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Match the neurotransmitter in the first column with its effect in the second column.

Neurotransmitter	Effect
P: Acetylcholine	(i) Primarily involved in control or alertness and wakefulness.
Q: Norepinephrine	(ii) Plays a role in the regulation of mood, eating, sleeping and arousal.
R: Serotonin	(iii) Major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.
S: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)	(iv) Involved in muscle action, learning and memory.
	(v) Involved in Parkinson’s disease.

Your answerChoose one option.

P-(iv), Q-(i), R-(ii), S-(iii)

P-(ii), Q-(i), R-(ii), S-(v)

P-(i), Q-(ii), R-(iv), S-(iii)

P-(iv), Q-(i), R-(v), S-(iii)

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Match the depth cues in the first column with their description in the second column.

Cues	Description
P: Aerial perspective	(i) The inward turning of the eyes that occurs when you look at an object that is closer to you.
Q: Motion Parallax	(ii) The distant mountain appears fuzzy.
R: Convergence	(iii) Parallel lines appear to converge at the horizon.
S: Linear perspective	(iv) When we travel in a vehicle, objects that are close appear to move in the opposite direction.

Your answerChoose one option.

P-(ii), Q-(iv), R-(i), S-(iii)

P-(ii), Q-(iii), R-(iv), S-(i)

P-(iv), Q-(i), R-(ii), S-(iii)

P-(ii), Q-(iv), R-(i), S-(ii)

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Match the concepts in the first column with the description in the second column.

Concept	Description
P: Transience	(i) Source of memory is confused
Q: Misattribution	(ii) Inability to forget undesirable memories
R: Absentmindedness	(iii) Accessibility of memory decreases over time
S: Persistence	(iv) Forgetting caused by lapses in attention

Your answerChoose one option.

P-(ii), Q-(i), R-(iv), S-(ii)

P-(i), Q-(ii), R-(iii), S-(iv)

P (ii), Q (i), R (iv), S (iii)

P-(ii), Q-(iv), R-(i), S-(ii)

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Which of the following will hold true for a learning acquisition curve drawn for a classical conditioning experiment on eye blinking as conditioned response that plots the learning over a number of trials?

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The rate of learning on earlier trials is more than that on later trials.

The learning curve is negatively accelerated.

The rate of learning in later trials will be more than that on earlier trials.

The rate of learning is proportionally increasing with increasing number of trials.

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In the situation where ‘A teenager who hates studying science but is also not able to tell his parents fearing their reaction’, what is the conflict he is facing and which of these may be his way of dealing with this situation?

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Avoidance-Avoidance conflict, he will keep vacillating between telling his parents and continuing to study science.

Avoidance-Avoidance conflict, he may contemplate running away from his home.

Approach-Avoidance conflict, he will experience some emotional turmoil.

Multiple Approach-Avoidance conflict, he will be guided by internal values.

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Which of these is true about individuals high on

-achievement motivation?

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High

-achievement individuals like to work on situations where they have control and can get feedback.

High

-achievement individuals persistently work on tasks they perceive as either reflecting their personal characteristics like intelligence or are career-related.

High

-achievement individuals prefer working on extremely challenging tasks for bigger gains.

High

-achievement individuals avoid changing their aspiration levels.

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Which of the following is/are Allport’s basic assumption(s) concerning human nature?

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Human growth as an active process of “becoming”.

Personality cannot be fully understood by examining each trait separately, though some system of conceptual schema are essential for personality study and a trait must be related to the total pattern of personality.

Personality is organized in a topographical model.

All human events are determined by powerful instinctual forces.

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Which of the following aspects are characteristics of the group structure in an organizational context?

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Task-oriented role (the activities of an individual that involve helping the group reach the goal).

Socio-emotional role (the activities of an individual that involve being supportive and nurturing of other group members).

Prescriptive norms (expectations within groups regarding what has to be done).

Monitoring (observing work performance).

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Which of the following needs/motives are proposed by Abraham Maslow?

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Deficit needs.

Metaneeds.

Self-actualization need.

Need-achievement.

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A researcher is conducting a study involving two independent variables. Which of the following Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is/are available to him/her?

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ANOVA.

One-way ANOVA.

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