Important Short Note Questions in Psychology IAS & State PSCs, CBSE, ICSE etc.
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- Describe the importance of clinical methods of psychology.
- Explain factors influencing perceptual defense.
- What is the difference between programmed and probability learning?
- Describe factors influencing retention and forgetting.
- Evaluate the role of thinking in shaping personality and emotions.
- What is the difference between James Lange and Canon Bard theory of emotions?
- Describe the concept and characteristics of extrasensory perception.
- Describe the various stages of concept formation.
- What is the distinction between intelligence and aptitude?
- Explain the Indian approaches to personality.
- Explain psychocybernetics and its features. -
- Discuss the significance of social support program. Mention the role of community psychologist in social change.
- Mention different types of psychological tests and discuss their uses, misuses, and limitations.
- What is distance education? Is it equally effective with all learners? Discuss the relevance of Instructional Design Model in distance education.
- Discuss the psychological consequences of prolonged deprivation & suggest measures to overcome them.
- “Espoused India is unity in diversity.” Examine this statement and present a strategy for management of diversity especially with reference to gender.
- What is multilevel marketing? Discuss the psychological principles involved in it with special reference to the role played by persuasive communication.
- Critically evaluate the psychological consequences of mass media & IT boom on Indian population & highlight the role of psychologists in it.
- “Stereotypes and selffulfilling prophecies are psychological crutches used by those crippled in the encounters.” Critically evaluate this statement with relevant illustrations. -
- What are values? How are they related to interests? Discuss the strategies to foster them in the light of challenges posed by India՚s sociocultural milieu. -
- Discuss the importance of language in education. Is effective communication without language possible?
- How can personality affect formation of prejudice?
- Briefly describe classification of psychological disorders.
- Explain why humanistic perspective is called the third force in psychology.
- How can hereditary and environment contributions are isolated in the study of human behavior?
- Is it necessary to conceptualize self as a determinant of behavior besides hereditary and environment? Give real life example to support your contention.
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- “Modern social learning theories have assumed a distinctively cognitive cast,” Elaborate.
- Does a conceptual continuity between sensation & perception exist? Is perception without sensation possible?
- “Relative Deprivation can develop collective consciousness necessary for social change.” Discuss with relevant examples.
- “Attributional errors direct our social perception by altering our choice behavior.” Discuss.
- “Social action via small group represents radical strategy for social change.” Discuss with relevant examples.
- Critically evaluate the role of mass media in social change particularly in the context of rural India.
- Discuss the significance of programmed learning in education. Does selfinstructional learning represent advancement over it? -
- “Metamemory is function of person, task, & strategies.” Discuss & elaborate how Metamemory functions.
- How can you motivate people to achieve?
- Distinguish between juvenile delinquency and crime.
- Discuss the psychological and social factors behind effective communication.
- Mention the physical, physiological, and behavioral consequences of stress.
- What is conflict behavior? How best can it be attained? Give suitable examples.
- “Bottleneck models of attention have outlived their utility.” Discuss.
- “Perceptual defense represents an example of discrimination without awareness.” Elaborate.
- What is perceptual organization? What are factors responsible for it? How does feature detection theory lends support to it?
- “Temporal gradient of retrograde amnesia provides support to consolidation theory of forgetting.” Critically evaluate.
- Can attitude be changed? Discuss the factors to be considered in changing attitudes.
- What specified role in social intelligence play in the management of the people.
- Can computer ever acquire human life ability to think, remember, and solve problems? Discuss with illustrations.
- Discuss the problems of educating disadvantaged groups.
- Discuss the sociocultural approaches for understanding the origin of ethnic prejudice and discrimination. -
- Describe traumatic reaction to military combat and discuss the detailed psychological factors in contributing the stress.
- Evaluate the relative effectiveness of mass media for distance learning.
- What is reminiscence? Discuss the phenomena in terms of interference process.
- What role does extinction play in long-term memory?
- How do convergent and divergent thinking differ? Can it be integrated in higher forms of thinking?
- Discuss the importance of military psychology highlighting the functions of psychologists in the sphere of aviation.
- Detail the correlates of rapid eye movement in sleep.
- Can you relate the ‘Guna’ theory of personality with any western model of personality?
- Is national character a valid concept?
- Is work culture an essential component of effective work motivation? Discuss its operations in private and public industrial setup in India.
- What is group cohesiveness and discuss the factors affecting it.
- Highlight the basic principles of psychodynamic approach in handling behavior disorders.
- Show your acquaintance with the components of leadership training.