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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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- A. Praising effort and improvement
- B. Focusing only on grades
- C. Comparing students to one another
- D. Punishing mistakes
Explanation: A growth mindset develops when students see ability as improvable through effort, strategies, and feedback, so praise should emphasize…
Correct answer: Praising effort and improvement1182. Which of the following is a psychological factor that affects learning environments___________?
- A. Student anxiety levels
- B. The color of the walls
- C. The size of desks
- D. The number of windows
Explanation: Anxiety affects attention, memory, motivation, and willingness to participate, making it a psychological influence on learning.
Correct answer: Student anxiety levels- A. direct
- B. indirect
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Qualitative research seeks participants' direct, lived experiences and the meanings they construct in everyday settings.
Correct answer: direct1184. A researcher is interested in how weight influences self___________ levels in adults ex post facto?
- A. esteem
- B. Actualization
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: The established psychological term is self-esteem, referring to a person’s evaluation of their own worth.
Correct answer: esteem1185. Descriptive research is more concerned with what rather than how or why something has ___________?
- A. occure
- B. happened
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Descriptive research records what has happened or what exists, without primarily explaining how or why it occurred.
Correct answer: happened- A. Descriptive
- B. Ethnography
- C. Quantitative
- D. Qualitative
Explanation: Ethnography studies people and cultures in their natural settings, usually through prolonged observation and participation.
Correct answer: Qualitative- A. cultural
- B. social
- C. economical
- D. Historical
Explanation: Qualitative research commonly explores why social phenomena occur and how people experience them, rather than merely measuring what…
Correct answer: social- A. basic
- B. applied
- C. action
- D. historical
Explanation: Historical research investigates past events, documents, and developments to interpret what happened and why.
Correct answer: historical- A. Assessment
- B. Motivation
- C. Research
- D. All of these
Explanation: Systematic inquiry involving investigation, experimentation, and the discovery or interpretation of facts is research.
Correct answer: Research- A. Historical
- B. Experimental
- C. Descriptive
- D. Qualitative
Explanation: Qualitative research seeks detailed understanding of meanings and social experiences in their natural context.
Correct answer: Qualitative- A. attention
- B. skills
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Attention is the concentration or focusing of mental processes on a selected object, task, or stimulus.
Correct answer: attention- A. observational
- B. non observational
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Observational learning occurs when a learner acquires skills, behaviours, or strategies by watching others and often imitating them.
Correct answer: observational- A. automaticity
- B. no automaticity
- C. both
- D. none of these
Explanation: Automaticity is the ability to perform or process a task with little conscious effort after sufficient practice.
Correct answer: automaticity- A. Aristotle
- B. Alexander
- C. Sophocles
- D. Arnold
Explanation: Aristotle identified happiness, or eudaimonia, as the highest human good and linked it with living virtuously.
Correct answer: Aristotle- A. Aristotle
- B. Wundt
- C. Ross
- D. Al-Ghazali
Explanation: Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory at Leipzig in 1879, earning him the title Father of Experimental…
Correct answer: Wundt- A. Sitting
- B. Running
- C. Both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Running is an active form of play that develops gross-motor coordination, balance, and physical control.
Correct answer: Running- A. climbing
- B. Sitting
- C. Both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Climbing is active play that develops strength, balance, coordination, and risk assessment.
Correct answer: climbing- A. dancing
- B. Sitting
- C. Both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Dancing is a playful activity through which children learn rhythm, coordination, expression, and body control.
Correct answer: dancing- A. Survey
- B. field
- C. both
- D. None of these
Explanation: Surveys describe characteristics, opinions, or conditions, while field studies collect information in a natural setting; both can be…
Correct answer: both