UPSC Mains PSYCHOLOGY-PAPER-I 2022

28 Questions • 400 Marks • With Detailed Model Answers

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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Describe the applications of psychological principles in managing drug abuse in adolescents.
PsychologySocial Issues
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What are values? What strategies can be used in fostering value of equality in early childhood? Discuss.
PsychologySocial IssuesEducation
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Discuss the role of artificial intelligence in dealing with mental health problems.
PsychologyTechnology
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
How can parents use reinforcement contingencies to manage their children's aggressive behaviour?
PsychologyParenting
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10 Marks150 Wordseasy
Illustrate the role of hypothesis in psychological research.
PsychologyResearch Methodology
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20 Markshard
State the assumptions and merits of two-way ANOVA. Explain the applications of the same in psychological research with an appropriate example.
PsychologyStatisticsResearch Methodology
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15 Marksmedium
Discuss language acquisition at different stages of development in the light of the theories of Skinner and Chomsky.
PsychologyLinguisticsDevelopmental Psychology
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15 Marksmedium
What do you understand by physical indicators of emotion? How are they relevant in polygraph test?
PsychologyForensic Psychology
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20 Marksmedium
Is problem solving a psychological process? Illustrate your answer with the steps and methods involved in problem solving. Differentiate between human and computerized problem solving.
PsychologyCognitive Psychology
10
15 Marksmedium
Discuss the contribution of structuralism and functionalism in shaping psychology as a discipline.
PsychologyHistory of Psychology
11
15 Marksmedium
Is sleep a conscious phenomenon? Illustrate different states of sleep and explain the functions and role it serves in human life.
PsychologyNeuroscience
12
20 Markshard
Can human beings be fully functioning and self-actualized? Evaluate it from humanistic and psychoanalytic perspectives of personality.
PsychologyPersonality Psychology
13
15 Marksmedium
Compare and contrast naturalistic observation and laboratory-based observation as methods of psychological research. Can they be reconciled? Discuss.
PsychologyResearch Methodology
14
15 Marksmedium
Discuss the levels of processing model and highlight its relevance for explaining individual differences in memory.
PsychologyCognitive Psychology
15
10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Discuss the significance of single blind-double blind procedures for establishing soundness of an experiment.
PsychologyResearch Methodology
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
How do psychologists conceptualize creativity? Explain the confluence approach to creativity.
PsychologyCognitive Psychology
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10 Marks150 Wordshard
Do we need 16 factors to describe human personality? Illustrate your answer in the light of big five-factor theory of personality.
PsychologyPersonality Psychology
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Discuss the techniques to assess patients with memory disorders.
PsychologyClinical PsychologyNeuropsychology
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
“Emotional competency is more important than intellectual competency.” Discuss in the context of schoolchildren.
PsychologyEducation
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20 Marksmedium
Explain the nature of human attitudes. How is the knowledge of attitude change process helpful in bringing religious harmony in the Indian context? Discuss.
PsychologySocial PsychologyIndian Society
21
15 Marksmedium
Nurturing social intelligence at early developmental stages can play a critical role in conflict resolution at later stages. Explain with the help of examples.
PsychologySocial Psychology
22
15 Markshard
Is there perception without sensation? Evaluate critically in the light of empirical evidences.
PsychologyCognitive Psychology
23
20 Marksmedium
Is intelligence a univariate or multivariate concept? Discuss in the light of Spearman's and J. P. Das's theories of intelligence.
PsychologyCognitive Psychology
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15 Marksmedium
What principles of perceptual organization are useful for air traffic controllers? Also, indicate how they use each of them.
PsychologyApplied Psychology
25
15 Marksmedium
Evaluate the developmental challenges faced during midlife transitions across gender in the Indian context.
PsychologyDevelopmental PsychologyIndian Society
26
20 Marksmedium
“Learning occurs not only through conditioning but also from our observations of others.” Discuss this statement from children's point of view. What are the pros and cons of observational learning for children?
PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
27
15 Marksmedium
Discuss the factors involved in ethnolinguistic vitality in the Indian context.
PsychologySociologyIndian Society
28
15 Marksmedium
Compare and contrast the concepts of intelligence, emotional intelligence and social intelligence. How can they contribute in the making of an effective civil servant? Discuss.
PsychologyPublic Administration