WorksheetsFreud, Piaget, Vygotsky Psychological Theories
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A teacher observes a student who constantly seeks attention and admiration from peers. According to Freud, this behavior may be a fixation from which stage?
Anal stage
Oral stage
Phallic stage
Latency stage
Freud’s concept of the id, ego, and superego primarily deals with:
Cognitive schemas
Moral reasoning
Personality structure and conflict
Social interaction and language
Freud believed that personality develops through a series of stages focused on different pleasure-sensitive areas of the body known as the __________.
Psychosocial stages
Cognitive schemas
Psychosexual stages
Developmental milestones
Freud described the “id” as:
The rational and realistic part of personality
The moral conscience of the individual
The primitive, instinctual part seeking pleasure
The mediator between conscious and unconscious drives
According to Piaget, children build knowledge through __________.
Reinforcement and punishment
Observation and imitation
Active interaction with their environment
Language and dialogue with adults
Which of the following correctly matches the stage with its description?
Sensorimotor – Use of logic and abstract thinking
Preoperational – Object permanence develops
Concrete operational – Logical thinking about tangible objects
Formal operational – Egocentric thought dominates
A teenager who can think hypothetically and reason about abstract concepts is in which of Piaget’s stages?
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Sensorimotor
According to Vygotsky, cognitive development is primarily shaped by:
Trial and error learning
Social interaction and cultural tools
Independent discovery
Biological maturation
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) refers to:
The area of knowledge a learner can do alone
The difference between what a learner can do alone and with help
The total amount of knowledge a learner can master
The area where memory skills develop
In Vygotsky’s theory, scaffolding means:
Punishing errors to shape learning
Providing structured support to help a learner succeed
Measuring the learner’s intelligence level
Encouraging complete independence in learning
