IGNOU - Assignment GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (BPC-001)

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (BPC-001)

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

(TMA)

Course Code: BPC-001

Assignment Code: BPC-001/AST/TMA/2010-11

Marks: 100

Note: Answer all the questions. Questions in Section A carry 20 marks each, those in Section B carry 12 marks each and questions in Section C carry 6 marks each. Word limit for section A is 500 words each, for section B 300 words each and for section C 200 words each.

SECTION - A 2×20=40

1. a) Define psychology. Is psychology a science or an art? Discuss.

b) Write an essay on various basic and applied branches of psychology.

2. Write short notes on the following:

a) Autonomic Nervous System

b) Central Nervous System

c) Neurons

d) Nerve Impulse

SECTION - B 4×10=40

3. What do you understand by perception? Describe the laws of perceptual organization.

4. Discuss the concept of intelligence. Discuss the theoretical developments in defining intelligence from ‘factors to processes’.

5. Describe various stages of Information Processing model of memory advanced by Atkinson and Shiffrin.

6. Write short notes on the following:

a) Gestalt Psychology

b) Structuralism

c) Functionalism

d) Behaviourism

SECTION - C 4×5=20

7. Differentiate between classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning.

8. What do you understand by critical periods during development? What is the implication of such critical periods for language development and development of attachment?

9. Define attribution. Explain Kelley’s co-variation model of attribution.

10. Critically evaluate Lewin’s theory in relation to sociocultural field forces and spaces.

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