BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Describe types of conflict - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>George Simmel
has mentioned four types of conflict:
a. War
b. Feud or factional Strife
c. Litigation
d. Conflict of impersonal ideals.
1. War - represents a deep seated antagonistic impulse in man. It is a
worst type of conflict which aims at the destruction of the opponent.
When all the efforts to resolve the conflict between two nations fail,
,war finally breaks out as it in the only alternative to the peaceful means
of solution.
2. Feud or Factional strife - It is an intra-group conflict. Ittakes place
among the members of the same group. The degree of feud varies in
groups.
3. Litigation - is a judicial form of conflict. People take recourse to legal
means in the courts of law to protect their right to possessions. This
type of conflict is more objective in nature.
4. Conflict of impersonal ideals - When individuals fight not for their
personal gain, but for some ideal. In such a conflict, each party attempts
to justify truthfulness of its own ideals. For example, a political party
always tries to prove that its ideals are better than that of the other
political parties
The Health Belief Model is a behaviour change theory/model that has
been applied in
the development of programs aimed at reducing the spread of diseases
like HIV/AIDS.
Using condom use as an example, explain each of the following stages
in brief
A) Perceived Threat refers to:
B) Perceived Benefits refers to:
C) Perceived Barriers are:
D) Cues to Action refers to:
,E) Self efficacy: - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>A) Perceived Threat refers
to: a person's belief about the seriousness or severity of a disease and
their chances of contracting it
B) Perceived Benefits refers to: correct and constant use of condoms
may reduce HIV infections
C) Perceived Barriers are: are barriers like the costs of the condom
which are high and not manageable by everyone. also some religions
are against the use of condoms
D) Cues to Action refers to: they include giving out free condoms and
appealing condom advertising
E) Self efficacy: due to high confidence in condom use there have been
constant use of condoms
What is the g factor in intelligence and who developed it? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>The fluid ability to bring together a variety
of cognitive abilities in the aim of problem solving thus accumulating
crystallised knowledge that in turn facilitates higher level reasoning.
Developed by Charles spearman
Give 2 definitions of intelligence that offer different perspectives on the
matter in question 1. (G factor) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>Wechsler -
the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to
think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment while.
Gardener - the ability or set of abilities that allows a person to solve a
problem or create a product that is of value in one or more cultures
, Define IQ - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>Intelligence Quotient -measure
of intelligence that takes into account a Childs mental and chronological
age.
MA is the typical intelligence level found for people at a given
chronological age
CA is the actual age of the child taking the Intelligence test
IQ = MA / CA x 100
Briefly describe Paget's stages of cognitive development -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>1. sensorimotor stage - expands from birth
to approximately 2 yrs Infants develop
an understanding of the world through trial and error using their senses
and actions
2. pre-operational stage - Use of symbols, language use matures,
memory and imagination
are developed, thinking is non-logical and non-reversible.
3. concrete operational stage - Intelligence is demonstrated through
logical and
systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects.
4. formal operational stage - Intelligence is demonstrated through the
logical use
of symbols related to abstract concepts.
Name and state the roles of the 2 major components of the criminal
justice system in Kenya? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>1) law
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Describe types of conflict - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>George Simmel
has mentioned four types of conflict:
a. War
b. Feud or factional Strife
c. Litigation
d. Conflict of impersonal ideals.
1. War - represents a deep seated antagonistic impulse in man. It is a
worst type of conflict which aims at the destruction of the opponent.
When all the efforts to resolve the conflict between two nations fail,
,war finally breaks out as it in the only alternative to the peaceful means
of solution.
2. Feud or Factional strife - It is an intra-group conflict. Ittakes place
among the members of the same group. The degree of feud varies in
groups.
3. Litigation - is a judicial form of conflict. People take recourse to legal
means in the courts of law to protect their right to possessions. This
type of conflict is more objective in nature.
4. Conflict of impersonal ideals - When individuals fight not for their
personal gain, but for some ideal. In such a conflict, each party attempts
to justify truthfulness of its own ideals. For example, a political party
always tries to prove that its ideals are better than that of the other
political parties
The Health Belief Model is a behaviour change theory/model that has
been applied in
the development of programs aimed at reducing the spread of diseases
like HIV/AIDS.
Using condom use as an example, explain each of the following stages
in brief
A) Perceived Threat refers to:
B) Perceived Benefits refers to:
C) Perceived Barriers are:
D) Cues to Action refers to:
,E) Self efficacy: - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>A) Perceived Threat refers
to: a person's belief about the seriousness or severity of a disease and
their chances of contracting it
B) Perceived Benefits refers to: correct and constant use of condoms
may reduce HIV infections
C) Perceived Barriers are: are barriers like the costs of the condom
which are high and not manageable by everyone. also some religions
are against the use of condoms
D) Cues to Action refers to: they include giving out free condoms and
appealing condom advertising
E) Self efficacy: due to high confidence in condom use there have been
constant use of condoms
What is the g factor in intelligence and who developed it? -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>The fluid ability to bring together a variety
of cognitive abilities in the aim of problem solving thus accumulating
crystallised knowledge that in turn facilitates higher level reasoning.
Developed by Charles spearman
Give 2 definitions of intelligence that offer different perspectives on the
matter in question 1. (G factor) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>Wechsler -
the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to
think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment while.
Gardener - the ability or set of abilities that allows a person to solve a
problem or create a product that is of value in one or more cultures
, Define IQ - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>Intelligence Quotient -measure
of intelligence that takes into account a Childs mental and chronological
age.
MA is the typical intelligence level found for people at a given
chronological age
CA is the actual age of the child taking the Intelligence test
IQ = MA / CA x 100
Briefly describe Paget's stages of cognitive development -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>1. sensorimotor stage - expands from birth
to approximately 2 yrs Infants develop
an understanding of the world through trial and error using their senses
and actions
2. pre-operational stage - Use of symbols, language use matures,
memory and imagination
are developed, thinking is non-logical and non-reversible.
3. concrete operational stage - Intelligence is demonstrated through
logical and
systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects.
4. formal operational stage - Intelligence is demonstrated through the
logical use
of symbols related to abstract concepts.
Name and state the roles of the 2 major components of the criminal
justice system in Kenya? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>>>>>>>1) law
