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Epsc 121:Introduction To Psychology Semester 1 Year 2016 Question Paper

Epsc 121:Introduction To Psychology Semester 1 Year 2016

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Egerton University question papers

Exam Year:2016

INSTRUCTIONS
(i) Answer Question One and any other TWO
(i) Do not write on the question paper

Question One
(a) Define the following terms: (10 marks)
(i) Creativity
(ii) Perception
(iii) Personality
(iv) Learning
(v) Abnormality
(b) Discuss any THREE branches of Psychology (6 marks)
(c) Explain why Psychology is considered a science (4 marks)
(d) Describe FIVE Ego defence mechanisms according to Sigmund Freud,showing how secondary school students apply each one of them (10 marks)

Question Two
(a) Identify FIVE factors that influence motivation (5 marks)
(b) Discuss FIVE effects of emotions on human behaviour (10 marks)
(c) Discuss any TWO theories of forgetting (5 marks)

Question Three
(a) Define social learning (1 mark)
(b) Discuss THREE factors that promote social learning (9 marks)
(c) Identify FOUR characteristics of divergent thinking (4 marks)
(d) Describe THREE strategies that can be used to improve retention of information (6 marks)

Question Four
(a) Discuss FIVE environmental factors that influence behaviour (10 marks)
(b) Describe the role of FIVE glands of the endocrine system (10 marks)

Question Five
(a) Using an illustration,describe Maslow's theory of motivation (10 marks)
(b) Present and discuss the psychosexual stages of personality development,as proposed by Sigmund Freud (10 marks)

Epsc 121:Introduction To Psychology Semester 1 Year 2016 Question Paper

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