NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: PED420
COURSE TITLE: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question 1 which is compulsory and any other two questions.
TIME ALLOWED: 2hrs
1. (a) In one sentence define maladjustment. (3 marks)
(b) Discuss how the human personality is shaped in the context of Freud’s personality structure. (15 marks)
(c) The school as a social environment required the individuals within it to interact effectively for the success of the teaching learning process. For this interaction to occur optimally, both the teachers and learners should be socially well adjusted. If this social adjustment is lacking, the process of teaching and learning will adversely be affected. Mention six (6) implications of having maladjusted learner in the classroom. (12 marks)
2. (a) List six behaviour modification strategies that have been found useful in helping to bring out desirable changes in young school children with behaviour problems. (6 marks)
(b) What is assertive training? (4 marks)
(c) Identify five (5) categories of primary school children who can benefit from
assertive training. (10 marks)
3. (a) Explain the concept of Oedipus complex in the light of Freud’s personality development. (8 marks)
(b) Discuss with specific examples Maslow’s belief that higher order needs cannot appear until lower order needs are well satisfied. (12 marks)
4 (a) What do you understand by productive orientation as used by Fromm? (3 marks)
(b) Give two (2) similarities and four (4) differences between receptive and exploitation orientations. (12 marks)
(d) List Freud’s stages of psychosexual development in progressive order starting from the lowest stage. (5 marks)
You can get the exam summary answers for this course from 08039407882
Check anoda sample below
