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CSS Psychology Past Paper 2019

CSS Psychology 2019 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    Define emotion. Compare and contrast the theories of emotion.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Describe the attributes of psychological measures. Highlight the ethical and legal issues in psychological assessment.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Describe in detail the structure and functions of central nervous system.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    Differentiate between sensation and perception. Describe different determinants of perception.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    Define learning. Discuss classical and operant conditioning.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    List and describe the various characteristics of mood disorders, including major depression and bipolar disorder.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write comprehensive notes on any TWO of the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (i)
      Endocrine system
      (10)
    • (ii)
      Models of stress
      (10)
    • (iii)
      Roles and Responsibility of Forensic Psychologist
      (10)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.