SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)
Program: Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling
Subject: Introduction of Psychology
Sample Questions:
Section I: Subjective Questions
1. Why it is difficult to predict behaviour?
2. Explain: 'Fitness' with the help of examples
3. Elucidate ‘Sensory adaptation’ with an example.
4. Describe opinion of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud related to dreams.
5. Describe Hypnosis in detail.
Section II: Objective Questions
Multiple Choice Single Response
1. Which methods include the processes of collecting and organising data and drawing
conclusions about those data?
1] physical
2] empirical
3] scientific
4] animal
2. A model of observational learning is developed by
1] Skinner
2] Bandura
3] Kohler
4] Freud
3. Rapid eye movement sleep is also called as
1] physical sleep
2] social sleep
3] emotional sleep.
4] casual sleep
4. Learning is one of the most fundamental processes necessary for:
1] emotional development
2] motor coordination
3] survival
4] language efficiency
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)
Program: Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling
Subject: Introduction of Psychology
5. Which refers to the accumulated knowledge of the world we have acquired
throughout our lives?
1] Factual intelligence
2] Mutual understanding
3] Artificial Intelligence
4] Crystallized intelligence
Multiple Choice Multiple Response
1. There are several techniques of verbal learning like:
1] paired associate learning
2] trial and error learning
3] problem solving learning
4] serial learning
2. Following can produce insomnia:
1] talking to strangers
2] jet lag
3] changes in work shift
4] fear of being unable to sleep
3. Select two drugs which are stronger, more addictive drugs derived from opium:
1] codeine
2] methyl
3] heroin
4] Morphine
4. Learning through problem solving requires use of one's:
1] motor abilities
2] reasoning
3] drawing conclusions
4] trying out new ways
5. Select the factors which can slow brain development and reduce intelligence:
1] Under nourishing or lacking in appropriate vitamins
2] Lead in drinking water
3] Paint chips
4] French fries
Fill in the Blanks
1. A major goal of __________ is to predict behaviour by understanding its causes.
1] Sociology
2] Biology
3] Psychology
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)
Program: Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling
Subject: Introduction of Psychology
4] Cosmetology
2. Classical conditioning was first demonstrated by __________
1] Ebbinghaus
2] Skinner
3] Pavlov
4] Thorndike
3. Light waves can travel in a _______.
1] Metallic
2] Vacuum
3] Air
4] Wood
4. We lose consciousness as we sleep, the brain is ________.
1] sleepy
2] active
3] alive
4] quiet
5. Sensation and perception work seamlessly together to allow us to experience the
_________.
1] counselling
2] world
3] college
4] school
State True or False
1. Research can sometimes provide facts that can help people develop their values.
2. Learning is knowing how to do something and performance is actually doing it.
3. When we first begin to fall asleep, the waves get longer called as thetha waves
4. Insomnia can result from physical disorders such as pain due to injury or illness, or
from psychological problems.
5. The final type of implicit memory is known as priming.
6. The last aspect of the triarchic model is practical intelligence.
SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING (SCDL)
Program: Post Graduate Diploma in School Counselling
Subject: Introduction of Psychology
Match the Following
1. 1] Beta waves 1] N1
2] Alpha waves 2] drowsy
3] Theta waves 3] awake
4] Sleep spindles 4] N2
5] N3
6] N4
2. 1] Linguistic 1] The ability to speak and write
well
2] Logico-mathematical 2] The ability to use logic and
mathematical skills to solve
problems
3] Spatial 3] The ability to think and reason
about objects in three dimensions
4] Musical 4] The ability to perform and enjoy
music
5] The ability to cook
6] The ability to sleep
3. 1] eyes 1] pick up sound waves
2] ears 2] senses touch, pressure, hot, and
cold
3] skin 3] detect scents in the air
4] nose 4] inability to detect either green
and/or red colours
5] detect light energy
6] react to the molecules of the food
