PSY/II/EC/03 Student's Copy
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CBCS
2nd Semester
PSYCHOLOGY
SECOND PAPER
Basic Psychology—II
Full Marks 75
Time 3 hours
PART A—OBJECTIVE
Marks 25
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
SECTION—A
Marks 10
Select the correct answer by putting a Tick mark in the brackets provided
1×10=10
1. studied sudden awareness about solutions, in
Chimpanzees.
Ivan Pavlov
Wolfgang Köhlar
B. F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
2. Only a fully functioning person can achieve
safety needs
esteem needs
physiological needs
self-actualization
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3. When the sense organs of the organism are stimulated, we experience
perception
attention
sensation
hallucination
4. How many stages do the psychosexual stage have?
Four
Five
Three
Eight
5. Because of its sensitive character may not be the best choice among
measures of variability when the distribution contains very extreme scores.
standard deviation
range
variance
mode
6. is/are the representation(s) in the mind of an object.
Intuition
Mental images
Illusion
Conscience
7. The theory of emotion that states emotions are a response to instinctive
bodily events is
Cannon-Bard
Schachter-Singer
James-Lange
None of them
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8. The ability to view the world in three dimensions instead of two is
depth perception
top-down processing
bottom-up processing
perceptual constancy
9. Standard used to compare scores of different people taking the same test is
reliability
validity
variability
norm
10. Biologically determined, inborn patterns of behaviour are
instinct
potential
talent
motive
SECTION—B
Marks 15
Write notes on the following 3×5=15
1. Kinds of problems or mental images
2. Instinct or expression of emotions
3. Perceptual illusion or signal detection
4. The 'Big Five' or projective tests
5. Variables and constants or standard deviation
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PART B—DESCRIPTIVE
Marks 50
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. What is the nature of creative thinking? Explain the characteristics of
creative thinkers. 4+6=10
OR
Define reasoning. How do people reason and make decisions? 2+8=10
2. Explain the physiological basis of hunger motivation. 10
OR
What are emotions? Discuss the functions of emotions. 5+5=10
3. What is sensation? Explain the basic processes underlying any one of the
senses. 2+8=10
OR
Explain in detail different processes involved in perception. 10
4. What is humanistic approach to personality? Explain Rogers' approach to
personality. 10
OR
What are the major types of personality measures? Explain in detail any one
of the types. 3+7=10
5. Discuss the four levels of measurement. 10
OR
Calculate the standard deviation for the following set of scores 10
Class interval 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39
Frequency 7 10 13 18 8 5 3