Educational Psychology


1.The concept of motivation helps us to
(a) Adopt measures to assess the achievements of individual
(b) Frame rules and regulations to control an educational situations
(c) Take special precautions to avoid safeguarding self interests.
(d) Explain the behaviour of man or animals than can be observed.

2. In teaching any class or subject, student's needs and interests also have to be born in mind. Which of the following dimensions cover this aspect?
(a)The psychological dimension
(b) The evaluation dimension
(c)The philosophical dimension
(d) The methodological dimension

3. We usually avoid remembering something that is associated with fear or unpleasantness. In tradition language those avoidance is termed as
(a) Suppressing
(b) Repression
(c) Retrieval future
(d) Forgetting

4. The term 'Functional Literacy' regarding the education of adult means that
(a) The literacy of the adult should enable him for thoughtful reading in his social and professional life.
(b) The adults should be able to function as members of the adult franchise scheme.
(c) It should provide his access to written communication without much difficulty
(d) None of the above

5.National Literacy mission was established
(a) 1996
(b) 1988
(c) 2000
(d) 1999

6. A teacher should be
(a) Honest
(b) Dutiful
(c) Punctual
(d) Thrilling

7. Sports performance is the bi-product of
(a) Skill
(b) Conditional ability
(c) Total personality
(d) Tactical ability.

8. Which need is on top of the Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(a) Self-actualization
(b) Esteem
(c) Belongingness
(d) Safety

9. ERG theory was given by
(a) Maslow
(b) Alderfer
(c) Jung
(d) Mcclellan.

10. Which is the lowest level of learning?
(a) Rate learning
(b) Understanding
(c) Application
(d) Correlation.

11. Trial & Error learning is also known as
(a) Conditioning
(b) Connectionism
(c) Insight
(d) None of the above.

12. Which is the description of the methods of personality measurement?
(a) Rating scale
(b) Interviews & observations
(c) Paper & pencil test
(d) All the above.

13. Which of the following is an intrinsic motivator?
(a) Pay
(b) Promotion
(c) Feedback
(d) Interest of play.

14.The hereditary factors of learning are
(a) Height and weight
(b) Physical structure
(c) Body composition
(d) All the above.

15. How is psychology defined today?
(a) The science of behaviour and mental processes
(b) The science of human behaviour and mental processes
(c) The science of mind
(d) The study of motivation, emotion, personality, adjustment and abnorma­lity.


Dr. K. Sakkaravarthi
I am Dr. K. Sakkaravarthi MBA.,MLISc., Ph.D., Both NET and SET qualified

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