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Cam 203: Behavioural Science (Weekend Class) Question Paper

Cam 203: Behavioural Science (Weekend Class)

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2009

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2008/2009
SECOND YEAR STAGE II EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
CAM 203: BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE (WEEKEND CLASS)
DATE: APRIL 2009 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Briefly discuss the Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. Give an example for each stage.
(5 Marks)
b) Briefly discuss the various types of reinforcement (5 Marks)
c) Discuss two broad types of reinforcement schedules (6 Marks)
d) List five factors that make people remember what they remember (5 Marks)
e) Differentiate between:
i. Absolute threshold and difference threshold
ii. Size constancy and shape constancy
iii. Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence
(3 Marks each)
QUESTION TWO
a) Briefly define the concept of personality. (5 Marks)
b) Give a brief description for each of the following stages of Freud’s psychosexual stages of
development:
i) Oral stage
ii) Anal stage
iii) Phallic stage
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iv) Latency stage
v) Genital stage (15 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
Life force “heros” and aggression “thanatos” motivates all the behavioural tendencies in human life.
With regard to this school of thought to human behaviour, discuss with examples the following ego
defence mechanisms:
a) Denial
b) Displacement
c) Projection
d) Reaction formation
e) Repression (3 Marks each)
QUESTION FOUR
No aspect of our mental life is more important to the quality and meaning of our existence than
emotions. They are what make life worth living, or sometimes ending. So it is not surprising that most
of the great classical philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume—had
recognizable theories of emotion, conceived as responses to certain sorts of events of concern to a
subject, triggering bodily changes and typically motivating characteristic behavior.
Required
Discuss how emotions affect the following cardinal virtues:
a) Justice
b) Prudence
c) Courage
d) Temperance (20 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Give a brief comparison between moral, ethical and legal considerations. (9 Marks)
b) Highlight four approaches that could be used by an organization in deciding what is ‘right’ and
‘wrong’ (4 Marks)
c) Discuss the importance of business ethics in the contemporary organization. (7 Marks)

Cam 203: Behavioural Science (Weekend Class) Question Paper

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