PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT (CLASS XII) 2023-24

PRACTICE QUSETIONS – PREVIOUS BOARD EXAMS ( Lesson 1-2)

LESSSON 1 – INTELLIGENCE AND APTITUDE
2008
1. What is a Psychological Test? (2)
2. Explain Contextual Intelligence. (2)
3. Describe Verbal, Non-verbal and Performance Tests. (4)
2009
4. Discuss multiple intelligence as suggested by Gardner. Explain logical-mathematical
intelligence. (4)
5. Explain the variations in intellectual ability of mentally challenged and intellectually gifted individuals (4)
6. Briefly explain Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence. (4)
2010
7. What is Emotional Intelligence? (2)
8. What is Creativity? Explain how it is related to Intelligence with examples. (6)
9. Discuss the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence giving suitable examples. (6)
2011
10. Differentiate between Psychometric and Information Processing approaches to
intelligence. (4)
11. State the Gardner’s eight types of intelligence. Describe ANY ONE with the help
of examples. (4)
2012
12. Explain spatial intelligence. (2)
13. What is meant by technological intelligence? (2)
14. How does Triarchic Theory explain intelligence? (4)
2013
15. What is Emotional intelligence? Give two characteristics of emotionally intelligent
person. (4)
16. Describe the key features of Case Study Method. (4)
2014
17. What is simultaneous and successive processing in intellectual functioning? (2)
18. What is the meaning of assessment? Describe the key features of any two methods
used for psychological assessment. (6)
19. Discuss how interplay of nature and nurture influences intelligence. Distinguish between culture-
fair and culture-biased tests. (6)
2015
20. What is information-processing approach to intelligence? (2)
21. Differentiate between interest and aptitude. (3)
22. Explain the PASS model of intelligence. (4)
2016
22. Explain information processing approach to understand intelligence. (2)
23. Explain the term intelligence. Describe the PASS model of intelligence. (6)
24. Explain how intelligence is the result of heredity and environment. (6)
2017
25. State the four competencies of intelligence in the Indian tradition. (4)
26. Explain briefly PASS model of intelligence. (4)
2018
27. Explain contextual intelligence with the help of examples. (4)
28. Differentiate between simultaneous and successive processing. (4)
2019
29. Intelligence is the interdependent functioning of three neurological systems. Explain this theory. (4)
30. Explain the relationship between creativity and intelligence. State the important features of
creativity test. (4)
2020
31.You have assessed twenty peers of your class for mathematical comprehension/knowledge. Create a (3)
Distribution for the results that you are most likely to expect. What is the shape of the distribution?
32. Angad has been a topper in class. He went to the topmost college, where he was neither sensitive
to his own self or to others. This led to problems in interpersonal relationships with reference to his
condition. Explain the importance of emotional intelligence in his life. (4)
2023
33. Ryan and Shireen are siblings brought up in the same environment. Ryan knows all the formulae in (3)
mathematics and can recall them as they are but cannot solve problems based on those formulae,
whereas Shireen can use formulae to solve any kind of problem that are based on them. Explain the
intelligence they both exhibit, Which approach is this theory based on?
34. a) Describe the model which states that intellectual activity involves the three independent (4)
functioning of neurological systems.
OR
b) The cultural environment provides a context for intelligence to develop. How does the role of culture
influence our understanding of intelligence? Explain.

35. Read the case study and answer the following questions
When Srikanth Bolla was born, neighbours in the village suggested that his parents smother him. It was better than
the pain they would have to go through their lifetime, some said. He is a “useless” baby without eyes, being born
blind is a sin, others added. Twenty-three years later, Srikanth is standing tall living by his conviction that if the
“world looks at me and says, ‘Srikanth, you can do nothing’, I look back at the world and say, I can do anything.”

Srikanth is the Founder and CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organisation that employs uneducated
and challenged employees to manufacture eco-friendly, dispensable consumer packaging solutions, which is worth
50 Crore. He considers himself the luckiest man alive, not because he is now a millionaire, but because his
uneducated parents who earned 20,000 a year, did not heed any of the ‘advice’ they received and realised him with
love and affection. “They are the richest people I know,” says Srikanth.

a) We can see that Srikanth has the ability to adopt, shape and select the environment. Identify the theory of
intelligence that would best support our understanding of Srikanth’s intelligence.

b) “Srikanth is standing tall living by his conviction that if the “world looks at me and says, ‘Srikanth, you can do
nothing,’ I look back at the world and say, I can do anything.” According to Gardner’s multiple theory of
intelligences, which kind of intelligence explains this? Discuss the intelligence in brief

2024

33. Explain the term ‘assessment’. (2)

34.‘ Intelligence by itself does not ensure creativity’. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons and
examples in support of your answer. (2)

35. Mohit understands the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people and can develop a comfortable
relationship with them. He also likes to travel as he recognises the beauty of different species of flora and
fauna. Identify the types of intelligence that Mohit possess in accordance with Gardner’s theory. From the
information provided about Mohit, explain any two other types of intelligence that Mohit may not be
possessing. (3)

36. Vimal is brought up in a society which is technologically advanced. Explain the type of intelligence that
is adopted by him. Is it likely to be tuned by the cultural factors? Give reasons for your answer. (4)
LESSON 2 – SELF AND PERSONALITY
2008
1. Explain Regression giving examples. (3)
2. Distinguish between Type and Trait approaches to personality. Give suitable examples. (6)
3. State the techniques of assessing personality. Explain any two Projective Techniques
with examples. (6)
2009
4. Explain the term ‘Social Identity’. (2)
5. State the characteristics of individuals with type-A personality. (3)
6. What are defence mechanisms? (3)
7. Explain behavioural ratings in assessment of personality. (4)
2010
8. Differentiate between ‘Personal self ‘and ‘Social self ‘giving examples. (4)
9. Give two limitations of behavioural ratings. (4)
2011
10. What do you understand by Social Identity? (2)
11. What do you understand by Personality? Explain assessment of personality using
Behavioural Analysis. (6)
12. What is meant by delay of gratification? Discuss the technique used for self-control. (6)
2012
13. Discuss any two self-report measures of assessing personality. (4)
14. Explain humanistic approach to personality (4)
2013
15. Explain interactional approach to personality. (3)
16. Explain the concept of personality. Discuss main propositions of humanistic
approach to personality. (6)
17. State the common features of projective techniques. Describe any one
projective technique. (6)
2014
18. Explain the term reaction formation. (2)
19. Enumerate any three psychological techniques of self control. (3)
20. Explain ego defence mechanisms. Illustrate with examples projection as a defence
mechanism. (4)
21. Explain behavioural ratings used in assessment of personality. (4)
2015
22. What are self-report measures? Explain any two problems associated with their use for
personality assessment. (4)
23. Differentiate between trait and type approaches to personality. (4)
2016
24. What are defence mechanisms? Explain repression. (4)
25. Explain Erikson’s concept of identity crisis. (4)
26. Explain the behavioural approach to study personality. (4)

2017
27. What did Carl Jung mean by collective consciousness? (3)
28. Explain the concept of personality. Describe the cultural approach to study
personality. (6)
29. Discuss the observational methods used in personality assessment. What problems
are faced in these methods? (6)
2018
30. What do you understand by Type-B personality. (2)
32. State three psychological techniques of self-control. (3)
33. Explain the humanistic approach to study of personality. (4)
34. Discuss main propositions of behavioural approach to personality. (4)
2019
34. How is Karen Horney’s viewpoint regarding women different from that of Freud’s? (2)
35. Discuss the cognitive aspects of self. Explain how they are assessed. (6)
36. Describe behavioural ratings used in the assessment of personality. Explain the major limitations in
using these ratings.
2020 (6)
37.Aditya has to interview a famous politician on a live TV show. Which is the most appropriate type of
interview he can use? (2)
38.Explain the advantages and disadvantages of observation. (3)
39.How do you define personality? Explain any one approach to the study of personality. (6)
40.How do projective techniques assess personality? Explain any two well-known projective techniques. (6)
2022
41. A study found that one-third of British children, at age six, are afraid of snakes even though it is rare (4)
to encounter snakes in British Isles. The children had never come in contact with snakes in a traumatic
situation, but snakes still generated anxious response. How would Carl Jung’s theory of personality explain
the same? Throw some light on his theory.
42. a) A number of theories have been used to understand ‘personality’. Discuss how efforts have been (6)
made to categorise people into personality types since ancient times.
OR
b) According to Freud, individuals avoid anxiety by using mechanisms that protect the ego by distorting
reality. What are these mechanisms called? Explain its different kinds with the help of examples.