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UGC NET Psychology Previous Papers Questions
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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. Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer with the help of given codes. List – I List – II (Task) (Type of memory)
A. Free recall and 1. Semantic memory Recognition
B. Sentence 2. Sensory memory Verification task
C. Priming 3. Episodic memory
D. Scanning task 4. Implicit memory Codes: A B C D
2. Choose the correct answer: Assertion (A) : The probability of recall of individual items is a function of their position in the learning list. Reason (R) : Free recall is the most frequently used method of testing memory.
3. Bilingual children and adults appear to do better ________ tasks that draw heavily on memory and _______ control resources.
4. Read each of the following two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using codes given below: Assertion (A) : When asked waiter didn't recall the amount received by him because of sense of satisfaction. Reason (R) : Waiter was unconcerned about the customers who were already served. Codes :
5. A researcher wanted to compute the correlation between gender and examination marks. Which one of the following correlation should be compute ?
6. From the following list of tools used by the career guidance counsellor, choose the odd one out:
7. Behavioural Assessment
(a) can be most effectively understood by focusing on preceding events and resulting consequences.
(b) places the emphasis on understanding of situational determinants of behaviour.
(c) is concerned with the latent aspects of the ways with which a person interacts with his or her environment.
(d) can be used to specify methods for changing relevant behaviours. Codes :
8. If two groups are administered the same test with a time gap of eight weeks, we would be able to compute
9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below: List-I List – II (Attitude Scaling (Computational Technique) Feature)
a. Paired comparison i. Computes median category as scale values
b. Scalogram ii. Computes Z-scores as estimates of scale values
c. Equal appearing iii. Computes intervals coefficient of reproducibility
d. Summated ratings iv. Computes routine measures of item analysis like item remainder correlation to select items Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10. Choose the odd one:
11. Factor analysis is best suited for studying
12. 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)
13. The statement, 'Normalcy and Abnormalcy differ in degree not in kind' represents the ____ of abnormalcy.
14. Which one of the following statements is true ?
15. A slow graded electrical potential produced by a receptor cell in response to a physical stimulus is
16. Read each of the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: Assertion (A) : The body ages as a result of accumulated damage to the system beyond the body's ability to repair it. Reason (R) : Aging also involves damage due to environmental assaults on biological system. Codes :
17. I create paintings and Art works because it gives me a sense of satisfaction and vitality. My Art is primarily promoted by
18. 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 :
19. Cultures of honour are characterized by strong norms indicating that aggression is:
20. Assertion (A) : If higher order factor analysis is to be carried out, first order factors should not be subjected to varimax rotation. Reason (R) : Varimax rotation provides oblique factors. Codes :
21. In a single group pre-test and post test design, which one of the following statistical method can be best employed to evaluate the mean differences of pre and post tests?
22. Match List-I with List-II and indicate your answer using the codes given below: List-I List-II
p. Cerebellum 1. Sleep
q. Reticular Formation 2. Emotions
r. Medulla 3. Reflexive activities
s. Limbic system 4. Motor control Codes: p q r s
23. The evidence that sleep is a biological motive comes from _______ in lengthy sleep deprived subjects.
24. Defence attorneys often protest prosecutor's use of eyewitness testimony because
25. Our expectancies, learning, past experiences and cultural factors play a critical role in shaping our perception. This is well explained by