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    MERU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    P.O. Box 972-60200 – Meru-Kenya.


    Tel: 020-2069349, 061-2309217. 064-30320 Cell phone: +254 712524293, +254 789151411
    Fax: 064-30321
    Website: www.must.ac.ke Email: info@must.ac.ke

    University Examinations 2015/2016


    SECOND YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
    OF EDUCATION SCIENCE

    EPS 3200: EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

    DATE: NOVEMBER 2015 TIME: 2 HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question one and any other two questions

    QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

    a) Outline the scope of Educational Psychology. (5 Marks)


    b) Briefly explain significance of Educational Psychology to teachers. (4 Marks)
    c) Evaluate three abuses or misuses of punishment in our Kenyan schools. (6 Marks)
    d) State three basic assumptions in information processing approach in cognitive psychology.
    (3 Marks)
    e) Relate selective attention and attention capacity to classroom teaching/learning process.
    (6 Marks)
    f) Discuss briefly how teachers and parents can motivate students. (6 Marks)

    QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)


    a) Explain four factors to consider as a basis for positive transfer of learning in our schools.
    (8 Marks)
    b) How do you apply operant conditioning in teaching/learning process? (12 Marks)

    Meru University of Science & Technology is ISO 9001:2008 Certified


    Foundation of Innovations Page 1
    QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

    a) Discuss Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and how it affects learning.
    (12 Marks)
    b) Identify four signs of maladjustment among students and explain how each of the
    maladjustment behaviour can be corrected. (8 Marks)

    QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

    a) What is perception? (2 Marks)


    b) Explain four ways of improving perception among students to enhance learning/teaching
    process. (8 Marks)
    c) By relating disuse and interference theories, explain what can lead to forgetting (lack of
    retention) among students. (10 Marks)

    QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

    a) Differentiate between classical conditioning and operant conditioning as used in psychology


    (12 Marks)
    b) Discuss at least four factors that affect learning. (8 Marks)

    Meru University of Science & Technology is ISO 9001:2008 Certified


    Foundation of Innovations Page 2

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