All Free Pedagogy MCQs with Answers

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Easy
  • A. William James
  • B. Carl Roger
  • C. Carl Jung
  • D. Abraham Maslow

Explanation: Abraham Maslow presented the hierarchy of needs, ranging from physiological and safety needs to belonging, esteem and self-actualization.

Correct answer: Abraham Maslow
Fairly easy
  • A. Functionalism
  • B. Gestalt psychology
  • C. Structuralism
  • D. Humanistic psychology

Explanation: Maslow and Carl Rogers are leading figures of humanistic psychology, which emphasizes self-concept, personal growth and the individual's…

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Moderate
  • A. Humanistic psychology
  • B. Cognitive development
  • C. Functionalism
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Humanistic psychology views each person as unique and studies the whole person rather than reducing behaviour to isolated responses or…

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. Naturalism
  • B. Humanistic psychology
  • C. Psychodynamic
  • D. Transpersonal psychology

Explanation: Humanistic psychology gives central importance to human dignity, personal growth, subjective experience, and potential.

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. Structuralism
  • B. Whole theory
  • C. Humanistic psychology
  • D. Behaviourism

Explanation: Humanistic psychology stresses free will, personal choice, and the capacity for self-directed growth.

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. Humanist psychology
  • B. Behaviorism
  • C. Gestalt Psychology
  • D. Functionalism

Explanation: Humanist psychology views people as capable of free choice, decision-making, self-direction, and finding meaning.

Correct answer: Humanist psychology
Moderate
  • A. Behaviourism
  • B. Humanist Psychology
  • C. Functionalism
  • D. Psychoanalytic theory

Explanation: Humanistic psychology rejects reducing people to mechanical stimulus-response systems or merely unconscious conflicts between the ego and…

Correct answer: Humanist Psychology
Moderate
  • A. Functionalism
  • B. Idealism
  • C. Humanistic psychology
  • D. Gestalt psychology

Explanation: Humanistic psychology studies uniquely human experiences such as choice, meaning, values, and self-actualization rather than generalizing…

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. Psychoanalysis
  • B. Behaviourism
  • C. Gestalt psychology
  • D. Humanistic psychology

Explanation: Humanistic psychology presents the most optimistic view by treating people as capable of growth, choice, and self-actualization.

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Moderate
  • A. Transpersonal psychology
  • B. Humanistic psychology
  • C. Cognitive psychology
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Humanistic psychology emphasizes free will, freedom of choice, personal values, unique goals, and the search for meaning.

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. School of Psychoanalysis
  • B. Gestalt psychology
  • C. Humanistic psychology
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Humanistic psychology is commonly called the ‘third force’ because it reflects modern psychological humanism between behaviourism and…

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Moderate
  • A. Psychodynamic
  • B. Total situation
  • C. Aspects of situation
  • D. Humanist psychology

Explanation: Humanist psychology holds that people can change and grow through their choices and interaction with their environment.

Correct answer: Humanist psychology
Easy
  • A. Carl Rogers
  • B. Abraham Maslow
  • C. Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1967)
  • D. William James

Explanation: Carl Rogers developed client-centred therapy, which uses empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard to support the client’s…

Correct answer: Carl Rogers
Fairly easy
  • A. Personal experience
  • B. Animal beings
  • C. Human beings
  • D. Unconscious mind

Explanation: Humanists give primary importance to human beings as conscious, choosing, and growth-oriented persons.

Correct answer: Human beings
Fairly easy
  • A. Psychodynamic psychology
  • B. Behavior psychology
  • C. All of these
  • D. Humanistic psychology

Explanation: Maslow, Rogers, Rollo May, Combs, and Allport are associated with the humanistic approach to psychology.

Correct answer: Humanistic psychology
Moderate
  • A. Schema
  • B. Adaptation
  • C. Assimilation
  • D. Unconscious mind

Explanation: In Piaget’s theory, schemas are the basic mental structures used to organize and interpret experience.

Correct answer: Schema
Hard
  • A. Accommodation
  • B. Schemes
  • C. Assimilation
  • D. Adaptation

Explanation: A scheme is an organized pattern of action or thought, such as an adult’s coordinated action for grasping an object within reach.

Correct answer: Schemes
Hard
  • A. Making desired change
  • B. Making desired adjustment
  • C. Both A&B
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Piagetian adaptation means adjusting to environmental demands, and it occurs through assimilation and accommodation.

Correct answer: Both A&B
Easy
  • A. Russian
  • B. American
  • C. German
  • D. Swiss

Explanation: Jean Piaget was Swiss, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He developed the influential theory of cognitive development through observations…

Correct answer: Swiss
Hard
  • A. All of the above
  • B. How a person thinks
  • C. Pattern of behavior
  • D. The pattern of thinking

Explanation: A schema is an organized pattern used to think, interpret experience, or guide behaviour.

Correct answer: All of the above