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SPRING 2007
Marks: 40
PSY502 - HISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY (Session - 4 )
Time: 90min
StudentID/LoginID: Student Name: Center Name/Code: Exam Date:
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
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All questions are compulsory. This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 5 questions of fill in the blanks, 5 short descriptive questions and 1 long descriptive question.
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For each MCQ, read the choices available and select the most appropriate or the best suitable choice.
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The use of notes, handouts, books or any other helping material is strictly prohibited in the centre during the exam.
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Please manage the time effectively according to the marks allocated to the questions.
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You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the supervisor will be the official timekeeper of the exam.
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Failure to comply with the supervisor’s instructions will result in your paper being cancelled. Please comply with supervisor’s instructions to avoid an y unpleasant event.
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Question No: 1
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The law of
- Please Ple ase choose one states that the last act is most likely to be repeated.
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Exercise
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Recency
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Effect
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All of the given options
Question No: 2
( Marks: 1 )
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According to Avicenna, is the second stage of motion which represents a person’s willingness to achieve something.
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Impulsion
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Imagination
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Desires
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Movement
Question No: 3
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According to
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Leibniz
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Comte
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Hobbes
- Please Ple ase choose one , the universe, including human beings, are made up of atoms.
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Locke
Question No: 4
( Marks: 1 )
- Please Ple ase choose one
is the name of a physiologist who discovered the learning phenomena known as classical conditioning.
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Skinner
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Thorndike
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Pavlov
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All of the given options
Question No: 5
( Marks: 1 )
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Fechner is known for devising ways of measuring psychological experiences in physical terms, called methods.
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Psycho-chemistry
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Psycho-physics
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Psycho-biology
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Psycho-physiology
Question No: 6
( Marks: 1 )
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Which of the following is correctly paired?
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Watson—behaviorist
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James—psychoanalyst
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Freud—structuralist
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Tolman—functionalist
Question No: 7
( Marks: 1 )
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According to Wundt, there are three compartments of feelings and one of them is .
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Sadness/Caring
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Relaxed/excited
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Pleasant/unpleasant
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Tense/Calm
Question No: 8
( Marks: 1 )
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William James based his view on the philosophy of pragmatism which means that the validity of an idea is tested by .
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Consequences
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Behaviors
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Antecedents
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All of the given options
Question No: 9
( Marks: 1 )
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Which of the following following correctly states the sequence of Piaget’s stages of development?
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Sensori-motor , Preoperational , Formal Operational , Concrete Operational stage
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Preoperational, Sensori-motor, Sensori-motor, Concrete Operational , Formal Operational stage
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Sensori-motor , Preoperational , Concrete Operational Operational , Formal Operational stage
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Sensori-motor, Concrete Operational , Preoperational , Formal Operational stage
Question No: 10
( Marks: 1 )
- Please choose one
established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig.
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James
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Wundt
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Freud
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Bekhterev
Question No: 11
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The schedule in which reinforcement is given after variable number of responses is known as schedule.
Question No: 12
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According to Holt, behavior is a result of childhood.
Question No: 13
which is what we learn in our
( Marks: 1 )
proposed that there is no difference in the chemical elements of trees, animals and plants.
Question No: 14
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According to Schenov, mind mind and soul are the the functions of between mind and soul.
brain and
there is no
Question No: 15
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According to Piaget is the expanding, changing and stretching of the schema to absorb new ne w information about the world.
Question No: 16
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“While cooking dinner, Amna accidentally touched the stove and suddenly withdrew her hand.” How would Watson explain this situation in term of stimulus stimulus response pattern? pattern?
Question No: 17
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Aisha believes that there are two paths in the universe and it is up to the individual to choose one of them. How would Saint Augustine explain his view about the universe and also point out the two the two basic principles given by him? (1+2)
Question No: 18
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According to Aristotle, man is a biological being. Briefly explain any three any three functions carried out by human beings.(1+1+1)
Question No: 19
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From James point of view, what are the characteristics the characteristics of consciousness of consciousness and how his view differs from structuralist point of view? (2+1)
Question No: 20
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A psychologist wanted to study how we view colors. He observed that participants of the study gave the same answer about the color of the coal in different lights. Name the phenomena being observed here and also explain that phenomena.(1+2)
Question No: 21
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a) Avicenna tried to explain human actions based on his four stages of motion. Name and motion. (2+2+2+2) explain the four the four stages of motion. b) Farah decided to cook a meal for for herself in order to satisfy her hunger. hunger. Fit this example in the Avicenna’s four stages of motion. (2)
