National Open University of Nigeria

Plot 91, Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway, Jabi – Abuja

Faculty of Science

NOVEMBER, 2018 EXAMINATIONS

 
COURSE CODE: ESM 403
COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL PRECEPTION
CREDIT: 2 Units
TIME ALLOWED: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTION: Answer Question ONE (1) and any other THREE (3) Questions
 
1a) List the various sources of water in the hydrosphere (9mks)
1b) Elucidate on the major characteristics of the Lithosphere (16mks)
 
2a) Highlight the ways in which man’s intervention depletes freshwater resources (5mks)
2b) Describe the primary and secondary effects of agriculture on the lithosphere. (4mks)
2c) Write short notes on the following schools of thoughts
i   Environment Determinism
ii Environmental Possibilism
iii Environmental Probabilism   (6mks)
 
3a) Define Perceptual Process (3mks)
3b) Describe any four Steps in the Perceptual Process (12mks)
 
4) Write short and brief notes on the following
Ø  Sensory Limits
Ø  Thresholds
Ø  Psychological Factors
Ø  The Target
Ø  The Situation  (15mks)
 
5a) What is Cognition? (3mks)
5b) Discuss Piaget’s four major processes of cognitive development (12mks)
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