Educational Psychology MCQs – Sindh Teaching License Test

Question 1

Classical conditioning was demonstrated by:

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Ivan Pavlov

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B. F. Skinner

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Wolfgang Köhler

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Albert Bandura

Question 2

Thorndike's "law of effect" states that:

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Responses followed by satisfaction are strengthened

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Learning occurs only when the learner is ready

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Practice makes connections stronger

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Learning happens through sudden insight

Question 3

A teacher tells students that if they finish their classwork correctly, they will not have homework that day. Students start completing classwork. This is an example of:

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Negative reinforcement

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Positive reinforcement

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Positive punishment

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Extinction

Question 4

Which reinforcement schedule produces behaviour that is MOST resistant to extinction?

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Variable ratio

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Fixed interval

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Continuous

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Fixed ratio

Question 5

The Bobo doll experiment is associated with:

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Albert Bandura

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J. B. Watson

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E. L. Thorndike

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Carl Rogers

Question 6

According to Bandura, the correct order of processes in observational learning is:

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Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation

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Motivation, attention, reproduction, retention

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Retention, attention, motivation, reproduction

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Reproduction, retention, attention, motivation

Question 7

Insight learning was demonstrated by Wolfgang Köhler using:

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Chimpanzees

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Dogs

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Rats

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Pigeons

Question 8

According to George Miller, the capacity of short-term memory is about:

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7 ± 2 items

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3 ± 1 items

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20 items

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Unlimited

Question 9

Before teaching the parts of a cell, a teacher shows a diagram comparing the cell to a factory with departments. This is an example of:

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An advance organiser

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Programmed instruction

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Negative reinforcement

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Spontaneous recovery

Question 10

Bruner's three modes of representation, in order of development, are:

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Enactive, iconic, symbolic

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Symbolic, iconic, enactive

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Iconic, enactive, symbolic

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Concrete, abstract, formal

🧠 Educational Psychology MCQs

Q1. Classical conditioning was demonstrated by: