Exam Details
| Subject | basic psychology–i | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | psychology | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | Mizoram University | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2018 | |
| City, State | mizoram, |
Question Paper
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2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology-I
Revised
Full Marks 55
Time 2½ hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 20
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 5
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×5=5
1. The key figure in the development of the behavioural perspective of modern
psychology is
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
John B. Watson
/181 1 Contd.
2. Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence as two major clusters of
mental abilities are explained by
Howard Gardner
Raymond Cattell
Robert Sternberg
L. L. Thurstone
3. The reemergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of
rest and with no further conditioning is called
spontaneous recovery
generalization
shaping
chaining
4. refers to memories that are centered on a specific, important or
surprising event that are so vivid and it is as if they are represented by a
snapshot of the event.
Decay theory
Interference theory
Mnemonics
Flashbulb memory
5. The simplest but most useful measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
range
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write notes on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Role of a psychologist
2. G-factor theory of intelligence
3. Punishment
4. Retrieval cues
5. Normal probability curve
PSY/I/01(R)/181 2 Contd.
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define psychology. Discuss the relationship of psychology with other social
and natural sciences.
OR
Discuss any two modern perspectives of psychology. 7
2. Define intelligence. Explain the multifactor theories of intelligence.
OR
What are aptitude tests? Discuss the uses of any two aptitude tests.
3. What is learning? Explain the basic process of operant conditioning.
OR
Discuss the basic process of classical conditioning citing Pavlov's classic
experiment. 7
4. What is long-term memory? Briefly describe the modules of long-term
memory.
OR
What is forgetting? Explain the theories of forgetting.
5. What is psychological research? Explain skewness and kurtosis.
OR
The scores of 25 students on psychology are given below
52 85 93 78 75
71 99 81 86 81
65 70 72 71 91
87 82 77 66 63
90 58 89 60 79
Prepare a frequency distribution table by using an interval of 5 units.
Calculate mean. 3½+3½=7
2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology-I
Revised
Full Marks 55
Time 2½ hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 20
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 5
Tick the correct answer in the brackets provided 1×5=5
1. The key figure in the development of the behavioural perspective of modern
psychology is
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
John B. Watson
/181 1 Contd.
2. Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence as two major clusters of
mental abilities are explained by
Howard Gardner
Raymond Cattell
Robert Sternberg
L. L. Thurstone
3. The reemergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of
rest and with no further conditioning is called
spontaneous recovery
generalization
shaping
chaining
4. refers to memories that are centered on a specific, important or
surprising event that are so vivid and it is as if they are represented by a
snapshot of the event.
Decay theory
Interference theory
Mnemonics
Flashbulb memory
5. The simplest but most useful measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
range
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write notes on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Role of a psychologist
2. G-factor theory of intelligence
3. Punishment
4. Retrieval cues
5. Normal probability curve
PSY/I/01(R)/181 2 Contd.
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define psychology. Discuss the relationship of psychology with other social
and natural sciences.
OR
Discuss any two modern perspectives of psychology. 7
2. Define intelligence. Explain the multifactor theories of intelligence.
OR
What are aptitude tests? Discuss the uses of any two aptitude tests.
3. What is learning? Explain the basic process of operant conditioning.
OR
Discuss the basic process of classical conditioning citing Pavlov's classic
experiment. 7
4. What is long-term memory? Briefly describe the modules of long-term
memory.
OR
What is forgetting? Explain the theories of forgetting.
5. What is psychological research? Explain skewness and kurtosis.
OR
The scores of 25 students on psychology are given below
52 85 93 78 75
71 99 81 86 81
65 70 72 71 91
87 82 77 66 63
90 58 89 60 79
Prepare a frequency distribution table by using an interval of 5 units.
Calculate mean. 3½+3½=7
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