BPCC 101 Solved Question Paper for the June 2026 term-end exam gives you complete, exam-length answers to the official IGNOU paper of Introduction to Psychology, the first-semester core course of BA (Honours) Psychology. Two answers are shown in full below, and all eight questions are solved in the file you can get on WhatsApp.
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology key facts (June 2026 TEE)
- Course code: BPCC 101 (printed on the paper as BPCC-101)
- Subject: Introduction to Psychology
- Programme: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology (BAPCH), Semester I core course; also in BA (Major) Psychology (BAFPC)
- Credits: 6 credits (4 theory + 2 practical)
- Blocks and units: 5 blocks, 9 units, plus a Brief Guide to Practicum
- Maximum marks: 50 (term-end exam)
- Duration: 2 hours
- Questions in the paper: 8 questions in two sections (attempt any 5, at least 2 from each section)
- Samples shown on this page: 2 (Questions 1 and 2)
- Questions in the paid file: All 8 questions (6 of them not shown on this page)
- Weightage: Term-end exam 70%, assignments 20%, practical 10%
What the BPCC 101 Solved Question Paper June 2026 covers
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology is the 6-credit Semester I core course of IGNOU's BA (Honours) Psychology (BAPCH), and this solved paper answers all 8 questions IGNOU set for it in the June 2026 term-end exam.
Section I of the paper tests psychology as a science, the stages and approaches of perception, Skinner's operant conditioning, and two short notes on latent and insight learning and on learning in a digital world. Section II moves to memory, theories of motivation, the James-Lange theory with the measurement of emotions, and short notes on creative thinking and barriers to problem solving.
Two things make this session unusual. The measurement of emotions was not set in any of the eight papers from June 2022 to December 2025, and latent and insight learning has not been asked by name in that period either. If you are comparing it with an older BAPCH Question Paper, expect these two parts to feel new.
The BPCC 101 Question Paper for June 2026 runs to six printed pages, with the English questions first and the Hindi version after them. Every question below is copied exactly as IGNOU printed it, with its own number and marks.
Two solved BPCC 101 answers from the June 2026 paper
Questions 1 and 2 of the BPCC 101 June 2026 paper are solved in full below, exactly as they appear in our file; the other six questions are listed as text only.
Both samples come from Section I and are written to the 300-word limit the paper sets for each 10-mark question. Read them to judge the depth and structure you get in every answer of the full file.
Q1 Section I 10 marks
Q1. Define Psychology and explain Psychology as a Science. (10 marks)
Introduction: The word psychology comes from two Greek words, psyche, meaning soul or mind, and logos, meaning study or discourse. In its early history psychology was described as the study of the soul, then of the mind, and later of consciousness. Each of these definitions was dropped because its subject matter could not be observed or measured directly.
Definition: Today psychology is defined as the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. Behaviour means observable actions such as walking, speaking or crying, while mental processes are internal activities such as thinking, remembering, perceiving and feeling. R.S. Woodworth described psychology as the scientific study of the activities of the individual in relation to the environment.
Psychology emerged as an independent science when Wilhelm Wundt set up the first psychological laboratory at Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. From then on, questions about the mind began to be answered through controlled observation and experiment rather than philosophical argument alone.
Psychology as a science: A discipline is called a science because of its method, not its subject matter. Psychology qualifies because it studies behaviour through the scientific method and shows these characteristics:
- Empirical: conclusions rest on data gathered through observation, experiments, surveys and case studies, not on opinion.
- Objective: standardised procedures and tests reduce the personal bias of the researcher, so different observers reach the same result.
- Systematic: research follows set steps: stating a problem, forming a hypothesis, collecting data, analysing it and drawing conclusions.
- Verifiable and replicable: a study can be repeated by other researchers to check whether its findings hold.
- Cause and effect: experiments change an independent variable and measure its effect on a dependent variable.
- Clear goals: like other sciences, psychology aims to describe, explain, predict and control behaviour.
Limitations: Human behaviour is complex and changes with situation and culture, people may act differently when they know they are being observed, and ethical limits rule out some experiments. For these reasons psychology is usually called a behavioural or social science rather than an exact science like physics.
Conclusion: Psychology began as a branch of philosophy but became a science by adopting systematic, objective and verifiable methods. Its scientific approach allows findings about behaviour and mental processes to be tested, corrected and applied in education, health and work.
Q2 Section I 10 marks
Q2. Explain perception. Describe the stages and theoretical approaches to perception. (10 marks)
Introduction: Perception is the process by which we select, organise and interpret sensory information so that it becomes meaningful. Sensation is the simple registration of a stimulus by a sense organ, such as light reaching the eye. Perception goes a step further and gives that stimulus meaning, so that a pattern of light is recognised as a friend's face.
Stages of perception
- Stimulation or receiving: a stimulus from the environment acts on a sense receptor and is converted into nerve impulses (transduction) that travel to the brain.
- Selection: we cannot process everything, so attention picks some stimuli and filters out others. External factors such as intensity, size, movement and novelty, and internal factors such as needs, interests and motives, decide what is selected.
- Organisation: selected stimuli are grouped into meaningful patterns through principles such as figure and ground, proximity, similarity, closure and continuity.
- Interpretation: meaning is given to the organised pattern using past experience, expectations, culture and perceptual set, which is why two people can read the same stimulus differently.
- Response: the perceiver checks the interpretation and reacts to it through thought, feeling or action.
Theoretical approaches to perception
- Gestalt approach: Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka argued that the whole is different from the sum of its parts. The brain organises stimuli into complete forms through built-in laws, summed up in the law of Prägnanz: we see the simplest and most stable form possible.
- Constructivist (top-down) approach: Richard Gregory held that sensory information is often incomplete, so the brain builds a hypothesis about what is out there using memory and expectation. Visual illusions show what happens when that hypothesis is wrong.
- Ecological (bottom-up) approach: James J. Gibson argued that the light reaching the eye, the optic array, already holds enough information for direct perception. Texture gradients and motion parallax signal depth, and objects offer affordances, or possibilities for action.
- Computational approach: David Marr described perception as information processing in stages, from a primal sketch of edges to a 2½-D sketch of surfaces and finally a 3-D model of the object.
Conclusion: Perception moves from receiving a stimulus to responding to it, and each stage shapes what we finally experience. The approaches differ on how much perception depends on the stimulus and how much on knowledge, but most psychologists now accept that bottom-up and top-down processes work together.
Questions answered only in the full file
These six questions from the same June 2026 paper are answered only in the full BPCC 101 file. They are shown here exactly as printed, without answers.
- 3. Discuss operant conditioning by Skinner. (10)
- 4. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each : (5+5) (a) Latent and insight learning (b) Learning in a digital world
- 5. Explain the nature and scope of memory. Describe the types of memory. (10)
- 6. Discuss the theories of motivation. (10)
- 7. Explain the James-Lange theory of emotion. Describe the measurement of emotions. (5+5)
- 8. Write short notes on the following in about 150 words each : (5+5) (a) Stages of creative thinking (b) Barriers to problem solving
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology syllabus, block by block
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology is taught through 5 blocks and 9 units on eGyanKosh, plus a Brief Guide to Practicum for its 2 practical credits.
The June 2026 paper drew questions from all five blocks, although Units 2 and 4 were skipped this time. If you are revising alongside the official BPCC 101 Study Material, use the last column to see which unit each question came from.
The block list below follows the course page on eGyanKosh, IGNOU's official repository for BPCC-101, where all five blocks are listed under BAPCH Semester I.
| Block | Unit | Topics to know | June 2026 question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1: Introduction to Psychology | Unit 1: Origin of Psychology | Greek roots of the word, Wundt's 1879 Leipzig laboratory, schools of thought and psychology in India | Q1 |
| Block 1: Introduction to Psychology | Unit 2: Nature and Scope of Psychology | Characteristics of human behaviour, subfields such as clinical and developmental psychology, links with other disciplines | Not set this session (subfields were set in December 2024, June 2025 and December 2025) |
| Block 2: Perception | Unit 3: Perception: Meaning, Laws, Perceptual Constancies and Factors Affecting Perception | Stages of perception, Gestalt laws of organisation, size and shape constancy | Q2 |
| Block 2: Perception | Unit 4: Perception: Types and Errors of Perception | Depth and distance cues, movement perception, illusions | Not set this session (illusions were last set in June 2025) |
| Block 3: Thinking and Language | Unit 5: Thinking and Language | Four stages of creative thinking, problem-solving barriers, decision-making errors, language development | Q8 (a) and (b) |
| Block 4: Learning and Memory | Unit 6: Learning | Pavlov's classical conditioning, Skinner's operant conditioning, Tolman's latent learning, Köhler's insight learning, digital learning | Q3, Q4 (a) and (b) |
| Block 4: Learning and Memory | Unit 7: Memory | Sensory, short-term and long-term memory, models of memory, forgetting and memory strategies | Q5 |
| Block 5: Motivation and Emotion | Unit 8: Motivation | Need, drive and incentive, types of motivation, theories such as Maslow's hierarchy | Q6 |
| Block 5: Motivation and Emotion | Unit 9: Emotion | Components and types of emotion, James-Lange and Cannon-Bard theories, emotion versus mood | Q7 |
How the BPCC 101 June 2026 paper is set and marked
The BPCC 101 June 2026 paper carries 50 marks in 2 hours: you attempt any 5 of the 8 questions, at least 2 from each section, and every question is worth 10 marks.
| Question | Section | Topic | Marks | Expected length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Section I | Definition of psychology and psychology as a science | 10 | About 300 words |
| Q2 | Section I | Stages and theoretical approaches to perception | 10 | About 300 words |
| Q3 | Section I | Skinner's operant conditioning | 10 | About 300 words |
| Q4 | Section I | Short notes: latent and insight learning; learning in a digital world | 5+5 | About 150 words per note |
| Q5 | Section II | Nature, scope and types of memory | 10 | About 300 words |
| Q6 | Section II | Theories of motivation | 10 | About 300 words |
| Q7 | Section II | James-Lange theory and measurement of emotions | 5+5 | About 300 words in two parts |
| Q8 | Section II | Short notes: stages of creative thinking; barriers to problem solving | 5+5 | About 150 words per note |
Five answers in 120 minutes leaves you about 24 minutes per question. Three of the eight questions are split into two 5-mark parts this session, so plan each half separately instead of writing one long block.
The 50-mark paper is scaled to 70% of your final BPCC 101 result. If you want to see how earlier sessions balanced the two sections, our IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper page collects past papers by course.
BPCC 101 topics IGNOU keeps repeating, June 2022 to December 2025
Across the eight official BPCC 101 papers from June 2022 to December 2025, perception is the most repeated area: it was set in some form in every one of those sessions.
We read every BPCC 101 paper IGNOU has published from June 2022 to December 2025, which is eight sessions in a row. The count below shows in how many of those eight sessions each topic was set, and whether it came again in June 2026.
| Topic | Unit | Sessions where it was set | Count (of 8) | In June 2026? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stages and theoretical approaches to perception | Unit 3 | June 2022, June 2023, December 2023, June 2024, December 2024 | 5 | Yes, Q2 |
| Gestalt laws of perceptual organisation | Unit 3 | June 2022, June 2023, June 2024, June 2025, December 2025 | 5 | No |
| Definition of psychology and its scientific nature | Unit 1 | December 2022, December 2023, June 2024, June 2025, December 2025 | 5 | Yes, Q1 |
| Language development in children | Unit 5 | June 2022, December 2022, December 2024, December 2025 | 4 | No |
| Strategies for enhancing memory | Unit 7 | June 2022, June 2023, June 2025, December 2025 | 4 | No |
| Applications of memory in everyday life | Unit 7 | June 2022, June 2023, December 2023, December 2025 | 4 | No |
| Types of emotions | Unit 9 | June 2022, June 2023, June 2024, December 2025 | 4 | No |
| Types of memory | Unit 7 | June 2022, June 2024, June 2025 | 3 | Yes, Q5 |
| Theories of motivation | Unit 8 | June 2023, December 2023, December 2024 | 3 | Yes, Q6 |
| Functions and types of motivation | Unit 8 | December 2022, June 2024, December 2025 | 3 | No |
| Classical conditioning | Unit 6 | June 2022, June 2025, December 2025 | 3 | No |
| Decision making and its cognitive errors | Unit 5 | June 2023, June 2025, December 2025 | 3 | No |
| Subfields of psychology | Unit 2 | December 2024, June 2025, December 2025 | 3 | No |
| Skinner's operant conditioning | Unit 6 | June 2023, December 2024 | 2 | Yes, Q3 |
| Theories of emotion | Unit 9 | December 2022, June 2024 | 2 | Yes, Q7 (James-Lange) |
| Stages of creative thinking | Unit 5 | June 2023, December 2024 | 2 | Yes, Q8 (a) |
| Steps and barriers in problem solving | Unit 5 | December 2023, June 2024 | 2 | Yes, Q8 (b) |
| Learning in a digital world | Unit 6 | December 2022, December 2023 | 2 | Yes, Q4 (b) |
Notice the pattern: June 2026 picked mostly topics with two or three earlier appearances, while four-time favourites such as memory strategies and language development were left out. That makes them strong candidates for December 2026, and our IGNOU Important Questions page tracks topics like these course by course.
How our BPCC 101 answers are written and checked
Every BPCC 101 answer in our file is written from the IGNOU self-learning material, sized to the word limit printed on the paper, and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola before release.
Our writers, led by Prateek Talwar, first match each question to its SLM unit so the answer uses the same terms IGNOU examiners expect. A perception answer, for example, uses the stage names and theorists taught in Unit 3, not a textbook from another university.
Each long answer follows the introduction, body and conclusion format that the BPCC 101 assignment booklet asks for, with named psychologists and dates wherever they strengthen a point. Short notes are kept to about 150 words so you can reproduce them inside the time limit.
The review step checks three things: that every fact can be traced to the SLM or a standard psychology text, that no answer runs far past its word limit, and that two-part questions such as Q7 give each part the marks it carries.
BPCC 101 solved file index for June 2026
The full BPCC 101 file solves all 8 June 2026 questions, which is 10 answer items because Questions 4 and 8 each have two short notes; Questions 1 and 2 are on this page and the other 6 are in the file only.
| Question | Section | Block and unit | Where it is answered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Section I | Block 1, Unit 1 | On this page |
| Q2 | Section I | Block 2, Unit 3 | On this page |
| Q3 | Section I | Block 4, Unit 6 | Full file only |
| Q4 (a) and (b) | Section I | Block 4, Unit 6 | Full file only |
| Q5 | Section II | Block 4, Unit 7 | Full file only |
| Q6 | Section II | Block 5, Unit 8 | Full file only |
| Q7 | Section II | Block 5, Unit 9 | Full file only |
| Q8 (a) and (b) | Section II | Block 3, Unit 5 | Full file only |
BPCC 101 also carries 2 practical credits, guided by the Brief Guide to Practicum in the study material and worth 10% of the final result. The practicum is assessed separately from the term-end exam, so this file covers the theory paper only.
Programmes that carry BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology is a Semester I core course of IGNOU's BA (Honours) Psychology (BAPCH) and is also offered in the BA (Major) Psychology (BAFPC) scheme.
For learners in the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology programme, BPCC 101 sits in Semester I beside BPCC-102 Biopsychology, so most students write both papers in the same term-end exam.
The assignment booklet for the July 2024 and January 2025 cycles names both BAPCH and BAFPC on its cover, which is why the same June 2026 paper serves learners from both programmes.
Get the full BPCC 101 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Message 9899436384 on WhatsApp with the code BPCC 101 and the session June 2026 to get the complete solved file with all 8 questions answered.
The IGNOU BPCC 101 Solved Question Paper you receive covers the 2 answers shown above plus the 6 answers not shown here: operant conditioning, both Q4 short notes, memory, motivation theories, the James-Lange theory with emotion measurement, and both Q8 short notes.
Our team replies with the price and payment details. Once payment is confirmed, the PDF is shared on the same WhatsApp chat, ready to read on your phone or print.
BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology FAQs
These answers cover the questions BPCC 101 students ask us most about the June 2026 solved paper.
What does the BPCC 101 Solved Question Paper June 2026 include?
It includes complete answers to all 8 questions of the official IGNOU June 2026 BPCC 101 paper, which means 10 answer items because Questions 4 and 8 each ask for two short notes. Long answers are written to about 300 words and short notes to about 150 words, matching the limits printed on the paper. Two of the answers are shown on this page as samples.
How do I get the full BPCC 101 solved file on WhatsApp?
Send a WhatsApp message to 9899436384 with the course code BPCC 101 and the session June 2026. Our team replies with the price and payment details, and once payment is confirmed you receive the complete PDF. It answers all 8 questions of the paper: the 2 shown here plus the 6 that appear only in the full file, across every block of Introduction to Psychology.
Which BPCC 101 questions are answered in full on this page?
Questions 1 and 2 from Section I are answered in full on this page. Question 1 defines psychology and explains it as a science, and Question 2 covers the stages of perception and its main theoretical approaches. Questions 3 to 8, which include Skinner's operant conditioning, memory, motivation and the James-Lange theory, are listed as text only and answered in the full file.
Is this BPCC 101 Question Paper the official IGNOU June 2026 paper?
Yes. Every question on this page is copied exactly as printed in the official IGNOU June 2026 term-end paper of BPCC 101, which IGNOU printed in both English and Hindi. The question wording, numbering and marks are IGNOU's own. Only the answers are ours, written by our subject experts from the IGNOU study material and checked against the word limits set in the paper.
Which BPCC 101 Introduction to Psychology topics repeat most often?
Perception repeats the most. In the eight official papers from June 2022 to December 2025, the stages and approaches to perception and the Gestalt laws of organisation were each set in five sessions, and perception appeared in some form in every session. Memory strategies, applications of memory, language development and types of emotions each came up in four sessions.
How long should a BPCC 101 answer be in the term-end exam?
Write about 300 words for each 10-mark question and about 150 words for each part of a short-note question, because those are the limits printed on the BPCC 101 paper. With 5 answers to write in 2 hours, you have roughly 24 minutes per question. Keep a short introduction, a clearly organised body with named psychologists, and a brief conclusion.
How are BPCC 101 marks divided between exam, assignments and practical?
For BPCC 101, IGNOU gives 70% weightage to the term-end exam, 20% to tutor marked assignments and 10% to the practical, as stated in the assignment booklet for the July 2024 and January 2025 admission cycles. The course carries 6 credits, split into 4 theory credits and 2 practical credits, and the term-end paper itself is marked out of 50.
Does the BPCC 101 solved paper cover the practicum?
No. The BPCC 101 solved paper covers the theory term-end exam only, which is the 50-mark paper set in June 2026. The 2-credit practicum is assessed separately using the Brief Guide to Practicum in the IGNOU study material and carries 10% of the final result. For the theory paper, our file answers all 8 questions across the five blocks of the course.