PSY502 Midterm Past Papers

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SPRING 2007 PSY502 - HISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY (Session - 4 ) Marks: 40 Time: 90min

Student Name:

Center Name/Code:

Exam Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2007

ƒ All questions are compulsory. ƒ This exam consists of 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 5 questions of fill in the blanks, 5 short descriptive questions and 1 long descriptive question. ƒ For each MCQ, read the choices available and select the most appropriate or the best suitable choice. ƒ The use of notes, handouts, books or any other helping material is strictly prohibited in the centre during the exam. ƒ Please manage the time effectively according to the marks allocated to the questions.

ƒ You may wish to pace yourself with your own watch, but the supervisor will be the official timekeeper of the exam. ƒ Failure to comply with the supervisor’s instructions will result in your paper being cancelled. Please comply with supervisor’s instructions to avoid any unpleasant event.

Question

Question Marks Question Marks

Q1. ( Marks: 1 )

The law of

states that the last act is most likely to be repeated.

1. Exercise
2. Recency
3. Effect
4. All of the given options

Q2. ( Marks: 1 )

According to Avicenna, is the second stage of motion which represents a person’s willingness to achieve something.

1. Impulsion
2. Imagination
3. Desires
4. Movement

Q3. ( Marks: 1 )

According to

, the universe, including human beings, are made up of atoms.

1. Leibniz
2. Comte
3. Hobbes
4. Locke

Q4. ( Marks: 1 )

is the name of a physiologist who discovered the learning phenomena known as classical conditioning.

1. Skinner
2. Thorndike
3. Pavlov
4. All of the given options

Q5. ( Marks: 1 )

Fechner is known for devising ways of measuring psychological experiences in physical terms, called methods.

1. Psycho-chemistry
2. Psycho-physics
3. Psycho-biology
4. Psycho-physiology

Q6. ( Marks: 1 )

Which of the following is correctly paired?

1. Watson—behaviorist
2. James—psychoanalyst