PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
W. B. C. S. (EXECUTIVE)
EXAMINATION - 2002
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 presribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.
Answers may be written in English or in Bengali but all answers must be in one and the same language.
All questions carry equal marks
Answer any five questions
1. Explain the Behaviouristic model with particular reference to conditioning of behaviour.
2. What is intelligence ? Discuss in this connection Two factor theory of intelligences.
3. How can you distinguish between Illusion and Hallucination ? Illustratate your answer.
Discuss the the basic principles of phi phenomenon.
4. Elucidate Gestalt theory of learnirg. How does it differ from trial and berror theory of learning ?
5. What is remembering ? Discuss the factor of forgetting.
6. Discuss two major theories of mootivation.
7. How can you define personality ? What are the different methods of personality assessment ?
8. Write notes on any two of the following
(a) perception and perceptual types.
(b) Spaced and Unspaced learning.
(c) Methods of Psychology.
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