MAPC

M.A. PSYCHOLOGY
SECOND YEAR COURSES
(MAPC)

Assignments
For July 2025 and January 2026
Sessions

Discipline of Psychology
School of Social Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068

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 M.A. Psychology (MAPC) – IInd Year
MPCE-011, 012, 013
MPCE-021, 022, 023
MPCE-031, 032, 033
MPCE- 046

Assignments – July 2025 and January 2026 Sessions

Dear Learner,

You have to complete one Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) for each of the courses in the Master’s
Degree Programme in Psychology. Each assignment has three sections with number of questions
and all need to be answered.

Before you attempt the assignments, please read the instructions carefully provided in the
Programme Guide. It is important that you write answers to all the TMA questions in your own
words. Your answers should be within the approximate range of the word-limit set for a particular
section. Remember, writing answers to assignment questions will improve and sharpen your
understanding of the concept.

Submission

You need to submit all the assignments within the stipulated time for being eligible to appear in the
term-end examination. The completed assignments should be submitted as per the following
schedule.

Session Last Date of Submission To be Sent

For July, 2025 Session 31st March, 2026 To

The Coordinator of the
Study Centre allotted to
For January, 2026 Session 30th September, 2026 you

(Please check the dates from

[Link])

Please obtain a receipt from the study centre for the assignments submitted and retain it. Also keep
a photocopy of the assignments with you. The Study Centre will return the assignments to you after
they are evaluated. The completed assignment should be sent to the Coordinator/ Programme In-
charge of the Study Centre/ Programme Study Centre allotted to you. Under any circumstances do
not send the tutor marked response sheets to the Student Evaluation Division at Head Quarters for
evaluation.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Following instructions are to be carefully followed before writing the assignments:

1. Provide information about your Enrolment Number, Name, Full Address, Signature and Date on
title page of your assignment. Also provide details about the Programme Title, Course Code,
Course Title, Assignment Code and Name of your Study Centre on the title page. Course
Code and Assignment Code will be given in the assignment.

The title page may look like this

Enrolment No....................................................................

Name.................................................................................

Address.............................................................................

Signature...........................................................................

Date...................................................................................

Programme Title.....................................

Course Code &Title............................

Assignment Code...................................

Programme Study Centre/Study Centre……………………..

All Tutor Marked Assignments are to be submitted at the study centre assigned to you.

2. Read the assignments carefully and follow the instructions if any given on the assignment.
3. We expect you to answer each question as per guidelines mentioned in the assignment. You
will find it useful to keep the following points in mind:

1) Planning: Read the assignments carefully. Go through the units on which they are based.
Make some points regarding each question and then re-arrange these in a logical order.
2) Organisation: Be a little more selective and analytical before drawing up a rough outline
of your answer. Give adequate attention to your introduction and conclusion. Make sure
that your answer:

a) is logical and coherent;

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 b) has clear connections between sentences and paragraphs;
c) is written correctly giving adequate consideration to your expression, style and
presentation
3) Presentation: Once you are satisfied with your answers, you can write down the final
version for submission, writing each answer neatly and underlining the points you wish to
emphasize. Make sure that the answer is within the stipulated word limit.
4. Use A4 size ruled paper for your response and tie all the pages carefully. Allow a 4cm margin
on the left and leave some space between each answer. This will facilitate the evaluator to
write useful comments in the margin at appropriate places.

5. Write the responses in your own hand. Do not print or type the answers. Do not copy your
answers from the Units/Blocks sent to you by the University. If you copy, you will get zero
marks for the respective question.
6. Do not copy from the response sheets of other students. If copying is noticed, the assignments
of such students will be rejected.
7. Write each assignment separately. All the assignments should not be written in continuity in one
file. Thus, you will have separate assignments for each course to submit at the study centre.
8. Write the question number with each answer.
9. After submitting the assignment at the Study Centre/Programme Study Centre get the
acknowledgement from the Coordinator/ Programme In-charge.
10. In case you have requested for a change of Study Centre, you should submit your Tutor
Marked Assignments only to the original Study Centre until the change of Study Centre is
notified by the University.
11. If you find that there is any factual error in evaluation of your assignments e.g. any portion of
assignment response has not been evaluated or total of score recorded on assignment response
is not correct, you should approach the coordinator of your study centre for correction and
transmission of correct score to headquarters.

Please ensure the following before submitting your assignment response:

1. Your enrolment number, name and address have been written correctly.
2. The title of the course and assignment number has been written clearly.
3. Assignment for each course has been prepar ed separat el y and spi r al bound/
cel l ot aped/ pinned properly.
4. All the questions in the assignments have been answered.

WISH YOU ALL THE BEST

DISCIPLINE OF PSYCHOLOGY
SOSS, IGNOU, NEW DELHI

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 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (MPCE-011)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-011

Assignment Code: MPCE-011/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Explain the psychosocial and sociocultural causes of psychopathology.

2. Describe the symptoms and three major types of dissociative disorders. Explain the causes and
treatment for dissociative disorders.
3. Describe the symptoms, causes and treatment of bipolar disorders.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Explain Attention deficit hyperactive disorder.
5. Discuss the biological and psychological factors causing somatoform disorders.
6. Discuss the causes and treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.
7. Explain the diagnostic criteria, causes and treatment of schizoid personality disorder.
8. Explain substance induced psychotic disorder and differentiate it from other psychotic disorders.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Conversion disorder
10. Clinical features of obsessive compulsive disorder
11. Etiology of panic disorder
12. Causes of narcissistic personality disorder
13. Clinical features of borderline personality disorder
14. Types of delusional disorder
15. Characteristic features of paranoia
16. Etiology of schizophrenia
17. Causes of major depression
18. Symptoms of mild depression

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 PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS (MPCE 012)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE 012

Assignment Code: MPCE 012/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory.

SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 Marks

1. Trace the history of intelligence assessment and explain any two measures of intelligence.
2. Explain the concept of psychodiagnostics. Discuss the data sources
for psychological assessment.
3. Discuss the four sequential phases in delivering psychological treatment.

SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 Marks

4. Explain abstract attitude. Delineate the characteristics of tests of abstraction.

5. Describe Torrance test of creativity.
6. Explain self-report inventories with examples.
7. Discuss ethics in assessment.
8. Describe California Personality Inventory.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 Marks

9. Administration and scoring of Stanford-Binet Scale

10. Application of psychodiagnostic testing
11. Self-monitoring
12. Application of TAT
13. Administration of Rorschach
14. Purpose of neuropsychological assessment
15. Referral question
16. Psychological Report
17. Crisis Interview
18. Psychodiagnostic assessment of children

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 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS (MPCE-013)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-013

Assignment Code: MPCE 013/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Explain the treatment principles of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Describe the cognitive
and behavioural techniques used under CBT.
2. Explain the various ways to psychotherapy integration.
3. Describe the goals of therapy with dying persons. Explain various therapeutic approaches in
terminal illness.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Describe the attachment-based interventions in child psychotherapy.
5. Explain the defining features of short term psychotherapies.
6. Describe the characteristics and techniques of interpersonal psychotherapy.
7. Describe the various interventions used in solution focused therapy.
8. Explain the operant approaches for decreasing undesired behaviours.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Parent child interaction therapy
10. Cognitive analytic therapy
11. Structural and topographical models of personality
12. Multimodal therapy
13. Contingency contracting
14. Spontaneous recovery
15. Transference
16. Types of groups
17. Unconditional positive regard
18. Psychodynamic play therapy

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 COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY (MPCE-021)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-021

Assignment Code: MPCE-021/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Describe the process of counseling in terms of developing a relationship, working in it, and
finally terminating the counseling relationship.
2. Describe the basic assumptions and techniques in solution focused counseling.
3. Describe educational and vocational counseling.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Explain ethics. Describe the ethical principles of counseling.

5. Explain the role of counselor, goals, and techniques in reality therapy.
6. Describe the art therapy techniques.
7. Describe the goals of cognitive behavior therapy and describe the techniques used in it.
8. Explain anorexia nervosa.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Unconditional positive regard

10. Difference between counseling and psychotherapy
11. Five stage theory of drama therapy
12. Systematic desensitization
13. Free association technique
14. Difference between child rights and child protection
15. Symptoms of addiction and anxiety
16. Misconceptions related to HIV/AIDS
17. Schizoid personality disorder
18. Seasonal affective disorder

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 ASSESSMENT IN COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE (MPCE 022)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-022

Assignment Code: MPCE-012/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100
NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Discuss the meaning and purpose of psychological testing.

2. How to provide safe and positive environment in assessment and counselling.
3. Define interview. Discuss the characteristics of interview.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Explain the characteristics of a good psychological test.

5. Discuss the pre-requisites for assessment.
6. Explain the process of assessment in counselling.
7. Explain mental status examination (MSE).
8. Discuss the Freudian psychodynamic theory.

SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Counselling setting
10. Components of assessment
11. Classification of test
12. Self concept and Ideal self
13. Counselling and Psychotherapy
14. Maintaining Confidentiality
15. Counseling goals
16. Career planning
17. Need for school guidance programme
18. Assumptions of counseling and guidance

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 INTERVENTIONS IN COUNSELLING (MPCE-023)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-023

Assignment Code: MPCE-023/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Explain interpersonal counseling. Describe the basic problem areas and stages in
interpersonal counseling.
2. Describe the key assumptions and procedure of solution focused counseling. Highlight the
potentials and limitations of it.
3. Describe the characteristics of group, and highlight the criteria for selection of group
members. Explain various types of groups in counseling.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Explain autism and describe the techniques for helping children with autism.
5. Describe Freud’s theory of personality.
6. Explain integrative counseling. Describe the approaches to integrative counseling.
7. Describe stress inoculation technique.
8. Explain the techniques of family therapy.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Functional enuresis/encopresis
10. Symptoms of ADHD
11. Existential therapy
12. Self management technique
13. Self actualizing tendency
14. Token economy
15. Fully functioning person
16. Benefits and challenges of e-counselling
17. Techniques used in CBT
18. Meaning and steps in behavior modification

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 APPLIED POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (MPCE-046)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)

Course Code: MPCE-046

Assignment Code: MPCE-046/ASST/TMA/July 2025-January 2026
Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory. The answers are to be written in own words. Do not
copy from the course material or any other source.

SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. Explain the concept of happiness. Describe the various models of happiness.

2. Describe various close relationships. Discuss applications of positive psychology in close
relationships.
3. Explain the theories of successful aging. Descrbe applications of positive psychology for
successful aging.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Explain ethical guidelines in research.

5. Explain the components and determinants of self-forgiveness.
6. Explain self-efficacy. Describe the strategies for enhancing self-efficacy.
7. Describe the positive psychology interventions at work.
8. Describe the various strategies for management of stress.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Health psychology and positive psychology
10. Research designs in qualitative research
11. Fixed versus growth mindset
12. Emotional storytellinng
13. Dispositional optimism
14. Mindfulness and physical health
15. The circumplex model of family
16. Psychological Capital
17. Benefits of meditation
18. Ashtanga yoga

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