NOTE: All questions are compulsory.

SECTION – A

Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 marks

1. What is person perception? Discuss the mechanisms of person perception.

2. Explain the meaning and forms of collective behavior. How is it different from collective hysteria?

3. Discuss the factors influencing norm formation.

SECTION – B

Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25 marks

4. Discuss the self presentation tactics.

5. Explain cognitive dissonance and provide a suitable example of it.

6. What are the salient features of norms? How does it influence human behavior?.

7. Explain social facilitation in terms of the drive theory.

8. What is autokinetic effect? Describe the autokinetic experiment in norm formation.

SECTION – C

Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 marks

9. Goals of research in social psychology

10. Social psychology and Anthropology

11. Attitude accessibility

12. Schemas

13. Types of roles

14. Expressive crowd

15. Group polarization

16. Reference groups

17. Situational norms

18. Asch’s conformity experiment