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    This document outlines the key topics covered in the UGC NET Psychology Paper II exam, including perceptual processes, learning processes, memory and forgetting, thinking and problem solving, motivation and emotion, human abilities, personality, research methodology, measurement and testing, and the biological basis of behavior. Some of the major subtopics mentioned are approaches to perception like Gestalt theory, classical and instrumental conditioning, memory encoding and storage, theories of intelligence and personality, research methods in psychology, test construction and standardization, and the structure and functions of the human nervous system.

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    This document outlines the key topics covered in the UGC NET Psychology Paper II exam, including perceptual processes, learning processes, memory and forgetting, thinking and problem solving, motivation and emotion, human abilities, personality, research methodology, measurement and testing, and the biological basis of behavior. Some of the major subtopics mentioned are approaches to perception like Gestalt theory, classical and instrumental conditioning, memory encoding and storage, theories of intelligence and personality, research methods in psychology, test construction and standardization, and the structure and functions of the human nervous system.

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    This document outlines the key topics covered in the UGC NET Psychology Paper II exam, including perceptual processes, learning processes, memory and forgetting, thinking and problem solving, motivation and emotion, human abilities, personality, research methodology, measurement and testing, and the biological basis of behavior. Some of the major subtopics mentioned are approaches to perception like Gestalt theory, classical and instrumental conditioning, memory encoding and storage, theories of intelligence and personality, research methods in psychology, test construction and standardization, and the structure and functions of the human nervous system.

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    This document outlines the key topics covered in the UGC NET Psychology Paper II exam, including perceptual processes, learning processes, memory and forgetting, thinking and problem solving, motivation and emotion, human abilities, personality, research methodology, measurement and testing, and the biological basis of behavior. Some of the major subtopics mentioned are approaches to perception like Gestalt theory, classical and instrumental conditioning, memory encoding and storage, theories of intelligence and personality, research methods in psychology, test construction and standardization, and the structure and functions of the human nervous system.

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    The document covers topics related to perceptual processes, learning, memory, thinking and problem solving, motivation and emotion, human abilities, personality, research methodology, measurement and testing, and the biological basis of behaviour.

    The Gestalt and physiological approaches are mentioned as approaches to studying perception. Perceptual constancy, depth and movement perception are also discussed.

    The stages of memory discussed are sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory, episodic memory and semantic memory.

    UGC NET Psychology Paper II

    1. Perceptual Processes

    Approaches to the Study of Perception : Gestalt and physiological approaches.

    Perceptual Organization : Gestalt, Figure and Ground, Laws of Organization.

    Perceptual Constancy : Size, Shape and Brightness, Illusion; Perception of Depth and
    Movements.

    Role of motivation and learning in perception.

    2. Learning Process

    Classical conditioning : Procedure, Phenomena and related issues.

    Instrumental learning : Phenomena, Paradigms and theoretical issues.

    Reinforcement: Basic variables and schedules.

    Verbal learning : Methods and materials, organizational processes.

    3. Memory and forgetting

    Memory Processes : Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.

    Stages of Memory : Sensory memory, Short term Memory ( STM ) and Long term
    Memory ( LTM ).

    Episodic and Semantic memory.

    Theories of Forgetting : Interference, decay, retrieval.

    4. Thinking and Problem Solving

    Theories of thought processes : Associationism, Gestalt, Information processing.

    Concept formation : Rules and strategies.

    Reasoning : Deductive and inductive.

    Problem Solving : Type and strategies.

    Role of concepts in thinking.

    5. Motivation and Emotion

    Basic Motivational Concepts : Instincts, needs, drives, incentives, motivational cycle.

    Approaches to the Study of Motivation : Psychoanalytical, ethological, S R Cognitive,


    humanistic.

    Biological Motives : Hunger, thirst, sleep and sex.

    Social Motives : Achievement, affiliation, approval

    Exploratory behaviour and curiosity

    Physiological correlates of emotions.

    Theories of emotions : James Lange, Canon Bard, Schachter and Singer.

    Conflicts : Sources and types.

    6. Human Abilities

    Intelligence : Biological, Social, Eco cultural determinants.

    Theories of intelligence : Spearman, Thurston, Guilford.

    Individual and group differences : Extent and causes.

    Measurement of human abilities.

    7. Personality

    Determinants of personality : Biological and socio cultural.

    Approaches to the study of personality : Psychoanalytic, neo freudian, social learning, trait
    and type, cognitive.

    Personality Assessment : Psychometric and projective tests.

    Self Concept : Origin and development.

    8. Research Methodology

    Research problems, hypothesis, variables and their operationalization

    Types of psychological research.

    Methods of Psychological Research : Experimental, Quasi experimental, case studies, field


    studies and cross cultural studies.

    Methods of data collection : Observation, interview, questionnaire, tests and scales. Non
    parametric tests

    9. Measurement and Testing

    UGC NET Test Construction : Item writing, item analysis.

    UGC NET Test Standardization : Reliability, validity and norms.

    Types of Tests : Intelligence, aptitude, personality characteristics and important examples.

    Attitude scales and interest inventories.

    Educational measurement and evaluation.

    10. Biological Basis of Behaviour

    Receptors, effectors and adjuster mechanisms.

    Neural impulse : Origin, conduction and measurement.

    Sensory system : Vision and Audition.

    Human nervous system : Structure and functions.

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