Egc 506: Personality Psychology Question Paper
Egc 506: Personality Psychology
Course:Master Of Education
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2011
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
EGC 506: PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
DATE: Monday, 31ST January 2011
TIME: 2.00 P.M. – 5.00 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS: The paper has five questions. Attempt any THREE questions only.
QUESTION ONE
(a)
Explain why the study of personality is considered scientific.
( 5 marks)
( b)
Discuss how the following three research traditions differ in the way they approach the
study of personality:
i)
The clinical tradition
( 6marks)
ii)
The correlational approach
( 6 marks)
iii)
The experimental tradition
( 6 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a)
Explain the role played by heredity in the determination of personality.
( 5 marks)
b)
Discuss three unshared environments and show how they contribute to the shaping of
personality:
i)
Time spent at home by the child and significant other persons.
( 3 marks)
ii)
Authoritarian parenting.
( 3 marks)
iii)
Disciplinary methods employed by parents.
( 3 marks)
QUESTION THREE
a)
In what way did the Neo Freudians differ from Freud in relation to their perception of
personality functioning?
( 5 marks)
c)
Discuss the contributions of Carl Jung and Alfred Adler to the personality theories.
( 18 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a)
Describe ways in which the personology theory of Murray and his Harvard colleagues
different from the earlier theories.
( 5 marks)
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b)
Discuss personality functioning as perceived from the vantage point of the personologists.
(18 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a)
Discuss the social cognitive theory showing how the perceptions of Albert Bandura and
Walter Mischel differ from the psychoanalytic perspective.
(23 marks)
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