PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

Answer any TEN questions.

Each answer should not exceed 50 words.

Each answer carries 2 marks.

1. Mention any two scopes of Educational Psychology.

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2. What is ‘experimental method’?

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3. Mention any two principles of growth and development.

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4. Mention any two internal factors affecting attention.

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5. What do you mean by ‘concept formation’?

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6. What are Concept Maps?

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B 1002 UDAB

B.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012

(For the candidates admitted from the academic year

2009-2010 and thereafter)

Core Course – PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 80

B 1002 2

7. Define Problem Solving.

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8. What do you mean by ‘social maturity’?

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9. What do you mean by ‘chain learning’?

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10. What is Interpersonal skills?

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11. What do you mean by ‘Convergent thinking’?

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12. What do you mean by ‘Abstract Intelligence’?

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PART B — (6 × 5 = 30 marks)

Answer any SIX questions.

Each answer should not exceed 200 words.

Each answer carries 5 marks.

13. Explain important characteristics of learning.

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14. Explain any two principles of growth and development

with an example.

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15. Explain any two factors related to perception.

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B 1002 3

16. What do you mean by ‘object permanance’? Explain with

an example.

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17. Give a brief note on ‘law of readiness’ by Thorndike.

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18. Explain briefly any two dimensions of intelligence as

given by Guilford.

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19. How level aspiration is related to achievement

motivation?

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20. Mention any five characteristics of the Gifted.

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PART C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks)

Answer BOTH the questions.

Each answer should not exceed 600 words.

Each answer carries 15 marks.

21. (a) Explain Bruner’s theory of concept development and

its educational implications.

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Or

(b) Explain the various stages of creativity with

examples.

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B 1002 4

22. (a) Explain Kohlberg’s stages of moral development

with examples.

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Or

(b) Explain the theory of intelligence propagated by

‘Spearman’ and highlight its educational

implications.

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