Exam Details

Subject Advanced Social Psychology
Paper
Exam / Course M.A. IN PSYCHOLOGY (MAPC)
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Define prejudice and discrimination. Discuss the importance of the study of prejudice and discrimination in Indian society.

2. What do you mean by main effect and interactional effect in experimental research Discuss the importance of control group in research.

3. Trace the history of the emergence of social psychology. Discuss its importance in the present day society.

4. Define the concept of group dynamics. Discuss the role of communication and cohesion in group dynamics.

5. Explain Asch's studies on conformity.

6. Differentiate between the following

Attitude and Belief

Methods of data collection and methods of data analysis

7. Discuss the evolutionary theory of interpersonal attraction.

8. Define and discuss group and its characteristics.

9. Discuss the role of classical and operant conditioning on the formation of attitudes.

Write short notes on any two of the following in about 100 words each:

10. Group Mind

11. Interpersonal Attraction

12. Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Advanced Social Psychology
  • Assessment In Counselling And Guidance
  • Cognitive Psychology, Learning And Memory
  • Counselling Psychology
  • Human Resource Development
  • Interventions In Counselling
  • Life Span Psychology
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Organisational Development
  • Personality : Theories And Assessment
  • Psychodiagnostics
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapeutic Methods
  • Research Methods In Psychology
  • Statistics In Psychology