Psychological Foundation of Education

    Which of the following define the meaning of psychology?

• derived from two Greek words, psyche (soul) and logos (study).

• derived from two Greek words, psyche (mind) and logos (study).

• derived from two Greek words, psyche (study) and logos (soul).

•  derived from two Greek words, psyche (soul) and logos (mind).

What does “Educational psychology does not treat teaching and learning as separate from each other” mean?

• Teaching and Learning are seen as closely related, mutually inclusive, interactive aspects of education.

• Teaching and Learning are seen somehow closely related but independent aspects of education.

• Psychology treats teaching and learning independently and in different ways.

•    All of the choices

Which theory operates on the "stimulus-response principle", which means all behaviors are caused by external stimuli?

• Contextual theory

• Behaviorist theory

• Cognitive theory

• Constructivist theory

Miss Wednesday Addam is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?

• Law of Disuse

• Law of Effect

• Law of Exercise

• Law of Readiness

A music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?

• Classical conditioning

• Meaningful learning

• Operant conditioning

• Social learning

Albert Bandura contributed to the understanding of learning through observation and modeling. Which of the following does not express his idea?

• A student working his homework to use his phone after

• A student showed aggressive behavior learned from watching adults fighting and violent movies

• Students demonstrate skills in playing basketball learned from the demonstration of invited basketball player  in  the class  

• All examples express Albert Bandura’s idea      

The following are proponent of the behaviorist theory except_____ .

• Thorndike, Pavlov, Skinner

• Watson, Skinner, Bandura   

• Thorndike, Piaget, Bandura

• Thorndike, Skinner, Bandura       

  If the acquirement of language is described as being ‘innate’, what would it mean?

            

•      It is nurtured by others

• The brain is biologically determined to acquire language

• It develops through understanding

• It relies upon the interaction with more knowledgeable others.

Gestalt psychology is base on the principle that:

              

• we tend to view parts before we see the whole

• we see with two eyes

• the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

• perception is the same for everyone

If we are trying to think about what’s going on in someone’d head, we need to think of the smallest subjective unit.

               

• Functionalism   

• Behaviorism

• structuralism

• Gestalt