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The UGC NET Psychology exam (paper 2) will have 100 questions and the total duration will be two hours. Each question carries 2 marks, so the exam will be worth 200 marks.

NTA UGC NET Psychology Syllabus:

1. Perceptual Processes :
2. Learning Process :
3. Memory and forgetting : 
4. Thinking and Problem Solving :
5. Motivation and Emotion : 
6. Human Abilities :
7. Personality :
8. Research Methodology : 
9. Measurement and Testing : 
10. Biological Basis of Behaviour : 
 

UGC NET Psychology Previous Papers Questions
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1. In the multiple components model of working memory, the Central Executive supervises and coordinates the functioning of which of the components?
1. Episodic information and procedural information.
2. Phonological loop and visuospatial sketch pad
3. Procedural information and abstract semantic information.
4. Semantic information and episodic information.
2. Which of the following technique/s is/are wellknown for being associated with cumulative scales?
(a) Bogardus Social Distance Scales
(b) Likert's summated ratings
(c) Guttman's scalbgranj analysis
(d) Osgood's semantic differential Codes :
3. Where is the borderline between deficiency and growth needs among Maslow's fives?
4. One of the Neo-Freudian psychologists combines the humanistic, existential and psychoanalytic perspectives in which of the following concepts?
5. Which of the following can be employed to assess the vocational interests of the subjects in guidance and counselling set up?
1. EPPS
2. SVIB
3. DAT
4. GATB
6. When is aspiration a method of choice to make a lesion?
7. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using codes given below: Assertion (A) : gf and gc correlate positively with each other with moderate magnitude. Reason (R) : Cattell used second – order factor solutions for the identification of gf and gc were oblique. Codes :
8. Read each of the following two statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: Assertion (A) : Projective testing would be of the greatest interest to psychodynamic personality psychologist. Reason (R) : Projective testing is designed to uncover unconscious thoughts, feelings, and conflicts. Codes:
9. Which is the correct sequence of Reinforcement schedules in terms of their effectiveness in response rate and resistance to extinction during learning experiments?
10. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below: List-I (Method)
(a) Electrical stimulation of satiety centre
(b) Electrical simulation of hunger centre
(c) Lesion of satiety centre
(d) Lesion of hunger centre List-II (Effect on behaviour)
(i) Cessation of eating (ii) Initiation of eating (iii)Hyperphagia (iv) Aphagia Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below: List-I List – II (Schedule of (Explanation) Reinforcement)
a. Fixed Ratio i. Reinforcing a response only after a specified time has elapsed
b. Variable Ratio ii. Reinforcing a response after unpredictable time interval
c. Fixed Interval iii. Reinforcing a response only after a specified number of responses
d. Variable Intervaliv. Reinforcing a response after an unpredictable number of responses Codes: a b c d
12. Assertion (A): We are able to recognize the similarity and differences of two objects. Reason (R) : Dissociable subsystems operate simultaneously in each cerebral hemisphere. Codes :
13. Assertion (A) : Many evidences strongly suggest that there is no possibility that all of many human performances classified as intellectuals represent a unitary attribute determined by unitary set of factors. Reason (R) : This may be because of what is called intelligence is a mixture of different attributes having different determinants.
14. Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer using the codes given below: List-I (Phenomenon)
A. Logical thinking for abstract concepts.
B. Use of nouns and verbs for omitting auxillary words.
C. Solutions to problems involving psychophysical judgements.
D. Cognitive generalization derived from past experience. List-II (Psychological term)
(1) Self-Schema
(2) Cognitive development
(3) Telegraphic speech
(4) Signal detection A B C D
15. The percentile rank of any low anxious subject in the phase 2 of this research would be
16. According to theory, thoughts and feeling change because people are motivated to justify emotions that would otherwise seem hypothetical. This theory was proposed by _____.
17. Arrange the following research methods in order of their increasing potential to find causal relationships:
1. Experiments
2. Field Studies
3. Surveys
4. Quasi-Experiments
18. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A), and the other labeled as Reason (R): Assertion (A) : Entrepreneurs prefer to take moderate risks, as a result of skill and not chance. Reason (R) : Entrepreneurs usually have innovative ideas and they persistently work to implement those ideas. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
19. Assertion (A) : A large body of research indicates that violence and aggression is learned through observation. Reason (R) : Learning through observation takes place due to exposure to similar situation and experienced reinforcement. Codes :
20. The way in which a child's efforts to master a new or challenging task is supported in a flexible and contingent way by teachers, parents or more competent persons is called
21. Match the items in List – I with List – II and mark your wer using the given codes : List – I (Therapy)
p. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
q. Exposure Techniques
r. Dialectic Behaviour Therapy
s. Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing List – II (Clinical Condition)
1. Anxiety disorders
2. Post-traumatic stress disorder
3. Depression
4. Borderline personality disorder Codes : p q r s
22. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: Assertion (A) : Retinal disparity is an important monocular cue in depth perception. Reason (R) : Convergence is a muscular cue in depth perception. Codes :
23. I imagine becoming a renowned painter some day. I am engaging in
24. Which one of the following is not correct in regard of semantic memory?
25. Give the correct sequence for controlling irrational thoughts given below:
1. Evaluate the accuracy
2. Reward yourself for effective change
3. Prepare incompatible thoughts
4. Develop awareness Codes: