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Question 240

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Forgetting is natural, while extinction is experimentally induced. Elaborate.

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Forgetting and Extinction

Forgetting

  • It is defined as partial or complete loss of information from the long-term memory.
  • The basis of forgetting are associated with multiple processes like interference, motivated forgetting, encoding specificity or biochemical basis.
  • Unlike amnesia, which is pathological forgetting, forgetting is a natural phenomenon.

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Question 241

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Evaluate the Contribution of Psychology in dealing with the issue of gender discrimination? (200 words)

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Psychology and Gender Discrimination

  • Contribution of psychology in handling issue of gender discrimination should be viewed in light of research work carried by psychologist alongside the changing psyche of society and individual per se.
  • Attitudinal theorist plays a crucial role in describing discrimination and it՚s often influenced by prejudicial at…

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Question 242

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“Loneliness and Depression goes hand in hand” Comment. (200 words)

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Loneliness and Depression

  • Loneliness may not lead to depression but they go hand in hand. Both effect each other, and can also lead to each other.
  • Depressed people often become lonely because of its behavior. The irritation, anxiety etc. , emotions make them away from their friends and as they don՚t want their friends and other near ones to know abou…

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Question 243

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Comment on motivated forgetting. (100 Words)

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Motivated Forgetting

  • Motivated forgetting can be simply defined as the failure to retrieve unpleasant or threatening memories. Usually motivated forgetting is purposeful forgetting. For example, a person is highly motivated to forget a doctor՚s appointment if he fears the doctor. There are two types of motivated forgetting conscious and unconscious.

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Question 244

Appeared in Year: 2013

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How experimental designs differ from non-experimental and quasi experimental designs? (250 words)

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Experimental Designs Non-Experimental Designs and Quasi Experimental Designs

  • Experimental design is controlled observation of events that can be done within the confines of the lab then it is called Lab Experiment like in case of Skinner and when it is done on naturalistic setting then it is called Field Experiment as in the case of Sheriff՚s Robber…

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Question 245

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How military psychologists help the people in military to recover from stress? (200 words)

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Military Psychologists and Recovery from Stress

Role of psychologist in stress management is at 4 different levels namely Assessment, direct Intervention, preventive intervention and rehabilitation.

  • Assessment is measuring state and trait contribution in stress. Conduct psychological tests for this purpose on a number of scales, which measures anger,…

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Question 246

Appeared in Year: 2013

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“Digital Devices affect the development of Infants/Adults” . Elucidate. (200 words)

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Digital Devices and Their Effects on Development of Infants/Adults

  • Development of infants or adults can be viewed in three dimensions: physical; social and cognitive and the impacts of digital devices can be studies in these dimensions. The impacts will however vary from individual to individual.
  • The impact on physical development can stem from inade…

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Question 247

Appeared in Year: 2013

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“Psychology is a Science” . Comment (100 words)

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Question 248

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“You are the Class Teacher and certain students of your class are mischievous” . Suggest a Behavior modification plan for such students? (200 words)

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Behaviour Modification Plan for Mischievous Students

  • If it՚s teasing other students then the need is to apply techniques like super ordinate goals (as found in Tajfel studies) . Also, groups need to be formed to improve cohesion and reduce the prejudice/attitude which is behind the behavior.
  • The simplest way is to use techniques like respondent condi…

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