Deck 1: Psychology and Learning: Understanding Development and Behavior in Various Contexts

Question 1

Which branch of psychology deals with the behavior of human beings in educational institutions.

A)parapsychology
B)counselling psychology
C)educational psychology
D)consumer psychology

Answer 1

educational psychology

Question 2

------- means that development proceeds in the body from the direction of longitudinal axis (head to foot)

A)cephalocaudal
B)proximodistal law
C)ontogenetic functions
D)phylogenetic functions.

Answer 2

cephalocaudal

Question 3

------ means that development proceeds from centre to periphery

A)cephalocaudal
B)proximodistal law
C)ontogenetic functions
D)phylogenetic functions.

Answer 3

proximodistal law

Question 4

Functions which are common to the individual

A)cephalocaudal
B)proximodistal law
C)ontogenetic functions
D)phylogenetic functions.

Question 5

Functions which are specific to the individual

A)cephalocaudal
B)proximodistal law
C)ontogenetic functions
D)phylogenetic functions.

Question 6

------- refers to changes that take place in your body and in your behavior because you are getting older,because of your age.

A)maturation
B)learning
C)atrophy
D)evolution

Question 7

Relatively permanent change that occurs in the individual as a result of experience and practice.

A)maturation
B)learning
C)atrophy
D)evolution

Question 8

Process of getting an object of thought clearly before the mind.

A)attention
B)memory
C)learning
D)maturation

Question 9

Name a technique of measuring retention.

A)memory
B)recognition
C)attention
D)learning

Question 10

Learning in one situation influences the learning in of other situations

A)memorisation
B)transfer of learning
C)development
D)developmental task.

Question 11

Write the odd one

A)attention
B)retention
C)recognition
D)redintegration

Question 12

Which theory provides the frame work that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition.

A)piaget's cognitive theory
B)vygotsky's socio cultural theory
C)erikson's psychosocial theory
D)freud's psycho analytic theory

Question 13

Technique of improving memory

A)concentration
B)mnemonics
C)learning
D)development

Question 14

Who proposed the role of scaffolding in the learning process.

A)a.vygotsky
B)freud
C)erikson
D)piaget

Question 15

Focussing our consciousness on an object rather than another

A)memory
B)recognition
C)attention
D)learning

Question 16

The motivating force that impels us to attend a person,a thing,or an activity .

A)interest
B)habit
C)intelligence
D)aptitude

Question 17

The name given to a behavior so often repeated as to be automatic

A)interest
B)habit
C)intelligence
D)aptitude

Question 18

An important barrier of effective problem solving

A)algorithm
B)anagram
C)functional fixedness
D)creativity

Question 19

An example of strategy of effective problem solving

A)algorithm
B)anagram
C)functional fixedness
D)creativity

Question 20

------ are acquired dispositions

A)habit
B)aptitude
C)trait
D)interest

Question 21

-------- means the tendency or bent of the whole mind.

A)habit
B)mental set
C)behavior
D)aptitude

Question 22

Write the odd one

A)incubation
B)illumination
C)preparation
D)intelligence

Question 23

Difference between individuals that separate or distinguish them others.

A)attitude
B)individual difference
C)aptitude
D)interest

Question 24

-----------theory of human learning describes learning as a social process and the origination of human intelligence in society or culture

A)information processing theory
B)sociocultural theory
C)constructivism
D)psycho sexual theory

Question 25

----- is the area of exploration for which the student is cognitively prepared, but requires help and social interaction to fully develop

A)zpd
B)mtp
C)ptsd
D)set