PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO
THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2025
SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-I)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAX MARKS: 100
NOTE: 1 All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
2 Write Q. No. In the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
3 No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
4 Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
Attempt FIVE Questions in All. Attempt in Urdu or English
Q.No.1: Define Psychology. Explain briefly the different schools of thought in psychology. How is structuralism different from functionalism?
Q.No.2: Define Perceptual Constancy and its types. Discuss different cues (monocular and binocular) in Depth Perception.
Q.No.3 How does a Neutral Stimulus become a Conditioned Stimulus? Explain with examples.
Q.No.4: Define the Nervous System. Also, explain the role of the parasympathetic nervous system in human behavior.
Q.No.5 Describe Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development and explain the concepts that are mastered in each stage.
Q.No.6: Define motivation, and discuss instincts, needs, drives, and incentives that explain motivated behavior.
Q.No.7 Discuss briefly the theories of emotions.
Q.No.8: Define learning and conditioning? What are the processes involved in classical and operant conditioning? How do these processes influence our everyday learning experiences?
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