Practice Sample Paper
Class : XI Sub: Psychology
Time: 3 hours [Link] :70
General instructions:
● All Questions are compulsory except where internal choice has been given.
● Questions Nos. 1-15 in Section A carry 1 mark each.
● Questions Nos. 16-21 in Section B are Very short answer Type- 1questions carrying 2 marks
each. Answer to each question should not exceed 30 words.
● Questions Nos. 22-24 in Section C are Short answer Type- II questions carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
● Questions Nos. 25-28 in Section D are Long answer Type- 1questions carrying 4 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 120 words.
● Questions Nos. 29-30 in Section E are Long answer Type questions carrying 6 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 200 words.
● Questions Nos. 31-34 in Section F are based on two cases given. Answer to each one- mark
should not exceed 20 words. Answer to each Two- mark question should not exceed 30 words.
Section A
1. Which of the following is true about introspection ?
(a) Individuals are asked to describe in detail, their own physical experiences.
(b) It is a component of dissociative Identity disorder.
(c) Individuals are asked to describe in detail, their own mental processes or experiences.
(d) None of the above.
2. Choose the correct match for each of the following branches of Psychology
Column I Column II
A. Health psychology 1. Focuses on the role of psychological factors in the development
B. Social psychology 2. Examines the role of culture in understanding behavior, thought
emotion.
C. Cross-cultural and [Link] how people are affected by their social environments.
Cultural Psychology
ABC are
(a) 3,2,1 (b) 2,1,3 (c) 1,2,3 (d)3,1,2
3. Which of the following is / are true regarding the relationship between mind and behavior ?
(i) Using positive visualization techniques and feeling positive emotions, one can bring about significant
changes in bodily processes
(ii) A new discipline called psychoneuroimmunology has emerged which emphasizes the role played by
the mind in strengthening the immune system
(iii) Psychological counselor treat patients suffering from AIDS and the physically challenged or handling
patients in the intensive care unit and during post operative cases.
(a) Only i is true (b) i and ii are true (c) i, ii,iii are true (d) ii and iii are true.
4. Identify the 2nd step in conducting scientific research enquiry ?
(a) Collecting Data (b) Conceptualizing a Problem
(c) Drawing Conclusions (d) Reserving Research Conclusions
5. Anuj has conducted a research for knowing whether “ the amount of study time” is related to the
“student’s academic achievement” . This is example of which of the following research method ?
(a) Experimental (b) Correlational (c) Survey (d) Observational
6. Heredity is determined by
(a) Cell;s (b) Nature (c) Genes (d) Neurons.
7. Piaget called the period of infancy as the
(a) Formal operational stage (b) Preoperational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage (d) Sensorimotor stage
8. Every human baby at the time of birth has ability to make
(a) Innumerable responses (b) Limited number of responses (C) No response (d) None of the above
9. The phenomenon of responding similarly to similar stimuli is known as
(a) Discrimination (b) Generic process (c) Generalization (d) Spontaneous recovery.
10. Choose the correct match for each of the following phases of learning
Column I Column II
A. First 1. Cognitive
B. Second 2. Associative
C. Third [Link]
ABC are
(a) 1,2,3 (b) 3,2,1 (c) 2,3,1 (d)1,3,2
11. How many different stimuli we register using the seven sense organs
(a) Ten (b) Eleven (c) Fourteen (d) Nine
12. If we think hammer is used only to hit nails and nothing else. What is this problem called
(a) Functional fixedness (b) Mental set (C) Analogy (d) Emotional disability
13. Which of the following attributes is related with divergent thinking
(i) Fluency (ii) Flexibility (iii) Originality (iv) Elaboration
Codes
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (II) and (iii) (c) (i) (ii) and (iii) (d) (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv)
14. Which of the following word is derived from Latin word movere ?
(a) Movements (b) Moments (c) Motivation (d) Movie
15. Feeling of excitement, even satisfaction kind of things are found in which stage of creative thinking?
(a) Incubation (b) Verification (c) Preparation (d) Illumination
Section B
16. Define the term Psychology.
17. What do you know about prediction?
18. What do you understand by maturation ?
(or)
Jenna saw a new born baby in a hospital who was doing some actions. What are called these actions
Give some examples of it.
19. What is habituation ?
20. Tina tells her younger sister that her body has 5 sense organs and with the help of these we live our
life intelligently. What are these sense organs ?
21. Seema is a talented girl but she usually afraid while doing any science project as she is not motivated
by her elders. What happens if people are nor motivated ?
Section C
22. What are the limitations of experiment ?
23. Discuss about learned helplessness ?
(or)
List the differences between classical and operant conditioning
24. Discuss about the size constancy.
Section D
25. Explain the development of sensory abilities in new born .
26. Elucidate Noam Chomsky views on development of language.
(or)
Multilingualism and use of Mother tongue are a way of life in India. Explain
27. Emotion is a subjective feeling and the experience of emotions varies from person to person. Discuss.
28. Describe Shallice and Warrington’s case study.
Section E
29. Discuss the phases of development of modern psychology in India.
(or)
Varuna thinks that there are many beliefs and understanding of human behavior which are not true.
Give an example that justifies this statement.
30. Discuss in brief the various type of observation.
(or)
What do you understand by Telephone survey ? Also discuss the advantages and limitation of survey
Research.
Section F
Read the case and answer the questions that follow.
31. Charles is a younger brother of Maria who is an adolescent. He is in bad company of some
delinquents and Maria wants to save him from them. To make him realize his situation Maria
told him about delinquency and its bad effects. She explains that delinquency is a Socially
unacceptable behavior, Legal offences, Criminal acts and so on. Its examples are truancy
running away from home, stealing or burglary or acts of vandalism. Adolescents with delinquency
and behavioral problems tend to have a negative self identity, decreased trust and low level of
achievement. Any young person who’s conduct is characterized by anti social behavior that is beyond
parental control and subject to legal action is known as Juvenile delinquent (below 16 years of age
for boys and 18 years for girls). The delinquency may even have future consequences on the
adolescents college and career choices. How ever this delinquency is not for ever. If Charles wants
to overcome from tjis problem he needs to change his peer group, become more aware of his
social responsibilities and develop feelings of self -worth.
(i) What does existing studies of Juvenile delinquents describe?
(II) Describe delinquency as a major challenge faced by adolescents.
32. A film clipping of an event (Car accident ) was shown to the participants. This was followed by some
questions. One of the questions was” how fast were the cars going when they smashed into each
other”. In another question the word smashed was replaced with the verb contacted. Those who we-
re asked the first question( which included the word ‘smashed’) estimated the speed of the cars as
40.8 mph. Those who were given the second question (i.e . with the word “contacted’ ) estimated
that the speed of the cars was only 31.8 mph.
(i) Identify the kind of memory being reinforced in above case. What are repressed memories?
(ii) Mention any two methods for enhancing memory.
