CSS Psychology Past Paper 2012

Note: Before 2016 Psychology had Two Papers.

Paper-I

PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q. 2 Define the endocrine system. What are the functions of hormones?

Q. 3 Define learning. Describe acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, and generalization as they apply to classical conditioning.

Q. 4 Define motivation and discuss how instincts, drives, and incentives explain motivated behavior.

Q. 5 Define perception and consciousness. Explain how the types of perceptual constancy operate?

Q. 6 Discuss Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, including levels of consciousness and the three structures of personality.

Q. 7 Define attitude, its components, and how attitudes are formed?

Q. 8 Define any FOUR of the following:
(i) Neuron
(ii) Vision
(iii) Prejudice
(iv) Group norms
(v) Homeostasis
(vi) Latent learning
(vii) Hypothesis
(viii) Illusion
(ix) Cerebrum

Paper-II

PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

Q. 2 List the three stages of pre-natal development and discuss the important developmental events that occur during each stage.

Q. 3 Differentiate between maturation and growth and also explain different methods of developmental psychology.

Q. 4 Describe the cognitive skills that develop during each of Piaget’s stages.

Q. 5 Explain how psychological abnormality is defined. What are the advantages of the DSM classification system of disorders?

Q. 6 Discuss the essential characteristics of client-centered therapy.

Q. 7 What are the various factors related to job satisfaction and also describe the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity?

Q. 8 Define any FOUR of the following:
(i) Hereditary
(ii) Drug addiction
(iii) Intelligence
(iv) Perceptual development
(v) Group therapy
(vi) Mental retardation
(vii) Anxiety disorder
(viii) Juvenile delinquency