FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT
TO POSTS IN B.P.S. – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1995
Psychology Paper II
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.
1 Elucidate broad approaches to the study of children. How does knowledge of developmental psychology helps the teacher?
2 What role do the prenatal environmental influences play in the course of physical and psychological development of the child?
3 Distinguish clearly between normal and abnormal behaviour and point out the main causes of abnormality.
4 Give a brief account of some popular and effective psychotherapeutic methods for treatment of psychosis in our society.
5 Briefly describe the biological and sociological factors in maladjustment and crime with special reference to Pakistan.
6 What is intelligence? How is it measured? Support your answer with a brief description of assessment techniques commonly used in our Country.
7 What are the general causes of psychoneurotic behaviour? Draw the distinction between psychoneuroses and psychosomatic disorders.
8 Carefully read each statement and write the correct answer
(i) The concept of mental age in the context of measurement of mental abilities was given by: (a) Wechsler (b) Binet (c) Spearman (d) Gallon
(ii) The process whereby development is arrested at some stage of psychosexual development is called: (a) identification, (b) projection (c) fixation; d) displacement
(iii) Style of life is an essential concept in: (a) psychoanalysis (b) individual psychology(c) analytical psychology, (d) all the above
(iv) The attempt to overcome a real or imaginary defect is called: (a) Rationalization (b) Compensation (c) Suppression (d) Sublimation
(v) The frustration is caused in children primarily by (a) environmental obstacles, (b) parental sanctions (c) encouragements (d) Sibling rivalry
(vi) The stage of intellectual development during the age range from 11 to 15 years is termed by Piaget as: (a) sensorimotor (b) preoperational (c) concrete operational; (d) formal operations.
(vii) The fear of water is called: (a) acrophobia (b) claustrophobia (c) mysophobia (d) none of these
(viii) Excessive doubts, Compulsions, obsessions make: (a) psychasthenia syndrome (b) Hypochondriacal syndrome (c) Psychoses (d) Neurosis
(ix) Freud’s psychodynamic approach to human behaviour emphasizes: (a) unconscious motivation (b) sexual Conflicts (c) repression (d) all the above
(x) Ego defense mechanisms are brought into action when: (a) the individual is frustrated (b) the integration of the self is threatened (c) serious compensation has occurred (d) neurotic adjustments have failed.