BA Second Year (Sem 3 & 4) Psychology – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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The idea of the 'looking-glass self' — that we form our self-concept from how we think others see us — was given by:
Chapter 2: The Self in the Social World
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Answer: B. Charles Horton Cooley
C. H. Cooley (1902) said others act like a mirror: we imagine how they see and judge us, and that shapes our self-concept.In the Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty and Cacioppo), attitude change that comes from carefully thinking about strong arguments follows which route?
Chapter 5: Attitude Change and Persuasion
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Answer: D. Central route
The central route involves careful thought about the message's arguments and gives lasting change; the peripheral route relies on cues like attractiveness of the speaker.In Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave experiment, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced mainly by:
Chapter 6: Prejudice and Discrimination
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Answer: A. Superordinate goals that needed both groups to cooperate
Sherif found that shared goals neither group could reach alone (superordinate goals) reduced the conflict that competition had created.Stanley Milgram's famous experiments, in which participants were told to give 'electric shocks' to a learner, mainly studied:
Chapter 8: Social Influence: Compliance and Obedience
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Answer: C. Obedience to authority
Milgram tested how far ordinary people would obey an authority figure's orders even when it seemed to harm another person.Seeing a person or thing again and again tends to increase our liking for it. Robert Zajonc called this the:
Chapter 9: Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships
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Answer: B. Mere exposure effect
Zajonc showed that repeated exposure alone, without any reward, increases liking — the mere exposure effect.Fred Fiedler's theory says a leader's effectiveness depends on the match between the leader's style and the situation. It is called the:
Chapter 11: Leadership
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Answer: D. Contingency model
Fiedler's contingency model holds that no style is best everywhere; task- or relationship-oriented leaders succeed in situations that suit them.The 'nature versus nurture' issue in developmental psychology is about the relative roles of:
Chapter 14: Human Development across the Lifespan
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Answer: A. Heredity and environment
Nature means inherited (genetic) factors and nurture means environment and experience; development depends on both.What is the correct order of the three periods of prenatal development?
Chapter 15: Prenatal Development and Infancy
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Answer: C. Germinal → Embryonic → Fetal
Prenatal development starts with the germinal period (about the first 2 weeks), then the embryonic period, then the fetal period until birth.According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial crisis of the school-age years (about 6 to 12 years) is:
Chapter 16: Development in Childhood
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Answer: B. Industry vs. inferiority
In middle childhood, children who succeed at school and other tasks develop a sense of industry (competence); repeated failure leads to inferiority.In Kohlberg's theory, at which level is moral reasoning based mainly on avoiding punishment and getting rewards?
Chapter 17: Cognitive and Moral Development: Piaget and Kohlberg
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Answer: C. Pre-conventional level
At Kohlberg's pre-conventional level, right and wrong are judged by consequences to oneself — punishment or reward.
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