358 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers on “Psychological Foundations of

Education” for Education Students – Part 1:

1. Who suggested that mental processes and events are unimportant or even
totally nonexistent?
(a) Jung

(b) Waston

(c) Wundt

(d) Hull.

2. General Psychology and Educational Psychology are dissimilar. In that

educational psychology
(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 emphasises certain data from the general field.

3. Education psychology is oriented towards

(a) The study of the peculiarities of individual children.

(b) The application of the principles and techniques of psychology to the solution of the
problems of the class room.

(c) The formulation of hypothesis and theories related to educational practice.

(d) The development on the part of the child of realistic goals and effective plans for
their attainment.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Educational psychology should provide prospective teachers with

(a) Insight into the various aspects of modem 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.

7. By what types of theories of Human nature, sexual behaviour and the

conditions under which a person may be held legally responsible for his actions
are influenced?
(a) Physiological

(b) Biological

(c) Psychological

(d) Sociological.
8. Logos means knowledge and Psyche means
(a) Soul.

(b) Mind,

(c) Consciousness,

(d) Behaviour.

9. What level of consciousness the process of awareness indicates?

(a) Sub-conscious

(b) Conscious

(c) Unconscious

(d) Preconscious.

10. The function and structure of nervous system includes

(a) A.N.S. only.

(b) P.N.S. &A.N.S.

(c) C.N.S.&P.N.

(d) Only P.N.S.

11. Which behaviour studies Psychology as a science?

(a) Social

(b) Overt

(c) Human & Animal

(d) Creative Animal.

12. What is the subject matter of Psychology?

(a) Socialization

(b) Perception of form

(c) Development

(d) Behaviour.

13. Greeks studied psychology as a branch of

(a) Theology.

(b) Philosophy,

(c) Biology.

(d) Religion.

14. Psychology began to be studied as a science in Germany in the year

(a) 1890.

(b) 1820.

(c) 1879.

(d) 1839.

15. Who established the first Psychological Laboratory?

(a) Galton
(b) Kurt Lewin

(c) Wundt

(d) Watson.

16. The study of occupational information should be

(a) Postponed until the pupil is ready to choose a vocation.
(b) Introduced in connection with a programme of self-appraisal.

(c) Handled only by the school’s occupation counsellor.

(d) Made a regular 10th and 12th grade subject.

17. Experience has shown that the most feasible plan for utilizing occupational
orientation programme broadcast by radio is
(a) The recording of the programme for inter-communication playback.

(b) The direct hook-up of the programme with all class-room radios.

(c) The assignment of pupils to listen to and report on the programme.

(d) The bringing of pupils to listen to a direct hook-up in assembly.

18. In making occupational field-trips, the pupils should

(a) Be accompanied by the teacher at all times.

(b) Be prepared to ask questions from their guide.

(c) Discuss their visits upon returning to school.

(d) All of these.

19. In helping students to make educational plans, it is unwise for them to

(a) Mix general with vocational subjects.

(b) Select all their subjects from one field.

(c) Take typing with college preparatory subjects.

(d) Plan their programmes more than a year ahead.

20. A pupil should definitely be encouraged to go to college if

(a) He has better than the average intelligence.
(b) He has financial backing to see him through.

(c) He has met high-school graduation requirements.

(d) All the above are true and he wishes to go.

21. The problem child is generally one who has

(a) An unsolved problem.

(b) A poor heredity.

(c) A poor home environment.

(d) A younger brother or sister.

22. By emotional maturity is meant a

(a) Low degree of sensitivity coupled with a high level of intellectual growth.

(b) Extreme patience or sympathy towards problems involving other people.

(c) Lack of patience or sympathy towards problems involving other people.

(d) Lack of control or inhibition of the emotions appropriate to one’s age- group.

23. To educate according to nature means

(a) To return to the nature as opposed to the artificial in life.

(b) To educate according to the law of nature of human development.

(c) To study natural laws and apply them to the educational process.

(d) All of these.

24. Which of the following is most likely to be characteristic of the ineffective

teacher?
(a) Emphasis upon standard
(b) Emphasis upon the control of the immediate situation

(c) Refusal to help children until they have helped themselves

(d) Differential treatment of the students of his class.

25. Which method of research probably contributes most to the advancement of

educational psychology as a science?
(a) The clinical method

(b) The historical method

(c) The survey method

(d) The experimental method.

26. Psychology is the science of

(a) Human being.

(b) Animal’s behaviour.

(c) Behaviour.

(d) Attitude.

27. Education requires general set of methods, focusing mainly on

(a) Systematic observation method.

(b) Direct-experimentation.

(c) Scientific method.

(d) Sociological method.

28. Who was the father of experimental psychology?

(a) Watson
(b) Freud

(c) Wundt

(d) Hull.

29. “Introspection Method” was used mainly in

(a) Functionalism.

(b) Structuralism.

(c) Behaviourism.

(d) Gestalt psychology.

30. Who rejected introspection as a legitimate method of study?

(a) Watson

(b) Freud

(c) Wundt

(d) Bernstein.

31. What is the value of process of socialisation?

(a) Pognitive value

(b) Perception of the situation

(c) Biological perception

(d) Genetic development.

32. Behavioural changes which occur on the basis of physiological developments

rather than learning and which appear in virtually all members of species are the
result of
(a) Socialisation.
(b) Rationalisation,

(c) Maturation.

(d) Fermentation.

33. To trace the course of mental growth in an individual or the race is the
problem of
(a) Analytical psychology.

(b) Synthetic psychology.

(c) Genetic psychology.

(d) Physiological psychology.

34. There is an evidence of a hereditary component in development of the mental

illness known as
(a) Paranoia.

(b) Psychoneurotic disorders.

(c) Schizophrenia.

(d) Paralysis.

35. At what age the child takes his first step in walking?
(a) 5 to 6 years

(b) 10 to 12 years

(c) 4 to five years

(d) None of these.

36. Maturation changes occur in a fairly predictable sequence and continue until
(a) Adolescence.
(b) Adulthood,

(c) Old stage.

(d) None of these.

37. In the changes of body proportions, the ratio of head to height is 1:4 at birth,
by the time of maturity it becomes
(a) 1:8.

(b) 1:6.

(c) 1:2.

(d) 2:8.

38. The concept of “a personality nucleus” was given by

(a) Allport.

(b) Stendler.

(c) Shirley.

(d) Skinner.

39. A child is born with some

(a) Qualities.

(b) Ego.

(c) Innate drives.

(d) All of these.

40. The child becomes socialized

(a) Fast.
(b) Gradually,

(c) Slowly.

(d) After ego.

41. What is the determinant of the scope of socialization of a child?

(a) Environment

(b) Excitement

(c) Development of physique

(d) Language development.

42. An individual adopts the way of living mores and religion of his society
through
(a) Motivation.

(b) Not emotion,

(c) Learning.

(d) Socialization.

43. The main processes of socialization are

(a) 4.

(b) 6.

(c) 8.

(d) 3.

44. The socialization of an individual also depends on the manner in which he

perceives
(a) Objective qualities.
(b) Situation.

(c) Attitude.

(d) Variables.

45. Indivual differences are found in

(a) Environmental situations.

(b) Cognitive situations.

(c) Perceptual situations.

(d) Emotional situations.

46. The socialisation of an individual takes place according to

(a) Perceptual learning.

(b) Cognitive learning.

(c) Dynamic learning in the emotion of stimulus.

(d) Dynamic learning in the perception of a situation.

47. How far does the mutual relationship of parents influence child’s personality?
(a) Gradually

(b) Speedily

(c) Largely

(d) Commonly.

48. What is the result of emotional immaturity in the child?

(a) Struggle

(b) Pain
(c) Frustration

(d) Anger.

49. What is the impact of other members of the family besides the parents, on the
socialisation of the child?
(a) External

(b) Intimate

(c) Good

(d) None of these.

50. How will the socialisation of the child be affected if he may follow the evil
path?
(a) Directly

(b) Indirectly

(c) Intimately

(d) Adversely.

51. How do brothers and sisters affect the socialisation of the child?
(a) Continuously

(b) Indirectly

(d) Commonly

(d) Greatly.

52. What does the youngest child receive all from the parents?
(a) Drives

(b) All requirements

(c) Affection

(d) Attention.

53. What shall be the child’s position in the society On the basis of social and
economic conditions?
(a) Reprehensible

(b) Considerable

(c) Bad

(d) Pre-supposed.

54. In what manner the child’s socialisation proceeds in a school?

(a) Considerable

(b) A good manner

(c) A bad manner

(d) None of these.

55. When does an individual make serious effort to pattern his behaviour
according to social acceptance?
(a) 13 to 20 years

(b) 14 to 21 years

(c) 10 to 21 years

(d) 15 to 23 years.

56. Considering punishment as an insult, how do adolescents react to it?

(a) Fear it very much

(b) Abhore it very much

(c) Consider it command

(d) None of these.

57. In order to escape punishments, the adolescent is cautious

(a) In his behaviour.

(b) Of rebuke.

(c) In socialisation.

(d) In demand.

58. Child’s socialisation is influenced by

(a) Brain pattern.

(b) Communication,

(c) Biological norm,

(d) Ethnic status.

59. School comes in socialisation of a child

(a) Through grouping

(b) At oral stage.

(c) After family.

(d) After society.

60. Applied aspects of social psychology include the development and perfection
of techniques for measuring
(a) Attitude.

(b) Opinion,
(c) Socialisation.

(d) Both a & b.

61. The ability to think abstractly and to learn. readily from experience is
(a) Memory.

(b) Intelligence,

(c) Learning.

(d) Thinking.

62. Who believed that performance on any cognitive task depended on a primary
general factor (g) and on one or more specific factors (s) relating to that particular
task?
(a) Thurstone

(b) Guilford

(c) Spearman

(d) Cattell.

63. Intelligence is a composite of seven distinct primary mental abilities was

suggested by
(a) Gardner.

(b) Sternberg.

(c) Binet.

(d) Thurstone.

64. The first version of Binest and Simon’s test was published in
(a) 1905.
(b) 1904.

(c) 1914.

(d) 1814.

65. The word Stanford in the Stanford-Binet test stands for

(a) A Psychologist,

(b) A University,

(c) A Psychiatrist.

(d) A Country.

66. The Stanford-Binet test a revision of Binet’s original test was made by
(a) Alfred Binet.

(b) Lewis Terman.

(c) Theodore Simon

(d) David Wechsler.

67. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale consists of

(a) Only verbal items.

(b) Only nonverbal items.

(c) Both verbal and nonverbal items.

(d) Neither verbal nor nonverbal items.

68. The extent to which a test actually measures what it claims to measure is its
(a) Reliability.

(b) Validity.
(c) Norms.

(d) Split-half reliability.

69. The Stanford-Binet and the Wechsler scales are

(a) Both individual tests.

(b) Both group tests.

(c) Stanford-Binet is group test,

(d) Wechsler scale is group test.

70. The Intelligence test that includes items designed to be unaffected by specific
cultural knowledge or experience is
(a) Cultural test.

(b) Culture-fair test.

(c) Cultural bias test.

(d) Cultural-specific test.

71. The Raven Progressive Matrices consists of

(a) Sixty matrices.

(b) Fifty matrices,

(c) Thirty matrices.

(d) Eighty matrices.

72. The full form of the K-ABC Intelligence test for children is
(a) Kentman-Advancement battery for children.

(b) Kaufman-Assessment battery for children.

(c) Kentman-Assessment box for children.

(d) Kaufman-Advancement box for children.

73. Boys score in intelligence tests as compared to girls

(a) Lower.

(b) Higher.

(c) Similar.

(d) Cannot be said.

74. An intelligence test that predicts how well you will do in college is an
(a) Adjustment test.

(b) Anxiety test,

(c) Aptitude test.

(d) Achievement test.

75. Examinations given at the end of a course to see how much you have learned
are
(a) Anxiety tests.

(b) Achievement tests.

(c) Aptitude tests.

(d) Adjustment tests.

76. Both Aptitude test and Achievement test are

(a) Adjustment tests,

(b) Ability tests,

(c) Anxiety tests.

(d) Attitude tests.

77. The French psychologist Alfred Binet published the first intelligence test in
1905 in collaboration with
(a) David Wechsler.

(b) Sir Francis Gal ton.

(c) Theodore Simon,

(d) None of these.

78. The need of group tests started with

(a) World War I.

(b) World War II.

(c) India Pakistan War.

(d) India China War.

79. Down syndrome, a genetic defect occurs when the cells in the body have an
extra copy (trisomy) of chromosome
(a) Number 21.

(b) Number 22.

(c) Number 20.

(d) Number 23.

80. Human Intelligence is affected by

(a) Only heredity.

(b) Only environment.

(c) Both heredity and environment.

(d) Neither heredity nor environment.

81. The first intelligence test was developed by

(a) Lewis Terman.

(b) Albert Sidney Beckham.

(c) David Wechsler.

(d) Alfred Binet.

82. Who invented the correlation coefficient and developed the ideas behind
finger-printing and eugenics?
(a) Charles Darwin

(b) Sir Francis Galton

(c) Alfred Binet

(d) Wechsler.

83. The Binet scale for Intelligence which was published in 1905 was revised in
the years
(a) 1909 and again in 1912.

(b) 1907 and again in 1913.

(c) 1906 and again in 1910.

(d) 1908 and again in 1911.

84. A bright child’s MA is above his CA; a dull child has a MA below his CA. This
statement is
(a) True.
(b) False.

(c) Partly right.

(d) Can’t be said.

85. The formula for calculating IQ is

(a) MA/CA×100

(b) MA/CA ×200

(c) CA/MA÷100

(d) CA/MA÷200

86. According to the Guilford’s (1967) model of Intelligence the number of

identifiable abilities are
(a) 120.

(b) 110.

(c) 100.

(d) 130.

87. “Intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act

purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment.”
The above definition was given by
(a) Ebbinghaus.

(b) Terman.

(c) Wechsler.

(d) Anastasi.

88. Intelligence is the ability of

(a) Abstract thinking.

(b) Adjusting in new situations.

(c) Availing of past experiences.

(d) All of these.

89. To understand the intelligence, scientific approaches started around

(a) Two hundred year back.

(b) Quarter of a century back.

(c) Hundred years back.

(d) Recently.

90. For testing purposes, the highest level at which all items of Binet’s test are
passed by a given child is that child’s
(a) Mental age.

(b) Basal age.

(c) Ceiling age.

(d) Ground age.

91. The age level at which the child cannot pass any of the items of particular
subtest is called
(a) Basal age.

(b) Specific age.

(c) Ceiling age.

(d) Mental age.

92. Intelligence is the property of recombining our behaviour pattern so as to act
better in a novel situation. This definition is given by
(a) Wells.

(b) William Stern,

(c) Hull.

(d) Binet.

93. As the infant grows his mental ability

(a) Decreases.

(b) Increases,

(c) Fluctuates.

(d) Stagnates.

94. The most widely used test for adults was developed by
(a) Stanford.

(b) Terman.

(c) Guilford.

(d) Wechsler.

95. Which group test was designed during world war I for persons who could not
read or who did not speak English?
(a) Army Alpha

(b) Army Beta

(c) WAIS

(d) Stanford-Binet.
96. Which group test was designed during World War I for persons who could
read?
(a) Stanford-Binet

(b) Army Alpha

(c) WAIS

(d) Army Beta.

97. “Intelligence is the ability to adjust oneself to a new situation.” This definition
was given by
(a) Wells.

(b) Terman.

(c) Merrill.

(d) William Stern.

98. The WAIS like the Stanford-Binet is a/ an test.

(a) School

(b) General

(c) Individual

(d) Social

99. The deviation I Q is a type of

(a) Standard score,

(b) Mean score,

(c) Average score.

(d) Raw score.

100. Wechsler set the mean of the scores equal to an IQ of
(a) 150.

(b) 50.

(c) 100.

(d) 120.

Answers
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (b)
15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (c)
27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37.(c) 38. (c) 39.
(c) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (c) 49. (b) 50. (d) 51.(d)
52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (b) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (d) 59.(c) 60. (d) 61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (d)
64. (a) 65. (b) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (a) 70. (b) 71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74.(c) 75. (b) 76.
(b) 77. (c) 78. (a) 79. (a) 80.(c) 81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (d) 84. (a) 85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (d)
89. (c) 90. (b) 91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (b) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (c)
101. Wechsler set one standard deviation in score prints equal to how many IQ
points
(a) 5.

(b) 20.

(c) 15.

(d) 25.

102. Girls generally do better on verbal problems and boys in spatial, numerical
and mechanical tasks. This statement is
(a) True.

(b) False.

(c) Cannot say.

(d) Partially false.

103. People are appropriately regarded as mentally retarded if they attain IQ’s
below
(a) 90.

(b) 70.

(c) 100.

(d) 120.

104. Ability includes

(a) Achievement.

(b) Aptitude,

(c) Observations.
(d) Both a and b.

105. As compared to a dull child, mental age for bright children would generally
grow
(a) At the same rate.

(b) More rapidly.

(c) Less rapidly.

(d) Cant’t be said.

106. Assume that subject is given a long list of unrelated words to study and is
asked to recall the words at a later time. The content of this test is
(a) Semantic.

(b) Figural.

(c) Symbolic.

(d) Behavioural.

107. The study of the characteristics of one person has been called the
(a) General approach.

(b) Idiographic approach.

(c) Nomothetic approach.

(d) Monologus approach.

108. The Army Alpha and Army Beta tests were devised during
(a) World War II.

(b) World War I.

(c) 1950-60.
(d) 1990-200.

109. The Otis-Lennon school Ability Test, the Henmon-Nelson Tests and the
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) are all
(a) Individual test,

(b) Group test,

(c) Adjustment test,

(d) Personality test.

110. The original Guilford’s structure of intellect model suggests

(a) The general intelligence factor ‘g’.

(b) 7 primary abilities.

(c) 120 unidentifiable abilities.

(d) Lumping together of items to form tests.

111. By giving tests in two different but equivalent forms, one can ascertain the
(a) Reliability.

(b) Validity,

(c) Utility.

(d) Norms.

112. The tests where use of written words is involved are called
(a) Word tests.

(b) Written tests,

(c) Verbal tests.

(d) Language tests.

113. Terman of Stanford University brought out a revision of Binet’s test in

(a) 1960.

(b) 1816.

(c) 1915.

(d) 1916.

114. In an intelligence test a 10 year old child was found to have mental age of 12
years. His IQ is
(a) 100.

(b) 120.

(c) 105.

(d) 95.

115. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) A test can be valid without being reliable

(b) A test can be reliable without being valid

(c) If a test measures what it is intended to measure then by definition it is reliable

(d) If a test gives consistent scores when administered repeatedly then it is valid.

116. Mirror Drawing Apparatus is related to

(a) Conditioning.

(b) Trial and error.

(c) Span of memory.

(d) Forgetting.

117. On which animal Pavlov conducted his experiment?

(a) Rat

(b) Cat

(c) Dog

(d) Bird.

118. Who said ‘we are born capable of learning’?

(a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(b) Jean Piaget

(c) Noam Chomsky

(d) Ivan P. Pavlov.

119. Skinner’s best known apparatus is the teaching machine, invented by

(a) Sidney Pressey.

(b) Watson.

(c) Thorndike.

(d) James.

120. Operant conditioning is associated with

(a) Piaget.

(b) Pavlov.

(c) Kohler.

(d) Skinner.
121. Food in classical conditioning is called
(a) Unconditioned response.

(b) Conditioned response.

(c) Unconditioned Stimulus.

(d) Conditioned Stimulus.

122. What is the ‘Bell’ in Pavlov’s classical conditioning?

(a) UCS

(b) UCR

(c) US

(d) CR

123. Which operant technique weakens behaviour ?

(a) Positive and negative punishment

(b) Positive and negative reward

(c) Positive and negative incentive

(d) None of these.

124. A…… is a brief involuntary reaction to some stimulus, typically a specific

part of the body,
(a) Response

(b) Reflex

(c) Reflection

(d) None of these.

125. A pigeon is trained to peck at green light. Now it pecks at all lighted spots. It
is a case of
(a) Stimulus generalization.

(b) Response generalization.

(c) Generalization gradient.

(d) Discrimination.

126. In social learning theory, an instance in which the correct response appears
on the first trial is called
(a) No trial learning.

(b) Simple trial learning.

(c) One trial learning.

(d) No learning.

127. Operant conditioning is also called

(a) Instrumental conditioning.

(b) Avoidance conditioning.

(c) Classical conditioning.

(d) Simple conditioning.

128. The structure of the brain which is involved in balance and coordination, and
plays a key role in the formation of simple form of classically conditioned
responses is
(a) Cerebellum.

(b) Thalamus,
(c) Hypothalamus,

(d) Limbic system.

129. Name the process in which a conditioned stimulus gradually ceases to elicit
a conditioned stimulus?
(a) Extinction

(b) Discrimination

(c) Classical conditioning

(d) Escape Conditioning.

130. When a behaviour occurs consistently in the presence of a discriminative

stimulus, it is said to be under
(a) Stimulus control.

(b) Extinction.

(c) Delayed process.

(d) Classical conditioning process.

131. The acquisition of new forms of behaviour, information or concepts through

exposure to others and the consequences they experience is called
(a) Slow learning.

(b) Conditioning learning.

(c) Operant learning.

(d) Observational learning.

132. The term classical means

(a) In the established manner.
(b) Planned manner.

(c) Well planned.

(d) Without planning.

133. In Pavlov’s experiments as the experiment progressed, the sight of the bowl,
the sight of the experimenter and eventually even the sound of experimenter’s
footsteps produced salivation, Pavlov called these learned reactions as
(a) Natural reactions.

(b) Psychic secretions.

(c) Neutral reactions.

(d) Unnatural reactions.

134. The classical conditioning has been described as

(a) Stimulus substitution.

(b) Unlearned behaviour.

(c) Neutral.

(d) Response behaviour.

135. The translation of Russian word ouslovny means

(a) Conditioned.

(b) Classical,

(c) Unconditioned,

(d) Operant.

136. Which operant techniques strengthen behaviour ?

(a) Positive and negative reinforcement
(b) Positive and negative punishment

(c) Reward and incentive

(d) None of these.

137. Habit interference is also known as

(a) Positive transfer.

(b) Negative transfer.

(c) Bilateral training.

(d) None of these.

138. Positive transfer greatly depends upon the presence of identical elements
between the original and subsequent
(a) Learning.

(b) Attention,

(c) Process.

(d) Perception.

139. Bilateral transfer is also called

(a) Training programme.

(b) Positive transfer.

(c) Negative transfer.

(d) Cross education.

140. When a desired response is reinforced every time it occurs we call it

reinforcement.
(a) Continuous
(b) Partial

(c) Intermittent

(d) None of these.

141. Law of exercise was introduced by

(a) Thorndike.

(b) Kohler.

(c) Hull.

(d) Atkinson.

142. Insight learning is basically learning by

(a) Cognition.

(b) Trial and error,

(c) Conditions.

(d) Imitation.

143. Salivation to the bell in the classical conditioning is called

(a) CS.

(b) UCR

(c) CR.

(d) UCS.

144. Who was the first person to conduct experiment on classical conditioning?
(a) Kohler

(b) Thorndike
(c) Hull

(d) Pavlov.

145. Out of the following methods which one is not used in studying verbal
learning?
(a) Paired associate learning

(b) Serial learning

(c) Free recall

(d) Free association.

146. Thorndike is remembered for his contribution to

(a) Trial and error.

(b) Methods of learning.

(c) Insight theory.

(d) Conditioning.

147. Spontaneous recovery will grow weaker and weaker if no reinforcement is

provided after
(a) CS.

(b) US.

(c) CR.

(d) None of these.

148. Negative conditioning is also known as

(a) Forward conditioning.

(b) Backward conditioning.

(c) Escape learning.

(d) Reconditioning.

149. The concept of experimental neuroses which threw light on various aspects
of abnormal behaviour has been studied in depth by
(a) Pavlov.

(b) Watson,

(c) Hull.

(d) Guthrie.

150. Operant conditioning is usually studied in the laboratory using

(a) Cage.

(b) Sticks,

(c) Skinner box.

(d) Maze.

151. Pavlov was the founder of the most important type of learning called
(a) Classical conditioning.

(b) Instrumental learning.

(c) Insight learning.

(d) Programme learning.

152. The concept of programme learning was introduced by

(a) Skinner.

(b) Watson,
(c) Hull.

(d) Thorndike.

153. When the experimentally extinguished response reappears again after a

period it is called
(a) Experimental neuroses.

(b) Spontaneous recovery.

(c) Extinction.

(d) Forgetting.

154. An organism tends to repeat those behaviours that bring about satisfaction
and it tends to discard those that bring about dissatisfaction. This is related to
(a) The law of similarity of Skinner.

(b) Thorndike’s law of effect.

(c) The law of proximity of Hull.

(d) None of these.

155. Operant conditioning is also known as

(a) Instrumental conditioning.

(b) Classical condition.

(c) Operative conditioning.

(d) Condition after thought.

156. Pavlov was a

(a) Physiologist.

(b) Psychologist,
(c) Neurologist.

(d) Zoologist.

157. Zero transfer is also known as

(a) Positive transfer.

(b) Negative transfer.

(c) Neutral transfer.

(d) None of these.

158. The S-O-R concept was developed by

(a) Tolman.

(b) Gestalt.

(c) Woodworth.

(d) Pavlov.

159. In Pavlov’s experiment, the UCS was and UCR.

(a) Bell; salivation.

(b) Meat powder; salivation.

(c) Salivation; bell.

(d) Meat powder; bell.

160. Which psychologist performed a series of experiments with Chimpanzees?

(a) Kohler

(b) Koffka

(c) Wertheimer
(d) Thorndike.

161. Who coined the concept of higher order conditioning?

(a) Pavlov

(b) Thorndike

(c) Watson

(d) Hull.

162. According to which principle a more preferred activity can be used to

reinforce a less preferred activity?
(a) Premack principle

(b) Law of effect principle

(c) Pinprick principle

(d) Recency principle.

163. In operant conditioning the experimental animal is placed in a

(a) Skinner box.

(b) Pavlov’s lab.

(c) Skinner room.

(d) None of these.

164. The rate of response in operant conditioning is usually portrayed by a…

(a) Cumulative curve.

(b) Poly curve.

(c) Serial learning curve.

(d) None of these.

165. Tolman called his theoretical views as

(a) S.R. Theory.

(b) Purposive.

(c) Behaviourism.

(d) Radical behaviourism.

166. Who proposed that the optimum level of arousal depends on the level of task
difficulty?
(a) Dollard

(b) Yerkes and Dodson

(c) Miller

(d) None of these.

167. The expectancy theory is related to concept.

(a) Motivation

(b) Emotion

(c) Learning

(d) Memory

168. According to Maslow physiological, safety and social needs are

(a) Proficiency needs.

(b) Deficiency needs.

(c) Efficiency needs.

(d) Basic needs.

169. At the base of hierarchy of needs, Maslow describes

(a) Physiological needs.

(b) Safe needs.

(c) Social needs.

(d) Growth needs.

170. Which part of the brain is related to hunger?

(a) Hypothalamus

(b) Thalamus

(c) Amygdale

(d) Cortex.

171. Who propounded the theory of instincts?

(a) Allport

(b) McDougall

(c) Skinner

(d) Watson.

172. Which part of the hypothalamus is responsible for activation and sustains
eating in animals?
(a) Lateral hypothalamus

(b) Ventromedial hypothalamus

(c) Both
(d) None of these.

173. What is the function of lateral hypothalamus?

(a) Activates sustain eating

(b) Over eating

(c) Stop eating

(d) Obesity.

174. Hawthrone effect is related to

(a) Emotion.

(b) Motivation,

(c) Habit.

(d) Learning.

175. The famous test to measure achievement motivation is

(a) TAT

(b) CAT

(c) Work test

(d) None of these.

176. Electrical stimulation of certain areas of the produces aggressive behaviour.

(a) Limbic system

(b) Thalamus

(c) Hypothalmus

(d) Medulla
177. According to Maslow, the deficiency need is related to
(a) Interest.

(b) Affiliation,

(c) Security.

(d) Habit.

178….. can be defined as “all internal processes that influences the direction,
persistence and vigour of goal directed behaviour”,
(a) Motivation

(b) Reinforcement

(c) Drive

(d) Need

179. Maslow refers to physiological needs as

(a) Deficiency needs.

(b) Growth needs.

(c) Primary needs.

(d) Secondary needs.

180. Maslow refers to self actualization needs as….

(a) Growth needs.

(b) Deficiency needs.

(c) Basic needs.

(d) Survival needs.

181. “Push theories” of motivation refers to of motivation.
(a) Needs theories

(b) Motive theories

(c) Drive theories

(d) Incentive theories

182. Which of the following is not a social motive?

(a) Need for approval

(b) Need for achievement

(c) Need for affiliation

(d) Need for safety.

183….. is a positive social phenomena.

(a) Laughter

(b) Anger

(c) Anxiety

(d) All of these.

184. By the age of 2 years all emotions develop. This is described by

(a) Bridges.

(b) Watson,

(c) Thompson.

(d) Thorndike.

185. James Lange theory is related to

(a) Emotion.

(b) Motivation,

(c) Learning

(d) Personality.

186. Which of the following is not related to emotional behaviour?

(a) Mid brain

(b) Thalamus

(c) Hypothalamus

(d) Reticular formation.

187. When anger is expressed outwardly in the form of aggressive activity there
is increase in the secretion of…
(a) Adrenal gland.

(b) Thyroid gland,

(c) Gonads.

(d) Pancreas.

188. Emotion is expressed through

(a) Language.

(b) Gesture.

(c) Facial expression.

(d) All of these.

189. In the development of emotion plays a major role.

(a) Learning

(b) Maturation

(c) Insight

(d) Intelligence

190. Sympathetic activation causes

(a) An increase in the heart rate.

(b) Decrease in the heart rate.

(c) Decrease in the pulse rate.

(d) Decrease in sweating.

191. Motive is a
(a) Desire.

(b) Impulse,

(c) Trait.

(d) Behaviour.

192. The motive to keep contact with others is called

(a) Dependency.

(b) Self assertiveness.

(c) Mastery.

(d) Gregariousness.

193. The physiological theory of motivation has been advanced by

(a) Morgan.
(b) Hilgard.

(c) Young.

(d) Murray.

194. Gregariousness is related to

(a) Social conditioning.

(b) Inherited traits.

(c) Biological factors.

(d) None of these.

195. Social motives are called

(a) Primary

(b) Secondary

(c) Essential

(d) None of these.

196. Hunger, Thirst, Sex are known as

(a) Secondary needs.

(b) Basic needs.

(c) Psychological needs.

(d) None of these.

197. Motive to keep contact with others is called

(a) Dependency.

(b) Self assertiveness.

(c) Mastery.

(d) Gregariousness.

198. Self actualization theory of motivation is

(a) Hierarchical.

(b) Psychoanalytic,

(c) Physiological.

(d) Psychological.

199. Curiosity is a drive.

(a) Psychological

(b) Organic

(c) Personal

(d) Social

200. The motivational theory of emotion was developed by

(a) Leeper.

(b) Garde,

(c) Hull.

(d) Atkinson.
Answers
101. (c) 102. (a) 103. (b) 104. (d) 105. (b) 106. (a) 107. (b) 108. (b) 109. (b) 110. (c)
111. (a) 112. (c) 113. (d) 114. (c) 115. (b) 116. (b) 117.(c) 118. (a) 119. (a) 120. (d) 121.
(c) 122. (c) 123. (a) 124. (b) 125. (a) 126. (a) 127. (a) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (a) 131. (d)
132. (a) 133. (b) 134. (a) 135. (a) 136. (a) 137. (b) 138. (a) 139. (d) 140. (a) 141. (a)
142. (a) 143. (c) 144. (d) 145. (d) 146. (a) 147. (a) 148. (b) 149. (a) 150. (c) 151. (a)
152. (a) 153. (b) 154. (b) 155. (a) 156. (a) 157. (c) 158. (a) 159. (b) 160. (a) 161. (a)
162. (a) 163. (a) 164. (a) 165. (b) 166. (b) 167. (a) 168. (b) 169. (a) 170. (a) 171. (b)
172. (a) 173. (a) 174. (b) 175. (a) 176. (a) 177. (c) 178. (a) 179. (a) 180. (a) 181. (c)
182. (d) 183. (a) 184. (a) 185. (a) 186. (a) 187. (a) 188. (d) 189. (b) 190. (a) 191. (a)
192. (d) 193. (a) 194. (a) 195. (b) 196. (b) 197. (d) 198. (a) 199. (a) 200. (a)
201. The lie detector was devised by
(a) Lyer.

(b) Leonarde Killer,

(c) Detecty.

(d) None of these.

202. The kind of conflict in which both hopes and fears are associated with the
same action is
(a) Approach-approach conflict.

(b) Avoidance-avoidance conflict.

(c) Approach-avoidance conflict.

(d) Double approach-avoidance conflict.

203. If children are exposed to frequent rejection, punishment, teasing and over
solicitude by parents, usually it leads to
(a) Inferiority feelings.

(b) Mental retardation.

(c) Suicide.

(d) Brain disorders.

204. In children, the frustration motive is primarily caused by

(a) Environmental obstacles.

(b) Parental sanctions.

(c) Encouragements.

(d) Sibling rivalry.

305. Temper tantrums occur among children due to
(a) Over protection.

(b) Low intelligence.

(c) Poor imagination.

(d) Inherited emotional instability.

206. The emotions of the child during the infancy are

(a) Egoistic.

(b) Mainly altruistic but of short duration.

(c) Untrained.

(d) Mainly egoistic and untrained.

207. The term problem children is generally used to describe children who
(a) Have a low general intelligence.

(b) Are specifically backward in one subject.

(c) Have a physical defect.

(d) Are maladjusted.

208. The view that “Emotionality is by and large inherited” is

(a) Not acceptable,

(b) Acceptable,

(c) Realistic.

(d) Unrealistic.

209. Which is not true about the development of behaviour?

(a) It proceeds from generalized mass activity to specific responses

(b) It is a gradual and a continuous process.

(c) It varies from child to child and the sequence is not uniform

(d) It proceeds in a cephalo-caudal and proximo-distal direction.

210. Which of the following is most acceptable generalization about early and
special training?
(a) It tends to be uneconomical and wasteful

(b) It leads to an improvement in performance in certain cases

(c) It may actually be of great benefit

(d) All of these are possible.

211. The term “developmental task” was popularized by

(a) Havighurst.

(b) A. Gesell.

(c) Carmichael.

(d) E.G Hurlock.

212. A highly creative man must be of high level of intelligence. This is claimed by
(a) Britisn Psychologists.

(b) American Psychologists.

(c) Russian Psychologists.

(d) Indian Psychologists.

213. Adult creativity can be successfully measured by

(a) T.T.C.T.

(b) Guilford’s Test,

(c) Anastasi Test.

(d) R.T.

214. Ruralization always

(a) Fosters creativity.

(b) Inhibits creativity.

(c) Stopes creativity.

(d) Cultivates creativity.

215. Creativity increases with

(a) Age.

(b) Education,

(c) Practice.

(d) Experience.

216. Creativity among poor children is always

(a) Improved.

(b) Cultivated,

(c) Dead.

(d) Unaffected.

217. Items for identifying creative individuals is a scale which measures

(a) Personality.
(b) Creativity,

(c) Intelligence.

(d) Interest.

218. Which of the following most influences the classroom behaviour of the
child?
(a) The teacher

(b) The peers

(c) The social groups in the class

(d) The monitor of the class.

219. The view that “Learning, instead of being reinforced, should be self-
rewarding” was expressed by
(a) Skinner.

(b) Bruner.

(c) Pavlov.

(d) Thorndike.

220. Emotional reactions of an infant are determined by

(a) The kind of self-concept he has.

(b) What he imitates from the people in his environment.

(c) What frustrates him in his environment.

(d) The treatment given to him by the parents.

221. Kobler wanted to prove that learning is

(a) An autonomous random activity.
(b) The perception of the whole situation.

(c) A situation in which animals are superior to men.

(d) The perception of different parts of the situation.

222. Which of the following is not the part of the definition of the developmental
task?
(a) It is learning of a given task which arises at or about a certain period in the life of the
individual

(b) Its successful achievement leads to success with later tasks

(c) Its failure leads to unhappiness and disapproval by the society

(d) It is something which is to be essentially achieved.

223. “Achieving new and more mature relations with age-mates of both sexes” is
the developmental task belonging to the period of
(a) Early childhood.

(b) Late childhood.

(c) Adolescence.

(d) Adulthood.

224. Which of the following ways does not help in securing pupil’s emotional
maturity ?
(a) Providing the child with security

(b) Training the pupil to repress emotions

(c) Providing the pupil with constructive outlets through which to channel emotional
tension
(d) Providing proper education of the emotions.

225. Which is not correct about social development of the child?

(a) It is continuous process by means of which the child achieves social adequacy

(b) It is an attempt by society on having the child internalize certain of its regulations,
values and mores

(c) It is individualization meaning, thereby, child’s attempt to retain some of his

individuality

(d) It is child’s attempt on not going against anything that prevails in the society.

226. What is absurd about the misbehaving child?

(a) He is a born trouble-maker trying to be wicked

(b) He is one who has not, yet, found socially acceptable solutions to some of his major
problems

(c) He is one who is trying to satisfy some of his needs but is not going about it in the
right way

(d) He is one who is maladjusted in some way.

227. Social maturity does not mean

(a) To be well-accepted in the group.

(b) Participating effectively in social relations.

(c) Attaining relative freedom from domination by the parents and the peers.

(d) Assuming responsibility for himself and his actions together with responsibility for
others.

228. Which is not included in the special provisions for dealing with the gifted
children?
(a) Acceleration

(b) Adaptation or enrichment

(c) Ability grouping

(d) Schemes of special scholarships and awards.

229. For dealing with the gifted child which is the most realistic and practicable
approach
(a) Enrichment alone.

(b) Acceleration alone.

(c) Segregation.

(d) A combination of all these.

230. Which is a more adequate definition of the exceptional child?

(a) He is intellectually very superior

(b) He is emotionally undeveloped

(c) He is socially much different from others

(d) He is one who deviates from the normal child in Mental, physical and social
characteristics to such an extent that he requires a modification of school practices.

231. A gifted child is never defined as one

(a) Whose I.Q. is 140 or above.

(b) Whose performance is consistently remarkable in music, art, social leadership, and
other forms of expression?

(c) Whose ability is within the range of the upper two per cent to three per cent of the
population?
(d) Who is extremely different from others of his age?

232. Which of the following does not explain the true nature of adjustment?
(a) Adjustment is the process by means of which, the individual attempts to maintain a
level of physiological and psychological equilibrium

(b) Only in death does the individual cease to adjust

(c) Adjustment is an individual’s behaviour pattern directed towards tension- reduction

(d) Adjustment is an attempt on the part of the individual to maintain harmonious

relationship between himself and the environment.

233. The view that “adjustment differs from maladjustment in degree rather than
in kind” is psychologically
(a) Correct.

(b) Incorrect.

(c) Correct sometimes.

(d) Incorrect in certain situation.

234. Which may not be a symptom of maladjustment?

(a) Nail biting

(b) Daydreaming

(c) Selfishness

(d) Excessive reading for vicarious excitement.

235. Inadequate behaviour pattern of the individual by means of which he

attempts to adjust or satisfy his needs is known as
(a) Defence mechanism.
(b) Adjustment mechanism.

(c) Maladjustment.

(d) Withdrawal mechanism.

236. The habit of smoking in students cannot be the result of

(a) Modelling.

(b) Inoculation.

(c) Cigarete advertising.

(d) Peer pressure.

237. Socially undesirable behaviours are learned as a result of environment

influences but not through
(a) Operant conditioning.

(b) Classical conditioning.

(c) Latent learning.

(d) Observational.

238. Developing new behaviour and increasing the probability of a response by

introducing reward or punishment is known as
(a) Shaping of behaviour.

(b) Operant conditioning.

(c) Desensitization.

(d) Classical conditioning.

239. According to Freud, children pass through all the following psychosexual
stages of development except
(a) Genital.

(b) Phallic,

(c) Oral.

(d) Autoerotic.

240. Lack of confidence and emotional security is caused by

(a) Over affection.

(b) Under affection.

(c) Rejection.

(d) Ill treatment.

241. The children’s nature is

(a) Distructive.

(b) Constructive.

(c) Imaginative.

(d) Imitative.

242. Who among the following is well known personality theorist?

(a) Spearman

(b) Galton

(c) Freud

(d) GQ. Allport.

243. Who developed Individual psychology?

(a) Freud
(b) Spearman

(c) GW. Allport

(d) Alfred Adler.

244. Who said that two major components of “person’s” psychology were the
twin notions of basic anxiety and basic hostility?
(a) GW. Allport

(b) Kareb Harney

(c) Freud

(d) Adler.

245. Who put forward self-theory?

(a) G Allport

(b) Rogers

(c) Spearman

(d) Freud.

246. R.B. Cattell made a personality test known as

(a) T.A.T.

(b) W.A.T.

(c) 16 PF.

(d) CAVD.

247. Who proposed transmutation of genetic material theory ?

(a) Darwin
(b) Mendel

(c) Galton

(d) Lamark.

248. Which technique is used by T.A. T.?

(a) Inventory

(b) Analytical

(c) Interviewing

(d) Projective.

249. Who used ink-block test first?

(a) Galton

(b) Rorschach

(c) Medongall

(d) Freud.

250. Who designed the T.A.T.?

(a) Murry

(b) GW. Allport

(c) Karl Jung

(d) Mendel.

251. The most important scale for measurement of psychological traits is

(a) CAVD.

(b) WAIS.
(c) C.P. Scale.

(d) T.A.T.

252. The term personality has been derived from a

(a) German word.

(b) Greek word.

(c) Latin word.

(d) English word.

253. Both types and traits theories of personality focus on people’s

characteristics which are
(a) Attitudinal.

(b) Motivational,

(c) Emotional.

(d) Personal.

254. “Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those

psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his
environment.” Who said this?
(a) Medougall

(b) G Allport

(c) Walter

(d) Michael.

255. Who constructed the personality structure: Id, Ego, and Supergo?
(a) Eysenck
(b) Freud

(c) Crystal

(d) Krebs.

256. The sexual energy underlying Id, Ego and Superego urges is called
(a) Drive.

(b) Hunger,

(c) Libido.

(d) Thrust.

257. According to Freud, the Id operates according to what French called the
(a) Pleasure principle.

(b) Sexual stimulated principle.

(c) Psychoanalytical principle.

(d) Methodological principle.

258. Most cases of impotence or frigidity are due to

(a) Sexual apathy.

(b) Social factors.

(c) Physical factors.

(d) Psychological factors.

259. The determinants of personality are

(a) Social

(b) Cultural
(c) Biological

(d) All of these.

260. As a vehicle of transmitting social norms and culture language is one of the
many determinants of personality.
(a) Social.

(b) Biological

(c) Natural

(d) Genetic.

261. Which famous psychologist believed in the collective unconscious?

(a) Freud

(b) Jung

(c) Alter

(d) Adler.

262. ‘Erogenous zones’ were referred as the parts of the body by

(a) Freud.

(b) Skinner,

(c) Wundt.

(d) Pavlov.

263. Freeman divided the personality inventory into

(a) Two parts.

(b) Five parts,

(c) Six parts.

(d) Seven parts.

264. “Specific” trait inventory’ was made by

(a) Tolman.

(b) Spearman,

(c) Rogers.

(d) Freeman.

265. Who was the first psychologist to make the personality inventory?
(a) Freeman

(b) F. Galton

(c) Frankman

(d) Tolman.

266. Minnesota Multiphasic personality inventory was developed for

(a) Male.

(b) Female,

(c) Neither.

(d) Both.

267. Study of family relations is the object of

(a) MPS.

(b) MMPI.

(c) 16PF.
(d) GPL

268. The personality inventory to measure mental disorder was developed by

(a) Terman

(b) Sipply

(c) Galton

(d) Mowrer.

269. Security Insecurity Inventory was developed by

(a) Galton.

(b) Freeman,

(c) Moslow.

(d) Hebb.

270. What is the Test re-test reliability of Security Insecurity Inventory?

(a) .81

(b) .87

(c) .86

(d) .84.

271. MCI has

(a) 25 items.

(b) 15 items,

(c) 150 items.

(d) 355 items.

272. 16 PF study is the part of
(a) Behavioural technique.

(b) Projective technique.

(c) Related personality test.

(d) Personality inventory.

273. Uni-dimensional theory is a part of

(a) Behavioural technique.

(b) Projective technique.

(c) Personality inventory.

(d) None of these.

274. The term multi-dimensional is related to

(a) Personality inventory.

(b) Behavioural technique.

(c) T.A.T. technique.

(d) Word association technique.

275. Interview technique is the most important part of

(a) Projective technique.

(b) Selection technique.

(c) Behavioural technique.

(d) Questionnaire technique.

276. ‘Case history’ method is a part of

(a) Behavioural technique.

(b) Study technique.

(c) Diagnostic technique.

(d) Gamma-technique.

277. How many objects are there in “Minnesota personality scale”?

(a) Seven objects

(b) Five objects

(c) Three objects

(d) None of these.

278. A profile stability score can be found by correlating the individual’s odd and
even scores in
(a) 10 variables.

(b) 13 variables,

(c) 15 variables.

(d) 16 variables.

279. Who said “A neurotic individual is one who deviates in his behaviour from
the norms accepted by his culture because of anxiety and who feels lonely and
inferior because of this deviation”?
(a) Freeman

(b) Coleman

(c) Brown

(d) Hull.
280. Spranger’s typology is based on man’s
(a) Interests.

(b) Body temperature.

(c) Organs.

(d) Behaviour.

281. WAT was devised by

(a) Freud.

(b) Jung,

(c) Adler.

(d) Hull.

282. The nature of personality can be defined as

(a) Emotional.

(b) Motivational.

(c) Attitudinal.

(d) Psycho-physical.

283. Interview is the original method of

(a) Selection.

(b) Personality assessment.

(c) Personality make up.

(d) Attitude assessment.

284. The term “Mental Hygiene” has been given to us by

(a) [Link].

(b) C.W. Bears,

(c) William James.

(d) James [Link].

285. The word “Adjustment” is biological in origin. It actually means

(a) Survival.

(b) Life.

(c) Adaptation.

(d) None of these.

286. The most fundamental characteristic of good adjustment’s

(a) A sincere interest in people.

(b) A sound and wholesome system of motives and goals.

(c) A high degree of acceptance of one’s environment.

(d) Keen insight’.

287. The distinction between normality and abnormality is

(a) Essentially one of degree.

(b) One of kind.

(c) One of both kind and degree.

(d) Just terminology.

288. A well adjusted person should not have

(a) Good health.
(b) Happiness at work.

(c) Unrealistic thinking.

(d) Emotional centre.

289. Wherever there is a barrier, there is

(a) Frustration.

(b) Conflict.

(c) Mental illness.

(d) None of these.

290. A conflict means or implies

(a) Disorganisation of behaviour.

(b) Incompetence.

(c) Incomparability in motives and for goals.

(d) Insecurity in feeling.

291. With any conflict, the concept of… is attached

(a) Valency

(b) Force

(c) Need

(d) All of these.

292. The most difficult type of conflict to solve is:

(a) Approach – pproach.

(b) Avoidance – avoidance.

(c) Approach – avoidance.

(d) I do not know.

293. In order to adjust, we take help of mental or defence mechanisms. These are
(a) Socially approved.

(b) Socially Disapproved.

(c) Socially tolerated.

(d) A, b, c, are correct.

(e) None of these

294. Compensation and rationalization are examples of

(a) Distortion of reality.

(b) Defence mechanisms.

(c) Non-adjustive emotions.

(d) None of these.

295. Boasting is a form of

(a) Aggression.

(b) Compensation,

(c) Substitution.

(d) Rationalisation.

296. Rationalisation is of
(a) Two kinds.

(b) Three kinds,

(c) Four kinds.

(d) None of these.

297. “Grapes are sour” and “illness is a sign of greatness” are examples of
(a) Compensation.

(b) Projection.

(c) Fantasy behaviour.

(d) Rationalization.

298. Somanbulism is a sign of

(a) Hysteria.

(b) Bed wetting,

(c) Withdrawal.

(d) Narcolepsy.

299. Psychology’s major contribution in education lie in

(a) Providing a scientific foundation for the art of teaching.

(b) Defining the goals on which the teacher should strive.

(c) Identifying potentially successful educational procedures.

(d) Comparing the relative effectiveness of various teaching procedures.

300. Education psychology is oriented towards

(a) The study of the peculiarities of individual children.

(b) The application of the principles and techniques of psychology to the solution of the
problems of the class room.
(c) The formulation of hypothesis and theories relative to educations practice.

(d) The development on the part of the child of realistic goals and effective plans for
their attainment.

Answers
201. (b) 202. (c) 203. (a) 204. (a) 205. (d) 206. (d) 207. (d) 208. (b) 209. (c) 210. (d)
211. (a) 212. (a) 213. (a) 214. (a) 215. (d) 216. (b) 217. (b) 218. (b) 219. (b) 220. (b)
221. (b) 222. (d) 223. (c) 224. (b) 225. (d) 226. (a) 227. (a) 228. (d) 229. (d) 230. (d)
231. (d) 232. (b) 233. (a) 234. (c) 235. (b) 236. (b) 237. (c) 238. (b) 239. (d) 240. (c)
241. (b) 242. (d) 243. (d) 244. (b) 245. (b) 246. (c) 247. (d) 248. (d) 249. (b) 250. (a)
251. (d) 252. (c) 253. (d) 254. (b) 255. (b) 256. (c) 257. (a) 258. (d) 259. (d) 260. (b)
261. (b) 262. (a) 263. (c) 264. (d) 265. (b) 266. (d) 267. (b) 268.(b) 269. (c) 270. (c) 271.
(d) 272. (b) 273. (c) 274. (a) 275. (c) 276. (a) 277. (b) 278. (c) 279. (c) 280. (a) 281. (b)
282. (d) 283. (b) 284. (b) 285. (c) 286. (b) 287. (a) 288. (c) 289. (a) 290. (c) 291. (a)
292. (c) 293. (b) 294. (b) 295. (b) 296. (a) 297. (d) 298. (a) 299. (d) 300. (b)
301. 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.

302. According to Psychology, all education is

(a) Deliberate.

(b) Functional.

(c) Purposive.

(d) Self -education.

303. The best definition of Educational Psychology is a study of teaching and

learning” has been given by
(a) W. Kolesnik.

(b) James Ross.

(c) Charles E. Skinner.

(d) N.L. Munn.

304. Who said this, “The boundaries of Educational Psychology are unlimited and
changing?”
(a) William James

(b) Gates

(c) Hurlock
(d) None of these.

305. General Psychology and Educational Psychology are dissimilar, in that

educational psychology
(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.

306. The major contribution educational psychology might be expected to make

towards modern education 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.

307. Educational Psychology is branch of Psychology. Psychology is a science.

Who is the father of experimental Psychology?
(a) Boring

(b) Hull

(c) Wundt

(d) Tolman.

308. Where was first Experimental psychology Laboratory set up?

(a) Berlin
(b) Boston

(c) Frankfurt

(d) Leipzig.

309. Which method has made educational psychology a science?

(a) Observation method

(b) Clinical method

(c) Survey method

(d) Experimental method.

310. The oldest method in psychology is

(a) Introspection.

(b) Observation,

(c) Case study.

(d) Clinical method.

311. Introspection as a method stands rejected by

(a) Functional school.

(b) Behaviourists.

(c) Psychoanalysts.

(d) Gesralt.

312. Name the method which deals with only one person at a time and promotes
his adjustment
(a) Case study.
(b) Questionnaire.

(c) Clinical method.

(d) Experimental method.

313. Educational psychology is concerned with

(a) The learner.

(b) The learning process.

(c) The learning situation.

(d) All of these.

314. 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.

315. 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.

316. 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.

317. 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.

318. 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.

319. 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.

320. Which of the following teacher traits and procedures is most often given by
children as the reasons 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.

321. In an experiment there are variables. Variable is

(a) Independent.

(b) Dependent,

(c) Organismic.

(d) All of these.

322. In an experiment, there is only one independent variable

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Neither True nor False.

323. The first step in conducting an experiment is

(a) To collect data.

(b) To setup a laboratory.

(c) To formulate a hypothesis.

(d) To interpret data.

324. The first book of .psychology was written by

(a) Kohler.

(b) Wrlliam James,(c) Clark Hull.

(d) Plato.
325. The first book on Psychology titled “Principal Psychology” was published in
(a) 1879.

(b) 1895.

(c) 1890.

(d) 1905.

326. An emotionally person is one who

(a) Does not express his emotions.

(b) Is boastful.

(c) Has lack of patience.

(d) Has proper emotion at proper time and expresses it in proper quantity in a proper
way.

327. Which of the following is the most important factor underlying the success
of beginning teacher?
(a) His personality and ability to relate to the class

(b) His attitudes and outlook on life

(c) His verbal facility and organizational ability

(d) His scholarship and intellectual ability.

328. The greatest single cause of failure in beginning teachers lies in the area of
(a) General culture.

(b) General scholarship.

(c) Subject matter background.

(d) Inter-personal relations.

329. Which of the following is most likely to be characterized the in-effective
teacher?
(a) Emphasis upon standards

(b) Emphasis upon pupil discussion in the clarification of group goals

(c) Emphasis upon the control of the immediate situation

(d) Refusal to help children until they have helped themselves.

330. The teacher’s major contribution towards the maximum self realization of the
child is best effected through
(a) Constant fulfillment of the child’s needs.

(b) Strict control of class-room activities.

(c) Sensitivity pupil needs goals and purposes.

(d) Strict reinforcement of academic standards.

331. The field of education is permeated by conflicts and misconceptions largely

because
(a) The problems encountered in teaching call for subjectivity of interpretation.

(b) There are no best teaching methods and procedures.

(c) The problem encountered in teaching are not amenable to rigorous scientific
investigation.

(d) Education has first to be practical and only secondarily to be scientific.

332. Which method of research contributes most to the advancement of

educational psychology as a science?
(a) Clinical method

(b) Experimental method

(c) Historical method

(d) Survey method.

333. The basic characteristic of the experimental method in education is

(a) Its isolation from the influence of one after the other factors inherent in total situation.

(b) Its centre of relevant extraneous factors.

(c) Its complete analysis.

(d) The applicability of its outcome to relatively unlimited population.

334. Experimental method has many designs such as

(a) Single group.

(b) Control group,

(c) Rotation group,

(d) All of these.

335. The basic foundations of physical, mental and personality development are
laid in the period of
(a) Adulthood.

(b) Adolescence,

(c) Childhood.

(d) Infancy.

336. The span of years during which boys and girls move from childhood to
adulthood – mentally, emotionally, socially and physically is called
(a) Late Childhood,

(b) Infancy,
(c) Adolescence.

(d) Adult years.

337. Which is ‘Why’ age?

(a) Early childhood

(b) Late childhood

(c) Puberty

(d) Late adolescence.

338. Later childhood is also known as

(a) Age of curiosity.

(b) Spontaneous age.

(c) Age of mental development.

(d) Gang age.

339. Can we predict development?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) Dont knows.

340. The real carriers of heredity are

(a) The chromosomes.

(b) The genes.

(c) The nucleus of the cell.

(d) The ‘X’ and ‘Y’ chromosomes.

341. Human development is determined
(a) Almost solely by the genetic makeup of the individual.

(b) Turning by individual resources over which the individual has no control.

(c) By a complex of inherited and environmental force.

(d) The factors vary from individual to individual.

342. Which of the following alternatives describes infant behaviour?

(a) Differentiated

(b) Undifferentiated or generalised

(c) Innate

(d) Specialized.

343. Changes in behaviour remit from

(a) Learning alone.

(b) Maturation alone.

(c) Learning and maturation, both in important amounts.

(d) Maturation primarily.

344. Which of the following aspects of individuals development is most clearly

defined by heredity?
(a) The direction

(b) The limits

(c) The level

(d) The rate.

345. Which of the following ‘is not characteristic of maturation?
(a) Directional tendencies

(b) Uniformity of sequence

(c) Increasing specificity of behaviour

(d) Uniformity in rate.

346. In which of the following areas are sex differences around age 11 greatest?
(a) Physical strength

(b) Fine muscular co-ordination

(c) Personality development

(d) Height and weight.

347. The concept of readiness of the learner is one of the fundamental

importances to the teacher’s of
(a) K.G Class primarily.

(b) Grade I.

(c) Any new activity.

(d) Children with academic difficulties.

348. An emotion is best defined as

(a) Individual’s response to situation.

(b) A reaction to emotional stimuli,

(c) An excited state arising in response to a stimuli for which the individual has no
adequate ready-made reactions,

(d) The display of excessive behaviour as a result of intense stimuli.

349. Emotional experiences are
(a) Objective.

(b) Subjective.

(c) Impersonal.

(d) Not Known.

350. Emotions rise abruptly but die

(a) Suddenly

(b) Slowly,

(c) Quickly

(d) Never

351. Which is the Master emotion?

(a) Happiness

(b) Worry

(c) Fear

(d) Anger

352. If a child is afraid of school, he becomes

(a) Punctual.

(b) Regular.

(c) Obedient.

(d) Truant.
353. Which is the age in which a child laughs less and smiles more i.e. he has
learnt to control his emotions?
(a) Babyhood

(b) Early Childhood

(c) Later Childhood

(d) Adolescence.

354. Moods are formed during

(a) Infancy.

(b) Adolescence,

(c) Adulthood.

(d) Childhood.

355. The period of heightened emotionality, elation and depression, formulation

of moods and sentiments is known as
(a) Old age.

(b) Early childhood,

(c) Babyhood.

(d) Adolescence.

356. The overprotected child will tend to display

(a) Aggressiveness.

(b) Defensiveness.

(c) Immaturity.

(d) Negativisim.
357. A teacher confronted with frequent emotional outbursts on the part of pupil
should
(a) Consider the suitability of demands made upon them.

(b) Allow them to release tensions in this way.

(c) Let them express this outside the class.

(d) None of these.

358. “Emotions are the backbone of all development”. Do you agree?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) Can’t say

(d) Not sure.

Answers
301. (a) 302. (d) 303. (c) 304. (b) 305. (d) 306. (d) 307. (c) 308. (d) 309. (d) 310. (a)
311.(b) 312. (c) 313. (d) 314. (c) 315. (b) 316. (b) 317. (d) 318. (a) 319. (b) 320. (a)321.
(d) 322. (a) 323. (c) 324. (b) 325. (b) 326. (d) 327. (a) 328. (d) 329. (c) 330. (c) 331. (c)
332. (b) 333. (d) 334. (d) 335. (c) 336. (c) 337. (a) 338. (d) 339. (a) 340. (b) 341. (c)
342. (b) 343. (c) 344. (b) 345. (c) 346. (b) 347. (c) 348. (c) 349. (b) 350. (b) 351. (c) 352.
(d) 353. (c) 354. (b) 355. (d) 356. (a) 357. (a) 358. (a)