Educational Psychology MCQS

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

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

A need is food as a motive is to:

A. A hunger

B. Money with which to buy food

C. A certain kind of food

D. The smell of food

Correct answer is: B. Money with which to buy food

“Mos” means:

A. Manner

B. Custom

C. Habit

D. All of the above

Correct answer is: D. All of the above

A need is to hunger as a stimulus is to:

A. Food

B. A particular kind of food

C. Money with which to buy food

D. The smell of food

Correct answer is: D. The smell of food

The theory of psychosocial development was presented by:

A. Jean Piaget

B. Erikson

C. Lawrence Kohlberg

D. Reasoning

Correct answer is: B. Erikson