creative self ?

5. In context of cognitive psychology ERP stands for : (A) Freud
(A) Event related Potential (B) Adler
(B) Event relative Potential (C) Guilford
(C) Early Reaction Potential (D) William James
(D) None of these 11. Social & Behavioural Change is a programme
6. Which of the following demonstrates self-reference associated with :
effect? (A) WHO
(A) Relating information to onself
(B) APA
(B) Relating information to others
(C) UNICEF
(C) Being Self Critical
(D) UNESCO
(D) Being Egoistic

SM-29569–A 2
“

For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit Page 2 of 8

co m .
. s e
em l a

as a g
12. The statement “Students of a school got surprised to 17. “ Choosing between working at a toxic workplace or
see their apparently strict teacher playing with kids in being unemployed” demonstrates :
the nearby park” demonstrates : (A) Approach-Approach Conflict
(A) Social Perception (B) Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
(B) Person Perception (C) Frustration

m
(C) Bias (D) Approach-Avoidance Conflict

m in an institute and . co
(D) Prejudice

o
18. In context of communication complete the series Kilo,

c
. to be the favourite of the e m
s
13. “An intelligent person gets recruited

m
Lima, Mike, _______.

e
recruiter instead ofsappreciating l a
his colleagues believe him

a g
(A) November

– this scenariolis best explained by : a
his skills & expertise”

agof Prejudice
(B) Note Book

(A) Theory (C) Newspaper

(B) Attribution Theory (D) New Delhi

(C) Actor-observer effect 19. Which of the following genes has relevance with
leadership qualities?
(D) Stereotype
(A) rs5050
14. “Two persons see through the same window, one

m rs1000
looks towards the sky & the other gazes on the thorns (B) rs4950

c. o(D) rs7777
nearby” exemplifies : (C)

em
s 20. Which psychologist identified autocratic, democratic
(A) Prejudice
(B) Attitude
g l a
(C) Pessimism
a & laissez faire leadership types?
(D) Hope (A) Kurt Lewin
15. Aggression can be : (B) Jacob Moreno
(A) Morally Justifiable sometimes (C) Albert Bandura
(B) Morally Unjustifiable (D) None of these
(C) Seen in action in high pressure games 21. Identify the correct statement :

m
c. o
(D) All of these
m
(A) DSM-VTM is published by American Psychiatric

c. o e m
16. “If a Powerful country invades a poor country based Association

em
on the opinion of few policy makers only” it
la s
s
(B) DSM-V™ is published by American

la (A) Communalism ag
demonstrates concept of : Psychological Association

ag (B) Groupthink
(C) DSM-5™ is published by American
Psychological Association
(C) Crony Capitalism (D) DSM-5TM is published by American Psychiatric
(D) None of these Association

SM-29569–A 3 [Turn over
“

m . c
c. o s e m
m a
se
For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit
g lPage 3 of 8

22. Which of the following depicts abnormal behaviour ? 27. Unspecified Psychosis is represented as :
(A) Seeking too much attention (A) F29
(B) F30
(B) Sleeping too much
(C) F45
(C) SAD
(D) F50
(D) All of these
28. Cyclothymia is also known as :
23. From biological perspective imbalance in _______ (A) Bipolar-I Disorder
may lead to abnormal behaviour. (B) Bipolar-II Disorder
(A) Neurotransmitters (C) Bipolar-III Disorder
(B) Blood Sugar (D) None of these
(C) Cholesterol 29. Which psychological test is used to assess the
symptoms of schizophrenia?
(D) None of these
(A) SAPS
24. The statement “A person who has been subjected to
(B) CAINS
trauma during childhood may experience OCD”
(C) SANS
exemplifies :
(D) All of these
(A) Psychodynamic Perspective 30. The drug sertraline hydrocholoride is used mostly for
(B) Cognitive Perspective treatment of :

(C) Life Span Development Perspective (A) Depression
(B) Anxiety
(D) Social Perspective
(C) Trauma
25. Specific Phobia in children may be expressed by :
(D) None of these
(A) Freezing 31. Which of the following is an alternative for Electro
(B) Crying convulsive therapy?
(C) Tantrums (A) TMS

(D) All of these (B) CNS
(C) PNS
26. The risk & prognostic factors of panic disorder may
(D) All of these
be ______ in nature.
32. CBT can be used for :
(A) Temperamental
(A) Life Style Management
(B) Environmental (B) Addressing Emotional Problems
(C) Genetic (C) Addressing Behavioural Problems
(D) All of these (D) All of these

SM-29569–A 4
“

For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit Page 4 of 8

co m .
. s e
em l a

as 33. Which of the following is correct? a g
38. A person after retirement from services falls in which
(A) To check prediction coefficients both variables of the following conflicts ?
should preferably be assessed on basis of same
(A) Approach- Avoidance
scaling technique.
(B) Avoidance- Avoidance
(B) To check prediction coefficients variables
should preferably not be assessed on basis of (C) Integrity vs Despair

o m
39. Maintaining Social order is a concept central to which .c
same scaling technique.

om
(D) Identity vs Confusion

. c common in qualitative of the following theories ? e m
(C) Intelligence is mostly assessed using a ratio scale

em
(D) Ratio Scale is most
l a s
enquires
s
laprobability curve as : a g
g
a & specificity is to ROC curve
(A) Social Identity Theory
34. SD is to normal
(A) Sensitivity (B) Kohlberg’s Theory
(B) Mean is to Mode (C) Watson’s Theory
(C) Median is to Mean (D) Erickson’s Theory
(D) Correlation is to Regression 40. “A teacher guides a student to have mastery over skills
35. The most famous case study in cognitive psychology which the student otherwise can’t achieve easily”. This

m
is that of :

c. o(A) Zone of Proximal Development
statement signifies :
(A) Watson
(B) Skinner
s em (B) Zone of Difficulty
(C) Phineas Gage
g l a
(D) Zimbardo a (C) Zone of Skill Development
36. The reliability of a test is expressed in terms of (D) Zone of Personal Development
proportion of : 41. Raw Scores are to Z scores as :
(A) True Score Variance/ observed score variance
(A) Covariance is to correlation
(B) Observed Score Variance / true score variance
(B) Correlation is to covariance
(C) True Score Variance × Observed Score

m
c. o
Variance (C) Correlation is to regression

m
c. o m
(D) Regression is to correlation
e
(D) True Score Variance × error score variance

em la s
37. A child using proper grammar while expressing 42. Which of the following is a goodness of fit test ?

las anything is likely to be in :
ag
g
(A) Chi-Square

a
(A) Sensorimotor Stage
(B) t-test
(B) Preoperational Stage
(C) Concrete operational Stage (C) ANOVA

(D) Formal Operational Stage (D) Runs Test

SM-29569–A 5 [Turn over
“

m . c
c. o s e m
m a
se
For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit
g l
Page 5 of 8

43. Which of the following is a correct statement? 48. Hans Selye – the proponent of general adaptation
(A) Mean is the most accurate measure in statistics syndrome had core specialization in the field of :
(A) Endocrinology
(B) Mean can sometimes mislead a researcher
(B) Psychology
(C) Mean is to centre of gravity as median is to mode
(C) Biopsychology
(D) Mean = 3/2 Median
(D) Health Psychology
44. Which of the following is not a parametric test ?
49. Which of the following exemplifies health enhancing
(A) Unpaired t-test behaviour ?
(B) ANOVA (A) Taking a Balanced Diet
(C) Kruskal Wallis Test (B) Wearing a Seat Belt
(D) Paired t-test (C) Taking Multivitamins
45. If a child is able to ask you about your wellbeing he is (D) All of these
likely to have achieved _______ to some extent. 50. Who proposed the concept of positive organizational
(A) Social Development behaviour?

(B) Emotional Development (A) Fred Luthans
(B) Taylor
(C) Socio-emotional Development
(C) Fayol
(D) Socio-cultural Development
(D) Weber
46. Which of the following is not usually covered in a
51. As per which therapy people are responsible for their
health belief model?
behaviour?
(A) Perceived Susceptibility
(A) Reality Therapy
(B) Perceived Severity
(B) REBT
(C) Perceived Benefits (C) CBT
(D) Perceived Social Support (D) None of these
47. Which Country tops the list of happy countries in the 52. “Psychologists establish relationships of trust with
world as per World Happiness Report-2022? those with whom they work”. This statement highlights
(A) Norway the principle of :

(B) Finland (A) Fidelity & Responsibility
(B) Justice
(C) France
(C) Integrity
(D) USA
(D) All of these

SM-29569–A 6
“

For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit Page 6 of 8

co m .
. s e
em l a

as 53. A counsellor must have ________for the client. a g
57. Who among the following is not an organizational
(A) Empathy Scientist?
(A) Taylor
(B) Genuineness
(B) Fayol
(C) Positive Regard
(C) Weber
(D) All of these
m
co
(D) Ulric Neisser

om .
54. The technique mainly encompassed in family therapy

.c m
58. The book “ Job Satisfaction: From Assessment to

se
is :

em a
Intervention” is authored by :

s g l
la Therapy
(A) Interpersonal Therapy
a
(A) Herzberg

g
a Therapy
(B) Intrapersonal (B) Maslow
(C) Group (C) Paul Spector
(D) None of these (D) Martin Seligman
55. Frank Parsons – the proponent of vocational 59. The coach of a cricket team is to ______ leadership
counselling was educated as : as _______ is to charismatic leadership.
(A) Doctor (A) Charismatic, Politician

m
c. o(C) Transactional, Inspirational Leader
(B) Engineer (B) Transformational, Manager

(C) Psychologist
s em (D) Autocratic, Charisma
l a
g 60. In terms of structure, organizations can be :
a
(D) Neuroscientist
56. Who proposed the ERG theory of motivation?
(A) Flat
(A) Alderfer
(B) Tall
(B) Maslow
(C) Matrix Type
(C) Weber
(D) All of these
(D) Goleman

m
m c. o
c. o s e m
s em la
gla ag
a

SM-29569–A 7
“

m . c
c. o s e m
m a
se
For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit
g lPage 7 of 8

ROUGH WORK

SM-29569–A 8 88
“

For more Question Papers, Sample Papers, Notes & Syllabus visit Page 8 of 8