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UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

FINAL EXAMINATION
(ONLINE)
SEMESTER II
SESSION 2020/2021

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN
COURSE NAME :
TVET
COURSE CODE : MBE 10203
PROGRAMME CODE : MBV
EXAMINATION DATE : JULY 2021
DURATION : 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTION : ANSWER ONLY 6 QUESTIONS.
QUESTION Q1 IS COMPULSORY.
CLOSE BOOK EXAMINATION

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF FOUR (4) PAGES

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S1 (Compulsory Question)
(a) What is educational psychology?
(5 marks)

(b) State three (3) reasons why learning educational psychology is important
for educators.
(12 marks)

(c) Define the following terms according to psychology:

(i) learning
(ii) schooling
(iii) development
(iv) growth
(8 marks)

S2
Schedule of Successive approximation
Reinforcement
Eliminating negative
behaviour through extinction

Figure S2

(a) Imagine yourself as a teacher. How do you put the above principles in a
classroom situation you are currently facing?
(6 marks)

(b) State two (2) strengths and two (2) weaknesses of this approach.
(6 marks)

(c) To what extend do you agree that animal-based experiments can be used
for inferring about human behavior scientifically?
(3 marks)

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S3 (a) How different is the humanistic approach to psychology from the

behaviorism approach?
(8 marks)

(b) Describe on the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

(7 marks)

S4 (a) Please introduce two theorists of the cognitive approach to psychology

and explain their main contributions.
(8 marks)

(b) Why the ‘mnemonic’ and ‘mind-mapping’ study techniques are widely
taught to students in schools? Support your answers by referring to the
theory of human information-processing system.
(7 marks)

S5 (a) Suggest two (2) learning objectives for any chosen subject, and for
a chosen specific age group. Build a short plan of activity that can boost
students’ intrinsic motivation, in order to fulfil the objectives. Justify your
answers.
(10 marks)

(c) In your opinion, when is the most appropriate time to boost students’
extrinsic motivation in the context of classroom learning?
(5 marks)

S6 (a) What is job satisfaction?

(2 marks)

(b) What are factors of job satisfaction? Give examples based on the contexts
of school teachers.
(10 marks)

(c) Who is an employer?

(3 marks)

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S7 (a) “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think” –Socrates.
What did Socrates probably mean?
(5 marks)

(b) Differentiate between the concepts of emotional intelligence and brain

intelligence.
(4 marks)

(c) Suggest how the emotional intelligence theory by Daniel Goleman shapes
you into becoming a good counsellor in the future.
(6 marks)

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