Note :-

1. Duration of Paper: 3 Hours
2. All Questions carry equal marks.
3. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi
4. There will be Negative Marking.
5. Objective type paper .

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Syllabus : Psychology -I

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1. Unit – I: Biological Bases of Behaviour & Perception

1. Genes and Behaviour: Chromosomes Receptors, Effectors and Adjuster Mechanisms.
2. Neural Impulse: Origin, Conduction and Measurement.
3. Human Nervous System: Peripheral Nervous System (PNS), Central Nervous System (CNS), Neurotransmitters.
4. Sensory Systems: Vision and Audition.
5. Psychophysics: Concept and Methods (Classical and Modern Methods).
6. Attention: Types and Functions
7. Perception: Gestalt and Physiological Approaches
8. Perceptual Organization: Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization.
9. Perceptual Constancy: Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion, Perception of Depth and Movements. Figural after effects, Perceptual Defense, Perceptual vigilance, Cognitive Styles (Field Dependence and Independence).

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2. Unit – II: Learning and Memory

1. Classical Conditioning: Procedure, Phenomena and related issues.
2. Instrumental Learning: Phenomena, Paradigm and Theoretical issues.
3. Reinforcement: Basic Variables and Schedules.
4. Verbal Learning: Methods and Materials, Organizational processes. Transfer of Learning.
5. Cognitive Learning: Nature and Types.
6. Memory Processes: Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.
7. Stages of Memory: Sensory Memory, Short-term Memory (STM) Iconic and echoic, Long-Term Memory (LTM) Episodic, Semantic and Procedural Memory.
8. Theories of Forgetting: Interference, Decay and Retrieval Failure.

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3. Unit – III: Motivation, Emotion and Thinking

1. Basic Motivational Concepts: Instincts, Needs, Drives, Incentives, Motivational Cycle, Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation, Frustration of Motives.
2. Motivational Approaches: Psychoanalytical, Ethological, S-R, Cognitive, Humanistic Approaches.
3. Types of Motives: Biological and Social Motives.
4. Physiological Correlates of Emotions, Positive Emotions.
5. Theories of Emotions: James-Lange, Canon-Bard, Schachter and Singer.
6. Conflicts: Sources and Types.

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4. Unit – IV: Human Abilities and Personality

1. Intelligence: Biological, Social, Eco-cultural determinants.
2. Theories of Intelligence: Spearman, Thurston, Guilford, Cattell, Sternberg, Jenson, Gardener, Goleman, Das, Kar & Parrila.
3. Measurement of Intelligence: Individual & Group Tests, Verbal and Non-Verbal tests, Performance tests.
4. Personality: Meaning & Determinants (Biological, Psychological and Socio-cultural) Trait and Type Approaches, Psychoanalytic, Neo-Freudian, Social Learning, Cognitive Approaches.
5. Personality Assessment: Self-report inventories and Projective Tests. Self-concept, Self-esteem, & Self-Efficacy.

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5. UNIT-V: Research Methodology and Psychological Testing

1. Research: problem, hypothesis, variables and their operationalization, Research designs (Experimental, Ex-post Facto & Factorial).
2. Paradigms of Research: Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed methods.
3. Methods of Research: Observation, Interview, Experimental, Case Studies, Field Studies, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Focus Group, Ethnography.
4. Test Construction: Item Writing, Item Analysis.
5. Test Standardization: Reliability, Validity and Norms
6. Types of Tests: Intelligence, Aptitude, Personality, Attitude, Interest and Neuropsychological tests.
7. Sampling & Errors in Measurement.
8. Parametric and Non-parametric tests: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion; Parametric Test [t-test and ANOVA]; Non-Parametric Test [Sign test, Mann-Whitney, Rank Test, Kruksal- Wallis test, Friedman test], Correlation and Regression.