M.A-M.A Education ESSENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Education) (Non Semester) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
ESSENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2009 Onwards)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
SECTION A — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Define psychology. What is its relationship between education and psychology?
2. Explain the various aspects of development.
3. Define motivation and list out its functions.
4. Explain Guilford’s structure of intellect.
5. What is personality? How will you assess it using projective techniques?
6. Give an account of automation of metacognitive processes.
7. Explain about the formation of concepts.
8. Discuss the educational implications of Gagne’s hierarchy of learning types.
SECTION B — (4 × 15 = 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Explain the latest trends in educational psychology.
10. Explain the concept and the various stages of growth and development.
11. Explain the strategies for enhancing achievement motivation.
12. Explain the different types of intelligence tests.
13. Explain the Piaget’s theory of cognitive processes and its educational implications.
14. Describe the principles of metacognitive instruction.
15. What is learning? Explain its types with appropriate examples.

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