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ACS Distance Education

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

PRACTISE EXAMINATION PAPER

INSTRUCTIONS

You have 5 minutes to read this paper prior to commencing to write, after which you have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer all questions.

QUESTION 1.

Define any 4 of the following terms:

*Ambivalence *Apathy *Behaviour *Catalyst

*Cognition *Empirical *Fixation *Homeostasis

*Obsession *Perception *Performance *Psychosomatic

*Socialisation *Stereotype *Temperament *Trait.

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QUESTION 2

Explain in a summary, risks involved in applying psychology in two different specified situations.

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QUESTION 3

a/ Describe how the nervous system functions to transmit messages throughout the body.

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b/ Explain in a summary, how the disfunctioning of different parts of the a/ Compare the function of the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

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c/ Explain an example of behaviour affected by modelling, observed by the learner.

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QUESTION 4:

Explain an example of behaviour affected by modelling, observed by the learner.

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QUESTION 5:

Distinguish between consciousness and perception, in the attitude of an observed individual.

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QUESTION 6:

Explain through a summary, the four main stages of development including:

-sensorimotor -pre-operational

-concrete operational -formal operational.

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QUESTION 7:

Explain two examples of conditioning, observed by the learner.

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QUESTION 8:

Explain through examples, any 3 of the following different defence mechanisms:

-repression -displacement -rationalisation -projection

-denial -evaluation -sublimation -reaction/formation

-intellectualisation.

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