Free Educational Psychology MCQs with Answers

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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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Fairly easy
  • A. Choronosystem
  • B. Microsystem
  • C. Macrosystem
  • D. Exosystem

Explanation: The chronosystem is generally presented as the fifth and final level of Bronfenbrenner’s model.

Correct answer: Choronosystem
Easy
  • A. I Van, P. PAVLOV
  • B. J. B WATSON
  • C. Plato
  • D. Skinner

Explanation: Ivan Pavlov presented classical conditioning through experiments showing that a neutral stimulus could become associated with food and…

Correct answer: I Van, P. PAVLOV
Moderate
  • A. Shape
  • B. All of these
  • C. Structure
  • D. Form

Explanation: Development refers broadly to changes in form, structure, and organization as a person grows and changes.

Correct answer: All of these
Fairly easy
  • A. Behaviourism
  • B. Naturalism
  • C. Idealism
  • D. Structrualism

Explanation: Structuralism studied consciousness by analysing it into basic components such as sensations, images, and feelings, using introspection.

Correct answer: Structrualism
Moderate
  • A. Intelligence
  • B. Environment
  • C. Personality
  • D. Thinking

Explanation: Intelligence is the ability to learn, reason, solve problems, and adapt effectively to new situations.

Correct answer: Intelligence
Fairly easy
  • A. Pupil
  • B. Teacher
  • C. Parents
  • D. Administration

Explanation: Teachers study child development to understand learners’ physical, cognitive, emotional, and social characteristics and to select suitable…

Correct answer: Teacher
Very hard
  • A. 90-140
  • B. Below 90
  • C. 90-110
  • D. 120-160

Explanation: An average IQ is conventionally placed around 100, with 90–110 commonly used in basic educational classifications.

Correct answer: 90-110
Moderate
  • A. Naturalism
  • B. Behaviourism
  • C. Idealism
  • D. Structrualism

Explanation: Structuralism studied the conscious mind by analysing its basic elements or structures.

Correct answer: Structrualism
Moderate
  • A. Introspection
  • B. Temperament
  • C. Deductive Reasoning
  • D. Inductive method

Explanation: Introspection means examining and reporting one’s own mental experiences or behaviour in response to stimuli.

Correct answer: Introspection
Hard
  • A. Behaviorism
  • B. Functionalism
  • C. Humanistic psychology
  • D. All

Explanation: Functionalism asks what the mind does and how its processes help a person adapt to the environment.

Correct answer: Functionalism
Fairly easy
  • A. Psychodynamic
  • B. Gestalt psychology
  • C. Behaviorism
  • D. None

Explanation: Behaviourism explains behaviour mainly through environmental influences, conditioning and reinforcement.

Correct answer: Behaviorism
Fairly easy
  • A. Gestalt psychology
  • B. Realism
  • C. Behaviorism
  • D. None

Explanation: Gestalt psychology holds that a whole pattern has properties that cannot be understood merely by adding its separate parts.

Correct answer: Gestalt psychology
Fairly easy
  • A. Parts
  • B. Whole
  • C. Small portion
  • D. All

Explanation: The German term “Gestalt” refers to a form, pattern or organized whole.

Correct answer: Whole
Easy
  • A. Deconstructionism
  • B. Structuralism
  • C. Humanistic Psychology
  • D. Formalism

Explanation: Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are leading humanistic psychologists who emphasized personal growth, free choice and self-actualization.

Correct answer: Humanistic Psychology
Moderate
  • A. Self-discipline
  • B. Motivation
  • C. Self-expression
  • D. Self-education

Explanation: Modern psychology views meaningful education as something the learner actively develops, so education is described as self-education.

Correct answer: Self-education
Moderate
  • A. Humanistic Psychology
  • B. Functionalism
  • C. Moralism
  • D. Psychoanalytic

Explanation: Humanistic psychology presents the most optimistic view of human nature, stressing potential, freedom, growth and self-actualization.

Correct answer: Humanistic Psychology
Easy
  • A. Functionalism
  • B. Gestalt theory
  • C. Behaviourism
  • D. All

Explanation: Watson, Pavlov and Skinner are central figures in behaviourism and its emphasis on conditioning and observable responses.

Correct answer: Behaviourism
Fairly easy
  • A. Transpersonal psychology
  • B. Behaviourism
  • C. Functionalism
  • D. None

Explanation: William James is regarded as a major founder of functionalism, which examines how mental processes help individuals adapt.

Correct answer: Functionalism
Moderate
  • A. None of these
  • B. Realism
  • C. Idealism
  • D. Behaviorist

Explanation: Behaviourism rejected introspection because private mental experiences cannot be directly observed or measured reliably.

Correct answer: Behaviorist
Hard
  • A. Client
  • B. Counselor
  • C. Parents
  • D. Personality

Explanation: In Carl Rogers’ client-centred counselling, the client is the central person in understanding and solving the problem.

Correct answer: Client