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This section includes 381 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
The greatest single cause of failure in beginning teachers lies in the area of |
| A. | general culture. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 102. |
Which of the following teacher traits and procedures is most often given by children as thereasons for not liking the teacher? |
| A. | irritable and bad temperament |
| B. | ignorance of the subject matter |
| C. | unfairness and favouritism. |
| D. | unreasonable demands on the children. |
| Answer» B. ignorance of the subject matter | |
| 103. |
Educational psychology should provide prospective teachers with |
| A. | insight into the various aspects of modern education. |
| B. | principles, insights and attitudes as points of departure for effective teaching. |
| C. | research procedures by means of which to evaluate correct teaching procedures. |
| D. | validate procedures to use in their teachings. |
| Answer» B. principles, insights and attitudes as points of departure for effective teaching. | |
| 104. |
The primary task of the teacher is |
| A. | to teach the prescribed curriculum. |
| B. | to stimulate and guide student learning. |
| C. | to promote habits of conformity to adults demands and expectations. |
| D. | to provide diagnostic and remedial aid wherever indicated. |
| Answer» C. to promote habits of conformity to adults demands and expectations. | |
| 105. |
The content of educational psychology includes |
| A. | special items concerning teaching and learning. |
| B. | wide ranging items concerning human motivation and learning. |
| C. | special items concerning processes of education in particular. |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. special items concerning processes of education in particular. | |
| 106. |
Which of the following is primary concern to educational psychologist? |
| A. | the formulation of hypothesis |
| B. | the discovery of practical solutions to educational problems |
| C. | the development of professional insights into the principles underlying the teaching art |
| D. | the discovery of teaching procedures of maximum effectiveness. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 107. |
Which of the following is not a function of educational psychology? |
| A. | to discover techniques by means of which educational goals can be attained effectively |
| B. | to define the goals for which education is to strive |
| C. | to promote a greater understanding of the learning process |
| D. | to promote a greater understanding of the learner. |
| Answer» C. to promote a greater understanding of the learning process | |
| 108. |
Some authors classify methods of educational psychology as |
| A. | distal method. |
| B. | proximal method. |
| C. | a and b are true. |
| D. | neither a nor b are true. |
| Answer» D. neither a nor b are true. | |
| 109. |
Name the method which deals with only one person at a time and promotes his adjustment |
| A. | case study. |
| B. | questionnaire. |
| C. | clinical meth |
| Answer» D. | |
| 110. |
Introspection as a method stands rejected by |
| A. | functional school. |
| B. | behaviourists. |
| C. | psychoanalysts. |
| D. | gesralt. |
| Answer» C. psychoanalysts. | |
| 111. |
The oldest method in psychology is |
| A. | introspection. |
| B. | observation, |
| C. | case study. |
| D. | clinical method. |
| Answer» C. case study. | |
| 112. |
Which method has made educational psychology a science? |
| A. | observation method |
| B. | clinical method |
| C. | survey method |
| D. | experimental method. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 113. |
Where was first Experimental psychology Laboratory set up? |
| A. | berlin |
| B. | boston |
| C. | frankfurt |
| D. | leipzig. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
Educational Psychology is branch of Psychology. Psychology is a science. Who is the father ofexperimental Psychology? |
| A. | boring |
| B. | hull |
| C. | wundt |
| D. | tolman. |
| Answer» D. tolman. | |
| 115. |
The major contribution educational psychology might be expected to make towards moderneducation lies in area of |
| A. | a clarification of the goals of modern education. |
| B. | a re-evaluation of the principles of progressivism. |
| C. | a reconsideration of educational experiences from the stand point of their contribution to pupil growth. |
| D. | a refinement of the research techniques through which educational problems might be solved. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
General Psychology and Educational Psychology are dissimilar, in that educationalpsychology |
| A. | is concerned with the child and not with the adult. |
| B. | is concerned with the various aspects of learning. |
| C. | deals only with the applications and not with the theory. |
| D. | selects and emphasise certain data from general field. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 117. |
Who said this, “The boundaries of Educational Psychology are unlimited and changing?” |
| A. | william james |
| B. | gates |
| C. | hurlock |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. hurlock | |
| 118. |
The best definition of Educational Psychology is a study of teaching and learning” has beengiven by |
| A. | w. kolesnik. |
| B. | james ross. |
| C. | charles e. skinner. |
| D. | n.l. munn. |
| Answer» D. n.l. munn. | |
| 119. |
According to Psychology, all education is |
| A. | deliberate. |
| B. | functional. |
| C. | purposive. |
| D. | self -education. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
The primary aim of educational psychology is |
| A. | to contribute to an understanding of sound educational practices. |
| B. | to provide the teacher with a greater appreciation of his role in the education of the child. |
| C. | to provide the academic background essential for effective teaching. |
| D. | to provide a theoretical framework for educational research. |
| Answer» B. to provide the teacher with a greater appreciation of his role in the education of the child. | |
| 121. |
------- is the process by which removal of unpleasant stimulus increases desirablebehavior |
| A. | positive reinforcement |
| B. | negative reinforcement |
| C. | positive punishment |
| D. | negative punishment |
| Answer» C. positive punishment | |
| 122. |
------- is the process by which application of unpleasant stimulus decreases the undesirablebehavior. |
| A. | positive reinforcement |
| B. | negative reinforcement |
| C. | positive punishment |
| D. | negative punishment |
| Answer» D. negative punishment | |
| 123. |
------- is the process by which application of pleasant stimulus increases the desirablebehavior. |
| A. | positive reinforcement |
| B. | negative reinforcement |
| C. | positive punishment |
| D. | negative punishment |
| Answer» B. negative reinforcement | |
| 124. |
--------- is goal-oriented behavior that leads to drive reduction in the organism. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | attention |
| C. | motivation |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» D. intelligence | |
| 125. |
------- is a process of getting an object of thought clearly before the mind. |
| A. | perception |
| B. | attention |
| C. | motivation |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» C. motivation | |
| 126. |
Maturation and ---------- go hand in hand in development. |
| A. | evolution |
| B. | involution |
| C. | development |
| D. | learning |
| Answer» D. learning | |
| 127. |
------helps the teacher to understand his pupils, whose education or training is hisresponsibility. |
| A. | child psychology |
| B. | clinical psychology |
| C. | developmental psychology |
| D. | educational psychology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 128. |
-------plays a significant role in equipping the student teacher for effectively guidingchildren and young people in their growth and development through learning. |
| A. | child psychology |
| B. | clinical psychology |
| C. | developmental psychology |
| D. | educational psychology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 129. |
. An individual who conforms to them in his conduct is called ----- |
| A. | delinquent |
| B. | criminal |
| C. | abnormal |
| D. | normal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 130. |
We have difficulty in remembering a name that is not too well learned even though we aresure, we know the name ,we cannot recall it; it is on the |
| A. | tip-of-the-tongue(tot) |
| B. | flash bulb memory |
| C. | redintegration |
| D. | mnemonics |
| Answer» B. flash bulb memory | |
| 131. |
. -------is discrimination between seen or unseen |
| A. | recall |
| B. | recognition |
| C. | redintegration |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» C. redintegration | |
| 132. |
---------requires a person to reproduce correctly what he has previously learned |
| A. | recall |
| B. | recognition |
| C. | redintegration |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» B. recognition | |
| 133. |
The tendency to perceive an object only a limited number of uses for it. |
| A. | information retrieval |
| B. | trial and error |
| C. | functional fixedness |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» D. motivation | |
| 134. |
Strategy which requires only the recovery of information from long term memory. |
| A. | information retrieval |
| B. | trial and error |
| C. | functional fixedness |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» B. trial and error | |
| 135. |
--------can be defined as a progressive series of changes in an orderly coherent pattern. |
| A. | development |
| B. | illumination |
| C. | preparation |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» B. illumination | |
| 136. |
Strategy based on the successive elimination of incorrect solutions until the solution isarrived at . |
| A. | information retrieval |
| B. | trial and error |
| C. | functional fixedness |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» C. functional fixedness | |
| 137. |
------ are rules of thumb that help us to simplify problems that do not guarantee a correctsolution. |
| A. | algorithm |
| B. | heuristics |
| C. | motivation |
| D. | mental set |
| Answer» B. heuristics | |
| 138. |
The mental shortcut method in problem solving that guarantees a correct solution. |
| A. | algorithm |
| B. | heuristics |
| C. | motivation |
| D. | mental set. |
| Answer» C. motivation | |
| 139. |
------- is also referred to as ‘AHHA’ experience |
| A. | incubation |
| B. | illumination |
| C. | preparation |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» C. preparation | |
| 140. |
------- is a descriptive term for the flash of light when the new combination of ideas occursand it is recognized as what was being sought for or after. |
| A. | incubation |
| B. | illumination |
| C. | preparation |
| D. | intelligence |
| Answer» C. preparation | |
| 141. |
Learning in one situation facilitates learning in another situation |
| A. | negative transfer |
| B. | zero transfer |
| C. | positive transfer |
| D. | interference. |
| Answer» D. interference. | |
| 142. |
-------- diminishes fatigue |
| A. | habit |
| B. | integration |
| C. | differentiation |
| D. | development |
| Answer» B. integration | |
| 143. |
--------is the process by which patterns of behavior get progressively differentiated |
| A. | maturation |
| B. | integration |
| C. | differentiation |
| D. | development |
| Answer» D. development | |
| 144. |
------are patterns of physical or mental action that underlie specific acts of intelligence andcorrespond to stage of child development. |
| A. | schema |
| B. | cognitive structure |
| C. | concepts |
| D. | mental set |
| Answer» C. concepts | |
| 145. |
-----is a process by which the various parts get organized to achieve a unified, coherentwhole. |
| A. | maturation |
| B. | integration |
| C. | differentiation |
| D. | development |
| Answer» C. differentiation | |
| 146. |
-------- is the process of development which takes place without any special training |
| A. | heredity |
| B. | development |
| C. | maturation |
| D. | involution |
| Answer» D. involution | |
| 147. |
------and learning operate as dual forces in almost all cases of behavior changes |
| A. | heredity |
| B. | development |
| C. | maturation |
| D. | involution |
| Answer» D. involution | |
| 148. |
---------is an internal process by which the innate traits and capacities are unfolded. |
| A. | heredity |
| B. | development |
| C. | evolution |
| D. | maturation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
--------- means carrying over the characteristics of the parents by the offspring’s throughgenes in the chromosomes. |
| A. | heredity |
| B. | development |
| C. | evolution |
| D. | involution |
| Answer» B. development | |
| 150. |
--------- describes the changes in the organism as a whole and does not list the changes inindividual parts of the body. |
| A. | growth |
| B. | development |
| C. | evolution |
| D. | involution |
| Answer» C. evolution | |