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10 Marks150 Wordshard
Critically evaluate the cognitive approach to the study of psychological phenomena.
PsychologyCognitive Science
2
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What is ethnocentrism ? How is it reflected in psychological research ?
PsychologyResearch Methodology
3
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What factors contribute to the encoding of information into LTM ?
PsychologyCognitive Science
4
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
How do genes affect development ?
PsychologyGeneticsDevelopmental Psychology
5
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Describe different reinforcement schedules and indicate their effects on the strength of learning.
PsychologyBehaviorismLearning
6
15 Marks250 Wordshard
What do you understand by 'effect size' and 'statistical power'? Explain their significance.
PsychologyStatisticsResearch Methodology
7
20 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Discuss the importance of early relationship for developmental outcomes in the light of researches by Bowlby and Anisworth.
PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
8
15 Marks250 Wordshard
Compare template matching and feature detection accounts of pattern recognition.
PsychologyCognitive Science
9
25 Marks400 Wordshard
The discipline of psychology has grown and developed through debate between those who held that it should be modelled on natural science and those who subscribed to the view that it has to follow the model of social science. What arguments you envision for or against these views ? What position you would like to endorse and why ?
PsychologyPhilosophy of Science
10
25 Marks400 Wordsmedium
Bring out the key developmental challenges faced by adolescents in the cognitive and social domains.
PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
11
15 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Why our representations of the external world are not entirely accurate ?
PsychologyCognitive Science
12
20 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Describe and evaluate the modal model of short-term memory.
PsychologyCognitive Science
13
15 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Describe the basic elements of observation and bring out the implications of the dimension of participation in observational research.
PsychologyResearch Methodology
14
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What is the situationalist critique of trait psychology?
PsychologyPersonality Psychology
15
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Explicate Sternberg's view of intelligence and bring out its implications for schooling.
PsychologyEducational Psychology
16
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Every function in the child's development appears twice: first on social level and later, on the individual level."-Vygotsky
Discuss the above statement and indicate your own position on this proposition.
PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
17
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What are the processes of language production ?
PsychologyLinguistics
18
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
How do novices differ from experts ?
PsychologyCognitive Science
19
15 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Bring out the role of left and right hemispheres in emotional experience.
PsychologyNeuroscience
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20 Marks250 Wordsmedium
What is intrinsic motivation ? Why it gets reduced if the person gets external reward for undertaking a task that he or she loves ?
PsychologyMotivation
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15 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Explain correspondence bias. Is it universal or culturally variable ?
PsychologySocial Psychology
22
25 Marks400 Wordsmedium
What is the role of social categorization in the formation of prejudice ? Suggest some strategies to reduce prejudice.
PsychologySocial Psychology
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25 Marks400 Wordshard
How the psychoanalytic view differs from physiological or cognitive view of dream ?
PsychologyNeuroscience
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What are the requirements to be met by psychological assessment tools for offering accurate and useful measure of psychological constructs ?
PsychologyPsychometrics
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20 Marks250 Wordsmedium
What makes a persuasive attempt effective ? Discuss.
PsychologySocial Psychology
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15 Marks250 Wordsmedium
Describe the Indian approach to personality as reflected in the principle of three Gunas.
PsychologyIndian Philosophy