Developing Psychological Skills — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question

Tarun’s group has won the elections from his constituency. His opponents, Ramesh and his group, are weak and too small in number. Tarun often expresses frustration and negative attitude towards Ramesh’s group. This is known as _________.

Karim watches TV when he is stressed due to pending assignments in school. According to Endler and Parker, he is using _________ mechanism of coping.

When children use name-calling, swearing and abusive words, they are using the _________ form of aggressive behaviour.

________ is the ability to produce ideas, objects for problem solutions that are novel and innovative.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were known as the _________, because the scientific method replaced faith and dogma.

A branch of psychology called _________ deals with various psychological issues pertaining to the human-environment interactions in a very broad sense of the term.

Dhruv fidgets, squirms, climbs and runs around the house aimlessly. He is distracted, inattentive and seems overactive in class. Thus, he neither follows instructions, nor completes assignments. The psychologist has diagnosed him with _________.

_________ refers to repeated association of a desired response with a positive consequence.

Sometimes we think of the target person in terms of whatever information comes at the end. And, this has a stronger influence on a person’s formation of impression. This may be due to the _________.

Mandeep wants to clean the river in his village. He is actively working to achieve his goal. This behaviour is a part of _________ behaviour.