ISC Class 12 Question Paper 2020 for Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY
(Maximum Marks: 70)
(Time allowed: Three hours)
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time.)
Answer Question 1 from Part I and five questions from Part II, choosing
two questions from Section A and three questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
PART I (20 Marks)
Answer all questions.
Question 1 [20]
Answer briefly all the questions (i) to (xx):
(i) Name the psychologist who put forward the theory of Primary Mental Abilities.
(ii) What is meant by pre-conventional morality in L. Kohlberg’s perspective?
(iii) Give the full form of WAIS.
(iv) What is meant by fully functioning persons?
(v) Name one inventory to measure interest of an individual.
(vi) What is meant by burnout?
(vii) Explain automatic vigilance, with an example.
(viii) What is meant by token economies, according to psychotherapy?
(ix) What is meant by career counselling?
(x) Define personality, according to Eysenck.
(xi) Explain the term mood disorder.
(xii) Suggest one reason why categorizing personalities according to Jung poses
danger.
(xiii) What is the aim of Culture Fair Test?
(xiv) Who are Externals, according to Rotter?
(xv) How is belief related to attitude?
(xvi) Give one characteristic of gifted children.
(xvii) What is meant by the term maturation?
(xviii) Explain reaction formation, according to Freud.
(xix) What is meant by social influence?
(xx) Who are clinical psychologists?
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PART II (50 Marks)
SECTION A
Answer any two questions.

Question 2
(a) Describe in detail the main concept of Raymond Cattell’s theory of Intelligence. [5]
(b) Give the full form of GATB. Explain the aptitudes that are measured by GATB. [5]

Question 3

(a) Explain the personality inventory of MMPI along with its clinical scales and the [6]
clinical areas of personality evaluated by it.
(b) Describe the theory of personality put forward by Abraham Maslow. [4]

Question 4

(a) What is meant by achievement test? Discuss any four uses of achievement test. [5]
(b) Describe any five psychosocial stages of development given by Erik Erikson. [5]

SECTION B
Answer any three questions.
Question 5

(a) Explain the emergence of self-gender awareness as observed during the [5]
childhood.
(b) Discuss in detail Piaget’s stage of formal operation of cognitive development [5]
during adolescence.

Question 6
(a) Discuss any five ways in which stress affects the health by upsetting the internal [5]
mechanism and balance of individuals.
(b) Explain the Distress Cycle. [5]

Question 7

(a) Discuss the central features of the psychodynamic therapy. [6]
(b) Give two symptoms of each of the following: [4]
(i) Disorganised schizophrenia
(ii) Catatonic schizophrenia

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Question 8
(a) Discuss how cognitive dissonance helps in changing one’s attitude. [5]
(b) What is meant by attribution? Explain the internal and external causes that [5]
determine the understanding of others’ behaviour.

Question 9

Write short notes on any two of the following: [5 × 2]
(a) Delinquency as a concern during adolescence.
(b) Role of psychology in an organisation for recruiting and motivating
employees.
(c) Role of a counsellor in dealing with couples and groups.

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