Psychology
.1. Students’ motivation is the purpose of:
o A. Basic evaluation
o B. Overall evaluation
o C. Optional evaluation
o D. Individual evaluation
o Ans: (A) Basic evaluation
2. Who introduced the term “mental tests”?
o A. Jean Piaget
o B. Cattell
o C. Rousseau
o D. Thorndike
o Ans: (B) Cattell
3. The famous educational psychologist Alfred Binet was:
o A. French
o B. German
o C. Russian
o D. American
o Ans: (A) French
4. The famous educational psychologist Terman was:
o A. French
o B. German
o C. Russian
o D. American
o Ans: (D) American
5. The first Binet-Simon test appeared with revisions in 1908 and:
o A. 1911
o B. 1912
o C. 1913
o D. 1914
o Ans: (A) 1911
6. During World War I, the testing of the intelligence of individuals began in:
o A. Experience
o B. As a whole
o C. Combinations
o D. Groups
o Ans: (D) Groups
7. Which test represents the tests of abstract intelligence?
o A. Language
o B. Percentage
o C. Leadership
o D. Measurement
o Ans: (A) Language
8. Emotional adjustment of students is effective in:
o A. Personality development
o B. Classroom teaching
o C. Discipline
o D. All of the above
o Ans: (D) All of the above
9. Who developed the interaction analysis category system in education for increasing teacher effectiveness?
o A. Flander
o B. Rayon
o C. Amidon and Simon
o D. Richard Over
o Ans: (A) Flander
10. The theory of moral development has been proposed by:
o A. Lawrence Kohlberg
o B. Erik Fromm
o C. Daniel Coleman
o D. Benjamin Bloom
o Ans: (A) Lawrence Kohlberg
11. The Father of Psychoanalysis is:
o A. Erik H. Erikson
o B. Jean Piaget
o C. Jerome S. Bruner
o D. Sigmund Freud
o Ans: (D) Sigmund Freud
12. The proponent of the Cognitive Theory of teaching is:
o A. N. L. Gagne
o B. Einstein
o C. B. F. Skinner
o D. McDonald
o Ans: (A) N. L. Gagne
13. Dogar’s Testmaster is related to:
o A. Academic exams
o B. Competitive exams
o C. Skill development
o D. Preparation for life
o Ans: (B) Competitive exams
14. John Dewey’s best definition of education was:
o A. Education as a product
o B. Recapitulation
o C. Acquisition of knowledge
o D. Preparation for life
o Ans: (B) Recapitulation
15. It is easier to predict success in an occupation on the basis of:
o A. Failure
o B. Temperament
o C. Interest
o D. Adjustment
o Ans: (A) Failure
16. Frustration of motives causes:
o A. Inferiority
o B. Anxiety
o C. Inefficiency
o D. Behavior disorder
o Ans: (D) Behavior disorder
17. Motives arouse behavior and direct it towards:
o A. An appropriate goal
o B. Inference
o C. Prediction
o D. None of the rest
o Ans: (A) An appropriate goal
18. Learning that involves motor organs is called:
o A. Sensory learning
o B. Motor learning
o C. Verbal learning
o D. Sensory-motor learning
o Ans: (B) Motor learning
19. The problem child is generally one who has:
o A. An unsolved problem
o B. A poor heredity
o C. A poor home environment
o D. A younger brother or sister
o Ans: (A) An unsolved problem
20. Four conditions that must exist in a classroom before any motivational strategies can be successful:
o A. The teacher must be a supportive person
o B. The classroom must be disorganized
o C. The tasks set for students must not be authentic
o D. Constant disruption in class
o Ans: (A) The teacher must be a supportive person
21. Motivation is the release of tension towards a goal by proceeding:
o A. Pride
o B. Tension
o C. Knowledge
o D. Power
o Ans: (B) Tension
22. Nature and Nurture refer to:
o A. Internal and External Environment
o B. Temperament and character
o C. Physical features and temperament
o D. Heredity and Environment
o Ans: (D) Heredity and Environment
23. Motivation should be followed by:
o A. Reward
o B. Reproof
o C. Knowledge of result
o D. Incentive
o Ans: . Reward
24. Motivation should be followed by:
o A. Reward
o B. Reproof
o C. Knowledge of result
o D. Incentive
o Ans: (A) Reward
25. Teachers and parents give more importance to the development of intelligence among students as it facilitates:
o A. Academic achievement and social respectability
o B. Less risk-taking behavior
o C. Dependence behavior
o D. Obedient behavior
o Ans: (A) Academic achievement and social respectability
26. The child’s increasing skill at using his muscles is due chiefly to:
o A. Maturation
o B. Learning
o C. Pushing by parents
o D. None of these
o Ans: (B) Learning
27. One of psychology’s major contributions in education lies in:
o A. Providing a scientific foundation for teaching
o B. Defining the goals of teaching
o C. Identifying successful educational procedures
o D. Comparing the relative effectiveness of various teaching procedures
o Ans: (D) Comparing the relative effectiveness of various teaching procedures
28. The term “Mental Hygiene” was introduced by:
o A. C.L. Pierce
o B. C.W. Bears
o C. William James
o D. James D. Page
o Ans: (B) C.W. Bears
29. Interview is basically a method of:
o A. Selection
o B. Personality assessment
o C. Personality make-up
o D. Attitude assessment
o Ans: (B) Personality assessment
30. The nature of personality can be defined as:
o A. Emotional
o B. Motivational
o C. Attitudinal
o D. Psycho-physical
o Ans: (D) Psycho-physical
31. ‘Case history method’ is a part of:
o A. Behavioral technique
o B. Study technique
o C. Diagnostic technique
o D. Gamma-technique
o Ans: (A) Behavioral technique
32. Who was the first psychologist to make the personality inventory?
o A. Freeman
o B. F. Galton
o C. Frankman
o D. Tolman
o Ans: (B) F. Galton
33. The concept of collective unconscious was promoted by:
o A. Freud
o B. Jung
o C. Adler
o D. Alter
o Ans: (B) Jung
34. Who constructed the personality structure: Id, Ego, and Superego?
o A. Eysenck
o B. Freud
o C. Crystal
o D. Krebs
o Ans: (B) Freud
35. Lack of confidence and emotional security in children is mostly caused by:
o A. Over affection
o B. Under affection
o C. Rejection
o D. Ill-treatment
o Ans: (C) Rejection
