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                        <description><![CDATA[FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONCOMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FORRECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDERTHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012
 
PSYCHOLOGY, PAPER-I
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center"><strong>FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR</strong><br /><strong>RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER</strong><br /><strong>THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012</strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>PSYCHOLOGY, PAPER-I</strong></span></div>
<h2 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" style="text-align: center" data-section-id="xvpp4v" data-start="968" data-end="978"><span style="font-size: 14pt">PART-II</span><span class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchor" aria-hidden="true"></span></h2>
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<p data-start="980" data-end="1063"><strong data-start="980" data-end="989">Q. 2.</strong> Define the endocrine system. What are the functions of hormones? <strong data-start="1055" data-end="1063">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1065" data-end="1215"> </p>
<p data-start="1065" data-end="1215"><strong data-start="1065" data-end="1074">Q. 3.</strong> Define learning. Describe acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery and generalization as they apply to classical conditioning. <strong data-start="1207" data-end="1215">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1217" data-end="1331"> </p>
<p data-start="1217" data-end="1331"><strong data-start="1217" data-end="1226">Q. 4.</strong> Define motivation and discuss how instincts, drives and incentives explain motivated behaviour. <strong data-start="1323" data-end="1331">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1333" data-end="1443"> </p>
<p data-start="1333" data-end="1443"><strong data-start="1333" data-end="1342">Q. 5.</strong> Define perception and consciousness. Explain how the types of perceptual constancy operate? <strong data-start="1435" data-end="1443">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1445" data-end="1571"> </p>
<p data-start="1445" data-end="1571"><strong data-start="1445" data-end="1454">Q. 6.</strong> Discuss Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, including levels of consciences and three structures of personality. <strong data-start="1563" data-end="1571">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1573" data-end="1653"> </p>
<p data-start="1573" data-end="1653"><strong data-start="1573" data-end="1582">Q. 7.</strong> Define attitude, its components and how attitudes are formed? <strong data-start="1645" data-end="1653">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1655" data-end="1702"> </p>
<p data-start="1655" data-end="1702"><strong data-start="1655" data-end="1664">Q. 8.</strong> Define any <strong data-start="1676" data-end="1684">FOUR</strong> of the following:</p>
<p data-start="1704" data-end="1869">(i) Neuron.<br data-start="1715" data-end="1718" />(ii) Vision.<br data-start="1730" data-end="1733" />(iii) Prejudice.<br data-start="1749" data-end="1752" />(iv) Group norms.<br data-start="1769" data-end="1772" />(v) Homeostasis.<br data-start="1788" data-end="1791" />(vi) Latent learning.<br data-start="1812" data-end="1815" />(vii) Hypothesis.<br data-start="1832" data-end="1835" />(viii) Illusion.<br data-start="1851" data-end="1854" />(ix) Cereberum.</p>
<p data-start="1871" data-end="1887"><strong data-start="1871" data-end="1887">(4 × 5 = 20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="1871" data-end="1887"> </p>
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<div style="text-align: center"><strong>FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR</strong><br /><strong>RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER</strong><br /><strong>THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: center"> </div>
<div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>PSYCHOLOGY, PAPER-II</strong></span></div>
<h2 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" style="text-align: center" data-section-id="xvpp4v" data-start="968" data-end="978"><span style="font-size: 14pt">PART-II</span></h2>
<p data-start="2513" data-end="2655"> </p>
<p data-start="2513" data-end="2655"><strong data-start="2513" data-end="2522">Q. 2.</strong> List the three stages of pre-natal development and discuss the important developmental event that occurs during each stage. <strong data-start="2647" data-end="2655">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="2657" data-end="2783"> </p>
<p data-start="2657" data-end="2783"><strong data-start="2657" data-end="2666">Q. 3.</strong> Differentiate between maturation and growth and also explain different methods of developmental psychology. <strong data-start="2775" data-end="2783">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="2785" data-end="2876"> </p>
<p data-start="2785" data-end="2876"><strong data-start="2785" data-end="2794">Q. 4.</strong> Describe the cognitive skills that develop during each of Piaget stages. <strong data-start="2868" data-end="2876">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="2878" data-end="3013"> </p>
<p data-start="2878" data-end="3013"><strong data-start="2878" data-end="2887">Q. 5.</strong> Explain how psychological abnormality is defined. What are the advantages of DSM classification system of disorders? <strong data-start="3005" data-end="3013">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="3015" data-end="3099"> </p>
<p data-start="3015" data-end="3099"><strong data-start="3015" data-end="3024">Q. 6.</strong> Discuss the essential characteristics of client-centered therapy. <strong data-start="3091" data-end="3099">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="3101" data-end="3254"> </p>
<p data-start="3101" data-end="3254"><strong data-start="3101" data-end="3110">Q. 7.</strong> What are the various factors related to job satisfaction and also describe the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity? <strong data-start="3246" data-end="3254">(20)</strong></p>
<p data-start="3256" data-end="3303"> </p>
<p data-start="3256" data-end="3303"><strong data-start="3256" data-end="3265">Q. 8.</strong> Define any <strong data-start="3277" data-end="3285">FOUR</strong> of the following:</p>
<p data-start="3305" data-end="3501">(i) Hereditary.<br data-start="3320" data-end="3323" />(ii) Drug addiction.<br data-start="3343" data-end="3346" />(iii) Intelligence.<br data-start="3365" data-end="3368" />(iv) Perceptual development.<br data-start="3396" data-end="3399" />(v) Group therapy.<br data-start="3417" data-end="3420" />(vi) Mental retardation.<br data-start="3444" data-end="3447" />(vii) Anxiety disorder.<br data-start="3470" data-end="3473" />(viii) Juvenile delinquency.</p>
<p data-start="3503" data-end="3519"><strong data-start="3503" data-end="3519">(4 × 5 = 20)</strong></p>
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