Free Educational Psychology MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Role perception
  • B. Role seeking
  • C. Socio-drama
  • D. Gaming

Explanation: Socio-drama uses role-playing to represent a social situation and explore possible solutions through the participants' interactions.

Correct answer: Socio-drama
  • A. are abstract abilities that cannot be identified
  • B. usually develop spontaneously through normal content instruction
  • C. usually develop spontaneously without any instruction
  • D. need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction

Explanation: Critical thinking involves teachable skills such as analysing evidence, evaluating claims, and drawing justified conclusions.

Correct answer: need to be deliberately taught because they often do not develop by themselves with standard content instruction
  • A. aptitude test
  • B. achievement test
  • C. projective test
  • D. acquisition test

Explanation: An aptitude test estimates a person’s potential to learn a skill or perform in a particular area.

Correct answer: aptitude test
  • A. aptitude test
  • B. objective test
  • C. achievement test
  • D. intelligence test

Explanation: An achievement test measures knowledge and skills already acquired through instruction or training.

Correct answer: achievement test
  • A. aptitude test
  • B. achievement test
  • C. intelligence test
  • D. cross-cultural test

Explanation: The general GRE mainly assesses developed verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning abilities used to predict readiness for graduate…

Correct answer: aptitude test
  • A. WISC
  • B. WAIS
  • C. WPPSI
  • D. CPI

Explanation: The WISC is designed for children roughly 6 to 16 years old, which includes most 12-year-olds.

Correct answer: WISC
  • A. adult intelligence test
  • B. child intelligence test
  • C. fixed alternative test
  • D. projective test

Explanation: Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon developed the first widely recognized intelligence test for children, designed to identify pupils needing…

Correct answer: child intelligence test
  • A. an aptitude test
  • B. an achievement test
  • C. an intelligence test
  • D. a test of creativity

Explanation: An achievement test measures knowledge or skills already learned in a particular subject area.

Correct answer: an achievement test
  • A. Thurston
  • B. Terman
  • C. Wechsler
  • D. Binet

Explanation: Lewis Terman revised and standardized the Binet-Simon intelligence scale for American children, producing the Stanford-Binet Intelligence…

Correct answer: Terman
  • A. Job tasks
  • B. Valid tests
  • C. Situational tests
  • D. Projective techniques

Explanation: Situational tests present realistic job-related problems and assess how an examinee would respond in those circumstances.

Correct answer: Situational tests
  • A. Industrial Psychologist
  • B. Social Psychologist
  • C. Academic Psychologist
  • D. Clinical Psychologist

Explanation: Academic or educational psychologists address learning difficulties, academic adjustment, and problems affecting students’ performance.

Correct answer: Academic Psychologist