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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Although different, Piaget and Vygotsky both developed theories about _________________.

a)

Self efficacy

b)

Motivation

c)

Constructivism

d)

Instructional Design

2.

Personality primarily depends upon......

a)

Heredity

b)

Social environment

c)

Mental set up

d)

Economic factor

3.

What does cognitive mean?

a)

refers to thinking, conscious and mental processes

b)

being aware of your surroundings

c)

being able to take in information from your environment (e.g. sight)

d)

studying the brain and human behaviour

4.

Erickson's theory of personality development helps teachers in the classroom understand...

a)

how to motivate

students

b)

what is appropriate

for students at each

stage/age

c)

what is appropriate

for students at each

stage/age

d)

how to minimize stress

5.

Educational psychology is important for

a)

Teacher

b)

Students

c)

Parents

d)

All of the above

6.

How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

a)

1

b)

6

c)

3

d)

4

7.

During the preoperational stage children are very _________

a)

independent

b)

loud

c)

egocentric

d)

self centered

8.

What is the goal of Piaget's Theory?

.

a)

To explain the

mechanisms and

processes by which

infants and then

children develop into

individuals

b)

To track child development as children age

c)

To finally understand why these hip young

kids won't get off his

lawn.

d)

To create a road map for cognitive development.

9.

Which years are the Preoperational stage of Development

a)

0-2 years

b)

2-7 years

c)

7-11 years

d)

11+ year

10.

________ is the support mechanisim that helps a learner succesffully perform

a task within his/ her

zone of proximal development.

a)

Zone of Proximal Development

b)

Scaffolding

c)

Memory

d)

Theory

11.

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Abraham Maslow

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

B.F. Skinner

12.

________ is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he/she can do with help.

a)

Zone of Proximal Development

b)

Scaffolding

c)

Theory

d)

Memory

13.

The value of B.F. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning in the classroom is to...

a)

boost confidence

b)

reinforce or eliminate behaviors

c)

develop morality

d)

minimize the effects

of trauma

14.

which one of the following is not a stages in Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory ?

a)

Sensorimotor Stage

b)

Concrete Operational Stage

c)

Formal Operational

Stage

d)

Sensory Operational

Stage

15.

In which of the following stages children will learn the concept of conservation?

a)

preoperational

b)

concrete operational

c)

sensorimotor

d)

formal operational