Educational Psychology (Senior Teacher) MCQ Practice

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1Which statement best reflects the role of motivation in the process of learning?

A Motivation energises, directs and sustains the learner's behaviour toward learning goals.

B Motivation replaces the need for practice, feedback and suitable teaching methods.

C Motivation only records the final result of learning after instruction is over.

D Motivation is useful only for biological needs and has no educational relevance.

2Which statement best describes the relationship between intelligence and creativity for educational purposes?

A Creativity and intelligence are identical, so a high IQ always guarantees creativity.

B Creativity has no connection with intelligence because original work never needs knowledge or reasoning.

C Creativity needs a certain level of intelligence, but beyond that level the correlation is not strong.

D Only eminent scientists and artists can be creative, so ordinary classroom tasks cannot develop creativity.

3Which classroom practice best supports healthy emotional development in adolescents?

A Providing respectful discussion, predictable expectations and support for self-expression

B Ignoring peer relations because emotions are purely biological

C Publicly comparing anxious learners with confident learners

D Treating all emotional fluctuation as indiscipline

4A school uses one timed verbal intelligence test to label rural first-generation learners as "low ability" and then gives them a reduced curriculum. Which objection best reflects sound understanding of individual differences?

A The objection is invalid because teacher judgment must replace all standardised assessment.

B The objection is invalid because any intelligence test perfectly measures all abilities in all cultural settings.

C The objection is invalid because individual differences are only physical, not psychological.

D The practice risks stigma and underestimation because assessment should use multiple sources and respect context.

5Which of the following is not the characteristic of attitudes ?

A Attitudes have a subject-object relationship.

B Attitudes are inborn.

C Attitudes have motivational-affective characteristic.

D Attitudes are acquired.

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