Study Notes for UPSC and CBSE

We provide easy to understand self study notes for aspirants and students of UPSC, MPSC and CBSE.

Understanding the Models of Information Processing

In order to explain how our minds process the information we experience to make better sense of it, researchers strived a lot to develop models and theories of information processing. In this blog post, “Understanding the Models of Information Processing” I’m going to explain in detail the notable models of information processing. These models are: […]

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Russian Disintegration and the Unipolar World

Russian disintegration resulted by the host of reasons as like economic challenges, ethnic diversity, nationalistic aspirations, constant pressure by USA and support for separatists from USA paved way for the disintegration of mighty soviet Union in late twentieth century. In this blog post, “Russian Disintegration and the Emergence of a Unipolar World” I will explore

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The Cold War: Causes and Importance in Shaping Global Politics

Ideological differences between two superpowers, post world war II power struggle, and arms race polarized world into two power centers. Thereafter, the surfaced hostility and proxy wars, pressure tactics paved the way for war like situation between two power centers. Such tension and hostility is called cold war that lasted around four decades. In this

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Operant conditioning: reinforcement and punishment

Both reinforcement and punishment are the forms of operant conditioning in psychology. Negative and positive reinforcement and punishment are subtypes of both reinforcement and punishment. Operant conditioning focuses on voluntary behaviors. And, it involves the association of a behavior and its consequences. Unlike classical conditioning, in operant conditioning, the learner is active and can modify

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Fundamentals of economics

Economics is a scientific social science discipline that studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and societies allocate resources to satisfy their unlimited wants and needs. It is a complex field that can be divided into two main branches: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics deals with the individual units in terms of how and why the individual firm

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Conditioning in Psychology: definition Types and Examples

Conditioning results from stimuli and response in the external environment. We know that person either learn new behaviour or modifies existing one by the means of stimuli and response association. Simply put, conditioning in psychology have greater role in shaping human behaviour. In this blog, ” Conditioning in Psychology: definition Types, and Examples”, I’m going

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