MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIT TITLE INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

UNIT CODE: BEP 1104

CAT 1

Answer all questions

1. Define the following terms (10mks)

i. Psychology
ii. Learning
iii. Generalization
iv. Attention
v. Negative reinforcement

2. Explain two personality characteristics of a Choleric (4mks)

3. Outline two ways in which teachers can apply the information processing model in the classroom
situations (4mks)

4. Identify any two ways in which is psychology is a science (4mks)

5. Explain the operations at the short term memory bank (4mks)

6. Explain those teacher characteristics that affect learning (4mks)