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/01(PR) Student's Copy
2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology-I
Pre-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 perspective is the approach that suggests that observable,
measurable behaviour should be the focus of study in psychology.
psychodynamic
biological
behavioural
cognitive
/180 1 Contd.
2. Two-factor theory of intelligence was given by
Thurstone
Spearman
Sternberg
Cattell
3. is a basic phenomenon of learning that occurs when a previously
conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.
Extinction
Generalization
Shaping
Spontaneous recovery
4. Memory for factual information such as names, faces, dates, etc., is called
semantic memory
episodic memory
declarative memory
procedural memory
5. The most stable measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
frequency
PSY/I/01(PR)/180 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write notes on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Behaviorist perspective
2. Clinical method
3. Higher order conditioning
4. Mnemonic strategies
5. Measures of central tendency
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define Psychology. Briefly describe the role of psychologists in the society.
OR
Describe any two modern perspectives of psychology. 3½+3½=7
2. Discuss any two theories of intelligence. 3½+3½=7
OR
Define intelligence. Discuss the determinants of intelligence.
3. What is learning? Explain the processes of classical conditioning.
OR
Define learning. Describe the processes of operant conditioning.
PSY/I/01(PR)/180 3 Contd.
4. What is memory? Explain the features of short-term memory.
OR
Define forgetting. Briefly describe the theories of forgetting.
5. Tabulate the following scores into a frequency distribution and calculate
the mean. Begin with a score of 20 and a class interval size of 5
3½+3½=7
28 36 49 57 20 24 53 40 42 32
27 53 32 44 36 49 31 42 46 37
47 41 36 49 44
OR
Calculate mode for the following 7
CI f
80-84 2
75-79 3
70-74 3
65-69 5
60-64 6
55-59 4
50-54 3
2 0 1 8
Pre-CBCS
1st Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST PAPER
Basic Psychology-I
Pre-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 perspective is the approach that suggests that observable,
measurable behaviour should be the focus of study in psychology.
psychodynamic
biological
behavioural
cognitive
/180 1 Contd.
2. Two-factor theory of intelligence was given by
Thurstone
Spearman
Sternberg
Cattell
3. is a basic phenomenon of learning that occurs when a previously
conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears.
Extinction
Generalization
Shaping
Spontaneous recovery
4. Memory for factual information such as names, faces, dates, etc., is called
semantic memory
episodic memory
declarative memory
procedural memory
5. The most stable measure of central tendency is
mean
median
mode
frequency
PSY/I/01(PR)/180 2 Contd.
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write notes on the following in not more than 5 sentences each 3×5=15
1. Behaviorist perspective
2. Clinical method
3. Higher order conditioning
4. Mnemonic strategies
5. Measures of central tendency
PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 35
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Define Psychology. Briefly describe the role of psychologists in the society.
OR
Describe any two modern perspectives of psychology. 3½+3½=7
2. Discuss any two theories of intelligence. 3½+3½=7
OR
Define intelligence. Discuss the determinants of intelligence.
3. What is learning? Explain the processes of classical conditioning.
OR
Define learning. Describe the processes of operant conditioning.
PSY/I/01(PR)/180 3 Contd.
4. What is memory? Explain the features of short-term memory.
OR
Define forgetting. Briefly describe the theories of forgetting.
5. Tabulate the following scores into a frequency distribution and calculate
the mean. Begin with a score of 20 and a class interval size of 5
3½+3½=7
28 36 49 57 20 24 53 40 42 32
27 53 32 44 36 49 31 42 46 37
47 41 36 49 44
OR
Calculate mode for the following 7
CI f
80-84 2
75-79 3
70-74 3
65-69 5
60-64 6
55-59 4
50-54 3
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- 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