Principles Of Human Psychology Question Paper

Principles Of Human Psychology

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Nursing And Public Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE (NURSING)

HNS 204:
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY

DATE: Thursday, 24th December, 2009

TIME: 8.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions.

A.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (TOTAL 20 MARKS)
1.
Which of the following is true?
a)
The “ID” obeys the reality principle
b)
The ‘SUPER EGO’ goes with the “EGO” but counteracts the “ID”
c)
The ‘EGO’ obeys the pleasure principle
d)
In regard to sex, the ‘EGO’ may say “Not now, never!”

2.
Which one of the following is false?

a)
In Erikson’s stages of socio-economic development learning initiative
versus isolation comes before Intimacy versus Isolation.
b)
“Learning
generativity”
versus
“self absorption occurs in middle
adulthood.

c)
When a person enjoys a sense of satisfaction he is in the “Integrity” versus
“Despair” stage.

d) “Learning Basic Trust” versus “Mistrust” occurs in the first year of life.

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3.
Which one of the following is true?

a)
Cannon – Bard theory of emotion argues that we experience physiological
arousal and emotion separately.

b)
The Lazarus theory of emotion states that a thought must come after a
motion or physiological arousal.

c)
According to Schachtes – Singer theory, an event causes physiological
arousal later before reasoning and emotion.

d)
James – Lange theory of emotion argues that an event causes
physiological arousal first and then we interpret this arousal.

4.
Which one of the following is false?
a)
Children do not learn gender role expectations early
b)
Gender role is the general patterns of work or appearance associated with
being a man or woman
c)
“Difficult temperament” is a risk factor for future psychiatric disorders
d)
“Temperament” is the individual differences in the style of behaviour

5.
Which one of the following is true?
a)
The germinal stage begins after 2 weeks in the fallopian tubes
b)
The embryonic stage lasts for 2 months
c)
Genes contains chromosomes that govern individual development
d)
DNA molecules are ribbon like structures composed of other smaller
molecules

6.
Which one of the following is false?

a)
Early psychologists were not influenced much by the evolution theory of
Charles Darwin.
b)
Galton differed much with the work of C. Darwin.
c)
According to John Locke, all of us are born with some intelligence
d)
“Operations” in Piaget’s development is similar to “mental manipulation
of reality”

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7.
Which one of the following is true?

a)
“Compensation” is the development of a talent as a response to a personal
deficiency
b)
“Sublimation” is not turning our drives into unhealthy outcomes
c)
“Displacement” is the expression of feelings away from a more
threatening person.
d)
“Projection” is the attribution of ones desirable feelings to oneself.

8.
Which one of the following is false in Piaget’s stages of child development
a)
“Sensor motor” and “formal operations”
b)
Initiative and Guilt
c)
“Preoperational” and “Transitive inferences”
d)
“Assimilation” and “Accommodation”

9.
Which one of the following is true?
a)
Sigmund Freud was not a psychoanalyst
b)
Roger Bacon once said “Eat, drink and be merry”
c)
Plato believed in “empiricism”
d)
Aristotle studied dreams, perceptions and mental illnesses

10.
Which one of the following is false?
a)
Psycho analysis originated in medicine
b)
Freud believed in “psychic determinism”
c)
The object of study in “Gestalt” psychology is the unconscious
d)
The depth of study in behaviorism is controlling individual motivation

11.
Which one of the following is true?
a)
In adolescence growth spurt starts at 14 for girls
b)
For girls early maturation may lead to embarrassment
c)
Gender identity is not influenced by hormones
d)
Girls play tend to be less orderly than boys.

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12.
Which one of the following is false?

a)
During “formal operations stage” of development there is abstract
reasoning

b)
The secondary sexual characteristics are related to the act of sexual
reproduction

c)
In both sexes, secondary sexual changes correspond to the activation of
the hypothalamic functions
e)
The sudden secretion of melatonin may initiate puberty.

13.
Which one of the following is true?
a)
Rene Descantes advocated for “Behaviorism”
b)
Sigmund Freud introduced differential psychology in America
c)
James Cattel viewed psychopathology in terms of ‘fixation’ and
‘regression’
d)
Heredity doesn’t influence personality.

14.
Which one of the following is false?
a)
In “Assimilation” existing schema is revised
b)
The “sensor motor” stage covers infancy
c)
“Transductive reasoning” occurs during the concrete
d)
“Conservation” occurs in the “preoperational” stage

15.
Which one of the following is true?
a)
When a tall person tries to out do everyone it is called “sublimation”
b)
When a mother shows her hate for her child by being nice in public, this is
called “Intellectualization”
c)
When ones mother dies and one says “one has to die sometime” – this is
called “splitting”
d)
When a rapist says the victim was provocative this is called “projection”

16.
Which one of the following is false?
a)
In “Oedipus Complex” the girl child views the father as a friend
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