[Psychology] Handwritten notes of an ex-candidate (~200 pages), Last 34

years UPSC Mains question papers (1979-2012), NCERT, NIOS free download
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anonymous. Article Contains material for psychology + last 34 years
question papers, NCERT, NIOS, Lectures.
1. How did I prepare these psychology Notes?
2. Psychology Booklist and Suggestion
3. Download Links for psychology

How did I prepare these psychology Notes?

Dear friends, as youre aware UPSC now requires only one optional
subject in the mains, instead of two. Therefore, Ive switched from
Psychology to Public Administration and handing over these notes to
Mrunal so it could be useful to those of you whore still in the
psychology group.
Chronological account of my preparation:
June 2012 I decided to prepare for civil services. Quickly decided my
optional (Psychology and Pub Ad.).
June 2012 First 15 days Read NCERT psychology 11th and
12th line by line. It really helped in generating interest for the subject.
Did not make any notes at this stage. Referred Shubra Saxenas blog
for initial guidance. Saw previous year questions Was able to answer
some of them simply by reading NCERT felt good Decided to go with
psychology.
June 2012 Last 15 days I saw videos of Yale University by Dr. Paul
Bloom on Introduction to Psychology on udemy.com
(https://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-psychology-with-paul-bloom/).
There are other videos too but I personally liked Paul Bloomss lecture.
I made short notes along with the videos Mindmaps, flowcharts etc.

July 2012 30 days I made notes from Psychology Robert Baron.

(Robert Baron Flipkart). Simultaneously kept referring previous year
questions. Here is a sample page from my notes:

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August 2012 Did not do much in psychology Just revised my notes
once.
September 2012 I referred NCERT again Highlighted relevant texts
in the PDF. I enriched my notes from NCERT stuff Adding topics that
were not covered earlier in Baron, some extra topics, India specific
examples, some flowcharts etc.
October 2012 Opened Mukul Pathaks notes did not find them
useful Did not read more than 15 20 random pages Made no
addition to my notes and never referred Mukul Pathak again. All the
topics can be easily prepared from the standard books. Wrote few
mock answers just to revise and do some answer writing practice.
November 2012 Made notes from Smarak Swain For paper 2. I
think this one book is enough for paper 2. I could not complete it As
got caught up with other urgent issues that needed my attention.
December 2012 Rumor mills of pattern change. Stopped my
psychology preparation and revised whatever I had prepared (notes) I

had plans to cover Atkinson and Hilgard in the month of Feb 2013
Once the notification for CSE 2013 gets published. Atkinson is a good
book for quoting relevant experiments and researches.
Pattern changed My tryst with psychology also came to an end. Ive
no regrets though. Knowledge gained is never wasted.

My Booklist and Suggestion:

1. Do not underestimate NCERT.

2. NIOS Material is basic Can give a quick read.
3. Robert Baron Psychology do a detailed study supplement it with
internet.
4. Atkinson & Hilgard For recent researchs and experiments quote
in your answers.
5. Smarak Swain, Applied Psychology: India Specific and Crosscultural Perspectives by (New Vishal Publication): Mug it up.
6. Cover recent news articles quote wherever relevant.
7. Mukul Pathak notes are not a Must do You can cover all the
relevant topics from standard books.
8. Revise.

9. Use flowcharts and diagrams liberally.

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Psychology Material for IAS IPS Exam

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Psychology Handwritten notes

Last 34 years Question Paper (1979 to 2012)

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Secondary Course

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NCERT Psychology Textbooks

NIOS Psychology Textbooks

Newspaper reports related to psychology

(Youtube) UGC Lectures on Psychology
Video lectures of Dr.Paul Bloom

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Mrunal notes:
Ive not converted scanned images into PDFs because it
drastically increases the file size= takes way longer time to
download (unless I reduce the image quality, but then it becomes
difficult to read.) Anyways, there is no dearth of image to PDF
softwares on net if you want.
You might need 7-zip (for unzipping the files) click me for free
download

for IGNOU BA/ MA psychology material visit egyankosh.ac.in (their

server giving headache, so not compiling at the moment).
for similar free study materials of Public Administration,
sociology, political science, visit Mrunal.org/download

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