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Human Learning And Memory Question Paper

Human Learning And Memory

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Psychology

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS

APS 301:
HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY

DATE: Thursday, 24th December, 2009

TIME: 8.00 a.m. ? 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ALL questions in this Section.
Section A: 30
marks

Question 1
a)
Name two strategies used in concept learning (2 marks)
b)
Learning as defined by the behaviourists implies 4 components; name them. (4 marks)
c)
Explain why insight learning can also be described as ?an epiphany? and eureka? (4 marks)
d)
Peter no longer notices the high pitch of his friend?s voice. Susan finds her friend's voice to be piercing, and it annoys her. Explain the processes responsible for the different reactions of Peter and Susan to their friend?s voice. (4 marks)
e)
James becomes hungry as soon as he enters Nyayo mess. Jane becomes fearful when she sees her instructor distributing an exam. Indicate the CS, CR, UCS, and UCR in these examples. (4 marks)
f)
Karanja's roommate in Usambara hostel never does his share of the household chores such as washing dishes, mopping the floor, and taking out garbage. Karanja finds his roommate?s lack of cooperation unfriendly. Explain a psychologically sound procedure Karanja can use to change his roommate?s behaviour. (5 marks)
g)
Show 4 conditional paradigms that can be used in classical conditioning (4 marks)
h)
State 3 retrieved cues used to get information out of memory (3 marks)

Section B: Answer only TWO questions from this Section
Question 2
a)
Pavlov suggested that the CR was the UCR elicited by the CS rather than the UCS. Describe the rationale for Pavlov?s view. Present evidence to support this view. (10 marks)
b)
Mama Dan would like to toilet train her 2-year old son. She wants to use a toy as a rein forcer but does not want to give a toy for each trip to the bathroom. Using several different schedules of reinforcement, show how Mana Dan, can go about toilet training her child without reinforcing every behaviour. Discuss the strength and weakness of every schedule. (10 marks)
Question 3
a)
Everyone forgets things or events in their lives. Discuss six main reasons for this. (10 marks)
b)
Memories aren?t exact records of events. Instead, memories are reconstructed in many different ways after events happen, which means they can be distorted by several factors. Giving suitable examples, describe factors responsible for memory distortion. (10 marks)
Question 4
a)
James does not have enough money to end the remainder of the semester. Describe legal steps he can use to solve this problem. What obstacles can hinder him from finding money? (10 marks)
b)
Wiper is Oloo's favorite politician. With reference two components of a concept politician? explain the processes that allow Oloo to vies Wiper as a politician and not as a teacher. (10 marks)
Question 5
a)
Jane's older son likes watching violent and horror movies on the TV. After reading about the effects of TV on personality development, she has started disliking the son?s interest in violent movies. Discuss the principles of observation learning that must be in place before Jane gets worried about the son learning to be violent. (10 marks)
b)
John a third year with two retakes has no idea of how he can avoid retakes in future. Explain how John might use mnemonic techniques to improve his memory during exams. (10 marks)

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