Educational Psychology MCQS

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

Understanding the activities of mind for adjustment to the environment is important rather than the composition:

A. Structuralism
B. Functionalism
C. Behaviorism
D. Psychoanalysis
Correct answer is: B. Functionalism
Functionalism focuses on mental processes for adaptation.

Sense of self-acceptance and fulfillment is:

A. Generativity
B. Identity
C. Integrity
D. Industry
Correct answer is: C. Integrity
Integrity is the sense of self-acceptance and fulfillment.

School of thought that focuses totally on observable and measurable aspects is:

A. Structuralism
B. Functionalism
C. Behaviorism
D. Transpersonal Psychology
Correct answer is: C. Behaviorism
Behaviorism emphasizes observable and measurable behaviors.

A technique that involves changing the level of support for learning is:

A. Zone of maturation
B. Zone of proximal development
C. Action zone
D. Scaffolding
Correct answer is: D. Scaffolding
Scaffolding involves adjusting support for learning.

An individual perceives things as a whole and not as a collection of parts:

A. Gestalt Psychology
B. Transpersonal Psychology
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Cognitive Psychology
Correct answer is: A. Gestalt Psychology
Gestalt Psychology involves perceiving wholes rather than parts.

The value that one places on one’s characteristics, abilities, or behaviors is:

A. Self-esteem
B. Self-actualization
C. Self-determination
D. Self-efficacy
Correct answer is: A. Self-esteem
Self-esteem is the value placed on one's abilities.

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.
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