Psychology
Syllabus
What is Psychology, Methods of Enquiry in Psychology, The Bases of Human Behavior, Human Development, Sensory, Attentional, and Perceptual Processes, Learning, Human Memory,Thinking, Motivation and Emotion.
Marking scheme
| Section |
Number of Questions |
| Psychology |
45 |
| Achiever’s Section |
5 |
- The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
- 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
- There shall be no Negative marking.
- Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
- Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
- Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.
Sample Questions
Q.1 Which goal of psychology involves understanding why a behavior occurs?
- a. Describe
- b. Predict
- c. Control
- d. Explain
Q2 Which stage of Piaget’s cognitive development involves abstract and hypothetical thinking?
- a. Sensorimotor
- b. Preoperational
- c. Concrete operational
- d. Formal operational
Q.3 A driver focuses on the road while also listening to the radio. This demonstrates:
- a. Selective attention
- b. Divided attention
- c. Sustained attention
- d. Automatic processing
Q.4 Which learning process involves creating a cognitive map?
- a. Operant conditioning
- b. Observational learning
- c. Cognitive learning
- d. Classical conditioning
Q.5 Which mnemonic involves associating items with a familiar physical location?
- a. Chunking
- b. Method of loci
- c. Keyword method
- d. Serial recall
Q.6 Who proposed the theory of lateral thinking?
- a. Edward de Bono
- b. J.P. Guilford
- c. Noam Chomsky
- d. B.F. Skinner
Psychology
Syllabus
Variation In Psychological Attribution, Self and Personality, Meeting Life Challenges, Psychological Disorders, Therapeutic Approaches, Attitude and Social Cognition, Social Influence and Group Processes, Psychology and Life, Developing Psychological Skills.
Marking scheme
| Section |
Number of Questions |
| Psychology |
45 |
| Achiever’s Section |
5 |
- The Olympiad exam will have a total of 50 questions as per the table above.
- 1 Mark shall be given for every correct answer.
- There shall be no Negative marking.
- Students shall be given 60 minutes to complete the test.
- Percentile Ranks shall be given to all students.
- Toppers shall be decided from the top percentile ranks on the basis of raw scores and time taken by the student to complete the exam.
Sample Questions
Q.1 Who proposed the theory of lateral thinking?
- a. Edward de Bono
- b. J.P. Guilford
- c. Noam Chomsky
- d. B.F. Skinner
Q2 Who proposed the five-stage theory of personality?
- a. Freud
- b. Carl Rogers
- c. Carl Jung
- d. Harminson
Q.3 Which of the following Environmental stress is influenced on our mood?
- a. Noise
- b. Space
- c. Pollution
- d. All of the above
Q.4 Social loafing may be reduced by:
- a. Making the efforts of each person identifiable
- b. Increasing the apparent importance or value of a taste
- c. Making people feel that their individual contribution is important
- d. All of them
Q.5 Which mnemonic involves associating items with a familiar physical location?
- a. Chunking
- b. Method of loci
- c. Keyword method
- d. Serial recall
Q.6 An emotional state that arises when a person is prevented from reaching a goal, or attaining an object that she/he wants is known as:
- a. Frustration
- b. Inborn tendency
- c. Child rearing
- d. Physiological mechanisms
