Educational Psychology MCQS

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

Sounds presented to the right ear are registered:

A. Only in the right hemisphere
B. Only in the left hemisphere
C. More quickly in the right hemisphere
D. More quickly in the left hemisphere
Correct answer is: C. More quickly in the right hemisphere
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Main instinct in Freud’s psychoanalytical theory is:

A. Life instinct
B. Death instinct
C. Both
D. None
Correct answer is: C. Both
Freud’s theory highlights life and death instincts.

Which of the following approaches has the most optimistic view of human nature?

A. Humanism
B. Behaviorism
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Structuralism
Correct answer is: A. Humanism
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In people whose corpus callosums have not been severed, verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and more accurately:

A. When sent to the right hemisphere first
B. When sent to the left hemisphere first
C. When presented to the left visual field
D. When presented auditorily rather than visually
Correct answer is: D. When presented auditorily rather than visually
NA

Human behavior is motivated primarily by social urges in Adler’s theory:

A. Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory
B. McDougall’s Instinct Theory
C. Freud Psychoanalytical Theory
D. Adler’s Theory
Correct answer is: D. Adler’s Theory
Adler’s Theory emphasizes social urges and the security motive.

The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is known as:

A. Behaviorism
B. Ethnocentrism
C. Humanism
D. Functionalism
Correct answer is: B. Ethnocentrism
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Hormones are to the endocrine system as _____ are to the nervous system:

A. Nerves
B. Synapses
C. Neurotransmitters
D. Action potentials
Correct answer is: B. Synapses
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The ability to logically combine relations to understand certain conclusions is:

A. Seriation
B. Transitivity
C. Centration
D. Classification
Correct answer is: B. Transitivity
Transitivity refers to logically combining relations to draw conclusions.

Punishment is an example of:

A. Learning
B. Positive motivation
C. Intrinsic motivation
D. Extrinsic motivation
Correct answer is: D. Extrinsic motivation
Punishment is a form of extrinsic motivation.

Phase at which a child can master a task if given appropriate help and support is:

A. Action zone
B. Zone of proximal development
C. Zone of maturation
D. Active zone
Correct answer is: B. Zone of proximal development
Zone of proximal development is where a child can master a task with support.
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