In: Psychology
Question 4
a) James believes that taking into account the characteristics,
attitudes, steps in critical thinking as well as the communication
behaviors, people are more likely to be made critical thinkers than
being born as such. Illustrate your agreement or disagreement with
the above statement. . Justify your answer using relevant and
concrete examples.
(CR – 6 marks)
b) Choosing the appropriate learning space makes a whole difference
in how well a student prepares for examination. Sometimes, the
failure of students can actually be blamed on the poor choice of
learning environment which they make even as they prepare for
exams. Explain in details the four potential factors that your will
consider while selecting a learning space as you prepare for exams
and indicate how your choice can will be conducive for your end of
semester examination preparation.
(EV – 6 marks)
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c) Technological addiction and poor sleeping habits are two major
challenges that the twenty first century student has to deal with.
With data being so affordable and the easy access to numerous
social media platforms, a lot of students spend their sleep times
interacting with friends and attending parties. Some are even
addicted. Evaluate how you can manage these two major challenges
using three key learning strategies to attain academic excellence.
(CR – 6 marks)
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Question 5
a) Students’ attitude towards teachers and class is a major cause
of plagiarism. Some students cheat because they have negative
student attitudes towards assignments and tasks that teachers think
have meaning but they don’t” (Howard, 2002). Illustrate your
agreement or disagreement with the above statement. (EV – 6
marks)
b) Based on the statement in (a) critically analyze in details and
with the use of your own examples three major means of reducing
plagiarism among university students.
(CR – 6 marks)
c) Engaging unethical behaviors in your academic journey usually is
not encouraged as it gives a terrible reflection of the potentially
bad professional behaviors you will exhibit in the future. With the
backing of practical examples of your choice, discuss and justify
how unprincipled and unethical behaviors of a professional can
convey distress or potential harm to a customer and describe which
key remedies can be used to resolve the condition.
Its is more easy to make individuals critical thinkers. When children are born both nature and nurture affect their development process. Nature and nurture affects the individuals thinking capabilities which further affects the decision making capabilities. For example when a child is born he or she cannot understand what is right and what is wrong . The critical thinking skills are bsend in the child at that point.With time with life experiences and observations the critical thinking skills are involved in the child .To develop a critical thinking approach we can induce environments which promote critical thinking . As the individuals observe what is happening around him or her he develops an observational perspective .This can be explained through Albert Bandura's observational learning theory . When we observe the attitudes and communication behaviors of the individuals we can develop an approach to mould it in a critical thinking way . For example a teen who is very straightforward and does not show any critical thinking trains can be provided with tasks which require both critical thinking skills . This will help the individuals to develop a critical thinking attitude and perspective .Similarly the behavior patterns can be changed by introducing the individual to a cortical and rational thinking environment . This cannot be done at the time when individuals are born .At that time individuals do not posses any kind of critical thinking ability .