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Educational psychology applies principles of human development, learning and motivation to teaching and classroom behaviour. It covers cognitive, social, emotional and moral development, intelligence, individual differences, memory, attention, learning theories, personality, motivation and transfer of learning. Developmental psychology describes growth, while educational psychology connects that growth with educational settings.

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681. ________is a complex phenomenon in case of adults' grasping an object within their reach?

Hard
  • A. Schemes
  • B. Accommodation
  • 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.

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Correct answer: Schemes

682. What is adaptation in Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory___________?

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.

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Correct answer: Both A&B

683. Jean Piaget was a_________psychologist?

Easy
  • A. Russian
  • B. American
  • C. Swiss
  • D. German

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

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Correct answer: Swiss

684. Schema is____________?

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

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

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Correct answer: All of the above

685. Jean Piaget presented the theory of___________?

Easy
  • A. Moral development
  • B. Structuralism
  • C. Cognitive development
  • D. Needs theory

Explanation: Piaget presented the theory of cognitive development, explaining how children’s thinking changes through stages.

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Correct answer: Cognitive development

686. Using previous information (existing schema) to fit into new environment is called_________?

Moderate
  • A. Accommodation
  • B. Adaptation
  • C. Assimilation
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Assimilation means interpreting or fitting a new experience into an existing schema without fundamentally changing that schema.

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Correct answer: Assimilation

687. __________refers to adjusting the old pattern to account for the new one?

Moderate
  • A. Accommodation
  • B. Concrete operational
  • C. Preoperational
  • D. Assimilation

Explanation: Accommodation occurs when an existing schema is changed or a new one is formed to deal with information that does not fit.

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Correct answer: Accommodation

688. Which are the two types of adaptation___________?

Fairly easy
  • A. Assimilation & accommodation
  • B. Assimilation & Equilibrium
  • C. Adaptation & accommodation
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Piaget described adaptation as having two complementary processes: assimilation, fitting new experience into an existing schema, and…

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Correct answer: Assimilation & accommodation

689. The Mental patterns that guide behavior is called__________?

Moderate
  • A. Schema
  • B. Maturation
  • C. Habit
  • D. Assimilation

Explanation: A schema is a mental pattern or framework that organizes knowledge and guides behavior.

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Correct answer: Schema

690. Piaget was a psychologist, born in 1894 in Switzerland and died in_________?

Very hard
  • A. 1890
  • B. 1980
  • C. 1981
  • D. 1982

Explanation: Jean Piaget lived from 1896 to 1980, although the question incorrectly states that he was born in 1894.

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Correct answer: 1980

691. In case of children______can be simple like the pattern of behavior shown by a child in grasping an object within his reach____________?

Moderate
  • A. Schemes
  • B. Assimilation
  • C. Accommodation
  • D. Adaptation

Explanation: A scheme is an organized pattern of action, such as a child’s repeated grasping of an object within reach.

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Correct answer: Schemes

692. What is referred as an organized cluster of knowledge about particular event____________?

Moderate
  • A. Schema
  • B. Equilibrium
  • C. Assimilation
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: A schema is an organized cluster of knowledge about an object, event, or situation.

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Correct answer: Schema

693. _________are patterns of behavior that children exhibit in dealing with objects in space?

Moderate
  • A. Schemes
  • B. Accommodation
  • C. Equilibrium
  • D. Assimilation

Explanation: Schemes are patterns of behavior or thought used to deal with objects and situations.

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Correct answer: Schemes

694. What is the basic mental pattern/structure that organize or interpret information___________?

Moderate
  • A. Schema
  • B. G factor
  • C. Accommodation
  • D. Equilibrium

Explanation: A schema is a basic mental structure used to organize and interpret information.

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Correct answer: Schema

695. __________occurs when the new (information) is drawn into the old behavior pattern and becomes part of the child's inner organization?

Moderate
  • A. Assimilation
  • B. Accommodation
  • C. Equilibrium
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Assimilation occurs when new information or experience is fitted into an existing behavior pattern or schema.

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Correct answer: Assimilation

696. Which of the following is referred the ways of thinking in brain__________?

Hard
  • A. Schema
  • B. Adaptation
  • C. Accommodation
  • D. Assimilation

Explanation: A schema is a way of organizing and interpreting information, so it represents a cognitive way of thinking.

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Correct answer: Schema

697. Who's work on cognitive development in the child is more significant than done by any other psychologist___________?

Easy
  • A. Jean Piaget
  • B. Jean Jaques Rousseau
  • C. Jean Jaques Darida
  • D. John Dewey

Explanation: Jean Piaget made the most influential systematic study of children’s cognitive development, including schemas and stages of thinking.

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Correct answer: Jean Piaget

698. Adaptation has how many types__________?

Fairly easy
  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Three
  • D. Four

Explanation: Piaget’s adaptation has two types: assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation uses an existing schema, whereas accommodation modifies or…

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Correct answer: Two

699. The Situation where previous (prior/old) information fits in new environment (Assimilation) is called__________?

Hard
  • A. Equilibrium
  • B. Adaptation
  • C. Formal operational stage
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Equilibrium is the state of cognitive balance in which existing understanding adequately fits the environment; assimilation helps maintain…

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Correct answer: Equilibrium

700. An organized cluster knowledge about a particular object or sequence of events is called as___________?

Hard
  • A. Schema
  • B. Semiotics
  • C. Overmotivation
  • D. Accommodation

Explanation: A schema is an organized cluster of knowledge about an object or a sequence of events.

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Correct answer: Schema
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