PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO
THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2020
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 What are the key principles of humanistic psychology and how it is related to an individual’s life? (20 Marks)
Q. No.2 Discuss Gardner’s and Sternberg’s non-unitary theories of intelligence. How are they similar, and how do they differ from each other? (20 Marks)
Q. No.3 What is a reinforcer? Discuss with respect to the role of the reinforcer in classical and instrumental conditioning.(20 Marks)
Q. No.4 How Gestalt principles contribute to our perception. Discuss in detail and exemplify how it is daily life example.(20 Marks)
Q. No.5 Briefly describe Plaget’s four stages of cognitive development and elaborate how it is applicable in daily life.(20 Marks)
Q. No.6 Explain the concept of child Development. Illuminate the Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory of Human Development. (20 Marks)
Q. No.7 Elaborate the concept of Motivation by citing appropriate examples. Also discuss Biogenic and Psychogenic of Motives. (20 Marks)
Q. No.8 Write notes on any two of the following: (10+10=20 Marks)
a) Ethical issues in Psychotherapy
b) Positive Psychology
c) Prejudice