Educational Psychology MCQS

Piaget's formal operational stage begins around age 11 and is characterized by abstract, hypothetical, systematic, and deductive thinking.

• The sensorimotor stage covers infancy, the preoperational stage early childhood, and the concrete operational stage logical thinking about concrete objects.

Adolescents develop at different rates, so a teacher should reassure the student that individual differences in physical growth are normal and avoid unnecessary comparison.

• Ignoring the concern, public comparison, or recommending withdrawal would be unhelpful or harmful.

Expectancy theory includes valence, or personal value of the outcome.

Drive-reduction theory explains behavior as restoring physiological equilibrium.

IQ = (9/12) × 100 = 75.

IQ scores can be affected by environmental and contextual factors.

Intrinsic motivation comes from internal satisfaction.

Fluid intelligence tends to decline with age while crystallized intelligence may increase.

Mental age compares intellectual performance to age norms.

IQ = (12/10) × 100 = 120.

Inductive reasoning derives general rules from examples.

Musical intelligence involves sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, and melody.

Interpersonal intelligence involves understanding others.

Intrapersonal intelligence involves understanding oneself.

Fluid intelligence is reasoning and solving novel problems.

Crystallized intelligence is accumulated knowledge and skills.

Gestalt psychology influenced insight learning through sudden reorganization.

Spearman's g-factor is general intelligence.

Spearman's s-factor is specific ability.

Verbal fluency involves rapidly producing words.

Perceptual speed involves quickly recognizing visual details.

Insight learning involves sudden realization of a solution.

Insight involves restructuring the problem mentally.

Observational learning can occur without direct reinforcement.

Retention involves remembering the observed behavior.