DALY -Nursing Psychologist and Social Scientist

GNM Nursing Psychology - Questions and Answers Unit III: Cognitive Processes Long Answer Questions (10 Marks) 1. What is meant by attention? Discuss the various determinate of attention. Meaning: Attention is a selective mental activity that is selecting one stimulus for observation. ¶ Types of attention 1. Involuntary attention. 2. Voluntary attention 3. Division (or) span of attention. 4. Duration of Attention - (shifting attention) 5. Distraction of attention. ¶ Determinants of Attention: 1. Internal factor - Interest, habit, Attitude, mood.... 2. External factor - Loud noise, colourful picture... 2. Explain the various principles of PERCEPTION with suitable examples. Define perception. Meaning: Notice some thing through our sense organ is perception. ¶ Law of perception/principle of perception: 1. Principle of figure ground relationship (background) 2. Stimulus (situation). ¶ Groping of Stimulus: 1. Proximity. 2. Closer. 3. Similarity. 4. Continuity. ¶ Factors influencing perceptio...

B. Sc Nursing Psychology - First year UNIT : I INTRODUCTION Content: • History and origin of science of psychology • Definitions & Scope of psychology • Relevance to nursing • Methods of psychology ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ I. HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY: Before 1870 psychology was not a separate discipline rather it was studied under Philosophy. Some of the contributors of psychology were as follows: • Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 opened first experimental laboratory in psychology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is considered as the father of psychology. • American Psychological Association (APA) was established in 1892 and the founder was G. Stanley Hall. • In 1896 John Dewey and William James supported the functionalism in Psychology. • In 1896 Sigmund Freud developed the theory of psychoanalysis. On the basis of this therapy later on he developed the therapy of free association and dream analysis. • In 1905 IQ test developed by Alfred Binet and Thiodore Simon. • In 1913 John B. Watson s...

B. Sc and GNM Nursing Psychology (First year) Unit II: Biology of Behaviour Question and answers: Long type questions (10 Marks each) 1. Explain the mechanism of heredity and environment on human behaviors Mechanism of Heredity: (i) Mating: Mating is the 1st step for reproduction. The union of male sperm with female ovum the results is zygote. (ii) Growth: It involves repeated division of the fertilized cell or zygote. (iii) Chromosomes: Every woman and man receives 23 chromosomes from each parent or 46 in all. (iv) Genes: Each chromosome consists of small particles numbering 40 to 100 which are called genes. (v) Chance factor: Both ovum and sperm before fertilization contain 23 pairs of chromosomes each. At the time of conception, the genes in the chromosomes of the sperm, pair the genes of ovum and determine the potential characteristics and qualities of the off spring. The result of the union of the genes is called heredity ➖➖➖➖➖ 2. Define heredity. Explain heredit...

B. Sc and GNM Nursing Psychology students - All Indian Universities - Questions and answers - Unit 1: Introduction to Psychology Essay Type Question (10Marks) 1. Define psychology, explain limitations and merits of all the methods of psychology ¶ Definition : The word psychology was formed by combining the Greek psyche (meaning “breath, principle of life, life, soul,”) with - logia (which comes from the Greek logos, meaning “speech, word, reason”). ¶ Limitations and merits of all methods of psychology: 1. Introspection method (Self observation method) This is the oldest method in psychology to do research. Introspection means look within. In this method patients observe, analyse and report his or her feelings. This method is less expensive. This method is not for mentally retarded people and children. 2. Observational method ( Systematic observation method) It is a scientific method and can be verified. It studies the behaviour of an individual scientifically. It has various technique...