Title SOCIAL SCIENCE_PSYCHOLOGY_Mock Exam.pdf ✅

11. Edgar had always wanted to enter a prestigious med school. Despite his great efforts in achieving high grades and NMAT percentile, he was not able to make the cut to enter his dream school. Later on, he would tell his friends that he never really wanted to go there because the facilities are outdated. He was just being pressured by his parents, he would say. What kind of defense mechanism is Edgar using in this situation? a. Denial b. Rationalization c. Regression d. Projection 12. A major difference between the psychoanalytic stage theories (Freud and Erikson) and the more cognitive or experiential stage theories (Piaget and Kohlberg) is a. The psychoanalytic theories are less empirical b. The psychoanalytic theories were based exclusively on data from children with developmental disorders c. Only the psychoanalytic theories take parental effects into account d. The psychoanalytic theories are continuous, the others are discontinuous 13. This kind of status is beyond a person’s control and is not earned. A person can therefore be born to this kind of status. a. prescribed status b. ascribed status c. achieved status d. master status 14. Which of the following factors influenced great social change by shifting production from hand tools to power tools and machines? a. Invention of the telephone b. Discovery of agriculture c. Discovery of electricity d. Industrial Revolution 15. Which method of therapy is most eclectic? a. psychodynamic b. client centered c. aversive conditioning d. psychoanalytic 16. Which among the following pertains to avoiding pain? a. Thanatos b. Eros c. Id d. Ego This mock exam was prepared by the UP Pre-Medical Honor Society for those who availed of the NMAT 2025 Review packages. Do not reproduce, distribute, or share this material outside of the intended recipients. Any form of plagiarism or academic dishonesty will carry consequences.
17. This is experienced by an individual when he has difficulty meeting the responsibilities expected of one particular role. a. Role Conflict b. Role Strain c. Role Breach d. Role Inadequacy 18. According to Durkheim, this type of suicide is committed by an individual when forces of the society immensely make him/her feel alone or lost. A common example of this type is teenage suicide. a. Egoistic suicide b. Altruistic suicide c. Anomic suicide d. Self-serving suicide 19. The study of mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember and learn. a. Structuralism b. Cognitivism c. Psychoanalysis d. Humanism 20. This generally occurs when the majority of the population of an area is replaced by a new type a. Invasion b. Concentration c. Succession d. Dispersion This mock exam was prepared by the UP Pre-Medical Honor Society for those who availed of the NMAT 2025 Review packages. Do not reproduce, distribute, or share this material outside of the intended recipients. Any form of plagiarism or academic dishonesty will carry consequences.