Educational Psychology MCQS Archives - Page 8 of 16

Which come third in series in Maslow’s classification:

A. Esteem

B. Love

C. Safety

D. Physiological

Correct answer is: B. Love

Cognitive learning theory was presented by:

A. Thorndike

B. Skinner

C. Pavlov

D. Bruner

Correct answer is: D. Bruner

Concept of discovery learning was given by:

A. Skinner

B. Bruner

C. Ausubel

D. Maslow

Correct answer is: B. Bruner

The most of the differences in interest are due to the difference in:

A. Sex

B. Age

C. Experiential background

D. Opportunity

Correct answer is: C. Experiential background

Projective techniques are used to measure:

A. Achievement

B. Aptitude

C. Personality

D. Intelligence

Correct answer is: C. Personality

Alfred Binet worked on:

A. Achievement tests

B. Intelligence tests

C. Aptitude tests

D. Personality tests

Correct answer is: B. Intelligence tests

Cause of frustration is:

A. Forces in the environment

B. Personal weakness

C. Conflicts among motives

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: D. All of the above

Stimulus that strengthens the response of an organism is:

A. Motive

B. Reinforcement

C. Conditioning

D. Response

Correct answer is: B. Reinforcement

In the preoperational stage, a child learns rapidly:

A. Language

B. Ability of expression

C. Both

D. None

Correct answer is: C. Both

According to Maslow, the most important are:

A. Self esteem needs

B. Safety needs

C. Physiological needs

D. Belonging needs

Correct answer is: A. Self esteem needs

Child begins to understand the principles of conservation at:

A. Sensory motor stage

B. Pre operational stage

C. Concrete operational stage

D. Formal operational stage

Correct answer is: C. Concrete operational stage

Physical growth is affected by:

A. Biological factors

B. Environmental factors

C. Both

D. None of these

Correct answer is: C. Both

In the concrete operational stage, a child:

A. Increases knowledge

B. Makes discussions

C. Meets people

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: D. All of the above

Learning means:

A. Change in environment

B. Change in society

C. Change in culture

D. Change in behavior

Correct answer is: D. Change in behavior

Mental development reaches its climax during:

A. Sensory motor stage

B. Pre operational stage

C. Concrete operational stage

D. Formal operational stage

Correct answer is: D. Formal operational stage

The first book on psychology was written by:

A. Thorndike

B. Pavlov

C. Aristotle

D. Skinner

Correct answer is: C. Aristotle

The main characteristic of formal operational stage is:

A. Imagination

B. Aesthetic sense

C. Creativity

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: D. All of the above

Educational Psychology is the branch of:

A. Pure psychology

B. Applied psychology

C. Advanced psychology

D. Practical psychology

Correct answer is: B. Applied psychology

Thinking and reasoning is the characteristic of:

A. Sensory motor stage

B. Pre operational stage

C. Concrete operational stage

D. None

Correct answer is: D. None

The discipline of Psychology is:

A. Since the birth of man

B. Before Christ (B.C.)

C. Seventeenth Century

D. Relatively New

Correct answer is: A. Since the birth of man

The word “emotion” is derived from the Latin word:

A. Emovere

B. Move

C. Motive

D. Motivation

Correct answer is: A. Emovere

Behaviorism is associated with:

A. Sigmund Freud

B. B.F. Skinner

C. J. B. Watson

D. Johan Wright

Correct answer is: C. J. B. Watson

“Emovere” means:

A. Stir up

B. To excite

C. To agitate

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: D. All of the above

If a student has an age of 11 years, from a psychological point of view he/she is placed in:

A. Childhood

B. Boy hood

C. Adolescence

D. Youth

Correct answer is: C. Adolescence

The word “moral” is derived from Latin word:

A. Mos

B. More

C. Motion

D. Move

Correct answer is: A. Mos