TGT MCQS Archives

Changes by which mental processes become more complex is:

A. Physical development

B. Personal development

C. Social development

D. Cognitive development

Correct answer is: D. Cognitive development

The term growth is used in purely _______ sense:

A. Intellectual

B. Physical

C. Social

D. Psychological

Correct answer is: B. Physical

Psychologists define heredity as transfer of characteristics to newborns from their:

A. Nature

B. Environment

C. Parents

D. Culture

Correct answer is: C. Parents

Try to understand something new by fitting it with what is already known is:

A. Organization

B. Accommodation

C. Assimilation

D. Equilibration

Correct answer is: C. Assimilation

A mental process that occurs when a child adjusts to new information is:

A. Assimilation

B. Adjustment

C. Accommodation

D. Conservation

Correct answer is: C. Accommodation

The logical, goal directed action of a child starts at the stage of:

A. Sensorimotor

B. Preoperational

C. Concrete operational

D. Formal operational

Correct answer is: D. Formal operational

The characteristic of an object stays the same even though the object might change in appearance:

A. Assimilation

B. Conservation

C. Accommodation

D. Constructivism

Correct answer is: B. Conservation

Wechsler Scale is a test to measure:

A. Cognition

B. Intelligence

C. Emotions

D. Language

Correct answer is: B. Intelligence

View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building knowledge and understanding is:

A. Constructivism

B. Assimilation

C. Conservation

D. Accommodation

Correct answer is: A. Constructivism

The age of 6 – 12 years as narrated by Erikson in his theory of Psychosocial Development is concerned with the stage:

A. Trust versus mistrust

B. Autonomy versus doubt

C. Initiative versus guilt

D. Industry versus inferiority

Correct answer is: D. Industry versus inferiority

The state when a person realizes that his or her current ways of thinking are not to understand a situation is:

A. Equilibrium

B. Disequilibrium

C. Equilibrium

D. Maturation

Correct answer is: B. Disequilibrium

A child acquires the ability to solve abstract problems in logical fashion in the period of:

A. Sensorimotor

B. Pre operational

C. Concrete operational

D. Formal operational

Correct answer is: D. Formal operational

Assuming that others experience the world the way you do is:

A. Egocentrism

B. Animism

C. Constructivism

D. Conservatism

Correct answer is: A. Egocentrism

Edward Thorndike is known due to his contribution for:

A. Classical conditioning

B. Operant conditioning

C. Vicarious conditioning

D. Advance conditioning

Correct answer is: B. Operant conditioning

A search for mental balance between cognitive schemes and information from the environment is:

A. Equilibrium

B. Disequilibrium

C. Adjustment

D. Maturation

Correct answer is: A. Equilibrium

Process through which experience causes permanent change in knowledge or behavior is called:

A. Modification

B. Learning

C. Experimentation

D. Alteration

Correct answer is: B. Learning

Basic structure or framework that exists in a person’s mind to organize and interpret information is:

A. Assimilation

B. Accommodation

C. Schema

D. Equilibration

Correct answer is: C. Schema

The age of 3 – 6 years as narrated by Erikson in his theory of Psychosocial Development is concerned with the stage:

A. Trust versus mistrust

B. Autonomy versus guilt

C. Initiative versus guilt

D. Industry versus inferiority

Correct answer is: C. Initiative versus guilt

The ability to use symbols to represent actions or objects is:

A. Seriation

B. Centration

C. Semiotic function

D. Geocentrism

Correct answer is: C. Semiotic function

The process in which human organism becomes favorably related to the environment is:

A. Adjustment

B. Consciousness

C. Maturation

D. Assimilation

Correct answer is: A. Adjustment

The immediate awareness of any object is:

A. Adjustment

B. Consciousness

C. Behaviour

D. Creativity

Correct answer is: B. Consciousness

The discipline concerned with teaching and learning processes, applying the methods and theories of psychology is:

A. Psychology

B. Educational Psychology

C. Education

D. Psychoanalysis

Correct answer is: B. Educational Psychology

The learner and learning theories are studied in:

A. Philosophy

B. Sociology

C. Ontology

D. Psychology

Correct answer is: D. Psychology

Orderly adaptive changes individuals go through from conception to death is:

A. Organization

B. Development

C. Assimilation

D. Adaptation

Correct answer is: B. Development

Changes in body structure and function over time is:

A. Physical development

B. Personal development

C. Social development

D. Cognitive development

Correct answer is: A. Physical development