Bharathiar University 2007 B.Sc Psychology Education BS208 - Question Paper

B.Sc. Education Psychology BS208 MAY 2007
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (40 marks)
ans any 5 ques. from the subsequent.
All ques. carry equal marks.
1. How can Educational Psychology be made more functional in the work of the teacher?
2. How heredity contributes significantly towards physical constitution?
3. What do you mean by learning curve?
4. ‘Motivation is a vital condition of learning’. explain the statement and suggest ways and means by which school learning can be effectively motivated.
5. What is conditioned response theory? What is its significance for class room teaching?
6. Describe any individual test of intelligence that you know. Mention its uses and limitations.
7. Explain Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality.
8. Describe the tools commonly used by the counsellers and mention for what every 1 is used.
PART B — (60 marks)
ans any 4 ques. from the subsequent.
All ques. carry equal marks.
9. Why psychology should be called a science? Mention various criteria. discuss the nature of psychology in the light of these criteria.
10. Discuss the principles of growth and development in detail.
11. What is the meaning of individual differences? explain the causes and nature of individual differences.
12. Mention the main kinds of learning. Which theories of learning have a great significance to the teacher?
13. What are the various theories of intelligence? explain any 2 of them.
14. Which are the important techniques for the measurement of personality? discuss any 2 of them.
15. What is a backward child? elaborate the reasons for backwardness? What should be the nature of education for a backward child?

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