PSY101 Objective Notes

MIDTERM PREPARATION

PSY101 OBJECTIVE

Q1. There are five types of nonverbal communication: kinesics, __________ vocalics, proxemics and chronemics.

1. haptics
2. ekistics
3. antalgics
4. proxemics

Correct answer: haptics

Correct option: A. haptics

Q2. Out of 13 features of spoken language, displacement, ________, cultural transmission, and duality as per Gibbons are reserved only for human language only.

1. productivity
2. semanticity
3. arbitrariness
4. discreteness

Correct answer: productivity

Correct option: A. productivity

Q3. Later addition in thirteen features of spoken language is ____________.

1. prevarication, productivity and learnability
2. arbitrariness, displacement and discreteness
3. prevarication, reflexiveness and learnability
4. reflexiveness, displacement and prevarication

Correct answer: prevarication, reflexiveness and learnability

Correct option: C. prevarication, reflexiveness and learnability

Q4. As a medium of communication, we can use ____________ for nonverbal communication.

1. hearing, smell sight, goal, and threw
2. hearing, smell, sight, touch, and taste
3. hearing, smell, sight, source, and touch
4. taste, touch, source, location and sight

Correct answer: hearing, smell, sight, touch, and taste

Correct option: B. hearing, smell, sight, touch, and taste

Q5. Paralanguage is a ____________ element of nonverbal communication which is the vocalized but not verbal part of spoken message.

1. reclusive
2. vocal
3. nonvocal
4. introverted

Correct answer: vocal

Correct option: B. vocal

Q6. Symbolic and abstract nature of language can lead to misunderstandings, but nonverbal communication is even more ____________.

1. conclusive
2. comprehensible
3. vague
4. clear

Correct answer: vague

Correct option: C. vague

Q7. A key principle of nonverbal communication is that it often takes on more meaning in ____________ and/or emotional exchanges.

1. imitation
2. interpersonal
3. personal
4. separate

Correct answer: interpersonal

Correct option: B. interpersonal

Q8. The involuntary or subconscious nature of ____________ communication makes it less easy to fake, which makes it seem more honest and credible.

1. structural
2. verbal
3. nonverbal
4. verbatim

Correct answer: nonverbal

Correct option: C. nonverbal

Q9. Non-verbal communication that includes body-movements and postures is called ________.

1. haptics
2. proxemics
3. kinesics
4. vocalics

Correct answer: kinesics

Correct option: C. kinesics

Q10. Mostly nonverbal communication leaks out in ways that expose our ____________ thoughts or feelings.

1. underlying
2. principle
3. number one
4. primitive

Correct answer: underlying

Correct option: A. underlying

Q11. Which of the following is an organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more events are related?

1. Research
2. Hypothesis
3. Variables
4. Theory

Correct answer: Theory

Correct option: D. Theory

Q12. Which of the following is NOT an emerging technological statistical technique used by contemporary social psychologist?

1. Virtual environment technology
2. Face to face surveys
3. Brain-imaging techniques
4. The internet

Correct answer: Face to face surveys

Correct option: B. Face to face surveys

Q13. IQ is an abbreviation of ________.

1. Intelligent question
2. Intellectual query
3. Intelligence quotient
4. Intelligence questionnaire

Correct answer: Intelligence quotient

Correct option: C. Intelligence quotient

Q14. Which of the following is the variable controlled by the researcher in an experiment?

1. Operational definition
2. Third variable
3. Independent variable
4. Dependent variable

Correct answer: Independent variable

Correct option: C. Independent variable

Q15. Which of the following statement refers to Self-concept?

1. Who I am
2. Why I am
3. how I am
4. Where I am

Correct answer: Who I am

Correct option: A. Who I am

Q16. Which of the following is defined as a kind of mental model that people hold?

1. Dream