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Ahmad is bright, Akbar is dull. They are now six years of age; as they grow older, the difference in their I.Q. will probably:

A. Increase

B. Decrease

C. Remain relatively constant

D. Disappear

Correct answer is: C. Remain relatively constant

The central concept in Freud’s psycho analytical theory is:

A. Operant condition

B. Classical condition

C. Unconscious mind

D. Behavioral analysis

Correct answer is: C. Unconscious mind

Mental age of a child is a measure of:

A. Level of mental maturity

B. Rate of mental growth

C. Innate mental potential

D. Intellectual status

Correct answer is: A. Level of mental maturity

Moral development involves:

A. What is right and wrong

B. Behaving in accordance with moral rules

C. Feelings of guilt or pride

D. Specialization

Correct answer is: A. What is right and wrong

The interest of boys in sports reaches its peak in:

A. Early childhood

B. Pre adolescent period

C. Early adolescent

D. Pre adolescent period

Correct answer is: B. Pre adolescent period

I.Q. is an index of:

A. Level of mental development

B. Rate of mental development

C. Intellectual status

D. Degree of mental maturity

Correct answer is: B. Rate of mental development

Those relatively stable and permanent aspects of individuals which make them unique but which also allow people to be compared with each other define:

A. Self concept

B. Personality

C. Psychology

D. Individual difference

Correct answer is: B. Personality

Change in behavior results from:

A. Motivation alone

B. Learning alone

C. Maturation and learning

D. None of the above

Correct answer is: C. Maturation and learning

What type of health of a child is of utmost importance that an elementary school teacher should keep in mind for the growth of the child?

A. Physical

B. Mental

C. Emotional

D. a, b, and c

Correct answer is: D. a, b, and c

An individual who is socially maladjusted develops:

A. Moral

B. Immoral

C. Unmoral

D. Non moral

Correct answer is: B. Immoral

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