NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

MARCH /APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION

 
COURES TITLE :                          ADVANCED  PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
COURSE CODE :                         EDU822
TIME  ALLOWED :                     2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION :                         ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER TWO
 
1.       Briefly discuss Thorndike’s Laws of Readiness, Exercise and Effect with examples          (15 marks)
(b)  Discuss any FIVE (5) implications of Thorndike’s theory of learning to classroom practice      (15 marks)
2.  Explain fully the following concepts in human learning:
i.                     Learning
ii.                   Transfer of  Learning
iii.                  Reinforcement
iv.                 Punishment
v.                   Stimulus  Discrimination                                                                                                (20 marks)
 
3    (a)     What is punishment?                                                                                                                (5 marks)
(b)     Discuss FIVE (5) drawbacks of punishment                                                                       (10 marks)
(c)      State TWO (2) differences between Classical and Operant Conditioning            (5 marks)
 
4 (a)        What is motivation?                                                                                                                (5 marks)
(b)      DiscussMaslow’s  Hierarchy of  Needs                                                                           (15 marks)
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14-16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

      MARCH/APRIL 2015 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: EDU 822
COURSE TITLE: ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING
TIME ALLOWD: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER QUESTION 1 AND ANY OTHER 2 QUESTIONS
 

1. Explain fully the following concepts in human learning?

• Learning
• Transfer of learning
• Reinforcement
• Punishment
• Memory
• Motivation (30 marks)

2(a)    Distinguish between Psychology and Counselling (6 marks)
(b)   Discuss seven (7) branches of Psychology and explain the relevance of each to the society (14 marks)
3(a)   With example differentiate between retroactive and proactive inhibition (8 marks)
(b)    Discuss six (6) contributions of Thorndike’s theory to classroom situation (12 marks)
4     Explain the following with example

• Learning
• Law of Readiness
• Psycho – motor domain
• Viscerogenic needs (20 marks)

You can get the exam summary answers for this course from 08039407882

Check the sample below