Exam Details
| Subject | basic psychology–i | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | psychology | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | Mizoram University | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2018 | |
| City, State | mizoram, |
Question Paper
PSY/I/EC/01 Student's Copy
2 0 1 8
CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology—I
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Put a Tick mark against the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. is usually the first step in understanding any behaviour or
mental process.
Description
Control
Explanation
Prediction
2. The perspective tries to relate the behaviour to functions of the body
such as the nervous and glandular systems in particular.
biological
psychodynamic
behavioural
cognitive
3. decreases the likelihood that a previous behaviour will occur again.
Reinforcement
Chaining
Escape learning
Punishment
/13 1 Contd.
4. Learning that refers to changes in the way information is processed as a
result of experience a person or animal had, is called
operant learning
cognitive learning
conditioning
None of the above
5. A set of active, temporary memory store that actively manipulates and
rehearses information is called
working memory
echoic memory
iconic memory
implicit memory
6. refers to the phenomenon by which information in memory disrupts
the recall of other information.
Decay theory
Interference theory
Mnemonics
Flashbulb
7. Memory for general knowledge and facts about the world is called
episodic memory
semantic memory
procedural memory
working memory
8. A test that taps specific abilities usually for specific types of training,
education or vocation is called
achievement test
personality test
projective test
aptitude test
9. When a test measures what it was designated to measure, it is called
reliability
validity
standardized
All of the above
PSY/I/EC/01/13 2 Contd.
10. The most stable measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
frequency
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Goals of psychology
OR
Cognitive perspective of psychology
2. Determinants of intelligence
OR
Aptitude
3. Law of effect
OR
Reinforcement
4. Short-term memory
OR
Memory dysfunction
5. Descriptive statistics
OR
Use of median
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define psychology. Briefly describe the relation of psychology with other
social sciences. 2+8=10
PSY/I/EC/01/13 3 Contd.
OR
Describe any three methods of study in psychology. 10
2. What is intelligence? Discuss the factor theories of intelligence. 2+8=10
OR
What is aptitude test? Discuss briefly any two measurements of aptitude. 10
3. What is learning? Briefly describe the classical conditioning. 2+8=10
OR
Define punishment. Explain the effect of punishment. 2+8=10
4. What is memory? Briefly describe the modules of long-term memory. 2+8=10
OR
What is forgetting? Describe the theories of forgetting. 2+8=10
5. What is psychological research? Differentiate between descriptive and
inferential statistics. 3+7=10
OR
Calculate mean, median and mode of the following
CI f
90-94 2
85-89 2
80-84 3
75-79 4
70-74 6
65-69 5
60-64 4
55-59 3
50-54 1
2 0 1 8
CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology—I
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Put a Tick mark against the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×10=10
1. is usually the first step in understanding any behaviour or
mental process.
Description
Control
Explanation
Prediction
2. The perspective tries to relate the behaviour to functions of the body
such as the nervous and glandular systems in particular.
biological
psychodynamic
behavioural
cognitive
3. decreases the likelihood that a previous behaviour will occur again.
Reinforcement
Chaining
Escape learning
Punishment
/13 1 Contd.
4. Learning that refers to changes in the way information is processed as a
result of experience a person or animal had, is called
operant learning
cognitive learning
conditioning
None of the above
5. A set of active, temporary memory store that actively manipulates and
rehearses information is called
working memory
echoic memory
iconic memory
implicit memory
6. refers to the phenomenon by which information in memory disrupts
the recall of other information.
Decay theory
Interference theory
Mnemonics
Flashbulb
7. Memory for general knowledge and facts about the world is called
episodic memory
semantic memory
procedural memory
working memory
8. A test that taps specific abilities usually for specific types of training,
education or vocation is called
achievement test
personality test
projective test
aptitude test
9. When a test measures what it was designated to measure, it is called
reliability
validity
standardized
All of the above
PSY/I/EC/01/13 2 Contd.
10. The most stable measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
frequency
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Goals of psychology
OR
Cognitive perspective of psychology
2. Determinants of intelligence
OR
Aptitude
3. Law of effect
OR
Reinforcement
4. Short-term memory
OR
Memory dysfunction
5. Descriptive statistics
OR
Use of median
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define psychology. Briefly describe the relation of psychology with other
social sciences. 2+8=10
PSY/I/EC/01/13 3 Contd.
OR
Describe any three methods of study in psychology. 10
2. What is intelligence? Discuss the factor theories of intelligence. 2+8=10
OR
What is aptitude test? Discuss briefly any two measurements of aptitude. 10
3. What is learning? Briefly describe the classical conditioning. 2+8=10
OR
Define punishment. Explain the effect of punishment. 2+8=10
4. What is memory? Briefly describe the modules of long-term memory. 2+8=10
OR
What is forgetting? Describe the theories of forgetting. 2+8=10
5. What is psychological research? Differentiate between descriptive and
inferential statistics. 3+7=10
OR
Calculate mean, median and mode of the following
CI f
90-94 2
85-89 2
80-84 3
75-79 4
70-74 6
65-69 5
60-64 4
55-59 3
50-54 1
Subjects
- abnormal psychology—i
- abnormal psychology—ii
- adult psychopathology
- applied psychology
- assessment in counselling and guidance
- basic psychology–i
- basic psychology—ii
- behavior modification
- biological psychology
- child psychopathology
- cognitive psychology-i
- cognitive psychology-ii
- computer applications in psychology
- counseling psychology
- counseling psychology—i
- csst
- cultural psychology
- developmental psychology
- emergence and growth of psychology
- environmental psychology
- foundations of applied social psychology
- health psychology
- history of psychology
- human resource management
- interpersonal relationship
- life-span development
- minor project
- multivariate techniques
- neuropsychology
- non-experimental and correlational designs
- organizational development and change
- organizational behavior
- organizational stress management
- personality psychology
- physiological psychology
- positive psychology
- psychodiagnostics
- psychological assessment
- psychological perspectives of gender differences
- psychology and social issues
- psychology of adolescence and adulthood
- psychology of childhood
- psychology of emotion
- psychopathology—ii
- qualitative research
- research methodology
- research methodology and statistical reasoning in psychology
- research methods and experimental designs
- self and personal growth
- social psychology
- special areas of counselling
- stress, emotions, coping and health
- therapeutic techniques