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ED 252: Education Psychology & the Teaching Learning Process

FALE/School of Education

Final Examination
Semester 2, 2019

Online Mode

Duration of Exam: 3 hours + 10 minutes

Reading Time: 10 minutes

Writing Time: 3 hours

(40 marks)

Instructions:

1. This examination has three sections:

a. Section A: Ten Multiple Choice Questions - 10 marks
b. Section B: Five short-answer questions - 10 marks
c. Section C: One essay question - 20 marks

2. Answer all questions in Sections A, B, & C. There are no choices.

3. Write your answers on this question paper.
4. This exam is worth 40% of your overall mark. The minimum examination
pass mark is 20/40.

Surname: _______________________Name:__________________________

ID: _________________________Campus:_____________________________
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SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions - (10 marks)
Instruction:
For each of the ten questions, circle the BEST answer.

1. In ED 252, you have read different theories pertaining to learning. One theory that is concerned
with the way people acquire behaviour appropriate to their social context and to their immediate
circumstances is known as:
a. sociocultural theory.
b. motivational theory.
c. cooperative learning theory.
d. social learning theory.

2. According to Albert Bandura, “how a person perceives which person to observe and what
aspects of behaviour to observe” is referred to as:
a. retention.
b. collective identification.
c. attention.
d. behaviour classification.

3. According to Thorndike’s work on operant conditioning, a stimulus which produces a reflex of

unlearned response is referred to as:
a. conditioned stimulus.
b. unconditioned contingency.
c. unconditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned contingency.

4. Becoming a member of a cultural group by using its language and tools is known as:
a. socialisation.
b. observational learning.
c. enculturation.
d. cultural acceptance.

5. According to Piaget and Vygotsky, a search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and
information from the environment is known as:
a. cognitive disequilibrium.
b. cognitive understanding.
c. internalisation.
d. equilibration.

6. According to Piaget’s cognitive development theory, the notion of focussing on more than one
aspect at a time is known as:
a. centering.
b. semiotic function.
c. decentering.
d. seriation.
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7. The three types of reinforcement that contribute to observational learning theory are:
a. direct, vicarious & self.
b. direct, vicarious & observational.
c. direct, vicarious & indirect.
d. direct, indirect & self.

8. Which of the following listed below is NOT true concerning criticisms of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development?
a. The understanding of exploration in active participation.
b. Underestimation of children’s abilities.
c. Lack of recognition of culture.
d. The understanding of conservation.

9. According to Motivation theory, the belief that one can master a situation and produce positive
outcomes is known as:
a. mastery orientation.
b. helpless orientation.
c. self-efficacy.
d. mastery motivation.

10. With instrumental learning (operant conditioning), the behaviour of a person is:
a. voluntary and purposive.
b. involuntary and non-purposive.
c. voluntary and non-purposive.
d. voluntary and uncontrollable.
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SECTION B: Short Answer Questions - (10 marks)
Instruction:
1. Answer all the five questions on the space provided in this booklet.
2. Give some examples to illustrate your answer
3. Each question is worth 2 marks.

Question 1
Describe Thorndike’s Law of Effect.
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Question 2
Discuss two ways in which social learning theory is similar to informal learning in the South Pacific.
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Question 3
Distinguish between enactive learning and vicarious learning.
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Explain why you think the development of student’s schema should be a goal of education today.
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Question 5 (2 marks)
Individual achievement and competition is what we practice; yet cooperative learning is what we
preach. Briefly discuss this dilemma and how would you solve it.
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SECTION C: ESSAY - (20 marks)

Instructions:

1. Answer the essay question on the space provided in this booklet.

2. Use approximately 1000 to 1500 words in your discussion of each part a & b.
3. Use relevant examples to illustrate your answer.

In this course, you have studied a number of learning theories such as Behavioural Learning theory,
Cognitive Development theory, Information Processing theory, Social Learning theory, Socio-
cultural theory, Motivational theory and Cooperative Learning theory.

a) Select ONE of these learning theories and discuss in detail what is it about and some of its
strength. (10 marks).
b) Discuss how you can apply this theory in your classroom situation. (10 marks).

SELECTED THEORY: ____________________________________________________

a) Explanation of the theory and its strength.
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b) Application of the theory to classroom situation.

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