PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2025
SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-II)
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: Explain stress and elaborate on physiological and psychological reactions to stress.
Q.No.2: Explain the major differences between psychoanalytical theory and social learning theory.
Q.No.3: According to Carl Rogers, what are the barriers to psychological health? Discuss in detail.
Q.No.4: If an individual suppresses automatic stereotypes, what consequences might he face? Discuss its effect and why it occurs.
Q.No.5: Briefly discuss one of Fromm’s needs, the one that you think fits reality the best. Illustrate how it has been manifested in your own experience.
Q.No.6: What is a confounding variable & how can we control it? What is the difference between confounding and an extraneous variable & how can we control it?
Q.No.7: Provide suggestions for how a clinical psychologist might ethically deal with the current difficulties that the profession is facing.
Q.No.8: Define “harm” as a potential risk to participants and identify the strategies for determining its level of acceptability within a research project.
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