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SOCIAL WORK MCQs
1. Identify the Sociologist, who coined the term primary group
(A) Auguste Comte (B) Morris Ginsberg (C) Gisbert (D) C.H. Cooley.
Ans: D
2. _________ is the most essential and basic type of socialization.
(A) Secondary socialization (B) Re-socialization (C) Primary socialization (D) Adult socialization
Ans: C
3. Joined together and working together for a common goal is generally called ________
(A) Accommodation (B) Conflict (C) Assimilation (D) Co-operation
Ans: D
4. Which of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty ?
(A) Less number of means of transport (B) Illiteracy level (C) Lack of access to health care (D) Lack of job opportunities.
Ans: C
5. Sociogenic ageing based on _______.
(A) Social problems on ageing (B) Social hierarchy of aged (C) Folklore, prejudices and stereotypes about age . (D) None of these
Ans: B
6. The ability to perceive objects or events that do not directly stimulate your sense organs
(A) Telepathy (B) Precognition (C) Clairvoyance (D) Psychokinesis
Ans: C
7. Prosopagnosia is the inability to detect familiar _______. (A) Sound (B) Place (C) Object (D) Face
Ans: D
8. The variable that is measured in an experiment is _________. (A) Independent variable (B) Dependent variable (C) Extraneous variable (D) Secondary variable
Ans: B
9. Procedural memory is otherwise known as _______. (A) Explicit memory (B) Implicit memory (C) Episodic memory (D) Semantic memory
Ans: B
10. The form of conditioning in which the Conditioned Stimulus (CS) and the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) begin and end at the same time is called ________ (A) Reconditioning (B) Extinction (C) Simultaneous conditioning (D) Backward conditioning
Ans: C
11. Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory of Psychology in Germany in the year (A) 1879 (B) 1897 (C) 1789 (D) 1779
Ans: A
12. ________ lobe is associated with vision. (A) Frontal (B) Temporal (C) Parietal (D) Occipital
Ans: D
13. Our tendency to think of using objects only as they have been used in the past (A) Schema (B) Mental Set (C) Functional fixedness (D) Analogy
Ans: C
14. Maslow refers to physiological, safety and social needs as _______. (A) Esteem needs (B) Self actualization needs (C) Growth needs (D) Deficiency needs
Ans: D
15. Negative symptom in Schizophrenia (A) Hallucination (B) Delusion (C) Avolition (D) Disorganized behaviour
Ans: C
16. Example of odd and eccentric behaviour (A) Schizoid (B) Borderline (C) Avoidant (D) Histrionic
Ans: A
17. A visual cue based on comparison of the size of an unknown object to object of known size is ________. (A) Visual acuity (B) Monocular cue (C) Binocular cue (D) Relative size
Ans: D
18. Who proposed Triarchic Theory of Intelligence ? (A) Cattell (B) Gardner (C) Sternberg (D) Spearman
Ans: C
19. DSM IV TR was published in the year (A) 1987 (B) 1994 (C) 2000 (D) 2013
Ans: C
20. Titchner was associated with (A) Structuralism (B) Functionalism (C) Behaviourism (D) Humanistic Psychology
Ans: A
21. Neuron that carry information from sense organs to spinal cord (A) Efferent (B) Afferent (C) Connector (D) Interneuron
Ans: B
22. Smaller and faster brain waves indicating mental activity (A) Beta (B) Alpha (C) Theta (D) Delta
Ans: A
23. An example of concept that closely matches the defining characteristic of the concept (A) Heuristic (B) Idea (C) Rule (D) Prototype
Ans: D
24. Part of personality that acts as moral center (A) Id (B) Ego (C) Super ego (D) Eros
Ans: C
25. The basic unit of sound in language is (A) Syntax (B) Morphemes (C) Semantic (D) Phonemes
Ans: D
26. Tendency of certain kinds of information to enter long term memory with little or no effortful encoding (A) Flashbulb memory (B) Constructive processing (C) Retrieval (D) Automatic encoding
Ans: B
27. A Gestalt Principle of perception, the tendency to complete figure that are incomplete is (A) Proximity (B) Closure (C) Continuity (D) Similarity
Ans: B
28. Type of thinking in which a person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas and possibilities based on that point (A) Divergent thinking (B) Convergent thinking (C) Creativity (D) Insight
Ans: A
29. Which one of the following is not a projective technique ?
(A) Rorschach inkblot test (B) WAIS (C) Sentence completion test (D) TAT ____________
Ans: B
30. “Illom” is an example of
(A) Patriarchal Joint family (B) Patriarchal Nuclear family (C) Matriarchal Joint family (D) Matriarchal Nuclear family
Ans: A
31. Among the following which one is not a characteristics of joint family ? (A) Common property and holdings (B) Living in same roof and using of same hearth (C) Common worship and kindered together (D) Individuality and achieved status
Ans: D
32. Gerontology is the study of _______ (A) Aspects of Aging (B) Aspects of Marriage (C) Aspects of women (D) Aspects of youth
Ans: A
33. November Social distance in a city is due to: (A) The size of city (B) The distance between residences (C) The social heterogeneity (D) The traffic problem in city
Ans: C
34. ‘Gender difference’ denotes an analytical framework in which, (A) biological differences between sexes are explained. (B) political and economic differences among women are explained. (C) social and ideological differences between white and racial differences of women are explained. (D) social and ideological differences between sexes are explained.
Ans: C
35. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Assam
Ans: D
36. Maya and John are unmarried, live together, and have no children. They are a (A) Nuclear family (B) Extended family (C) Cohabiting couple (D) Progressive couple
Ans: A
37. A whirlwind relationship that begins the day a couple meets and quickly results in cohabitation or engagement followed by marriage is called (A) Romantic love (B) Fatuous love (C) Consummate (D) None of these
Ans: A
38. Which of the following are most likely to be involved in domestic violence ? (A) Older men (B) Adolescents of both sexes (C) Older women (D) Young adults of both sexes
Ans: D
39. A long-term use of cocaine may develop symptoms of other psychological disorders such as, (A) major depression (B) social phobia (C) eating disorders (D) All of these
Ans: B
40. The alcohol intoxicated individual has less cognitive capacity available to process all ongoing information and so alcohol acts to narrow attention and means that the drinker process fewer cues less level. This is known as... (A) Alcohol myopia (B) Alcohol Dependency (C) Alcohol Abuse (D) Alcoholic addiction
Ans: C
41. _________ takes many forms, ranging from emotional abuse by family and caretakers to sexual and other forms of physical abuse, and includes financial scams. (A) Elder abuse (B) Domestic violence (C) Reckless assault (D) Heat of passion crimes
Ans: D
(A) Auguste Comte (B) Morris Ginsberg (C) Gisbert (D) C.H. Cooley.
Ans: D
2. _________ is the most essential and basic type of socialization.
(A) Secondary socialization (B) Re-socialization (C) Primary socialization (D) Adult socialization
Ans: C
3. Joined together and working together for a common goal is generally called ________
(A) Accommodation (B) Conflict (C) Assimilation (D) Co-operation
Ans: D
4. Which of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty ?
(A) Less number of means of transport (B) Illiteracy level (C) Lack of access to health care (D) Lack of job opportunities.
Ans: C
5. Sociogenic ageing based on _______.
(A) Social problems on ageing (B) Social hierarchy of aged (C) Folklore, prejudices and stereotypes about age . (D) None of these
Ans: B
6. The ability to perceive objects or events that do not directly stimulate your sense organs
(A) Telepathy (B) Precognition (C) Clairvoyance (D) Psychokinesis
Ans: C
7. Prosopagnosia is the inability to detect familiar _______. (A) Sound (B) Place (C) Object (D) Face
Ans: D
8. The variable that is measured in an experiment is _________. (A) Independent variable (B) Dependent variable (C) Extraneous variable (D) Secondary variable
Ans: B
9. Procedural memory is otherwise known as _______. (A) Explicit memory (B) Implicit memory (C) Episodic memory (D) Semantic memory
Ans: B
10. The form of conditioning in which the Conditioned Stimulus (CS) and the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) begin and end at the same time is called ________ (A) Reconditioning (B) Extinction (C) Simultaneous conditioning (D) Backward conditioning
Ans: C
11. Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory of Psychology in Germany in the year (A) 1879 (B) 1897 (C) 1789 (D) 1779
Ans: A
12. ________ lobe is associated with vision. (A) Frontal (B) Temporal (C) Parietal (D) Occipital
Ans: D
13. Our tendency to think of using objects only as they have been used in the past (A) Schema (B) Mental Set (C) Functional fixedness (D) Analogy
Ans: C
14. Maslow refers to physiological, safety and social needs as _______. (A) Esteem needs (B) Self actualization needs (C) Growth needs (D) Deficiency needs
Ans: D
15. Negative symptom in Schizophrenia (A) Hallucination (B) Delusion (C) Avolition (D) Disorganized behaviour
Ans: C
16. Example of odd and eccentric behaviour (A) Schizoid (B) Borderline (C) Avoidant (D) Histrionic
Ans: A
17. A visual cue based on comparison of the size of an unknown object to object of known size is ________. (A) Visual acuity (B) Monocular cue (C) Binocular cue (D) Relative size
Ans: D
18. Who proposed Triarchic Theory of Intelligence ? (A) Cattell (B) Gardner (C) Sternberg (D) Spearman
Ans: C
19. DSM IV TR was published in the year (A) 1987 (B) 1994 (C) 2000 (D) 2013
Ans: C
20. Titchner was associated with (A) Structuralism (B) Functionalism (C) Behaviourism (D) Humanistic Psychology
Ans: A
21. Neuron that carry information from sense organs to spinal cord (A) Efferent (B) Afferent (C) Connector (D) Interneuron
Ans: B
22. Smaller and faster brain waves indicating mental activity (A) Beta (B) Alpha (C) Theta (D) Delta
Ans: A
23. An example of concept that closely matches the defining characteristic of the concept (A) Heuristic (B) Idea (C) Rule (D) Prototype
Ans: D
24. Part of personality that acts as moral center (A) Id (B) Ego (C) Super ego (D) Eros
Ans: C
25. The basic unit of sound in language is (A) Syntax (B) Morphemes (C) Semantic (D) Phonemes
Ans: D
26. Tendency of certain kinds of information to enter long term memory with little or no effortful encoding (A) Flashbulb memory (B) Constructive processing (C) Retrieval (D) Automatic encoding
Ans: B
27. A Gestalt Principle of perception, the tendency to complete figure that are incomplete is (A) Proximity (B) Closure (C) Continuity (D) Similarity
Ans: B
28. Type of thinking in which a person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas and possibilities based on that point (A) Divergent thinking (B) Convergent thinking (C) Creativity (D) Insight
Ans: A
29. Which one of the following is not a projective technique ?
(A) Rorschach inkblot test (B) WAIS (C) Sentence completion test (D) TAT ____________
Ans: B
30. “Illom” is an example of
(A) Patriarchal Joint family (B) Patriarchal Nuclear family (C) Matriarchal Joint family (D) Matriarchal Nuclear family
Ans: A
31. Among the following which one is not a characteristics of joint family ? (A) Common property and holdings (B) Living in same roof and using of same hearth (C) Common worship and kindered together (D) Individuality and achieved status
Ans: D
32. Gerontology is the study of _______ (A) Aspects of Aging (B) Aspects of Marriage (C) Aspects of women (D) Aspects of youth
Ans: A
33. November Social distance in a city is due to: (A) The size of city (B) The distance between residences (C) The social heterogeneity (D) The traffic problem in city
Ans: C
34. ‘Gender difference’ denotes an analytical framework in which, (A) biological differences between sexes are explained. (B) political and economic differences among women are explained. (C) social and ideological differences between white and racial differences of women are explained. (D) social and ideological differences between sexes are explained.
Ans: C
35. ‘Tarawad’ is a matrilineal joint family found in the State of (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Assam
Ans: D
36. Maya and John are unmarried, live together, and have no children. They are a (A) Nuclear family (B) Extended family (C) Cohabiting couple (D) Progressive couple
Ans: A
37. A whirlwind relationship that begins the day a couple meets and quickly results in cohabitation or engagement followed by marriage is called (A) Romantic love (B) Fatuous love (C) Consummate (D) None of these
Ans: A
38. Which of the following are most likely to be involved in domestic violence ? (A) Older men (B) Adolescents of both sexes (C) Older women (D) Young adults of both sexes
Ans: D
39. A long-term use of cocaine may develop symptoms of other psychological disorders such as, (A) major depression (B) social phobia (C) eating disorders (D) All of these
Ans: B
40. The alcohol intoxicated individual has less cognitive capacity available to process all ongoing information and so alcohol acts to narrow attention and means that the drinker process fewer cues less level. This is known as... (A) Alcohol myopia (B) Alcohol Dependency (C) Alcohol Abuse (D) Alcoholic addiction
Ans: C
41. _________ takes many forms, ranging from emotional abuse by family and caretakers to sexual and other forms of physical abuse, and includes financial scams. (A) Elder abuse (B) Domestic violence (C) Reckless assault (D) Heat of passion crimes
Ans: D