FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2001
Psychology, Paper I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt Five questions in all, including question No. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
- Critically evaluate different schools and systems of psychology. Discuss their scientific status in contemporary psychology.
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Describe central and peripheral nervous system and their impact on human behavior.
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How would you define learning? Also compare and contrast different views about reinforcement. In your option which one is significant? Give reasons.
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In what ways biogenic motives differ with sociogenic motives? Support your views in the light of theoretical and experimental researches conducted recently.
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Explain “what takes place in the perceptual process once the information from the situation is received by the individual.”
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Critically examine the theories of prejudice with special reference to social learning, and motivational approaches. Also suggest two social psychological techniques for reducing various aspects of prejudice and stereotyping.
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Discuss nature of groups. Also explain riots, and social loafing.
COMPULSORY QUESTIONS
- Write only the correct answers in the answer book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
1) The group in an experiment which receives no treatment is called:
(a) Control group (b) Experimental group (c) No group
2) The portion of your nervous system which controls breathing and digestion is:
(a) Axon (b) Autonomic (c) Linear circuit (d) None of these
3) The color, smell and feeling of the flowers are relayed through what part of brain:
(a) Acetylcholine (b) Thalamus (c) Motor area (d) None of these
4) A hungry person would find food to be a:
(a) Primary reinforcer (b) Secondary reinforcer (c) None of these
5) A psychologist explains you that learning can be best defined in terms of underlying thought process. What theory is being stated:
(a) Social learning (b) Cognitive learning (c) Trial and error (d) None of these
6) According to Maslow, a person with no job, no friends and no house can be self actualized:
(a) 100 percent yes (b) 100 percent no (c) None of these
7) A need to establish and maintain relationship with other people:
(a) Achievement motivation (b) Need for affiliation (c) None of these
8) Term n-ach was introduced by:
(a) Mc Cleland (b) Jung (c) Maslow (d) None of these
9) Repression refers to:
(a) Primary defense mechanism (b) Regression (c) Frustration (d) None of these
10) Enduring dimensions of personality characteristics differentiating people from another is called:
(a) Factor analysis (b) Trait (c) Determinism (d) None of these
11) The theory which suggests that people learn attitude by observing their own behavior is:
(a) Operant conditioning (b) CR (c) Self-perception (d) None of these
12) Theory of cognitive dissonance is offered by:
(a) Skinner (b) Bandura (c) Festinger (d) None of these
13) The ability to view the world in 3 dimensions and perceive distance is:
(a) Depth perception (b) Illusion (c) Delusion (d) None of these
14) According to Bandura, one is socialized by:
(a) Punishment (b) Observation (c) Food (d) None of these
15) Crowding causes increase in heart rate and the level of adrenaline:
(a) No (b) Yes
16) Studies demonstrate that greater genetic similarity is associated with greater similarity of attitudes:
(a) True (b) False
17) A theory that states that emotions are a join result of non-specific physiological arousal and interpretation of the arousal is called:
(a) Two-factor theory of emotion (b) James-Lange theory of emotion (c) Bem’s theory of emotion (d) None of these
18) Maintenance of an internal biological balance is called:
(a) Instinct (b) Need (c) Homeostasis (d) None of these
19) The part of personality that provides a buffer between the id and the out side world is:
(a) Super-ego (b) Ego (c) Ego-ideal (d) None of these
20) Specialized cells of nervous system carry:
(a) Messages (b) Reflexes (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the (a) and (b)