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Welcome to our comprehensive multiple-choice questions (MCQs) series on Educational Psychology. This series consist of MCQs that are designed to help students, educators, and professionals to prepare PPSC Exams
All questions are very important and covers a wide range of topics including cognitive development theories, learning theories, motivation, and psychological development and are selected from past papers of PPSC that Comes in Education and Head Master Exam.
Every question provide Good Knowledge designed for prepare PPSC Exam with Answers that provided in an expandable format to help you learn and assess your knowledge effectively.
Educational Psychology & Guidance
Period starting from 2-7 years in cognitive development is:
(a) Sensori motor stage
(b) Pre operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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Period starting from 7-12 years in cognitive development is:
(a) Sensori motor stage
(b) Pre operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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Period from 12 years and onward in cognitive development is:
(a) Sensori motor stage
(b) Pre operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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Child forgets the things out of sight in:
(a) Sensori motor stage
(b) Pre operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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Child describes himself unsystematically in:
(a) Sensori motor stage
(b) Pre operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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Which one is not positive reinforcement:
(a) Advance increment
(b) Best Teacher Award
(c) Punishment
(d) Encouragement
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Concept of Meaningful learning through perception was presented by:
(a) David Ausubel
(b) J. S. Bruner
(c) Pavlof
(d) Skinner
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Concept of meaningful learning through structure of content and discovery was presented by:
(a) David Ausubel
(b) J. S. Bruner
(c) Pavlof
(d) Skinner
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The founder of Humanistic Approach is:
(a) David Ausubel
(b) J. S. Bruner
(c) Skinner
(d) Maslow
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According to humanistic approach, nature of man is:
(a) Good
(b) Creative
(c) Capable of healthy growth
(d) All above
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The founder of client centred therapy was:
(a) David Ausuble
(b) Carl Roger
(c) Gordon
(d) J. S. Bruner
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According to Roger, in problem solving the most important is:
(a) Counsellor
(b) Client
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of a & b
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Who did discriminate the personality characteristics / traits:
(a) Maslow
(b) Roger
(c) Gordon
(d) Skinner
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“Out of sight, out of mind” is the characteristics of:
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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In cognitive domain infancy is the stage of:
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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In the cognitive domain, early childhood is:
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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In cognitive development, late childhood is:
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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In cognitive development, adolescence is beginning of:
(a) Sensory motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
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The characteristic of sensory motor stage is:
(a) Evidence of thinking ability
(b) Curiosity to know environment
(c) Ability of differentiate things
(d) All of the above
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Educational Psychology & Guidance
Face to face relationship in which one tries to solve the problem of the other is called:
(a) Guidance
(b) Counselling
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of a and b
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Psychology is the study of:
(a) Environment
(b) Human Behaviour
(c) Inheritance
(d) Reasoning
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Age of pre-operational stage in Piagetian cognitive development theory is:
(a) From 2 to 7 years
(b) From 7 to 11 years
(c) From birth to 2 years
(d) From 11 years to adolescence
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Psychoanalysis, a school of thought in psychology, was introduced by:
(a) Jung
(b) Freud
(c) Wundt
(d) Watson
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The I.Q. of gifted children is:
(a) From 110 to 120
(b) From 120 to 130
(c) From 130 to 139
(d) 140 and above
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Cognitive learning theory is known as:
(a) Connectionism theory
(b) Social learning theory
(c) Information processing theory
(d) Association theory
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Laws of learning were founded by:
(a) Thorndike
(b) Skinner
(c) Watson
(d) Pavlov
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Model of eight types of learning was designed by:
(a) Ivon Pavlov
(b) Gagne
(c) Bruner
(d) None of these
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The process of adaptation in Piagetian cognitive development theory is:
(a) Assimilation and Recognition
(b) Accommodation and Recognition
(c) Assimilation and Accommodation
(d) Accommodation and Interpretation
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The process of helping an individual make life adjustments at home, school, and other phases of life is called:
(a) Counseling
(b) Advice
(c) Guidance
(d) Aid
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Hierarchy of needs was presented by:
(a) Maslow
(b) Gardner
(c) Skinner
(d) Piaget
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At which stage of cognitive development (Piagetian) does the child develop object permanence:
(a) Sensor-motor
(b) Pre-Operational
(c) Concrete-Operational
(d) Formal Operational
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The pioneer of identifying individual differences was:
(a) Asubel
(b) Francis Galton
(c) Watson
(d) Skinner
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The learning method associated with observing the behavior of others is called:
(a) Learning by Trial and Error
(b) Learning by Imitation
(c) Learning by Insight
(d) Learning by Conditioning
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The word “emotion” is derived from the Latin word:
(a) Motion
(b) Move
(c) Emovere
(d) Motivation
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“Emovere” means:
(a) Stir up
(b) To excite
(c) To agitate
(d) All above
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The word “moral” is derived from the Latin word:
(a) Mos
(b) More
(c) Motion
(d) Move
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“Mos” means:
(a) Manner
(b) Custom
(c) Habit
(d) All of the above
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The theory of psychosocial development was presented by:
(a) Jean Piaget
(b) Erikson
(c) Lawrence Kholberg
(d) Reasoning
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Theory of moral development was presented by:
(a) Jean Piaget
(b) Erikson
(c) Lawrence Kholberg
(d) Reasoning
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Hierarchy of needs was presented by:
(a) Skinner
(b) Bruner
(c) Ausubel
(d) Maslow
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Concept of discovery learning was given by:
(a) Skinner
(b) Bruner
(c) Ausubel
(d) Maslow
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Alfred Binet worked on:
(a) Achievement tests
(b) Intelligence tests
(c) Aptitude tests
(d) Personality tests
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A person aged 7 years with a mental age of 8 years would be placed in I.Q. distribution table as:
(a) Genius
(b) Superior
(c) Average
(d) Mentally deficient
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The complex answer to the question “Who am I?” is:
(a) Industry
(b) Integrity
(c) Identity
(d) Initiative
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Eagerness to engage in productive work is:
(a) Industry
(b) Integrity
(c) Identity
(d) Initiative
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Willingness to begin new activities and explore new directions is:
(a) Industry
(b) Generativity
(c) Identity
(d) Initiative
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Sense of self-acceptance and fulfillment is:
(a) Generativity
(b) Identity
(c) Integrity
(d) Industry
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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
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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
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Learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response is:
(a) Classical conditioning
(b) Operant conditioning
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of a and b
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Approach to motivation that emphasizes personal freedom, choice, self-determination, and striving for personal growth is:
(a) Humanistic
(b) Cognitive
(c) Social
(d) Social cognitive
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Motivation associated with activities that are their own reward is:
(a) Intrinsic motivation
(b) Extrinsic motivation
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of a and b
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Area of classroom where the greatest amount of interaction takes place is:
(a) Content area
(b) Passive area
(c) Zone of proximal development
(d) Action zone
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Approach of psychology that focuses on the analysis of components of consciousness is:
(a) Structuralism
(b) Functionalism
(c) Behaviourism
(d) Psychoanalysis
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According to William James, understanding activities of the mind for adjustment to the environment is more important than the composition:
(a) Structuralism
(b) Functionalism
(c) Behaviourism
(d) Psychoanalysis
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School of thought that focuses its attention on observable and measurable aspects is:
(a) Structuralism
(b) Functionalism
(c) Behaviourism
(d) Transpersonal Psychology
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