Bachelor of Arts 2th Semester

PSYCHOLOGY
Paper - Experimental Psychology
Time : Three Hours Maximum Marks :90
Note. (1) Attempt five questions in all. All questions carry equal marks.
(2) Attempt one question from each Unit.
(3) Question No 1 is compulsory
(4) Statistical tables and non-programmable calculator are allowed.
1. Answer in brief any seven of the followmg:
(i) Flashbulb memory (ii) Chunking
(iii) Amnesia (iv) Phi-phenomena
(v) Monocular cue (vi) Law proximity
(vii) Creative thinking (viii) Deductive reasoning
(ix) Creativity (x) Normal probability curve
(xi) Null hypothesis (xii) Chi-square
UNIT-I
2. Define the term memory. Explain the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory.
3. Define forgetting. How do retroactive inhibition and proactive inhibition effect forgetting ?
UNIT-II
4. Define concept of perception. Explain various factors effecting perception.
5.
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Explain the nature of attention. Discuss different factors influencing attention.

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6. What is thinking ? Discuss the factors affecting thinking in detail.
7. Critically examine the Torrance's theory of creativity.
UNIT-IV
8.
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IfM= 20 and SD = 5 assuming normality :
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Find the percentage of cases fall that between 15 to 24.
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(ii) Find the percentage of cases lie that above score 18 and below score 16.
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In 120 throws of single dice, the following distribution of faces was obtained :

2 3
Faces

e4 5 6 Total
Observed
frequencies:
30 25 18

a p 10 22 15 120

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Do these results constitute a reflection of the equal probability Hypothesis ?

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