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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Describe how JP Das՚s theory is distinct from other theories of intelligence. (Section B)

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JP Das՚s Theory

  • Jagannath Prasad Das is an international scholar, who focused on redefining human intelligence by providing an empirical support.
  • He defined intelligence as the sum total of all cognitive processes.
  • It entails planning, coding of information and attention, as well as arousal. His major contribution to psychology is the Pass theory of i…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2018

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“Creativity refers to novel ideas that address some problems in a useful way” . Critically examine the statement and discuss how creative insight can be explained. (Section B)

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Robert E. Franken

Robert E. Franken defined creativity as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.

Stages of Creativity

Stages of Creativity

Preparation

In this stage, the thinker formulates the problem and collect…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Discuss contemporary researches on stimulating human intelligence using machines and their implications for understanding human behavior. (Section B)

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Human Intelligence

  • Human intelligence can be defined as the mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one՚s environment. Intelligence amplification (IA) (also referred to as cognitive augmentation and machine-augmented inte…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2017

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According to Gardner՚s theory, there is no one kind of general intelligence for ranking individuals. Explain. (Paper 1)

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Gardner՚s Theory

Gardner՚s Theory
  • Howard Earl Gardner (born July 11,1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American developmental psychologist. He developed multiple intelligence theory. According to him, human beings have different intelligence not a general intelligence. He criticized the theory of general intelligence.

    Logical-Mathematical Intellige…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Creative people usually have high IQ scores but those with highest IQ scores are not necessarily the most creative people. Explain. (Paper 1)

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Creative People and IQ Scores

  • It has been for many years, researchers studying about the relationship between intelligence and creativity. This topic is yet under discussion and studies are going on. One of the major concept that explains about the relationship between creativity and intelligence is threshold hypothesis. According to threshold hypot…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2017

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Can we determine a person՚s academic performance based only on IQ score? Explain. (Paper 1)

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Academic Performance and IQ Score

  • Robert Sternberg defined intelligence as “mental activity directed toward purposive adaptation to, selection, and shaping of real-world environments relevant to one՚s life.”
  • Intelligence and academic performance are related to each other. But we have to examine whether a person՚s academic performance based only on IQ…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Bring out the similarities and differences between intelligence, aptitude and achievement tests. (Paper 2 Section A)

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Definitions

  • Intelligence can be defined as the mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one՚s environment.
  • Aptitude is inborn potential to do certain kinds of work whether developed or undeveloped. Ability is developed know…

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