Educational Psychology MCQS

Here are Educational Psychology MCQS that covers psychology, schools of psychology theories of cognitive developments and learning and motivation theories

Human behavior includes conscious, subconscious, and unconscious:

A. Gestalt Psychology
B. Transpersonal Psychology
C. Cognitive Psychology
D. Psychoanalysis
Correct answer is: D. Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis explores conscious and unconscious processes.

Learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus is:

A. Classical conditioning
B. Operant conditioning
C. Both a and b
D. None of a and b
Correct answer is: A. Classical conditioning
Classical conditioning pairs a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one.

Learning in which the consequences of behavior produce changes is:

A. Classical conditioning
B. Operant conditioning
C. Both a and b
D. None of a and b
Correct answer is: B. Operant conditioning
Operant conditioning changes behavior based on consequences.

Memory that holds information from the world in its original form for an instant is:

A. Working memory
B. Long-term memory
C. Sensory memory
D. Short-term memory
Correct answer is: C. Sensory memory
Sensory memory holds information briefly in its original form.

The main purpose of guidance is to:

A. Make pupils more dependent on guidance
B. Develop the power of self guidance
C. Separate guidance from the educational program
D. Help the principal run the school
Correct answer is: B. Develop the power of self guidance
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The major responsibility of the counselor in the modern high school is to:

A. Help students solve their problems
B. Help the principal run the school
C. Solve the student’s many problems
D. Assist teachers in their in service training
Correct answer is: A. Help students solve their problems
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In counseling a student, a counselor should make it a point:

A. To establish and maintain rapport
B. To give the student a psychological interpretation of his feelings as he goes along
C. To remain as impersonal as possible so that the counselee will recognize his responsibility for solving his own problem
D. To take the initiative in order to have the interview explore fruitful avenues for counselee improvement
Correct answer is: A. To establish and maintain rapport
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The cumulative record includes:

A. Achievement test
B. Educational and vocational interests
C. Educational Progress Report
D. All of The Above
Correct answer is: D. All of The Above
A cumulative record is defined as <b>a permanent record of a student which is kept up-to-date by the school, it is his educational history with information about his school achievement, attendance, health, test scores, and similar pertinent data.</b>

The stage of prenatal development during which the developing organism is most vulnerable to injury is the:

A. Zygotic stage
B. Fetal stage
C. Germinal stage
D. Embryonic stage
Correct answer is: D. Embryonic stage
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Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

A. Classical conditioning
B. Operant conditioning
C. Observational learning
D. Insight learning
Correct answer is: B. Operant conditioning
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