OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

For each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the answer. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Who suggested that mental processes and events are unimportant or even totally non-existent?
   (a) Jung
   (b) Watson
   (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 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.

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. Individual 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
  (c) 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

   

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