PMS Psychology Crash Course

About Course

Master PMS Psychology in Weeks—Not Months.

This Crash Course is specifically designed for aspirants of the PMS (Provincial Management Services) exam who want to grasp the entire psychology syllabus quickly and effectively. Whether you’re short on time or revising last minute, this course offers a strategic and focused approach to help you ace your optional subject with confidence.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

All key topics from the official PMS Psychology syllabus
Note: This course is structured around Past Paper Questions.
Core psychological theories, thinkers, and applications
Smart strategies to tackle MCQs, short questions & long-answer questions
How to structure answers for maximum marks
Common mistakes students make — and how to avoid them

📚 Course Features:

Intermediate Level: Perfect for beginners or those revising
Crash Format: Designed to complete in 4–6 weeks
Bonus Materials: Flash Cards for difficult topics & Free Mock Tests
Interactive Support: Get clarifications for any ambiguity, 24/7 support.

🎯 Who This Course Is For:

PMS aspirants choosing Psychology as an optional subject
Students needing a fast-track, structured revision
Anyone wanting conceptual clarity in applied psychology topics

Full mastery of the PMS Psychology syllabus
Exam-focused understanding of psychological theories
Smart strategies for attempting 15- and 20-mark questions
How to structure and present high-scoring answers
Critical analysis of past paper trends and common questions
Confidence in tackling difficult topics through flashcards
Self-assessment with half and full syllabus mock exams
Effective time management and revision techniques

Course Content

PMS Psychology Paper-I 2024

Q1. Explain the modern developments in psychology.
Q2. what is a visual illusion? Discuss different types of optical illusions.
What is the role of emotions and motives that influence our perception?
Q3. Define observational learning. Also, describe the role of modeling in our daily life activities with reference to pro-social and anti-social modeling.
Q4. Define the Endocrine system. Discuss major endocrine glands and how they are important to our psychological lives.
Q5. The child is an active learner is the assumption of Piagetian theory of Cognitive Development. Discuss the theory with reference to this assumption.
Q6. Discuss primary and secondary motives. How Maslow’s theory of motivation (at each stage) can be applied in everyday life to motivate people at different levels?
Q7. Define emotions discuss biological and psychological changes during emotions of love and fear?
Q8. Discuss variability in human beings. Also illuminate the characteristics of a gifted child with methods of improving these characteristics

PMS Psychology Paper-II 2024

Q1. There are many stressors people face every day. Identify which type of stressor you are struggling with nowadays and the factors that moderate the effect of stress.
Q2. The Humanistic School of Thought is a reaction to the Behavior School of Thought. Discuss
Q3. What are anxiety disorders? Explain its different types and causes.
Q4. Differentiate between Hostile and Instrumental aggression. What are the possible techniques for reducing aggressive behavior? Give examples.
Q5. Psychologists use case studies to study individuals. Clarify the meaning of the case study. how confidentiality is maintained when reporting a case study? What techniques are used to gather information in case studies?
Q6. Ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research are very important. Discuss major ethical standards in the practice of Psychology.
Q7. Discuss the Psychology of Conflict and Peace.
Q8. What is Psychotherapy? Explain Different Goals of Psychotherapy.

PMS Psychology Paper-I of 2022

Q1. Define psychology. Discuss different perspectives in psychology. Compare how Behaviorism is different from Psychoanalytical perspective.
Q2. Explain the Role of Taste, Smell, and Touch to avoid harm from environmental toxins with examples.
Q3. How different psychologists have defined Intelligence? Explain in detail the major theories of Intelligence, and how they define and study intelligence?
Q4. Clarify the controversies associated with human growth and development.
Q5. List the three stages of pre-natal development and discuss the important developmental events that occur during each stage.
Q6. Illustrate “McClelland’s Three Needs Theory” with examples.
Q7. What are the changes that appeared in the human body during the arousal of emotions?
Q8. Describe the structure and functions of different lobes of the brain.

PMS Psychology Paper-II of 2022

Q1. Describe Selye’s general adaptation syndrome and other physiological responses to stress. (20 Marks)
Q2. Write down Projective and Non-Projective techniques of Personality Assessment. (20 Marks)
Q3. Discuss foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face techniques. Explain when you have used foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face techniques in your daily life to gain someone’s compliance (20 Marks)
Q4. Explain historical development of Family and Group Therapies. (20 Marks)
Q5. What is Group antagonism? Differentiate between Stereotypes and Prejudice. Give two examples of each. (20 Marks)
Q6. Give a comparative view of experimental studies and correlational studies. (20 Marks)
Q7. What is pro-social behavior and altruism? Give its example from Pakistan society (20 Marks)
Q8. Recognize how crucial it is to upload integrity during the conduct of a research study and the dissemination of results. (20 Marks)

PMS Psychology Paper-I 2021

Q1. (a) Define psychology, discuss its scope, latest trends, and emerging fields of psychology?
(b) What is the scientific method? What are the goals of science? How Psychology is a science?
Q2. The central tenet of Gestalt Psychology is that the whole is different from the sum of its parts. What does this mean in the context of perception?
Q3. What is a perceptual illusion? Discuss perception of movement and depth in detail.
Q4. What are different types of learning? How classical conditioning is different from operant conditioning?
Q5. Differentiate between self-esteem and self-efficacy. Describe the Five-Factor Model of personality.
Q6. How do you define motivation? What are primary and secondary motives? How does motivation increase productivity (in light of theories of motivation)?
Q7. What do we mean by the cognitive development of a child? Explain in detail all the stages of cognitive development as per Piaget’, theory?
Q8. (a) Write a note on Physiological changes during emotion
Q8. (b) Write a note on Functions of human ears

PMS Psychology Paper-II 2021

Q1. For most of us, stress is a fact of modern-day life. But sometimes without knowing it, stress can be getting the best of us. What are the warning signs that suggest someone should seek professional help for stress overload?
Q2. The process of socialization begins in the lap of the mother. How do different beliefs, attitudes, norms, and rituals, shape an individual into a social being? Discuss.
Q3. The paradigm of social learning theory is significantly different from psychoanalytical theory. Discuss and review while supporting psychological evidence.
Q4. Do you consider that different personality disorders are the outcome of genetic predispositions. Discuss different types of personality disorders along with onset symptoms, duration, and therapeutic interventions.
Q5. Albert Ellis maintains that how an individual thinks largely determines how she/he feels and behaves. Assess the evidence for this view.
Q6. Explain different criteria of Abnormality. Discuss schizophrenia along with its types and treatments.
Q7. Ethics are important in the conduct and practice of psychological research. major ethical standards in psychological research. Discuss.
Q8. What are the factors that influence the attitude-behavior relationship, Describe a model fluence the relationship between attitudes and behavior?

PMS Psychology Paper-I (2020)

Q. No. 1 What are the key principles of humanistic psychology and how it is related to an Individual’s life? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 2 Discuss Gardner’s and Sternberg’s non-unitary theories of intelligence. How are they similar, and how do they differ from each other? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 3 What is a reinforcer? Discuss with respect instrumental conditioning. of the reinforcer in classical and (20 Marks)
Q. No. 4 How Gestalt Principles contribute to our perception. Discuss in dally life examples, th detail and exemplify with
Q. No. 5 Briefly describe Plane applicable in daily life. four stages of cognitive development and elaborate how it is (20 Marks) (20 Marks)
Q. No. 6 Explain the concept of Child Development. Illuminate the Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory of Human Development. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 7 Elaborate the concept of Motivation by citing appropriate examples. Also discuss Biogenic and Psychogenic types of Motives. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 8 Write notes on a) Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy
b) Positive Psychology
c) Prejudice

PMS Psychology Paper-II (2020)

Q. No. 1 Define Stress and possible physiological and psychological responses to stress? What coping strategies you may recommend
Q. No. 2 Define Personality? Discuss and evaluate psychoanalytical perspective of personality development; give its strengths and possible criticism? Marks)
Q. No. 3 How do you define psychological disorder Discuss so symptoms, causes (risk factors), and diagn fety disorders, their
Q.No. 4 Definie Social Influence? effects our attitursxpla Mid actiones Conformity and Obedience (20 Marks)
Q. No. 5 Scdenthe Research? Explain in detail the Experimental Research datures and its advantages over other research designs? What are some that researchers encounter while conducting experimental studies? (20 Marks)
Q. No. 6 Explain Altruism and Prosocial behaviors? What are different factors that influence helping? How we can improve helping behaviors in the country given the current situation of health and financial crises due to COVID-197 (20 Marks)
Q. No. 7 Psychoanalytic and Behavioristic schools of thought are different according to its theoretical assumptions and practical applications; Discuss. (20 Marks)
Q. No. 8 “Man is a social animal”, discuss it with reference of social norms, traditions, attitudes, group behavior and culture. (20 Marks)

PMS Psychology Paper-I (2019)

Q1. What are the extremes of intelligence? Discuss in detail.
Q. No. 2 Differentiate between short-term and long-term memory. Discuss various methods for memory improvement.
Q. No. 3 In your opinion, what are social dilemmas which lead towards conflict, and how can they be resolved?
Q. No. 4 Define the nervous system and its role in human functioning. Describe the central nervous system, its components, and their functions.
Q. No. 5 Describe how we gain knowledge of the outer world by using our sensations. Describe the structure and functions of the human eye.
Q. No. 6 (i) Describe the factors involved in perception.
Q. No. 6 (ii) Describe the nature of perceptual organization.
Q. No. 7 What are motives? Explain primary and secondary motives in detail.
Q. No. 8 Write a detailed note on (a) Maslow’s Hierarchical Theory of Needs
(b) Endocrine System
(c) Operant Conditioning(20 Marks)

PMS Psychology Paper-II (2019)

Compare and discuss Psychoanalytic Theory and Humanistic Theory on the assumptions they make on the personality development.
“Reliable diagnoses are essential for guiding treatment recommendations”. Discuss it in the context of DSM-5.
“Ethics are very important in the research and practice of psychology”. Highlight and discuss ethical issues in psychology.
Define Abnormal Behavior. Discuss Generalized Anxiety Disorders and Phobic Disorders in detail.
Differentiate between counseling and psychotherapy. Explain psychodynamic Perspective of Psychotherapy.
Define Pro-social Behavior and Anti-social Behavior. Explain the factors promoting the Aggression among youth. Also suggest Measures to reduce Aggression.
Descriptive Research is more suitable for collecting Authentic Data in Behavioral science Research. Comment on the statement. Prove your point of view with arguments.
Elaborate any TWO of the following: (10 + 10 = 20 Marks) a) Prejudice b) Leadership styles c) The Psychology of Conflict and peace

PMS Psychology Paper-I (2017)

Q1. Describe the historical development of Psychology with special reference to Behaviorism and Humanistic Psychology.
Q2. Define Frustration. Describe different types of reactions to Frustration.
Q3. With reference to the development process, explain the stages in Cognitive Development Theory of Jean Piaget.
Q4. a) Describe Monocular and Binocular cues in Depth Perception.
Q4. b) What do you know about Perceptual Constancy? Explain. (10+10=20 Marks)
Q5. a) What are Motives? Explain the Motivational Cycle.
Q5. b) Describe Abraham Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs.
Q6. What is Nature of Emotions? Describe different Biological and Psychological changes during Emotion.
Q7. Elaborate components of Nervous System. Discuss functions of autonomic, sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
Q8. Write notes on any TWO of the following: – a) Observational learning
b) Concept of Intelligence Quotient
c) Short Term Memory (STM) and Long Term Memory (LTM)

PMS Psychology Paper-II (2017)

Q No. 1: Define stress and psychological and physiological reactions related to it. Also discuss different strategies for stress coping.
Q No. 2: How would you define personality? Discuss major perspectives of personality development.
Q No. 3: Anxiety leads to disorder; discuss different anxiety disorders with major symptoms and diagnostic criteria.
Q No. 4: Discuss major steps of therapeutic process. Also highlight major interventions for the treatment of psychopathology.
Q No. 5: Describe major steps involved in the research process. Discuss Between-Subjects Design and its major types.
Q No. 6: ‘Intolerance and Extremism’ are the major hazards in the development and solidarity of Pakistan. Please Discuss.
Q No. 7: Describe leadership characteristics? Discuss and differentiate between transactional and transformational leadership.
Q No. 8: Write short notes on a) Stereotypes.
b) Humanistic Theory.
c) Beck’s Model of Cognitive Therapy.

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-I) 2016

Q No. 1: a) Define Psychology and give its scope in 21st century? (3+7 Marks)
b) Define and compare Psychoanalysis School of thought with Behaviourism. (4+6 Marks)
Q No. 2: Describe the Cognitive Theory of Emotions. Explain its strengths and weaknesses with examples. (20 Marks)
Q No. 3: What are different types of learning? How is classical conditioning different from operant conditioning? (10+10 Marks)
Q No. 4: Explain the structure and functions of the brain. How do genetics influence behavior? (15+5 Marks)
Q No. 5: Explain theories of child development. (20 Marks)
Q No. 6: How do you define motivation? What are primary and secondary motives? How does motivation increase productivity? Relate your answer with motivation theories. (10+10 Marks)
Q No. 7: Write a note on a) Frustration and conflict
b) Information processing theory
c) Emotional quotient

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-II) 2016

Q No. 1: “Stress is a major cause of illness.” Discuss different strategies for coping with stress.
Q No. 2: What is personality? Discuss techniques of personality measurement.
Q No. 3: Define socialization and discuss different attitudes prevalent in Pakistani society.
Q No. 4: “Prejudice and stereotypes are the major hurdles in the solidarity and development of Pakistan.” Discuss.
Q No. 5: Discuss the intervention procedure of individual and group therapies.
Q No. 6: Describe different steps involved in the research process. Discuss correlational research and its major designs.
Q No. 7: a) Define attitudes. Discuss the ABC model of attitudes.
b) Write about techniques of prejudice reduction in society.
Q No. 8: Write notes on a) Experimental Studies and Use of Placebo Effect in it.
b) Ethical Guidelines to carry out and publish “Research” in Psychology.
c) Social Learning Theory.
d) Health Impairing Behaviours.

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-I) 2015

Q.1. Define Psychology and give a brief overview of major schools of thought in Psychology i.e Psychoanalysis, behaviorism, Cognitive and Humanistic.
Q.2. (a) What do you understand by perceptual organization?
Q.2. ((b) Briefly state theories of vision and hearing.
Q.3. What is the difference between learning and conditioning? Describe different types of conditioning i.e. classical conditioning and operant conditioning.
Q.4. Define intelligence. How do different theories explain intelligence?
Q.5. How are genetics and human behavior linked with each other? Discuss the nature and nurture controversy in the context of human behavior.
Q.6. What is the significance of emotion and motivation in psychology?
Q7. Cognitive and emotional development of children
Frustration and conflict
Q7. Parts of nervous system
Q7. Process of memory

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-II) 2015

Q.1. Define Health Psychology. Discuss the impact of Health Impairing Behaviors including smoking, alcoholism, poor nutritional habits, lack of exercise, and behavioral aids.
Q.2. Discuss the major objective techniques used in Personality Measurement.
Q.3. Write about the significance and importance of Psychoanalytical Theory.
Q.4. Define Socialization. Discuss different agents of Socialization and the processes of socialization.
Q.5. Define Prejudice. Discuss long and short term measures for reducing all types of Prejudices prevalent in our society.
Q.6. Discuss the significant Ethical Considerations which psychologists ensure in the psychological experiments and research.
Q.7. Write the philosophy, goals, and techniques of Client Centered Therapy (CCT).
Write a note on (a) Family therapy
(b) Survey method
(c) Projective techniques
(d) Anxiety disorders
(d) Anxiety disorders

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-I) 2014

Q.1. What is the scope of Psychology in the modern era of challenges? Illustrate by highlighting the significance of at least three areas of specialization in Psychology?
Q.2. How would you differentiate between sensation and perception? Elaborate principles of perceptual organization and depth perception?
Q.3. Write down types of Memory. List down different theories of Memory.
Q.4. What do you understand by Intelligence? Explain the assessment of intelligence in the context of historical perspective.
Q.5. Describe different lobes and hemispheres of the brain and their function in relation to higher mental processes.
Q.6. Give an overview of different theories of Child Cognitive and Emotional Development.
Q.7. Write a note on b) Emotions in the cultural context.
c) Behavioristic school of thought.
d) Role of observational learning.

PMS PSYCHOLOGY (PAPER-II) 2014

Q.1. Define stress. Discuss the negative impacts of stress on health in terms of physiological, emotional, and behavioral reactions.
Q.2. Discuss the principal Projective techniques used in personality measurement.
Q.3. Define Attitude. Write about theories of Attitude formation with examples from daily life.
Q.4. Define Leadership. Discuss different Leadership styles and focus on the most effective and productive leadership style.
Q.5. Define prejudice. List different types of Prejudice prevalent in our society. Discuss long and short-term measures for reducing Prejudice.
Q.6. Discuss the major Ethical consideration emphasized by APA with reference to the use of animal and human participants in psychological experiments.
Q.7. Write the philosophy, goals, and techniques of Behavior therapy.
Q.8. Write notes on a) Bipolar disorder
b) Client-centered therapy
c) Case study method
d) Psychoanalytic theory
e) Anxiety disorders

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PMS Psychology Paper-I 2024

Q1. Explain the modern developments in psychology.

Q2. what is a visual illusion? Discuss different types of optical illusions.

What is the role of emotions and motives that influence our perception?

Q3. Define observational learning. Also, describe the role of modeling in our daily life activities with reference to pro-social and anti-social modeling.

Q4. Define the Endocrine system. Discuss major endocrine glands and how they are important to our psychological lives.

Q5. The child is an active learner is the assumption of Piagetian theory of Cognitive Development. Discuss the theory with reference to this assumption.

Q6. Discuss primary and secondary motives. How Maslow’s theory of motivation (at each stage) can be applied in everyday life to motivate people at different levels?

Q7. Define emotions discuss biological and psychological changes during emotions of love and fear?

Q8. Discuss variability in human beings. Also illuminate the characteristics of a gifted child with methods of improving these characteristics

PMS Psychology Paper-II 2024

Q1. There are many stressors people face every day. Identify which type of stressor you are struggling with nowadays and the factors that moderate the effect of stress.

Q2. The Humanistic School of Thought is a reaction to the Behavior School of Thought. Discuss

Q3. What are anxiety disorders? Explain its different types and causes.

Q4. Differentiate between Hostile and Instrumental aggression. What are the possible techniques for reducing aggressive behavior? Give examples.

Q5. Psychologists use case studies to study individuals. Clarify the meaning of the case study. how confidentiality is maintained when reporting a case study? What techniques are used to gather information in case studies?

Q6. Ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research are very important. Discuss major ethical standards in the practice of Psychology.

Q7. Discuss the Psychology of Conflict and Peace.

Q8. What is Psychotherapy? Explain Different Goals of Psychotherapy.

PMS Psychology Paper-I of 2022

Q1. Define psychology. Discuss different perspectives in psychology. Compare how Behaviorism is different from Psychoanalytical perspective.

Q2. Explain the Role of Taste, Smell, and Touch to avoid harm from environmental toxins with examples.

Q3. How different psychologists have defined Intelligence? Explain in detail the major theories of Intelligence, and how they define and study intelligence?

Q4. Clarify the controversies associated with human growth and development.

Q5. List the three stages of pre-natal development and discuss the important developmental events that occur during each stage.

Q6. Illustrate “McClelland’s Three Needs Theory” with examples.

Q7. What are the changes that appeared in the human body during the arousal of emotions?

Q8. Describe the structure and functions of different lobes of the brain.

PMS Psychology Paper-II of 2022

Q1. Describe Selye’s general adaptation syndrome and other physiological responses to stress. (20 Marks)

Q2. Write down Projective and Non-Projective techniques of Personality Assessment. (20 Marks)

Q3. Discuss foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face techniques. Explain when you have used foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face techniques in your daily life to gain someone’s compliance (20 Marks)

Q4. Explain historical development of Family and Group Therapies. (20 Marks)

Q5. What is Group antagonism? Differentiate between Stereotypes and Prejudice. Give two examples of each. (20 Marks)

Q6. Give a comparative view of experimental studies and correlational studies. (20 Marks)

Q7. What is pro-social behavior and altruism? Give its example from Pakistan society (20 Marks)

Q8. Recognize how crucial it is to upload integrity during the conduct of a research study and the dissemination of results. (20 Marks)

PMS Psychology Paper-I 2021

Q1. (a) Define psychology, discuss its scope, latest trends, and emerging fields of psychology?

(b) What is the scientific method? What are the goals of science? How Psychology is a science?

Q2. The central tenet of Gestalt Psychology is that the whole is different from the sum of its parts. What does this mean in the context of perception?

Q3. What is a perceptual illusion? Discuss perception of movement and depth in detail.

Q4. What are different types of learning? How classical conditioning is different from operant conditioning?

Q5. Differentiate between self-esteem and self-efficacy. Describe the Five-Factor Model of personality.

Q6. How do you define motivation? What are primary and secondary motives? How does motivation increase productivity (in light of theories of motivation)?

Q7. What do we mean by the cognitive development of a child? Explain in detail all the stages of cognitive development as per Piaget’, theory?

Q8. (a) Write a note on Physiological changes during emotion

Q8. (b) Write a note on Functions of human ears

PMS Psychology Paper-II 2021

Q1. For most of us, stress is a fact of modern-day life. But sometimes without knowing it, stress can be getting the best of us. What are the warning signs that suggest someone should seek professional help for stress overload?

Q2. The process of socialization begins in the lap of the mother. How do different beliefs, attitudes, norms, and rituals, shape an individual into a social being? Discuss.

Q3. The paradigm of social learning theory is significantly different from psychoanalytical theory. Discuss and review while supporting psychological evidence.

Q4. Do you consider that different personality disorders are the outcome of genetic predispositions. Discuss different types of personality disorders along with onset symptoms, duration, and therapeutic interventions.

Q5. Albert Ellis maintains that how an individual thinks largely determines how she/he feels and behaves. Assess the evidence for this view.

Q6. Explain different criteria of Abnormality. Discuss schizophrenia along with its types and treatments.

Q7. Ethics are important in the conduct and practice of psychological research. major ethical standards in psychological research. Discuss.

Q8. What are the factors that influence the attitude-behavior relationship, Describe a model fluence the relationship between attitudes and behavior?

PMS Psychology Paper-I (2020)

Q. No. 1 What are the key principles of humanistic psychology and how it is related to an Individual’s life? (20 Marks)

Q. No. 2 Discuss Gardner’s and Sternberg’s non-unitary theories of intelligence. How are they similar, and how do they differ from each other? (20 Marks)

Q. No. 3 What is a reinforcer? Discuss with respect instrumental conditioning. of the reinforcer in classical and (20 Marks)

Q. No. 4 How Gestalt Principles contribute to our perception. Discuss in dally life examples, th detail and exemplify with

Q. No. 5 Briefly describe Plane applicable in daily life. four stages of cognitive development and elaborate how it is (20 Marks) (20 Marks)

Q. No. 6 Explain the concept of Child Development. Illuminate the Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theory of Human Development. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 7 Elaborate the concept of Motivation by citing appropriate examples. Also discuss Biogenic and Psychogenic types of Motives. (20 Marks)

Q. No. 8 Write notes on a) Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy

b) Positive Psychology

c) Prejudice

PMS Psychology Paper-II (2020)

Q. No. 1 Define Stress and possible physiological and psychological responses to stress? What coping strategies you may recommend

Q. No. 2 Define Personality? Discuss and evaluate psychoanalytical perspective of personality development; give its strengths and possible criticism? Marks)

Q. No. 3 How do you define psychological disorder Discuss so symptoms, causes (risk factors), and diagn fety disorders, their

Q.No. 4 Definie Social Influence? effects our attitursxpla Mid actiones Conformity and Obedience (20 Marks)

Q. No. 5 Scdenthe Research? Explain in detail the Experimental Research datures and its advantages over other research designs? What are some that researchers encounter while conducting experimental studies? (20 Marks)