FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT
TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1993
Psychology, Paper I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
NOTE: Attempt FOUR questions in all, including Question No. 8 which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry equal marks.
1 Critically evaluate the applications of Experimental Method in Psychological investigations. Give examples to support your arguments.
2 Discuss the actions of the Sympathetic Nervous System and the Adrenal Medulla and its hormones in the production and maintenance of emotional response.
3 Give a critical appraisal of the social-psychological approach to personality development.
4 What is the relation between generalization and discrimination? Illustrate your answer by scientific evidence.
5 How do learning and motivation affect perception? Describe some of the important determinants of perception.
6 Explain the development of personality in the context of Jung’s Analytical Theory.
7 Describe the processes underlying formation of Role-Status relations. How do they contribute to development of group norms in our society?
8 Select and write the best/correct answer out of the given four choices for each of the following items:
(i) Much of the brain and spinal cord consists of white matter largely composed of groups of: (a) cell bodies (b) axons (c) fatty deposits (d) dendrites
(ii) A description of one’s immediate experience is technically known as: (a) Physiognomy (b) Perception (c) Phenomenology (d) Demand
(iii) The moon moving swiftly behind the clouds is an example of: (a) apparent movement (b) induced movement (c) autokinetic movement (d) rear movement
(iv) Evidence for the conditioning of complex behaviour appears to be strongest for: (a) problem solving behaviour (b) emotionally toned behaviour (c) thinking (d) none of these
(v) The “Puzzle Box” was the favourite device of: (a) Tolman (b) Thorndike (c) Hull (d) Skinner
(vi) The law of effect deals with: (a) reward (b) punishment (c) retention of responses (d) all of these
(vii) Considered from the point of view of homeostasis, needs are bodily deficits that have: (a) become severe (b) become conscious (c) been satisfied (d) aroused the nervous system
(viii) The primary emotions are involved with considerable arousal of — activity. (a) random (b) goal directed (c) thoughtful (d) muscle
(ix) A test that seems to have applicability in a variety of: cultures is the: (a) TAT (b) MMPI (c) Rorschach (d) CPI
(x) Conscience is a part of the — on Freud’s system: (a) id (b) ego (c) superego (d) all of these