Write all answers assuming 6 marks questions:-

Chapter 1
1. How do psychologists characterize and define intelligence?
2. To what extent is our intelligence the result of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture)?
Discuss.
3. Explain briefly the multiple intelligences identified by Gardner.
4. How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence?
5. "Any intellectual activity involves the independent functioning of three neurological systems".
Explain with reference to PASS model.
6. Are there cultural differences in the conceptualisation of intelligence?
7. What is IQ? How do psychologists classify people on the basis of their IQ scores?
8. How can you differentiate between verbal and performance tests of intelligence?
9. All persons do not have the same intellectual capacity. How do individuals vary in their
intellectual ability? Explain.
10. Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why?
11. How is aptitude different from interest and intelligence? How is aptitude measured?
12. How is creativity related to intelligence?

Chapter 2

1) What is self ? How does the Indian notion of self differ from the Western notion?
2) What is meant by delay of gratification? Why is it considered important for adult development?
3) How do you define personality? What are the main approaches to the study of personality?
4) What is trait approach to personality? How does it differ from type approach?
5) How does Freud explain the structure of personality?
6) How would Horneys explanation of depression be different from that of Alfred Adler?
7) What is the main proposition of humanistic approach to personality? What did Maslow mean by
self-actualisation?
8) Discuss the main observational methods used in personality assessment. What problems do we
face in using these methods?
9) What is meant by structured personality tests? Which are the two most widely used structured
personality tests?
10) Explain how projective techniques assess personality. Which projective tests of personality are
widely used by psychologists?
11) Arihant wants to become a singer even though he belongs to a family of doctors. Though his
family members claim to love him but strongly disapprove his choice of career. Using Carl
Rogers terminology, describe the attitudes shown by Arihants family.

Chapter 3

1. Explain the concept of stress. Give examples from daily life.

2. State the symptoms and sources of stress.
3. 3. Describe the GAS model and illustrate the relevance of this model with the
help of an example.
4. Enumerate the different ways of coping with stress.
5. 5. Explain the effect of stress on psychological functioning.
6. 6. Describe how life skills can help meet lifes challenges.
7. Discuss the factors that lead to positive health and well-being.
8. How does stress affect the immune system?
9. Give an example of a life event which is likely to be stressful. Suggest
reasons why it is likely to cause different degrees of stress to the person
experiencing it.
10.Given what you know about coping strategies, what suggestions would you
give to your friends to avoid stress in their everyday lives.
11.Reflect on the environmental factors that have (a) a positive impact on the
being, and (b) a negative effect.
12.We know that certain lifestyle factors can cause stress and may lead to
diseases like cancer and coronary heart disease, yet we are unable to change
our behaviour. Explain why?

Chapter 5

1.Describe the nature and scope of psychotherapy. Highlight the importance of

therapeutic relationship in psychotherapy.

2. What are the different types of psychotherapy? On what basis are they
classified?

3. A therapist asks the client to reveal all her/his thoughts including early
childhood experiences. Describe the technique and type of therapy being used.

4. Discuss the various techniques used in behaviour therapy.

5. Explain with the help of an example how cognitive distortions take place.

6. Which therapy encourages the client to seek personal growth and actualise
their potential? Write about the therapies which are based on this principle.

7. What are the factors that contribute to healing in psychotherapy? Enumerate

some of the alternative therapies.

8. What are the techniques used in the rehabilitation of the mentally ill?

9. How would a social learning theorist account for a phobic fear of

lizards/cockroaches? How would a psychoanalyst account for the same phobia?

10. Should Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) be used in the treatment of mental

disorders?

11. What kind of problems is cognitive behaviour therapy best suited for?
Chapter 4

1) Identify the symptoms associated with depression and mania.

2) Describe the characteristics of hyperactive children.
3) What do you understand by substance abuse and dependence?
4) Can a distorted body image lead to eating disorders? Classify the various
forms of it.
5) Physicians make diagnosis looking at a persons physical symptoms. How
are psychological disorders diagnosed?
6) Distinguish between obsessions and compulsions.
7) Can a long-standing pattern of deviant behaviour be considered
abnormal? Elaborate.
8) While speaking in public the patient changes topics frequently, is this a
positive or a negative symptom of schizophrenia? Describe the other
symptoms and sub-types of schizophrenia.
9) What do you understand by the term dissociation? Discuss its various
forms.
10) What are phobias? If someone had an intense fear of snakes, could this
simple phobia be a result of faulty learning? Analyse how this phobia could
have developed.
11) Anxiety has been called the butterflies in the stomach feeling. At
what stage does anxiety become a disorder? Discuss its types.