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CTET Human Development & Social Psychology — practice questions

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Wanting to be close to other people is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The need for affiliation is aroused when individuals feel:Read the answer and worked solution →How many basic emotions are experienced and recognised everywhere?Read the answer and worked solution →Plutchik proposed how many primary emotions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which theory holds that bodily changes come first and emotion follows?Read the answer and worked solution →Fight or flight is prepared for by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Piaget's combined theory of cognitive growth and of knowledge is called:Read the answer and worked solution →For Piaget, what makes a later stage more advanced than an earlier one?Read the answer and worked solution →In Piaget's theory, fitting new information into an idea the child already has is called:Read the answer and worked solution →When a child's existing idea fails and the child revises the idea itself, Piaget calls this:Read the answer and worked solution →A preschooler who knows the word 'bird' calls a butterfly a bird too. Piaget would call this:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Wanting to be close to other people is called:

  1. Affiliation
  2. Aggression
  3. Adaptation
  4. Adjustment
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Correct answer: A. Affiliation

1. Most people want company and dislike being alone all the time. 2. Seeking other human beings and wanting to be close to them is called affiliation. 3. It involves motivation for social contact. _Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 9 'Motivation and Emotion'_

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The need for affiliation is aroused when individuals feel:

  1. Thankful or grateful
  2. Threatened or helpless
  3. Thoughtful or curious
  4. Thorough or confident
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Correct answer: B. Threatened or helpless

1. The need is not aroused only in bad times. 2. It is aroused when individuals feel threatened or helpless, and also when they are happy. 3. People high on this need seek company and keep friendly relationships. _Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 9 'Motivation and Emotion'_

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How many basic emotions are experienced and recognised everywhere?

  1. Two
  2. Nine
  3. Six
  4. Ten
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Correct answer: C. Six

1. Attempts have been made to identify the basic emotions. 2. At least six are experienced and recognised everywhere. 3. These are anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise. _Source: syllabus Psychology, Ch 9 'Motivation and Emotion'_

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