M.A. PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST YEAR COURSES
(MAPC)
Assignments
For July 2022 and January 2023
Sessions
Faculty of Psychology
School of Social Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
MaidanGarhi, New Delhi-110 068
MAPC
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M.A. PSYCHOLOGY
FIRST YEAR COURSES
(MAPC)
Assignments
For July 2022 and January 2023
Sessions
Faculty of Psychology School of Social Sciences Indira Gandhi National Open University MaidanGarhi, New Delhi-110 068
MAPC
M.A. Psychology – Ist^ Year
MPC-001 TO MPC- 006
Assignments – July 2022 and January 2023 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 10 questions which have to be answered.
Before you attempt the assignments, please read the instructions carefully provided in the Programme Guide. It is important that you write the answeres 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, 20 22 Session
For January, 20 23 Session
31 st^ March, 20 23
30 th^ September, 20 23
(Please check the dates from www.ignou.ac.in)
To The Coordinator of the Study Centre allotted to you
(Please check the updates from www.ignou.ac.in)
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Do not copy from the response sheets of other students. If copying is noticed, the assignments of such students will be rejected.
- Write each assignment separately. All the assignments should not be written in continuity. For each Course use separate sheets or start on the next sheet.
- Write the question number with each answer.
- After submitting the assignment at the Study Centre/Programme Study Centre get the acknowledgement from the Coordinator/ Programme In-charge.
- 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.
- 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 in 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:
- Your enrolment number, name and address have been written correctly.
- The title of the course and assignment number has been written clearly.
- Each assignment on each course has been written on separate sheets and pinned properly.
- All the questions in the assignments have been answered.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
DISCIPLINE OF PSYCHOLOGY
SOSS, IGNOU, NEW DELHI
Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Memory (MPC-001) TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC- Assignment Code: MPC-001/ASST/TMA/2022- Marks: 100
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks
- Discuss the structure and functions of language.
- Critically discuss Das, Naglieri and Kirby’s PASS theory. 3. Explain the barriers to problem solving.
SECTION – B Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks
- Describe the levels of processing model by Craik and Lockhart.
- Explain the factors affecting problem solving.
- Discuss Guilford’s model of intelligence.
- Define creativity. Describe the stages of creativity.
- Explain the key issues in the study of cognitive psychology.
SECTION – C Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks
- Seven primary factors given by Thurstone
- Aspects of creativity
- Heuristics
- Long term memory
- Role of hippocampus in memory
- Four principles of information processing
- Neuroscience and cognitive psychology
- Problem space hypothesis
- Means-ends analysis
- Types of problems
PERSONALITY: THEORIES AND ASSESSMENT (MPC003)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC 003 Assignment Code: MPC 003/ASST/TMA/2022- Marks: 100
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 Marks
- Describe self-report inventories.
- Explain behavioural assessment techniques and their weaknesses.
- Explain Eysenck’s trait-type theory.
SECTION – B Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 Marks
- Explain the technical criteria before which the assessment techniques are considered
scientific.
- Explain the classification of projective techniques. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of
projective techniques.
- Define personality. Explain the concept of trait and personal dispositions.
- Explain the salient features of Sullivan’s theory of personality.
- Discuss the psychological determinants of personality.
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 Marks
- Important steps in personality assessment
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Purpose of case study method
- The study of values by Allport
- Big-five Inventory
- Evaluation of Bandura’s theory
- Characteristics of self-actualizers
- Constitutional and environmental traits
- Guilford’s trait theory
- Idiographic approach to personality
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC
Assignment Code: MPC 004/ASST/TMA/2022-
Marks: 100
NOTE: All Questions Are Compulsory
Section A
Answer the following question in about 1000 words each: Marks 15x3=
- Discuss the historical developments of social psychology.
- Explain the attribution theory and its applicability in education.
- Discuss the different factors that affect helping behavior.
Section B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words each: Marks 5x5=
- Discuss the experimental design in social psychology.
- Explain the evolutionary theories of human interpersonal attraction.
- Describe intervention to reduce aggression.
- Explain the nature and characteristics of attitudes.
- Discuss the two dimensional model for conflict resolution.
Section C
Answer the following in about 50 words each: Marks 10x3=
- Characteristics of group.
- Measurement of group dynamics.
- Schemas
- Ethical issues in Social Psychology
- Obedience
- Altruism
- Social Learning theory
- Stereotypes
- Overt Conflict
- Group Development
STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGY (MPC-006)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC- 006 Assignment Code: MPC-006/AST/TMA/2022- 23 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 question in about 1000 words (wherever applicable) each 15x3= Marks
- Explain the meaning of descriptive statistics and describe organisation of data.
- Explain the concept of normal curve with help of a diagram. Explain the characteristics of normal probability curve.
- The scores obtained by four groups of employees on occupational stress are given below. Compute ANOVA for the same.
Group A^34 22 21 22 34 32 44 55 12
Group B^12 15 12 23 45 43 33 44 54
Group C^45 56 65 67 67 76 54 23 21
Group D^34 55 66 76 54 34 23 22 11
SECTION B
Answer the following questions in about 400 words (wherever applicable) each
5x5=25 Marks
- Discuss the assumptions of parametric and nonparametric statistics.
- Using Spearman’s rank order correlation for the following data:
Data 1 21 12 32 34 23 34 21 22 12 29
Data 2 6 8 21 23 33 22 43 34 21 11
- Describe various levels of measurement with suitable examples.
- Explain Kruskall- Wallis ANOVA test and compare it with ANOVA.
- Compute Chi-square for the following data:
Students Emotional^ Intelligence^ scores
High Low
School A 23 22
School B^12
SECTION C
Answer the following in about 50 words each 10x3= Marks
- Type I and type II errors.
- Skewness and kurtosis.
- Point and interval estimations.
- Null hypothesis
- Scatter diagram
- Outliers
- Biserial correlation
- Variance
- Interactional effect
- Wilcoxon matched pair signed rank test.