PSYCHOLOGY QUESTION BANK 1 (ENGLISH)
MCQ: Gestalt provided a scientific and progressive method of problem solving based on the
- Heridity if an individual
- Environment in which a person lives
- Past experiences of the learner
- Cognitive abilities of the learner
D
MCQ: Inner speech not only helps us solve problems but allows to
- Change our thoughts
- Regulates our behaviors
- Changes our mood
- All of these
B
MCQ: The concept of Reinforcement was introduced by
- Skinner
- Joseph Mayer Rice
- Lewis Madison Terman
- Edward Lee Thorandike
D
MCQ: To deal with a preschool child with major temper tanturns, a parent can seek advise from
- Therapist
- Educational psychologist
- Clinical psychologist
- Industrial psychologist
B
MCQ: Siegler's approach that focuses on understanding ,challenging the rules that students use thinking is called
- Cognitive assessment
- Rule assessment
- Logic assessment
- Both A and B
B
MCQ: Behavior in all its aspects can be studied scientifically through a single technique or approach known as
- Learning
- Teaching
- Observation
- None of these
C
MCQ: Observational method can be suitable for
- Child's cognitions
- Child's personality traits
- Changing environment of the child
- Changing attitudes
B
MCQ: Adolescents can be treated by counseling or
- Physiotherapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Medicines
- Psycho therapy
D
MCQ: Teaching is based upon mastery of these areas
- Confidence
- Attitude
- Knowledge and concepts
- Personality
C
MCQ: Herman Ebbinghaus developed techniques for the experimental study of
- Learning and teaching
- Values and Attitudes
- Behaviors and Expectations
- Memory and Forgetting
D
MCQ: Children in preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person this is known as
- Reversibility
- Egocentrism
- Metacognition
- Constructivism
B
MCQ: Educational psychology helps in planning the process of learning by adopting the
- Biological principals
- Scientific principals
- Principals of nature
- None of these
B
MCQ: During infancy and early childhood brain development can have enduring repercussions into adolescents and adults because of
- Environmental factor
- Maltreatment
- Cultural differences
- All of these
B
MCQ: Frued's three main structures of personality is described to be "unconscious" and "pleasant seeking" it is known as
- Super ego
- ID
- Projection
- Ego
B
MCQ: Factors that piagets identified that interacts to influence changes in thinking
- Biological factors
- Social experiences
- Equilibration
- All of these
D
MCQ: Differential method is also named as the field survey method as the invigilator has to go to the
- Laboratory
- Fields
- Labs
- None of these
B
MCQ: Gestalt psychology come into existence from
- USA
- Germany
- Italy
- Roam
B
MCQ: Structuralism helped in establishing as an Independent and organized discipline by separating it from
- History
- Philosophy
- Science
- Geography
B
MCQ: Psychologist who defined Educational psychology as science of education
- Skinner
- Crow and Crow
- J.B Watson
- Peel
D
MCQ: He is known for his research on Intelligence
- Lewis Madison Terman
- Leona Tayler
- John Deway
- Herman Ebbinghaus
A
MCQ: Gestalt is a word of
- German language
- Latin language
- Persian language
- None of these
A
MCQ: The branch of psychology which study the relationship between physical and psychological phenomenon is called
- Educational psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Psycho Physics
- Health psychology
C
MCQ: Observational method takes place under
- Laboratory
- Quite places
- Natural conditions
- Controlled conditions
C
MCQ: Cognitive psychology studies man's
- Thinking
- Memory language
- Perception, Imagery
- All of these
D
MCQ: Observation or one's own behavior by looking inward is known as the method of
- Learning
- Introspection
- Observational approach
- None of these
B
MCQ: The approach which focused on the analysis of the components of consciousness is called
- Functionalism
- Structuralism
- Behaviorism
- None of these
B
MCQ: Behaviorists focused only on
- Figuring out what people are feeling
- How and why people were thinking
- What was actually done by the people and observed by the invigilator
- All of these
C
MCQ: Theories of counseling or psychotherapeutic interventions may help in adolescent with
- Behavioral problem
- Cleanliness
- Emotional problems
- Family problems
A
MCQ: The founder of psychoanalysis is
- J.B Watson
- B.F Skinner
- Tichner
- Sigmand Freud
D
MCQ: Experiments can only be done in only
- Natural environment
- In rest state
- Controlled rigid situations
- None of these
C
MCQ: 8 year old child who has been sexually and physically abused for them educational psychologist use
- Counseling
- Play therapy
- Behavioral therapy
- Both Counseling and Behavioral therapy
B
MCQ: Best behavioral approach to learning is
- People learn by forming patterns and associations in their minds
- People learn from experiences
- People learn through punishment and reward
- People learn by sharing War stories
B
MCQ: Edward Lee Thorandike gave
- The Law of learning
- The Law of teaching
- The Law of observing
- The Law of Exercise
D
MCQ: Behavioral events that are observed and recorded under natural conditions is called
- Natural observation
- Inner observation
- Introspection
- Self examination
A
MCQ: A Schema is a
- Category of knowledge that allow us to interpret or understand the world
- The process of balancing old knowledge and new information
- The process of talking in new information and experiences
- None of these
A
MCQ: The assessment to identify the nature of problem of the child may include interviews, observations and
- Therapy
- Standardized tests
- Psychoanalysis
- None of these
B
MCQ: Thorandike's experiments are mostly on
- Cats
- Dogs
- Pigeons
- Rats
A
MCQ: Wundt and his students conducted experiments in his laboratory by using the art of
- Studying Unconsciousness
- Observing behavior
- Introspection and self observation
- Both A and B
C
MCQ: Educational psychology is sufficiently scientific and an applied
- Cognitive science
- Behavioral Science
- Neuro science
- None of these
B
MCQ: Development is relatively
- Random
- Orderly
- Orderly and in a logical order
- None of these
C
MCQ: He was awarded for the doctorate for his classic thesis on "Animal Intelligence"
- Edward lee Thorandike
- Joseph Mayer Rice
- Lewis Madison Terman
- Skinner
A
MCQ: In classical conditioning the natural and unlearned reaction to an unconditioned stimulus is known as the
- Unconditioned stimulus
- Unconditioned response
- Unconditioned stimulus
- Conditioned response
B
MCQ: Children begin to develop symbols to represent events or objects in the world at the stage of
- Primary circular reaction
- Secondary circular reaction
- Tertiary circular reaction
- Early representational thought
D
MCQ: The method which involves an intensive study involving all possible details regarding individual behavior.
- Psycho physical method
- Experimental method
- Clinical method
- Survey method
C
MCQ: Vygotsky theory must directly supports cooperative learning strategies that are evidence by
- Students helping are another to learn
- Students are role modes for other students
- One student help all students to learn
- Students in competition
A
MCQ: Functionalists believes that knowing the compositions and structure of mind is not as important as
- Understanding the environment where individuals lies
- Understanding its activities and functions
- Understanding behaviors
- None of these
B
MCQ: First standardized test were given by
- Skinner
- Edward Lee Thorandike
- Lewis Madison Terman
- None of these
B
MCQ: Punishment is
- An unpleasant event or stimulus
- any undesired event or stimulus that weakens or decreases a behavior
- a disagreeable consequence
- something the individual dislikes
B
MCQ: The most accurate description of the cognitions is
- It is about awareness
- It includes a wide range of mental activities and psychological processes
- Intelligence is the main focus of cognition
- it is primarily about intuitive processes
B
MCQ: Structuralist psychologist tried to provide a systematic study of
- Nature
- Behavior
- Emotions
- Mind
D
MCQ: Educational psychology attempt to apply the knowledge of psychology in the field of
- Medicine
- Education
- Social sciences
- Industrial
B
MCQ: The oldest method for the study of behavior is
- Observation
- Standardized tests
- Intelligence test
- Introspection
D
MCQ: Systematic change in the mental processes that underlie all learning and performance is referred to as
- Moral development
- Cognitive development
- Social emotional development
- Intellectual development
B
MCQ: In this design it is not necessary to have two different individuals or groups of subject for the experiments
- Control group design
- Multiple group design
- Design involving relation
- The control test or single group design
D
MCQ: Functionalists emphasis that only those things should be taught to the children
- Which they could apply in every day life
- Which they can remember only
- Which they can use on special events
- Which are related to their self only
A
MCQ: According to Vygotsky, cognitive development depends on
- Environmental processes
- Mental maturity
- Social interactions
- Genetics
C
MCQ: Piaget theory for teaching is
- Students must learn through everything
- Students are supposed to learn positive behavior from their teachers
- Students must be neither bored by work that is too simple nor left behind by teaching they cannot understand
- None of these
C
MCQ: The goal of Educational psychology is
- To understand the environment
- To gain knowledge of behaviours
- To understand and improvement of education
- All of these
C
MCQ: Introspection means
- Looking outwards
- Looking Inwards
- Observing events
- None of these
B
MCQ: To study the mind functionalism adapted the
- Psychological approach
- Physiological approach
- Biological approach
- Both A and B
C
MCQ: Piaget believe that children in the concrete operational stage have difficulty with
- Perspective thinking
- Deductive logic
- Inductive logic
- Conversation
B
MCQ: Structuralism provides Introspection as a method of
- Studying attitude
- Modifying Behavior
- Studying Behavior
- Both A and B
C
MCQ: Educational psychology produces the result of
- Researches
- Experiments
- Education
- Survey
C
MCQ: Educational psychology processes a well organized systematic body of facts which is supported by the
- Biological laws and principals
- Laws and principals of nature
- Psychological laws and principals
- None of these
C
MCQ: Psychologist does the experiments to study the behavior related to
- Teaching
- Learning
- Changing cognitions
- None of these
B
MCQ: The gestalt approach has been duly acknowledge in methodology an teaching of
- Sports
- Learning attitudes
- Teaching and learning
- None of these
C
MCQ: Edward Bradford Tichner regarded psychology as the study of experience and
- Science of Behavior
- Science of heridity
- Science of consciousness
- None of these
C
MCQ: Educational psychology as that it describes and explains the learning experiences of an individual from either through old age said by
- Skinner
- Crow and Crow
- J.B Watson
- Peel
B
MCQ: This method is also called the method of mean, error or the adjustment method
- The method of Average Error
- Experimental method
- The method of constant stimuli
- None of these
A
MCQ: Piaget called children self-directed talk as
- Private speech
- Ecocentric speech
- Self talk
- None of these
B
MCQ: In experimental method we study the
- Environment's relationship with individuals
- Cause and effect relationship
- Reliability and validity
- None of these
B
MCQ: Reforcement is
- an event that strengthens or increases a response
- something that individual finds pleasant
- anything that decreases a response
- An incentive
A
MCQ: According to piagets the middle childhood years bring a new set of skills concreteoperations that
- Build an expend development in fine and gross motor capabilities
- Facilitate emotional development as child resolves common cultural demands
- Reduce anxiety an children in this stage
- Provide, general abstract rules and strategies for examining and interacting with the world
D
MCQ: Piaget's fundamental insight was that individuals construct their own understanding and
- Learning is a productive process
- Learning is a destructive process
- Learning is a constructive process
- None of these
C
MCQ: Differential method is based on
- Cultural differences
- Individual differences
- Teaching methods
- Learning outcomes
B
MCQ: The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the
- Concrete operational stage
- Formal operational stage
- Sensory motor stage
- Preoperational stage
B
MCQ: Piaget's stages have been criticized because
- His theory was based on an unrepresentative sample of children
- Not all people reach formal operational stage
- His theory underestimate children's abilities
- All of these
D
MCQ: Learner behavior can be modified by bringing about all around development of his/her
- Family
- Friends
- Personality
- Teachers
C
MCQ: Behaviors can be changed in the individual by his adjustment with himself and with his environment
- Survey method
- Experimental method
- Didderential method
- Method of Treatment
D
MCQ: The attitude of successful teachers towards their students is
- Arrogant
- Friendly
- Non-serious
- Realistic
D
MCQ: If somebody spend much time around young children they will come to know that when children play they often do
- Misbehaved
- Self talk
- Shouting
- All of these
C
MCQ: Piaget theory is a qualitative theory of cognitive development which means it
- Uses standard test to measure and describe thoughts
- Explains what kind of knowledge are typical of children at different ages
- Identifies different kinds of thinking children performs at different ages
- Provides ways to determine how well children think at different stages
C
MCQ: For expressing ideas and asking questions the categories and concepts for thinking is
- Language
- Logical reasoning
- Private speech
- None of these
A
MCQ: Vygotsky differed from piaget in that
- Piaget believed that learning proceeds development
- piaget believed that environmental stimuli contributes to development
- Vygotsky theory suggest that learning proceeds development
- Piaget spend his career in the Stalinist soviet union
C
MCQ: In any type of learning Gestalt laid greatest emphasis on the role of
- Reward and punishment
- Past experiences
- Positive behavior
- Motivation and definite goals and purpose
D
MCQ: Lewis Madison Terman wrote the book
- The Measurement of Behavior
- The Measurement of Behavior
- The Measurement of Intelligence
- None of these
c
MCQ: According to behaviorists psychology means
- The science of consciousness
- The science of unconsciousness
- The science of behavior
- The science of soul
C
MCQ: He is considered as a father of research in teaching
- Edward lee Thorandike
- Lewis Medison Terman
- Joseph Mayer Rice
- None of these
C
MCQ: An individual perceives the situation as whole and after seeing and evaluating the different relationships takes the proper decision, for this Gestalt psychology used the term
- Introspection
- Observation
- Insight
- Decision making
C
MCQ: In contrast to elementary school child, an adolescent aho has developed formal operational thought can
- Think about possible outcomes
- Think systematically about future
- Imagine future consequences of her actions
- Do all of these
D
MCQ: Most prominent members of gestalt psychology were
- Kurt koffka
- Max wertheimer
- Wolfgang kohler
- All oh these
D
MCQ: He translated Binet test of intelligence INTO ENGLISH
- Leona Tyler
- John Deway
- Herman Ebbinghaus
- Lewis Madison Terman
D
MCQ: Help students to use formal operations by using such tasks:
- Ask students to write about universe
- Give students opportunity to solve problems and reason scientifically
- Help group discussions in which students design experiments
- All of the above
D
MCQ: Joseph Mayer Rice was a great
- Philosopher
- Poet
- Classroom observer
- Tutor
C
MCQ: Introspection lacks reliable communicability and
- Repeatability
- Validity
- None of these
- Both A and B
A
MCQ: Educational psychology is mostly concerned with what is happening
- In the past
- In the future
- In the present
- All of these
C
MCQ: Much of the new research on cognitive development in children suggest that
- Piaget view was accurate
- Piaget view was wrong
- Piaget view needs to be modified
- It is impossible to replicate piaget's research because it was done primarily on his three children
C
MCQ: Learning is
- Relatively permanent change in behavior
- It only occurs through conditioning
- passive process
- All of these
A
MCQ: All of the following is an application of piagets' theory Except:
- Not all concepts of cognitive stage develop at the same time
- Changing the tasks that measure cognitive development changes skills children exhibit
- Children can be trained to do tasks that they should not be stage they are in to do the cognitib
- Some of the skills identified appear much later then he suggested
D
MCQ: In introspection the state of one's mental process is
- Diverting
- Changing
- Growing
- None of these
B
MCQ: Educational psychology in terms of laboratory as well as field experiments can be claimed as a positive contribution of the
- School of Structuralism
- School of Functionalism
- School of Behaviorism
- None of these
A
MCQ: The most scientific and objective methods of studying behavior is
- Observational method
- Introspection method
- Experimental method
- Differential method
C
MCQ: According to piagets the main goal of education should be
- To help students how to learn
- To change students behavior
- To adjust the students with his environment
- To bring changes in students' attitude
A
MCQ: According to Piagetian theory, cognitive development is influenced by all of the following except,
- Perception
- Verbal facilities
- Reasoning
- Language
D
MCQ: The sudden appearance of a response after a period of extinction is known as
- Stimulus generalization
- Extinction
- Stimulus discrimination
- Spontaneous recovery
D
MCQ: Educational psychology deals with the problems of
- Learner and parents
- Learner and teachers
- Teachers and parents
- Learner and care takers
B
MCQ: Educational psychologist normally work collaboratively with
- Teachers and parents
- Friends and family
- Doctors and parents
- All of these
A
MCQ: Piaget believed that egocentric play no useful function in
- Regulating child's behavior
- Bringing change in child's thoughts
- Altering behaviors
- Children development
D
MCQ: With the help of educational psychology a teacher can teach effectively by making minimum use of energy in terms of their
- Time and labor
- Practice
- Delivering Lecture
- All of these
A
MCQ: The one who mainly responsible for the evolution of structuralism is
- Edward Bradford
- J.B Watson
- Wilhelm Wundt
- None of these
C
MCQ: According to gestalt school of thoughts
- An individual perceives things as a whole
- Reinforcement and rewards can change behavior
- An individual learns from experiences
- None of these
A
MCQ: Educational psychology studies the behavior of the learner in relation to his/her
- Educational environment
- Home environment
- Peer gathering
- iIn isolation
A
MCQ: According to piaget when children develop socialized speech
- When they hear some elders talking
- When some elder person guides them
- When they have disagreement with peers
- All of these
C
MCQ: In Vygotsky's view the use of private speech peaks at around
- 3-4 Years age
- 5-6 Years of age
- 5-7 Years of age
- 10-11 Years of age
C
MCQ: In observational method, it is impossible to observe what is happening
- In the environment
- In the minds of others
- In the present
- None of these
B
MCQ: Vygotsky view of cognitive development is
- He saw development as genetically predetermined
- He saw development as a sequence of learning stimuli- response association
- He saw development as a subject to mutation during its course
- He proposed that intellectual development can be understood in terms of the historical and cultural context children experience
D
MCQ: The founder of behaviorism is
- William James
- I.P.Pavlov
- J.B Watson
- Alfred Binet
C
MCQ: The method of right and wrong responses is called
- The method of Average error
- The method of constant stimuli
- Experimental method
- Survey method
B