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PSL510S - PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING A - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024 |
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nAmlBIA unlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
QUALIFICATION: DIPLOMA IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
TRAINER
QUALIFICATION CODE: 06DTVT
LEVEL: 5
COURSE CODE: PSLSl0S
COURSE NAME: PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING A
SESSION: JUNE 2024
PAPER: 1
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
MS R. QUEST
MODERATOR: DR 0. KACHEPA
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF_ 4_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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1. Read the following statements about assessment in education. Indicate~
the statement and ials.e. if you don't agree.
if you agree with
(10 x 2 =20)
1.1 Learning Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)evaluate learning strategies outside the
classroom.
1.2 According to the behaviourism learning theory, knowledge exists inside the student.
1.3 Social constructivists believe that knowledge is constructed (developed) through interaction with
others.
1.4 Theory provides us with explanations and principles of any phenomena we observe and experience.
1.5 Learning according to behaviourism is an observable and measurable response to external stimuli.
1.6 While behaviourism and cognitivism learning theories place the focus on the student, humanism
places the focus on the teacher.
1.7 The Internet is a network of computers and the same devices all connected together.
1.8 Classicalconditioning was invented by the work of Skinner.
1.9 Cognitive learning occurs through the internal process of information similar to how the human
brain functions.
1.10 Carl Roger's philosophy stressed that human beings have a natural tendency to learn.
2. Multiple Questions. Choose one correct answer.
(10 X 2 =20)
2.1 Classical conditioning was invented by:
a. Skinner
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. George Miller
d. All of the above
2.2 Which of the following theories view learning as a natural process and a personal act to fulfil
one's potential?
a. Humanist learning theory.
b. Connectivist learning theory.
c. Social constructivist learning theory.
d. Cognitivist learning theory.
2.3 The order of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, from bottom to top is:
a. Safety, Esteem, Love, Self-Actualization, Physiological
b. Physiological, Esteem, Love, Safety, Self-Actualisation
c. Physiological, Safety, Love, Esteem, Self-Actualisation
d. Physiological, Safety, Esteem, Love, Self-Actualisation
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2.4 Humanism is viewed as
a. Natural process
b. Personal act
c. One's potentials
d. All of the above
2.5 Connectivism is creating networks to connect through:
a. Sharing
b. Finding
c. Using
d. All of the above
2.6 Cognitivists re-organise internal information by:
a. Finding old information
b. Adapting to old explanations
c. Adjusting old information
d. None of the above
2.7 Operant conditioning was invented by:
a. Skinner
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. George Miller
d. All of the above
2.8 Classicalconditioning is a learning process through ...
a. Associations
b. Conditioned stimulus
c. Unconditioned stimulu
d. All of the above
2.9 Cognitivism occurs through
a. External
b. Internal
c. Both
d. None of the above
........ processing of information.
2.10 Social Constructivism believes in.....
a. Knowledge is received from outside.
b. Knowledge is constructed through interaction.
c. Knowledge is achieved with the assistance of others.
d. All of the above
3. Define the following learning theories as indicated below:
3.1 Behaviourist learning theory
3.2 Cognitivist learning theory:
3.3 Social constructivist learning theory:
3.4 Humanist learning theory:
3.5 Connectivist learning theory
(5 X 2=10)
4. Provide your own example of learning which supports the definition of learning according to the
theory of social constructivism.
(5 x 2 =10)
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5. Look at the picture below of Pavlov's classical conditioning and explain the process of conditioning in
chronological order from 1 to 4.
(4 x 3 = 12)
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6. Robert Gagne provided nine events in the instruction framework for an effective learning process
in the Cognitive Theory. List the nine events in an effective learning process.
(9)
7. Abraham Maslow has analysed a hierarchy of needs of highly successful people. List at least
these needs of Maslow's hierarchy according to the numbers indicated in the diagram below.
(9)
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8. Ms Quest is a lecturer at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). She normally
gives PSL510Sactivities and provides feedback on what the students did and where to focus for
= corrections if needed. Name and explain five types of feedback to support learning. (5 x 2 10)
End of the Exam paper
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