W.B.C.S. (EXECUTIVE) EXAMINATION - 2015 PSYCHOLOGY PAPER I
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Full Marks : 200
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.
Answer may be given either in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language
GROUP - A : Answer any five questions
1. Trace the path of emergency of definition of "Psychology". Narrate briefly the methods of "Psychology". 26
2. Define attention. What are the characteristics of attention ? State why attention fluctuates. 26
3. Define learning. Explain what is a learning curve ? Discuss the theory of classical conditioning in Learning. 26
4. What is the meaning of puberty ? What are the major puberty changes ? Explain the causes of such changes and their consequences. 26
5. What is an emotion ? Delineate the conditions responsible for emotional developments in human beings. By what age of human child develops almost all the basic emotions ? 26
6. Describe the structure and function of neurons with proper diagrams. Mention the names of different type of neurons in human body. What is a 'synapse' ? 26
7. What is meant by the words "memory trace" ? Discuss the theories of forgetting. 26
8. Define "attitude". How does it differ from prejudice ? How attitudes are formed - Discuss. 26
GROUP-B : Answer any two questions
9. Is there any difference between "immoral" and "unmoral" behaviour ? If yes, What is that difference ? Is disciplining important for moral development ? Justify. Write how morality is learned and explain the relationship between moral development and intellectual development. 35
10. Discuss the relative importance of "trial and error theory" and "insight" theory in human learning. 35
11. Write what is meant by motivational cycle. Distinguish between primary, secondary and the social motives. In which category you can place achievement motivation and why ? How Maclleland did view it ? 35
12. State the relationship between brain and emotions with special reference to role of cerebral cortex. In this context critically discuss the Schachter-Singer theory of emotion. 35
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