PMS Psychology Past Paper 2022 PDF

PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2022
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)

SUBJECT: Psychology (Paper-I)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Attempt any five questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.

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Q1. (a) Define psychology, discuss its scope, latest trends, and emerging fields of psychology?

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(b) What is the scientific method? What are the goals of science? How Psychology is a science?

Q2. The central tenet of Gestalt Psychology is that the whole is different from the sum of its parts. What does this mean in the context of perception?

Q3. What is a perceptual illusion? Discuss perception of movement and depth in detail.

Q4. What are different types of learning? How classical conditioning is different from operant conditioning?

Q5. Differentiate between self-esteem and self-efficacy. Describe the Five-Factor Model of personality.

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Q6. How do you define motivation? What are primary and secondary motives? How does motivation increase productivity (in light of theories of motivation)?

Q7. What do we mean by the cognitive development of a child? Explain in detail all the stages of cognitive development as per Piaget’, theory?

Q8. Write notes on the following:

1. Physiological changes during emotion

2. Functions of human ears

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SUBJECT: Psychology (Paper-II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Attempt any five questions in all. Attempt in Urdu or English.

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The following questions were asked in the PMS Psychology Paper-II:

Q1. For most of us, stress is a fact of modern-day life. But sometimes without knowing it, stress can be getting the best of us. What are the warning signs that suggest someone should seek professional help for stress overload?

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Q2. The process of socialization begins in the lap of the mother. How do different beliefs, attitudes, norms, and rituals, shape an individual into a social being? Discuss.

Q3. The paradigm of social learning theory is significantly different from psychoanalytical theory. Discuss and review while supporting psychological evidence.

Q4. Do you consider that different personality disorders are the outcome of genetic predispositions. Discuss different types of personality disorders along with onset symptoms, duration, and therapeutic interventions.

Q5. Albert Ellis maintains that how an individual thinks largely determines how she/he feels and behaves. Assess the evidence for this view.

Q6. Explain different criteria of Abnormality. Discuss schizophrenia along with its types and treatments.

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Q7. Ethics are important in the conduct and practice of psychological research. major ethical standards in psychological research. Discuss.

Q8. What are the factors that influence the attitude-behavior relationship, Describe a model fluence the relationship between attitudes and behavior?