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Question 177

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Bring out the disruption in retrieval processes due to anxiety, context and repression. (Paper-I)

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Information Retrieval

  • Information Retrieval (IR) is the activity of obtaining information from large collections of information sources in response to a need.
  • Disruptions in the retrieval process result in improper recall of information or retrieval process.

Retrieval Process and Anxiety

  • Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worri…

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Question 178

Appeared in Year: 2015

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What are the general strategies used in problem solving? How do these differ from domain-specific procedures? (Paper-I)

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Problem Solving

  • Problem-solving refers to the mental process that people go through to discover, analyze, and solve problems.
  • Psychology explains about different strategies which can be used for solving problems.

They are as follows:

Algorithms

  • An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure that will always produce a correct solution.
  • The best example for algo…

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Question 179

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Does the need for affiliation come in the way of economic development of tribal people? Discuss. (Paper-II)

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Need for Affiliation and Way of Economic Development of Tribal People

  • The need for affiliation describes a person՚s need to feel a sense of involvement and “belonging” within a social group.
  • It is a positive concept proposed by David McClelland.
  • Henry Murray initially explained about psychological human needs.
  • McClelland was influenced by his concepts.

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Question 180

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Discuss the role of cognitive and behavioural therapies in improving the performance of sports persons. (Paper-2)

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Sports and Sports Persons

  • Sports need both physical and mental competence at the highest level. Even though there are different factors that affect the performance of sports person both cognitive and behavioural aspects are more important.
  • They may be facing different problems in their life. These problems may affect their mental health, hence their …

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Question 181

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Discuss, with suitable examples, the key characteristics of within-group and between-groups designs.

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Key Characteristics of Within-Group and Between-Groups Designs

  • The design of experiment or experimental design is the design of any task that aims to describe or explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation.
  • The discipline like psychology conducts experiments for the scientific study and objecti…

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Question 182

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Evaluate the role of social agencies in rehabilitation of mentally and socially challenged persons. (Paper-2)

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Role of Social Agencies in Rehabilitation of Mentally and Socially Challenged

  • Rehabilitation is the process of helping a person who has suffered an illness or injury restore lost skills and so regain maximum self-sufficiency. It helps for the wellbeing of both mentally and physically challenged persons.
  • Social agencies play an important role in the r…

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Question 183

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Analyze the impact of crowding on mental health. Discuss the psychological measures the can be adopted to reduce the stress resulting from crowding. (Paper-2)

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Crowding and Mental Health

  • Crowding, is a psychological construct wherein the amount of space available is less than desired and purely physical indices of physical space such as density.
  • Crowding results in psychological, social, and physical problems among people. The impact of crowding on mental health is discussed below:

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