W.B.C.S. EXAMINATION - 2012
Optional Paper
PSYCHOLOGY - Paper I
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Full Marks : 100
If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions attempted first, up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answers may by written either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
Group-A
Answer any four questions :
1. Describe the structure and functions of the brain with suitable diagram. 16
2. Define attention Discuss the objective and subjective determinants of attention with suitable examples. 16
3. Describe the theory of operant conditioning with special emphasis on laboratory experiments. 16
4. Describe the organization of Long-Term Memory. How can we retrieve information form LTM ? 16
5. Define motivation. Critically discuss Maslow's theory of motivation with special emphasis on need for self actualization. 16
6. Who are the mentally challanged children ? Delineate its causes. 16
7. Define creativity. Describe its nature. What are the stages of creativity ? 16
Group - B
Answer any two questions :
8. 'Adolescence is a period of storm and strees' —Discuss. 18
9. Discuss Piaget's theory of cognitive development from infancy to adolescence. 18
10. Discuss the biological and social motivation with suitable examples. 18
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