Interview Question Bank - Humanities : Psychology

Top Psychology Questions

• What are the different methods used to assess psychological attributes?
• What is the difference between intelligence and aptitude?
• What is projection?
• What is the difference between cooperation and compliance?
• What is personal identity?

• What do you understand by the term coping?
• What is vicarious learning?
• Which factors influence attitude change?
• How can we treat psychological disorders?
• What are the stages of group formation?
• What are cardinal traits?
• What are the major types of mood disorder?
• What are the 3 levels of consciousness?
• What is group polarization?
• What do you understand by the Gardner's ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligence’?
• What is psychological assessment?
• What are the various methods used for psychological assessment?
• What are the differences between conformity and compliance?
• What is personality?

• What do you understand by behavioral analysis?
• What is the meaning of impression formation?
• What are the various stress management techniques that you are aware of?
• What are the important dimensions of personality according to Eyensck?
• What is the difference between hearing and listening?

• What do you understand by the general adaptation syndrome?
• What are the various environmental effects on human behavior?
• What is social loafing?
• Discuss the various conflict resolution strategies.
• What is reinforcement?
• Which motivation theories are you aware of?
• What is the meaning of self-actualization?
• What are the different cognitive processes?
• What do you understand by Piaget’s cognitive development?

• What is perception?
• How can one improve self efficacy?
• What is the difference between directive and non-directive counseling?
• Can you talk about the Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
• Which theories of learning are you aware of?
• What do you understand by the psychoanalytic theory?
• What are the differences between the trait and situational approach to leadership?
• What is personal inventory?
• Which theory of motivation would you favour and why?
• What is dissociative identity disorder?
• How would you use the goal setting theory to understand work motivation?
• Which contingency approach to leadership would you use and why?
• What are the qualities of an effective counselor?
• What are the major trends in modern social psychology according to you?
• How are inferences and judgments made in the social world?
• What is Freud's theory of personality?
• Which attribution errors are you aware of?
• What is Bystander effect?
• What do you understand by Feidler's theory of leadership?
• What have been the contributions of Adler and Jung to classical psychology?
• What is the Gestalt approach?
• What are the different types of norms?
• What are the goals of research in psychology?
• What are the various perspectives of behavior in psychology?
• What is perceptual constancy?
• How can we apply the principles of operant conditioning in managing behavior?
• How can we apply the principles of learning in our daily routine?
• What is the reconstructive nature of memory?
• What are the various levels of the processing model of memory?
• What can be the cross-cultural leadership issues according to you?
• What are the various methods of personality assessment?
• What are the notions of self and identity?
• What role does heredity and environment play in intelligence?
• What is the psychometric approach to intelligence?
• How can one promote job involvement?
• What is physiological psychology?
• What do you think is the relationship between health and psychology?
• What are the components of well-being?
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• What is emotional intelligence?
• What are illusions?
• How can we resolve motivational conflicts?
• What is existentialism?
• What is the object relations theory?
• What is Lewin's field theory?
• What is the difference between structuralism and functionalism?
• What is organizational climate?
• What are the characteristics of short term and long term memory?
• How is motivation related to performance?
• What is the physiology of emotions?
• What are the various ways of problem solving?
• What are the various ways of decision making?
• What is selective attention?
• What are the functions of the autonomous nervous system?
• How is the left brain different from the right brain?
• What is determinism?
• How is neo behaviorism different from behaviorism?
• What is the third force movement in psychology?
• What is prosocial behaviour?
• What is Ego and Superego as per Freud?
• What was B.F. Skinner's contribution to the field of psychology?
• What can be the applications of counseling in business?
• What are your major personal learnings from your graduation in psychology?
• Which are the periods of psychological development in a human being's life?
• What are the qualitative and quantitative methods of research used in psychology?
• What is Eustress?