FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT
TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1996
Psychology Paper II
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any FIVE questions in all, including Question No. 8, which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
1 Describe the role of biological and sociocultural tactors in the shaping of child’s personality.
2 Highlight the chromosomal abnormalities accounting for developmental irregularities during infancy.
3 Elucidate upon initiation and various subsequent stages in the development of logical thought process in early childhood
4 Briefly describe major psychotherapeutic techniques employed by the Clinical psychologists with special reference to Rational emotive and Cognitive therapies.
5 Identity and discuss potential psycho-social factors leading to the development of delinquent behaviour in youth in Pakistan.
6 Give an account of Psychosomatic disorders. Character disorders and Psychoneurotic disorders and their treatment.
7 What is meant by Job satisfaction? Propose an effective programme which will ensure the selection of right man for the right job.
COMPULSORY QUESTI0N
8 Read each Item carefully and write the best correct answer
(i) The theory of Personality in which the “basic anxiety” is the primary concept was associated with the name: (a) Fromm (b) Homey (c) Sullivan (d) Murray
(ii) In Freudian theory, the Ego is considered as most concerned with: (a) demands for pleasure of die self (b) moral restraints (c) instincts (d) reality coping
(iii) According to Adlers conception of Personality, the prime source of man’s motivation is: (a) striving for superiority (b) sexual and aggressive impulses (c) infantile anxiety (d) biological rather than social in origin
(iv) The concept of Introversion and Extroversion was advanced by: (a) Spranger (b) Kretschmer (c) Jung (d) Jaensch
(v) In Maslow’s theory of Personality, the main stress is on: (a) functional autonomy (b) self-actualization (c) interpersonal relations (d) acquired drives
(vi) According to Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory, the main systems of personality are: (a) life instincts and death instincts (b) pleasure drives and reality drives (c) ld, Ego and Super-ego (d) Oral, Anal, and Phalic stages
(vii) The psychosomatic disorders are best illustrated by: (a) asthma caused by anxiety
(b) neurotic anxiety (c) depression caused by tuberculosis (d) over-earing
(viii) Personality inventories are: (a) always scored on empirical basis (b) subjectively scored (c) objectively scored (d) always scored on a priority basis
(ix) The Thematic Apperception Test is a: (a) performance test b) protective test (c) situational test (d) personality test
(x) In the Rorschach test: (a) many interpretations are based on ratios of scores (b) the subject tells stories about ink-blots (c) Scoring Is entirely subjective (d) the subject is scored on six personal values