civils mains 2013 PSYCHOLOGY Paper-I
Time Allowed: Three Hours

Maximum Marks: 250

OUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions.
There are EIGHT questions divided in Two Sections and printed both in HINDI and in ENGLISH.
Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.
Question no. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE from each section.
The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer CQCA) booklet in the space provided. No marks will be given for answers written in medium other than the authorized one. Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to and if answered in much longer or shorter than the prescribed length, marks may be deducted.
Attempts o(questions shall be counted in chronological order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the answer book must be clearly struck off.

SECTION-A

Q. 1. Answer the following, each in not more than 150 words: 10x5=50
Critically evaluate the cognitive approach to the study of psychological phenomena.10

Q. What is ethnocentrism How is it reflected in psychological research 10

Q.1(c)What factors contribute to the encoding of information into LTM 10

Q. I (d)How do genes affect development 10

Q.1(e) Describe different reinforcement schedules and indicate their effects on the strength of learning. 10

Q.2 Answer the following, each in not more than 250 words: 15+20+15=50

Q. What do you understand by 'effect size' and 'statistical power' Explain their significance.15

Q. Discuss the importance of early relationship for developmental outcomes in the light of researches by Bowlby and Anisworth. 20

Q. Compare template matching and feature detection accounts of pattern recognition. 15


Q.3 Answer the following, each in not more than 400 words: 25x2=50

Q. The discipline of psychology has grown and developed through debate between those who held that it should be modelled on natural science and those who subscribed to the view that it has to follow the model of social science. What arguments you envision for or against these views What position you would like to endorse and why? 25

Q. Bring out the key developmental challenges faced by adolescents in the cognitive and social domains. 25

Q.4 Answer the following, each in not more than 250 words

Q. Why our representations of the external world are not entirely accurate

Q. Describe and evaluate the modal model of short-term memory. 20

Describe the basic elements of observation and bring out the implications of the dimension of participation in observational research. 15

SECTION-B

Q. 5. Answer the following, each in not more than 150 words

Q. What is the situationalist critique of trait psychology 10

Q.5(b)Explicate Sternberg's view of intelligence and bring out its implications for schooling.10

Q. "Every function in the child's development appears twice: first on social level and later, on the individual level."-Vygotsky Discuss the above statement and indicate your own position on this proposition. 10

Q. 'What are the processes of language production ?10

Q. How do novices differ from experts ?10

Q.6 Answer the following, each in not more than 250 words: 15+20+15=50

Q. Bring out the role of left and right hemispheres in emotional experience. 15

Q.6(b) What is intrinsic motivation? Why it gets reduced if the person gets external reward for undertaking a task that he or she loves 20
Explain correspondence bias. 1s it universal or culturally variable?

Q.7 Answer the following, each in not more than 400 words :25x2=50

Q. What is the role of social categorization in the formation of prejudice Suggest some strategies to reduce prejudice. 25

Q. How the psychoanalytic view differs from physiological or cognitive view of dream ?25

Q. 8. Answer the following, each in not more than 250 words 15+20+15=50

Q. What are the requirements to be met by psychological assessment tools for offering accurate and useful measure of psychological constructs 15

Q. What makes a pesuasive attempt effective Discuss.

Q. Describe the Indian approach to personality as reflected in the principle of three Gunas.15