WBCS Exam Main Optional Question Paper on Psychology [Paper I] - 2012

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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