Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Psychology

State the symptoms and sources of stress.

“Physicians make diagnosis looking at a person’s physical symptoms”. How are psychological disorders diagnosed?

Can a long-standing pattern of deviant behaviour be considered abnormal? Elaborate.

What are the different types of psychotherapy? On what basis are they classified?

A therapist asks the client to reveal all her/his thoughts including early childhood experiences. Describe the technique and type of therapy being used.

Discuss the various techniques used in behaviour therapy.

Explain with the help of an example how cognitive distortions take place.

Which therapy encourages the client to seek personal growth and actualise their potential? Write about the therapies which are based on this principle.

What are the factors that contribute to healing in psychotherapy? Enumerate some of the alternative therapies.

How would a social learning theorist account for a phobic fear of lizards/cockroaches? How would a psychoanalyst account for the same phobia?

Should Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) be used in the treatment of mental disorders?

What kind of problems is cognitive behaviour therapy best suited for?

How does Tuckman’s stage model help you to understand the formation of groups?

What do you understand by the term ‘environment’? Explain the different perspectives to understand the human-environment relationship.

What competencies are required for becoming an effective psychologist?

What are the generic skills needed by all psychologists?

The stresses which people experience vary in terms of intensity, duration, complexity and ______.

__________ is the term used to describe the level of stress that is good for a person as it enhances performance.

__________ stem from beliefs based upon expectations from inside us, such as, ‘I must do everything perfectly’.

Tanisha works at night in a call center, travels amidst heavy traffic to reach her work place and sleeps during the daytime. This is challenging and is a/an ______.