QUIZ FOR PRAGMATISM

1. It is a belief that offers us a theory of meaning, a theory of truth of knowledge and a theory of reality.

• A. ESSENTIALISM

• B. PRAGMATISM

• C. CONSTRUCTIVISM

• D. PERENNIALISM

2. Derived from Greek word ‘pragma’ which means _________.

• A. TO WORK/ TO ACTION

• B. TO BE PASSIVE

• C. TO STAY IN ONE PLACE

• D. TO WAIT FOR A CHANGE

3. The opponents of pragmatism.

• A. Charles Sanders  Peirce, William James and  John Dewey

• B. Ivan Pavlov and Jean Piaget

• C. Howard Gardner and Abraham Maslow

• D. Lev Vygotsky and B.F. Skinner

4. A form of pragmatism that states, only those things or principles are true which satisfy the needs, requirements, aspirations and objectives of human beings and cater to the welfare of mankind.

• A. EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATISM

• B. HUMANISTIC PRAGMATISM

• C. SOCIAL PRAGMATISM

• D. BIOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM

5. This form of pragmatism considers the power or capacity of a human being valuable.

• A. HUMANISTIC PRAGMATISM

• B. EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATISM

• C. BIOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM

• D. SOCIOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM

6. The human problems can be solved only  through experiment.

• A. EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATISM

• B. BIOLOGICAL PRAGMATISM

• C. EXPERIMENTAL PRAGMATISM

• D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

7. ________ is a miniature society where a child gets real experiences to act and behave according to his interests, aptitudes and capacities.

• a. community

• b. school

• c. playground

• d. none of the above

8. Truth always changes according to time, place and situation. A certain thing which was true to a person yesterday need not be the same for him today or will remain the same tomorrow.

• a. Truth is ever changing

• b. truth is formed by its result

• c. discipline

• d. emphasis on the principle of utility

9. Man has the power to create an environment useful, beneficial and conducive for his own development and welfare of society.

• a. Importance of man power

• b. importance of present and future

• c. faith in present and future

• d. all of the above

10. He is the father of PRAGMATISM.

• a. Charles Sanders Peirce

• d. John Dewey

• c. Jean Piaget

• d. Ivan Pavlov