Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

451. A risk avoider tends to make decisions:

1. Quickly and with little information.
2. Slowly and with substantial information.
3. Slowly and with little information.
4. Quickly and with substantial information.

452. An individual who is aggressively involved in a chronic incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time is a/an:

1. Extrovert.
2. Type AB.
3. Type B.
4. Type A.

453. Attribution theory says that when we observe behavior, we attempt to determine whether its cause is:

1. individual or external.
2. internal or external.
3. typical or unusual.
4. consistent or erratic.

454. Which of the following personality attributes predicts behavior that is pragmatic and emotionally distant?

1. Machiavellianism.
2. Locus of control.
3. Type A personality.
4. Conscientiousness.

455. How would you describe an individual who is capable of presenting striking contradictions between who they are in public and who they are privately?

1. High self-esteem.
2. Low self-monitoring.
3. High risk-taking.
4. High self-monitoring.

456. Janice is late for work each day by about ten minutes. This behavior exhibits:

1. Validity.
2. Consensus.
3. Reliability.
4. Consistency.

457. When we draw a general impression about an individual based on a single characteristic such as intelligence, sociability or appearance:

1. We are prejudiced.
2. We have misjudged the person.
3. We are projecting.
4. We are using halo effect.

458. The focus of a person’s attention appears to be influenced by:

1. experiences, motives, attitudes, and interests.
2. experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and personality.
3. interests, attitudes, beliefs, and motives.
4. experiences, motives, values, and judgments.

459. One of the shortcuts used to judge others involves evaluating a person based on how he or she compares to other individuals recently encountered. This shortcut is known as:

1. Projection.
2. Contrast effects.
3. Bias.
4. Prejudice.

460. Individuals who rate high in external locus of control:

1. Are less satisfied with their jobs.
2. Perceive they have significant control.
3. Are less alienated from the work setting.
4. Are more involved in their jobs.