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Psychology

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Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

A Indiscriminate of treatment programme helps to reduce recidivism.
B The type of treatment programme is important, with stronger evidence for unstructured behavioural and multi- model approaches.
C The most successful studies, while behavioural in nature, include a cognitive component.
D

A Anger management
B Encoding social cues
C Deception
D School performance

A Overly harsh or lax parenting style.
B Criminality in the family.
C Low intelligence.
D

A The essential element in a coerced- internalized confession is the suspect’s memory for events is correct and that the police version must therefore be false.
B This type of confession is the direct opposite of cognitive dissonance.
C Gudjonsson’s notion of interrogative suggestibility consider the extent to which people still maintain their responses despite intenseing.
D

A Coerced confession
B Coerced compliance
C Voluntary confession
D A and B

A Lazarus argued that stress involves a transaction between an individual and his or her external world.
B Lazarus argued that a stress response is elicited if the individual appraises an event as stressful.
C In primary appraisal , the individual initially appraises his or her coping strategies.
D In secondary appraisal, the individual appraisal the event.

A The external environment is a potential stressor.
B The response to the stressor is stress or distress.
C The concept of stress involves biochemical psychological behavioural and psychological changes.
D All stress is harmful and damaging.

A Illness beliefs
B Self – efficacy
C Susceptibility
D Behavioural intentions

A Precontemplation
B Contemplation
C Preparation
D Action

A Was originally developed by Prohaska and DiClemente in 1982.
B Has been applied to several health – related behaviours.
C Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.
D Examines how we weigh up the costs of a particular behaviour.