ANDHRA
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003 : ANDHRA PRADESH
PSYCHOLOGY- ASSIGNMENTS (PREVIOUS)
PAPER-I: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
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Give a brief account of the major landmarks in the history of abnormal Psychology.
Explain the role of classical conditioning in development of abnormal behavior.
How does physical deprivation (or) disturbance contribute to Psychopathology?
What is the relationship between poverty and mental illness?
Describe the different types of developmental disorders.
PAPER-II: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Discuss about the history of social psychology.
Discuss in detail about the experimental method with an example experimental study.
What is social cognition? Discuss about the factors effecting social cognition.
Define a stereotype and discuss about the factors influencing formation of stereotypes.
Is marriage the beginning or end of conflicts? Discuss with examples.
PAPER-III: PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Explain the Evolution of Scientific method in Psychology.
Explain the classical Greek thought about Psychology.
Write in detail the nativist Perspective by Kant.
Subject matter of Psychology is experience. Discuss.
Explain the flicker vision.
PAPER-IV: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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1) Define variables. Briefly explain the different types of variables.
2) Elucidate in detail on the concept of probability sampling.
3) What is non-experimental research? Discuss the various types of non-experimental
research.
4) What is a null hypothesis? Discuss the concept of Types I and Type II errors.
5) What are Factorial Designs? When are they used?
ANDHRA
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003 : ANDHRA PRADESH
PSYCHOLOGY- ASSIGNMENTS (FINAL)
PAPER-VI: INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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1) What do you mean by Industrial Psychology, and what are the scopes of Industrial
Psychologist?
2) What do you mean by Basic Selection Model? What do you mean by Cross Validation
of Selection Tests?
3) Define job analysis and explain its uses.
4) Discuss organizational change initiatives.
5) Explain the role of industrial psychology
PAPER – VII: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
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1) Explain about Historical origins of counselling.
2) Examine the Ethical issue in counselling.
3) Describe the nature of interpretation and types of interpretation techniques in
counselling.
4) Write an account of nature of human problems and how they can be counselled.
5) Discuss about the cognitive and behavioural techniques in counseling.
PAPER-VIII: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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1) Discuss about the history of clinical psychology
2) Write about the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy personalities.
3) Write about the biomedical model. How is it different from the information-processing
model?
4) Define clinical interview explaining its purpose and describe about the different kinds of
clinical interviews.
5) Enumerate the role of behaviour observation describing the different types.
PAPER-IX: LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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What is development? Discuss about the different domains of
development
Discuss in detail the role of heredity on development
Discuss about the behaviouristic perceptive of the development process
What is a reflex? Write about the different reflexes of the newborn baby
Describe the course of phonological and semantic development during childhood
PAPER-X: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
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1) Define Health Discuss the scope of health psychology
2) Explain about the different features of the psycho biosocial model of health. Discuss how it
is more efficient than pure psychological models.
3) How does stress impact health in the aetiology and prognosis of the disease?
4) Suggest treatment methods to control Headaches.
5) What is Coronary Heart disease? Write about the treatment methods to overcome the disease.