UPSC- IAS : PSYCHOLOGY MAINS QUESTION PAPER 2009
PSYCHOLOGY – PAPER – I: Foundations of Psychology
Download (5 Page PDF file – Content & Schedule of Test Series with Evaluation Methodology and Indicators) at: IAS PSYCHOLOGY MAIN MOCK TEST SERIES 2008
REGISTRATION OPEN!
CONTENT:
1.Introduction: Definition of Psychology; Historical antecedents of Psychology and trends in the 21st century; Psychology and scientific methods; Psychology in relation to other social sciences and natural sciences; Application of Psychology to societal problems.
2. Methods of Psychology: Types of research: Descriptive, evaluative, diagnostic and prognostic; Methods of Research: Survey, observation, case-study and experiments; Characteristics of experimental design and non-experimental design, Quasi-experimental designs; Focussed group discussions, brain storming, grounded theory approach.
3.Research Methods: Major steps in Psychological research (problem statement, hypothesis formulation, research designs, sampling, tools of data collection, analysis and interpretation and report writing) Fundamental versus applied research; Methods of data collection (interview, observation, questionnaire); Research designs (ex-post facto and experimental); Application of statistical technique (t – test, two way ANOVA correlation, regression and factor analysis); Item response theory.
4.Development of Human Behaviour: Growth and development; Principles of development, Role of genetic and environmental factors in determining human behaviour; Influence of cultural factors in socialization; Life span development - Characteristics, development tasks, promoting psychological well-being across major stages of the life span.
5. Sensation, Attention and Perception: Sensation: concepts of threshold, absolute and difference thresholds, signal-detection and vigilance; Factors influencing attention including set and characteristics of stimulus; Definition and concept of perception, biological factors in perception; Perceptual organization-influence of past experiences, perceptual defence-factors influencing space and depth perception, size estimation and perceptual readiness; The plasticity of perception; Extrasensory perception; Culture and perception, Subliminal perception.
6. Learning: Concept and theories of learning (Behaviourists, Gestaltalist and Information processing models); The Processes of extinction, discrimination and generalization; Programmed learning, probability learning, self-instructional learning, concepts; Types and the schedules of reinforcement, escape, avoidance and punishment, modeling and social learning.
7.Memory: Encoding and remembering; Short term memory, Long term memory, Sensory memory, Iconic memory, Echoic memory: The Multistore model, levels of processing; Organization and Mnemonic techniques to improve memory; Theories of forgetting: decay, interference and retrieval failure: Metamemory; Amnesia: Anterograde and retrograde.
IAS PRELIM MOCK TEST PROGRAM 2010
Under Expert Guidance of Team Vision IAS
IAS GS PRELIM MOCK TESTS 2010
Download: Plan November – IAS GS Pre 2010: 25 Tests
: Registration form
: Performance Report Analysis
IAS GEOGRAPHY PRELIM MOCK TEST 2010
Download : Plan November : Geography IAS Prelim – 20 Mock Test Program
Geography Performance Report Analysis
IAS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MOCK TESTS PRE 2010
Download : Plan November : Public Admn. IAS Prelim – 20 Mock Test Program
Public Adm Performance Report Analysis
IAS SOCIOLOGY PRE MOCK TESTS 2010
Download : Plan November : Sociology IAS Prelim – 20 Mock Test Program
Sociology Performance Reort Analysis
IAS HISTORY PRELIM MOCK TESTS 2010
Download : Plan November : History IAS Prelim – 20 Mock Test Program
History Performance Report Analysis
Coming soon ! – IAS Political Science Prelim 2010
