Here are revision questions based on the chapter "Variations in Psychological Attributes"

from your document. These questions cover all topics thoroughly:

1. Introduction to Psychological Attributes

1. Define psychological attributes and provide examples of their variations.

2. Explain the concept of individual differences. How do traits vary among individuals?

2. Assessment of Psychological Attributes

3. What is psychological assessment, and why is it important?

4. Distinguish between formal and informal assessment methods.
5. List and describe the major domains of psychological attributes.

3. Intelligence

6. Define intelligence. How has the definition evolved over time?

7. Differentiate between psychometric and information-processing approaches to
intelligence.

4. Theories of Intelligence

8. Explain Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence.

9. Discuss Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, citing examples for each type.
10. Describe Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence with examples.
11. What is the PASS model of intelligence? Explain its key components.

5. Individual Differences in Intelligence

12. How do heredity and environment interact to influence intelligence?

13. What is the concept of IQ, and how is it calculated?
14. Explain the distribution of IQ scores in the population using the normal curve.
15. Differentiate between intellectual giftedness and intellectual disability.
6. Emotional Intelligence

16. What is emotional intelligence, and how does it differ from general intelligence?
17. List and explain the characteristics of emotionally intelligent individuals.
18. How does emotional intelligence contribute to success in life?

7. Special Abilities

19. Define aptitude. How is it different from intelligence and interest?

20. Explain the types and uses of aptitude tests. Provide examples.
21. Discuss the relationship between aptitude and interest.

8. Creativity

22. Define creativity and explain its key characteristics.

23. How does creativity differ from intelligence?
24. Describe how heredity and environment contribute to the development of creativity.
25. Explain the difference between convergent and divergent thinking with examples.

9. Culture and Intelligence

26. Discuss the influence of culture on the development of intelligence.

27. How does intelligence differ in technologically advanced and non-western societies?
28. Explain the concept of "integral intelligence" in the Indian tradition.

10. Types of Intelligence Tests

29. Differentiate between individual and group intelligence tests.

30. Compare verbal, non-verbal, and performance-based intelligence tests.
31. What are culture-fair tests, and why are they significant?

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Here are comprehensive revision questions for the chapter "Psychological Disorders",
covering all topics:

1. Introduction to Psychological Disorders

1. Define abnormality. What are the "four Ds" used to identify psychological disorders?
2. How do maladaptive behaviors relate to psychological disorders?
3. Discuss the stigma surrounding mental illness and its impact on individuals seeking help.

2. Concepts of Abnormality

4. Compare the deviation-from-social-norms and maladaptive-behavior approaches to

understanding abnormality.
5. Discuss historical perspectives on psychological disorders, including the supernatural,
biological, and psychological models.

3. Classification of Psychological Disorders

6. What is the DSM-5? How does it differ from the ICD-10 in the classification of
psychological disorders?
7. Why is classification important for understanding and treating psychological disorders?

4. Models of Abnormality

8. Explain the biological model of abnormality with examples of neurotransmitter

imbalances linked to disorders.
9. Describe the psychodynamic model and its view of unconscious conflicts.
10. How do the behavioral and cognitive models explain abnormal behavior?
11. What is the diathesis-stress model? Provide examples of its application.
12. Discuss socio-cultural factors influencing psychological disorders with examples.

5. Major Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders
 13. Define anxiety disorders. Describe the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder.
14. What are phobias, and how are they categorized? Provide examples of specific and
social phobias.
15. Explain the characteristics of panic disorder and separation anxiety disorder.

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

16. Differentiate between obsessions and compulsions.

17. List and describe the symptoms of hoarding disorder and trichotillomania.

Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

18. Define post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its symptoms. How does it differ from
acute stress disorder?

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

19. What is somatic symptom disorder, and how does it differ from illness anxiety disorder?
20. Describe the symptoms and causes of conversion disorders.

Dissociative Disorders

21. Define dissociation. Describe the symptoms of dissociative identity disorder and
dissociative amnesia.
22. What is depersonalization/derealization disorder? How does it manifest?

Depressive Disorders

23. Explain major depressive disorder, including its symptoms and risk factors.
24. What distinguishes normal sadness from clinical depression?

Bipolar and Related Disorders

25. Describe the characteristics of bipolar I disorder. What are the differences between
mania and depression?

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

26. What are the positive, negative, and psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia? Provide
examples for each category.
27. Define delusions and hallucinations. How do they manifest in schizophrenia?

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

28. Explain the symptoms and challenges of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder.
29. What are the criteria for diagnosing intellectual disability?
Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

30. Define oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder. How do they differ?

Feeding and Eating Disorders

31. Compare anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder in terms of
symptoms and consequences.

Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

32. Discuss the psychological and physical effects of alcohol addiction.

33. What are the risks associated with cocaine and heroin abuse?

6. Miscellaneous

34. How do biological, psychological, and social factors interact in the bio-psycho-social
model of disorders?
35. Discuss the role of culture in shaping perceptions of psychological disorders.

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Here is a comprehensive set of revision questions based on Chapter 5 - Therapeutic
Approaches:

Nature and Process of Psychotherapy

1. Define psychotherapy and its primary goals.

2. List the four key characteristics of psychotherapeutic approaches.
3. What are the common goals of psychotherapies?

Therapeutic Relationship

4. Explain the concept of the therapeutic alliance and its two major components.
5. What is unconditional positive regard, and how does it differ from empathy and
sympathy?

Types of Therapies

6. Compare the psychodynamic, behavior, and existential therapies based on:

○ Cause of psychological problems.
○ Method of treatment.
○ Nature of the therapeutic relationship.
○ Chief benefits to the client.
○ Duration of therapy.
7. Describe the key steps involved in the formulation of a client’s problem.

Behaviour Therapy

8. What is behavioral analysis, and what are its components?

9. Describe the principles and examples of the following techniques:
○ Negative reinforcement
○ Aversive conditioning
○ Token economy
10. What is systematic desensitization, and how does the principle of reciprocal inhibition
apply to it?

Cognitive Therapy

11. What are irrational beliefs according to Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Therapy (RET)?
Give examples.
12. Explain Aaron Beck’s concept of cognitive distortions and core schemas.
13. How does Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) combine techniques from both behavior
and cognitive therapies?
Humanistic-Existential Therapy

14. What are the main causes of psychological distress according to humanistic-existential
therapies?
15. Describe the principles and methods of:
● Client-centered therapy
● Gestalt therapy
● Logotherapy

Alternative Therapies

16. What are alternative therapies, and how do yoga and meditation contribute to
psychological well-being?
17. Discuss the role of Sudarshana Kriya Yoga (SKY) in alleviating mental health issues.

Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill

18. Why is rehabilitation necessary for patients with severe mental disorders?
19. What are the different components of rehabilitation for the mentally ill?

Ethics in Psychotherapy

20. List and explain the key ethical standards for professional psychotherapists.

General Questions

21. Which factors contribute to the healing process in psychotherapy?

22. How do social learning theory and psychoanalysis explain phobic fears?

Activity-Based

23. Imagine you are a therapist. Design a simple treatment plan for a client with exam
anxiety using behavior therapy techniques.
24. Conduct an ABC analysis of a hypothetical situation where a person has difficulty
expressing anger.

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Here is a comprehensive set of revision questions covering Chapter 6 - Attitude and Social
Cognition:

Explaining Social Behaviour

 1. Define social behaviour and explain how it is influenced by the social environment.
2. What is social cognition? Discuss how it relates to social behaviour.

Nature and Components of Attitudes

3. Define attitude and explain the A-B-C components with examples.

4. How are attitudes different from opinions, beliefs, and values?
5. Discuss the features of attitudes, such as valence, extremeness, simplicity, and
centrality.

Attitude Formation and Change

6. What are the processes involved in attitude formation? Provide examples.

7. Describe the factors that influence the formation of attitudes.
8. What are the major concepts explaining attitude change (balance, cognitive dissonance,
and two-step process)?
9. Explain the factors that affect attitude change, focusing on characteristics of the attitude,
source, message, and target.

Attitude-Behaviour Relationship

10. When is behaviour consistent with attitudes? Provide examples.

11. Explain how behaviour can shape attitudes using the cognitive dissonance theory.

Prejudice and Discrimination

12. Differentiate between prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes.

13. Explain the causes of prejudice, including learning, social identity, scapegoating, kernel
of truth, and self-fulfilling prophecy.
14. Discuss strategies for handling prejudice.

Social Cognition

15. What are schemas, and how do they influence social cognition? Provide examples.
16. How do stereotypes function as social schemas, and what role do they play in prejudice?
Impression Formation and Attribution

17. What are the steps involved in impression formation?

18. Explain the primacy effect, recency effect, and halo effect in impression formation.
19. Differentiate between internal and external attributions with examples.
20. What is the fundamental attribution error? How does it differ across cultures?
21. Discuss the actor-observer effect in attribution.

Behaviour in the Presence of Others

22. What is social facilitation, and how does it affect task performance?
23. How do co-action and evaluation apprehension influence social facilitation?
24. Explain the phenomenon of social loafing.

Pro-Social Behaviour

25. Define pro-social behaviour and its key characteristics.

26. What factors influence pro-social behaviour? Include inborn tendencies, learning, cultural
norms, empathy, and situational factors.
27. Discuss how diffusion of responsibility can reduce pro-social behaviour with examples.

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concepts and practical examples. Let me know if you need further refinement!

Here is a comprehensive set of 30–40 revision questions based on the document:

Nature and Formation of Groups

1. What are the key characteristics of a group?

2. Differentiate between a group and a crowd.
3. Why do people join groups? List at least three reasons.
4. Explain the stages of group formation according to Tuckman’s model.
5. How does proximity influence group formation?
6. Compare primary and secondary groups with examples.
7. How are formal groups different from informal groups?
8. Define ingroup and outgroup with examples.
Group Influence on Individual Behavior

9. What is social facilitation, and how does it affect performance?

10. Define social loafing and give an example.
11. What strategies can be employed to reduce social loafing in groups?
12. Explain groupthink and its consequences using an example.
13. What is group polarization, and how does it differ from groupthink?
14. Why do groups tend to make more extreme decisions than individuals?

Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

15. Define conformity. Why do people conform to group norms?

16. What are the main determinants of conformity?
17. Describe the Asch experiment on conformity and its findings.
18. Explain compliance with an example. What techniques encourage compliance?
19. What is the difference between conformity and obedience?
20. Discuss the Milgram experiment and its significance.
21. Why do people obey authority figures even when their orders seem unethical?

Cooperation and Competition

22. What are the differences between cooperative and competitive goals?
23. Summarize Sherif’s summer camp experiments on intergroup behavior.
24. How does reward structure influence cooperation and competition?
25. What role does interpersonal communication play in promoting cooperation?
26. Explain the concept of reciprocity in cooperation.

Social Identity and Intergroup Conflict

27. Define social identity and explain its significance.

28. How does identification with an ingroup influence behavior toward an outgroup?
29. What are the main causes of intergroup conflict?
30. Discuss the role of biased perceptions in escalating intergroup conflict.
31. How does relative deprivation contribute to intergroup conflicts?
32. What are the consequences of intergroup conflicts as identified by Deutsch?

Conflict Resolution Strategies

33. What are superordinate goals, and how can they help in resolving conflicts?
34. How can altering perceptions reduce conflicts?
35. Explain how increasing intergroup contact helps in conflict resolution.
36. Describe the role of negotiation and mediation in resolving conflicts.
37. What structural solutions can reduce conflicts in society?
Application-Based Questions

38. Reflect on an instance where you showed conformity in your behavior.

39. Identify a situation in your school where cooperation led to success.
40. Think of an international conflict and discuss its human and social costs.

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Based on the topics from the uploaded file, here is a set of 30-40 revision questions tailored to
the Self and Personality chapter:

Self

1. What is the concept of "self," and how is it different from "personality"?

2. Explain the terms "personal self" and "social self" with examples.
3. Discuss the difference between "self as subject" and "self as object."
4. Define self-concept and its components.
5. What is self-esteem, and how does it influence behavior?
6. How is self-efficacy developed, and why is it important?
7. Explain self-regulation and its role in personality development.
8. What cultural differences exist in the concept of self between Western and Indian
cultures?

Personality

9. Define personality in psychological terms.

10. What are the key features of personality?
11. Differentiate between the type and trait approaches to personality.
12. Summarize Allport’s categorization of traits into cardinal, central, and secondary traits.
13. Explain Cattell’s 16-factor theory of personality.
14. Describe the Five-Factor Model of personality by Costa and McCrae.
15. What are Type A and Type B personalities? How do they differ in behavior and health
risks?

Approaches to Personality

16. Summarize Freud’s structure of personality: id, ego, and superego.

17. What are Freud’s psychosexual stages of development?
18. Explain Jung’s concept of collective unconscious and archetypes.
19. How did Karen Horney challenge Freud’s views on personality?
20. Describe Erikson’s concept of identity crisis in adolescence.
21. What are the key features of Adler’s theory of individual psychology?
22. How does the humanistic approach (Maslow and Rogers) explain personality
development?
Assessment of Personality

23. What are the primary objectives of personality assessment?

24. How do self-report measures like the MMPI and EPQ assess personality?
25. Describe the projective techniques used for assessing personality.
26. What is the purpose of the Rorschach Inkblot Test? Provide an example of its
interpretation.
27. How does the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) work?
28. What does the Draw-a-Person Test reveal about personality?
29. Explain the Sentence Completion Test and its psychological significance.
30. How does Rosenzweig’s Picture-Frustration Study measure aggression?

Application-Based Questions

31. Reflect on an example where you practiced self-regulation successfully.

32. Identify traits that would align with Type A personality from your observations.
33. Analyze how cultural upbringing influenced your self-concept or self-esteem.
34. Discuss a situation where you observed defense mechanisms like denial or
rationalization.
35. Imagine an ideal self and explain how it differs from your real self.
36. Describe a scenario where projection or reaction formation played a role in behavior.
37. Identify an instance where a person displayed traits fitting the Five-Factor Model.
38. Discuss a time you experienced or observed an identity crisis.

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