DAYANAND ANGLO VEDIC PUBLIC SCHOOL, AIROLI
(Sample Paper) FINAL EXAMINATION 2024-25
SUBJECT: PSYCHOLOGY (037)
STD-XI MAX. MARKS-70
DATE- 00/00/2025 DURATION-3 HOURS
General Instructions:
• All questions are compulsory except where internal choice has been given.
• Questions 1-14 in Section-A carry 1 mark each.
• Questions 15-19 in Section-B carry 2 mark each. Word limit- 30 words.
• Questions 20-23 in Section-C carry 3 mark each. Word limit- 60 words.
• Questions 24-27 in Section-D carry 4 marks. Word limit- 120 words.
• Questions 28-29 in Section-E carry 6 marks. Word limit- 200 words.
• Questions 30-33 in Section F, are Case-based questions. Word limit for 1-mark question is 20 words, 2-marks
question is 30 words.
[Link]. Questions. Marks
Section – A (14 Marks)
1. ____ approach studies what mind does and how behaviour functions in making 1
people deal with their environment.
a) Structuralism b) Functionalism
c) Behaviourism d) Psychoanalysis
2. Which of the following is goal of psychological enquiry 1
a) Description b) Objectivity c) Systematic d) Naturalistic
3. Which of the following is a process that favours individuals or a species that are 1
best adopted to survive.
a) Growth b) Development c) Maturation d) Evolution
4. Heredity is determined by: 1
a) Genes b) Cells c) Nature d) Neurons
5. How many different stimuli we register using the seven sense organs? 1
a) Ten b) Nine c) Fourteen d) Eleven
6. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as (A)Assertion and 1
(R) Reason. Read the statements and choose the correct option:
(A) ASSERTION: We get first hand information about our outer world through our
sense organs
(R) REASON: As the process of viewing the world in three dimensions only
require visual input and is called depth perception.
a) Both A and R are True, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are True, and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is True, but R is False
d) A is False, but R is True.
7. Learning is a ____ process. 1
a) Physical b) Chemical c) Mechanical d) Psychology
8. ____ functions to monitor the flow of information through various memory stores. 1
a) priming b) control process c) Storage d) Retrieval
9. Memory of riding bicycle or playing violin is ____ type of memory. 1
a) Procedural b) episodic c) explicit d) empirical
10. ____ depends on knowledge we already have, which is represented either in images 1
or words.
a) Thought b) Concept c) Imagination d) Mental image
11. What indicates variety in thinking in divergent thinking: 1
a) Fluency b) originality c) elaboration d) flexibility
12. ____ is a state of tension or arousal produced by need. 1
a) Instinct b) Drive c) Emotion d) Motive
13. A ___ plays an important role in human behaviour. 1
a) Drive b) Need c) Motivation d) Goal
14. Want, desire, need, hunger refer to _____ needs. 1
a) Esteem b) Safety c) Belongingness d) Physiological
Section – B (10 Marks)
15. Tanmay begun his work in community centre as a counselor, what will be his role 2
and responsibilities there.
16. Preeti is assigned to collect demographic information, what information will she 2
collect for the same.
17. Define illusion 2
OR
Define sensation
18. What is habituation 2
19. Define affiliation. 2
Section – C (12 Marks)
20. What rea the major challenges faced by adolescents? Discuss the challenge of 3
substance abuse.
OR
Explain eating disorders in adolescents
21. Define reinforcement and explain the difference between continuous and partial 3
reinforcement.
22. How do you counter interference and enhance memory. 3
23. Elucidate Noam Chomsky’s views on development of language. 3
Section – D (16 Marks)
24. Explain how economics, political science, sociology is connected with psychology 4
as a study.
25. Explain the emergence of psychology as a science. 4
26. Kshitij wants to know about the stress level among the students appearing for board 4
exams and students appearing school exams. Describe in brief method he will use to
study relation among two groups of students.
27. Enumerate the factors affecting sustained attention. 4
OR
Differentiate between top-down and bottom-up processing
Section – E (12 Marks)
28. Discuss in brief the various types of observation. 6
OR
Elaborate on the concept of variable in experimental method.
29. Describe the stages of cognitive development as observed by Jean Piaget 6
OR
Discuss the challenges faced by old aged people.
Section – F (6 Marks)
CASE: Ms. J. teaches a 4th-grade class. She's noticed that several students frequently call out answers
during lessons, disrupting the flow and making it difficult for others to concentrate. She decides to
implement a system using conditioning principles to address this behavior.
Ms. J introduces a "Quiet Time" jar. Each time a student calls out an answer without raising their hand,
Ms. J silently removes a marble from the jar. At the end of the week, if there are any marbles remaining in
the jar, the class earns a special reward, like extra recess or a class movie.
Initially, the students are excited about the potential reward. They become more mindful of raising their
hands, and the number of call-outs decreases significantly. However, after a few weeks, the students seem
to lose interest in the reward. The number of call-outs begins to creep back up to previous levels.
30. Identify the type of conditioning used by Ms. J. 1
31. Why did the plan eventually become less effective? 2
CASE: Hermann Ebbinghaus, a pioneer in memory research, sought to understand the nature of forgetting.
He conducted a series of experiments on himself, using nonsense syllables (e.g., "BIF," "DAX," "KUV")
to minimize the influence of prior knowledge and meaning. He would memorize lists of these syllables
and then test his recall at various intervals, from minutes to days.
In one such experiment, Ebbinghaus memorized a list of 16 nonsense syllables. He tested his recall after
20 minutes, 1 hour, 9 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 6 days, and 31 days. He meticulously recorded the percentage
of syllables he could correctly recall at each interval. He found that forgetting was most rapid in the first
few hours after learning, and then gradually slowed down. He plotted his findings on a graph, which
became known as the "forgetting curve."
Ebbinghaus also experimented with relearning. He found that even if he couldn't recall a list perfectly, it
took him less time to relearn it than it did to learn it initially. This "savings" in relearning time suggested
that some memory of the material remained, even if it wasn't consciously accessible.
32. Why did Ebbinghaus use nonsense syllables in his experiments? 1
33. What is the significance of Ebbinghaus's findings regarding relearning? 2
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