MAPC: Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory - Statistics Assignment
Assignment Task
Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory (MPC-001)
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each
- Discuss the structure and functions of language.
- Critically discuss Das, Naglieri and Kirby’s PASS theory.
- Explain the barriers to problem solving.
SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each.
- Describe the levels of processing model by Craik and Lockhart.
- Explain the factors affecting problem solving.
- Discuss Guilford’s model of intelligence.
- Define creativity. Describe the stages of creativity.
- Explain the key issues in the study of cognitive psychology
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each.
- Seven primary factors given by Thurstone
- Aspects of creativity
- Heuristics
- Long term memory
- Role of hippocampus in memory
- Four principles of information processing
- Neuroscience and cognitive psychology
- Problem space hypothesis
- Means-ends analysis
- Types of problems
LIFE SPAN PSYCHOLOGY(MPC-002)
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each.
- Discuss cognitive development during middle childhood.
- Define life span development. Discuss the characteristics of life span development.
- Discuss psychosocial challenges in older adults.
SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each.
- Define intellectual disability. Explain its identification process in children and effective teaching strategies.
- Elucidate Marcia’s identity status.
- Describe the ageing process in men and women.
- Explain Levinson’s seasons of life theory.
- Describe cognitive changes during middle adulthood.
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each.
- Exceptional children
- Cross-sectional method
- Grammar and pragmatics
- Signs of negative self-concept in adolescents
- Growth spurt
- New egocentrism
- Sociometric rejections
- Social hazards during early childhood
- Continuity vs discontinuity
- High-risk behaviours during adolescence
PERSONALITY: THEORIES AND ASSESSMENT (MPC003)
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each.
- Describe self-report inventories.
- Explain behavioural assessment techniques and their weaknesses.
- Explain Eysenck’s trait-type theory.
SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each.
- Explain the technical criteria before which the assessment techniques are considered scientific.
- Explain the classification of projective techniques. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of projective techniques.
- Define personality. Explain the concept of trait and personal dispositions.
- Explain the salient features of Sullivan’s theory of personality.
- Discuss the psychological determinants of personality.
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each.
- Important steps in personality assessment
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Purpose of case study method
- The study of values by All port
- Big-five Inventory
- Evaluation of Bandura’s theory
- Characteristics of self-actualizers
- Constitutional and environmental traits
- Guilford’s trait theory
- Idiographic approach to personality
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
NOTE: All Questions Are Compulsory
Section A
Answer the following question in about 1000 words each:
- Discuss the historical developments of social psychology.
- Explain the attribution theory and its applicability in education.
- Discuss the different factors that affect helping behavior.
Section B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words each:
- Discuss the experimental design in social psychology.
- Explain the evolutionary theories of human interpersonal attraction.
- Describe intervention to reduce aggression.
- Explain the nature and characteristics of attitudes.
- Discuss the two dimensional model for conflict resolution.
Section C
Answer the following in about 50 words each:
- Characteristics of group.
- Measurement of group dynamics.
- Schemas
- Ethical issues in Social Psychology
- Obedience
- Altruism
- Social Learning theory
- Stereotypes
- Overt Conflict
- Group Development
Research Methods (MPC-005)
Note: All Questions Are Compulsory
Section A
Answer the following question in about 1000 words each.
- Explain the factorial design with the help of a suitable example.
- Explain the assumptions, theories and steps of discourse analysis.
- What are the different steps followed for conducting a scientific research?
Section B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words each.
- Type of Quasi Experimental Designs.
- Research Biases.
- Distinguish between field and experimental research design.
- Types of questions that can be used in a survey research.
- Strategies of interpreting data in a qualitative research.
Section C
Answer the following in about 50 words each.
- Difference between causal comparative and experimental research design
- Definition of research design.
- Significance of hypothesis formulation.
- Meaning of reliability.
- Method of snow ball sampling.
- Difference between independent and dependent variable.
- Relevance of grounded theory.
- Meaning of ethnography.
- Criteria for selecting a case study.
- Concept of cross sectional survey research design
STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (MPC-006)
NOTE: All Questions Are Compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not copy from the course material or any other source.
SECTION A
Answer the following question in about 1000 words (wherever applicable) each
- Explain the meaning of descriptive statistics and describe organisation of data.
- Explain the concept of normal curve with help of a diagram. Explain the characteristics of normal probability curve.
- The scores obtained by four groups of employees on occupational stress are given below. Compute ANOVA for the same.
SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words (wherever applicable) each
- Discuss the assumptions of parametric and nonparametric statistics.
- Using Spearman’s rank order correlation for the following data:
6. Describe various levels of measurement with suitable examples.
7. Explain Kruskall- Wallis ANOVA test and compare it with ANOVA.
8. Compute Chi-square for the following data:
SECTION C
Answer the following in about 50 words each
- Type I and type II errors.
- Skewness and kurtosis.
- Point and interval estimations.
- Null hypothesis
- Scatter diagram
- Outliers
- Biserial correlation
- Variance
- Interactional effect
- Wilcoxon matched pair signed rank test.