This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Education > Psychology Of Education – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Psychology Of Education Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Erik Erikson, what is the primary developmental task during adolescence? A) Industry vs. inferiority. B) Trust vs. mistrust. C) Identity vs. role confusion. D) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identity vs. role confusion. 2. They are the smallest unit of information that can be judged either true or false, for example that 'the dog is running' ..... this is the definition of ..... A) Propositions. B) Concepts. C) Knowledge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propositions. 3. Practice makes man perfect brings to mind Thorndike's adage. A) Preparatory rule. B) Practice rule. C) Law of consequence. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practice rule. 4. Thorndike is remembered for his contribution to A) Trial and error. B) Methods of learning. C) Insight theory. D) Conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trial and error. 5. Which of the following students is most likely to have the highest motivation to achieve? A) A student who scores well but doesn't care about the information. B) A student who is under pressure from her parents to perform well. C) A student who has a high sense of self-efficacy for a particular skill. D) A student who relies on his peers to cover up his struggles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A student who has a high sense of self-efficacy for a particular skill. 6. What do you mean by cognition? A) Act of knowing or perceiving. B) Act of doing something. C) Act of working. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act of knowing or perceiving. 7. Which theory put forth by Thorndike? A) Classical Conditioning. B) Trial and Error. C) Insight. D) Operant conditioning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trial and Error. 8. What does educational psychology provide insights into? A) How teachers learn and develop. B) How students learn and develop. C) How the educational system works. D) How to assess students' learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How students learn and develop. 9. Education is a ..... Process A) Scientific. B) Social. C) Biological. D) Humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social. 10. Cell in the brain or another part of the nervous system that specializes in transmitting information to other cells A) Neuron. B) Conclusion. C) Astrocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 11. Develop and then learn, focused on stages A) Madison. B) Vygotsky. C) Piaget. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Piaget. 12. A teacher that praises a students' progress instead of just marking answers right or wrong is A) Encouraging a fixed mindset. B) Encouraging a growth mindset. C) Showing that he believes intelligences is innate. D) Showing he views intelligence as stable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encouraging a growth mindset. 13. According to Freud, Displacement, Sublimation and Projectio are all types of what? A) Psychosocial stage of development. B) Defence mechanism. C) Psychosexual stage of development. D) Neurotic need. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defence mechanism. 14. ..... is a distinct discipline with its own theories, research methods, problems and techniques. It has the understanding and improvement of education as its primary goal( Wittrock, 1992) A) Educational Psychology. B) Child Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Educational Psychology. 15. The psychologist uses the paper scientific methodology and maintains A) Accuracy. B) Objectivity. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 16. Knowledge about a topic acquired in an integrated and meaningful fashion A) Prior Knowledge activation. B) Conceptual understanding. C) Meaningful structure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual understanding. 17. Most of the interventions with children aged 3 through 5 is directed toward generatingmore constructive ..... interactions. A) Parent-child. B) Interchild. C) Physician-child. D) Psychologist-child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parent-child. 18. Motivation that is due to factors within students or inherent to the task is called A) Behavioral motivation. B) Intrinsic motivation. C) Amotivation. D) Extrinsic motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrinsic motivation. 19. Focusing of mental processes on particular stimuli A) Working memory. B) Attention. C) Rehearsal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attention. 20. The most critical period of acquisition and development of language is ..... A) Pre-natal period. B) Early childhood. C) Middle childhood. D) Adolescence. 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