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<h2 class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" style="text-align: center" data-section-id="1flodau" data-start="498" data-end="515"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>PART – I (MCQ)</strong></span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center" data-section-id="oq2qig" data-start="516" data-end="532"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>(COMPULSORY)</strong></span></h3>
<h3> </h3>
<h3><span>Q.1.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(i)</span></strong><span> Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate Box on the OMR Answer Sheet. </span><strong><span>(20 × 1 = 20)</span></strong></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(ii)</span></strong><span> Answers given anywhere else, other than OMR Answer Sheet, will not be considered.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><span>1.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>“Give me a child till that child is five years old, and I will make of him anything you want doctor, lawyer, thief”, a likely quote from:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Thorndike</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Watson</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Hull</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Pavlov</span></p>
<h3><span>2.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>First experimental lab of Psychology was established in:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> France</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> America</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Germany</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Japan</span></p>
<h3><span>3.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The ____________ is associated with the hypothalamus.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Refined body movements</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Spatial perception</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Long-term planning</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Homeostatic regulation</span></p>
<h3><span>4.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The “fight or flight” response to a perceived threat is associated with increased activity of:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Sympathetic Nervous system</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Para-sympathetic Nervous system</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Cerebral cortex</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Corpus collosum</span></p>
<h3><span>5.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>__________ styles of parenting Baumrind identify.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-faire</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Pre-conventional, Conventional, Post-conventional</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Moving against, Toward, Away from</span></p>
<h3><span>6.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>According to Piaget theory in __________ stage child can understand that a ball of clay can take a different shape without either losing or gaining substance.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Sensorimotor</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Preoperational</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Concrete-operational</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Formal-operational</span></p>
<h3><span>7.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The little bumps visible on your tongue are:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Taste buds</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Axon</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Papillae</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Receptors</span></p>
<h3><span>8.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The basilar membrane plays an important role in:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Vision</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Hearing</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Olfaction</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Taste</span></p>
<h3><span>9.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>____________ is based on the principles of classical conditioning.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Token economies</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Differential reinforcement</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Contingency management</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Systematic desensitization</span></p>
<h3><span>10.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Kohler’s experiments with chimpanzees demonstrate that chimps are capable of:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> One-trial learning</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Insight learning</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Trial &amp; Error learning</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> State-dependent learning</span></p>
<h3><span>11.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Iconic memory refers to:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Visual working memory</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Auditory working memory</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Visual short-term memory</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Visual sensory memory</span></p>
<h3><span>12.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>A major distinction between episodic and semantic memory was central to the work of:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Miller</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Tulving</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Ebbinghaus</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Skinner</span></p>
<h3><span>13.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Theory described by Abraham Maslow is known as:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Hierarchy of needs</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Equity theory</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Psychoanalysis</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Cognitive dissonance theory</span></p>
<h3><span>14.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>A hungry person would find food to be a:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Primary reinforcer</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Secondary reinforcer</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Negative reinforce</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> None of these</span></p>
<h3><span>15.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The opponent process theory has been prominent in the field of:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Vision</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Learning</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Neurosis</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Emotion</span></p>
<h3><span>16.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>______________ studies the relationships among employees affect those employees and the performance of a business.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Industrial Psychology</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Organizational Psychology</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Social Psychology</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Clinical Psychology</span></p>
<h3><span>17.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Maria refuses to study for an exam, saying that fate will decide her grade. __________ provide plausible explanations for her behavior.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Self-monitoring</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> The placebo effect</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> The halo effect</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Locus of control</span></p>
<h3><span>18.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>When you focus on two or more things at the same time, you’re using:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Divided attention</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Sustain attention</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Selective attention</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Alternating attention</span></p>
<h3><span>19.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>The field theory was developed by:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Solomon Asch</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Leon Festinger</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Fritz Heider</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> Kurt Lewin</span></p>
<h3><span>20.</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Salma has always strongly believed that it is wrong to cheat. But after she herself cheats on a quiz, her attitude toward cheating becomes significantly less harsh is the example of:</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(A)</span></strong><span> Cognitive dissonance theory</span><br /><strong><span>(B)</span></strong><span> Self-perception theory</span><br /><strong><span>(C)</span></strong><span> Reinforcement theory</span><br /><strong><span>(D)</span></strong><span> None of these</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 14pt">PART-II</span></h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><span>NOTE:</span></h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(ii) Attempt </span><strong><span>ONLY FOUR</span></strong><span> questions from PART-II. </span><strong><span>ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.</span></strong></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 2. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Explore the field of cognitive psychology by discussing key concepts such as </span><strong><span>memory, problem solving and decision-making</span></strong><span>. Critically evaluate the Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory with examples.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 3. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Why </span><strong><span>Emotional Intelligence (EI)</span></strong><span> is more important than </span><strong><span>Intelligence Quotient (IQ)</span></strong><span>? Which one, do you think, matters more for your career &amp; personal development.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 4. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Define the concept of emotions in psychology. Compare and contrast the </span><strong><span>James-Lange theory, Cannon-Bard theory and Schachter-Singer two-factor theory</span></strong><span>. Illustrate your answer with real-life examples.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 5. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Describe </span><strong><span>Psychoanalytical approach by Freud</span></strong><span> and what are the techniques used in psychoanalytic therapy?</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 6. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Discuss the </span><strong><span>biological, social and personality factors</span></strong><span> behind the anxiety disorders. Differentiate between </span><strong><span>panic disorder, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder</span></strong><span> according to the DSM criteria.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 7. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Explain </span><strong><span>Milgram’s experiments on obedience</span></strong><span>. Discuss the major criticism on Milgram’s experiments.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2><span>Q. No. 8. — (20)</span></h2>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><span>Write short notes on </span><strong><span>any two</span></strong><span> of the following. </span><strong><span>(10 each)</span></strong></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(a)</span></strong><span> Pituitary gland</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(b)</span></strong><span> Thyroid gland</span></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong><span>(c)</span></strong><span> Adrenal glands</span></p>
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