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MURANG’A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL


SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY ORDINARY EXAMINATION

2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR


FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
TDP101: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

DURATION: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. Answer question one and any other two questions.


2. Mobile phones are not allowed in the examination room.
3. You are not allowed to write on this examination question paper.

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SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

a. Name THREE goals of psychology. (3 marks)

b. Identify FOUR reasons why psychology is considered a science. (4 marks)

c. State FOUR reasons why a teacher may decide to undertake research on student behaviour.
(4 marks)

d. Identify THREE types of perceptual constancies describe in perception. (3 marks)

e. State FOUR key elements involved in pavlovian conditioning. (4 marks)

f. Identify THREE motivations of behaviour you would expect in school student as proposed
by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. (3 marks)

g. Mention TWO integral components of human emotions. (2 marks)

h. Identify THREE defense mechanisms that students use to protect themselves from the harsh
realities of life. (3 marks)

i. State TWO criteria used for distinguishing abnormal behaviour. (2 marks)

j. Mention TWO environmental factors that can interact with inheritance of intelligence.
(2 marks)

SECTION B – ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION


QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

a. Describe TWO factors that may contribute to stress in secondary school students. (8 marks)

b. Discuss FOUR emotional responses to stress that a classroom teacher can experience.
(12 marks)

QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

a. Describe Freud’s THREE structures of personality. (12 marks)

b. Explain how the THREE structures of personality in Freud’s theory interrelate and interact
with each other to develop personality. (8 marks)

QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

a. Outline THREE elements of learning highlighted in its definition. (6 marks)

b. Discuss TWO forms of associative learning. (14 marks)

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