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1. Which field of psychology basically deals with the development of human being and the processes involved with learning and instruction?
A. Educational psychology
B. Counselling Psychology
C. Developmental psychology
D. Clinical psychology
2. The vital and bodily system begins to form at which of the following prenatal period of human development?
A. Fetal
B. Germinal
C. Gestation
D. Embryonic
3. Which of these sources of instinctual force is unresponsive to the demands of reality?
A. ld
B. Ego
C. Superego
D. Cognitive
4. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of anal expulsive personality
A. Rebellion
B. Hostile to people
C. Punctual at meetings
D. Giving things away
5. Freud proposed that, at the phallic stage of human development, a boy may irrationally think that if his father were to find out about his sexual desires for the mother, the father would take away his penis. How does Fraud call this irrational belief?
A. Oedipus anxiety
B. Oedipus complex
C. Electra complex
D. Castration anxiety
6. A natural change of life in human development which may be accompanied by fertility decline in women and a reduction in health, vigor, appearance and sex desires in men is collectively referred to as ................. period
A. early adulthood
B. clamacteric
C. late adulthood
D. gerontological
7. The postnatal period in human development during which true personality begins to develop, and which marks the onset of sibling jealousy is the ............
A. Late childhood
B. Adolescent
C. Early childhood
D. Early adulthood
8. Lack of prenatal care increases the risk of all the following, EXCEPT.
A. preterm birth
B. increased infant mortality
C. infant with low birth rate
D. child abuse
9. According to ecological theory, although the learner does not have an active role in this system, he or she is influenced by experiences in that context?
A. Microsystem
B. Chronosystem
C. Mesosystem
D. Exosystem
10. Which is the most sensitive stage of the prenatal development period?
A. Embryonic stage
B. Germinal stage
C. Foetal stage
D. Zygote stage
11. Which of the following educational concepts deals with how the human mind processes information?
A. Assessment
B. Intelligence
C. Cognition
D. Evaluation
12. Which of the following is NOT an environmental influence on prenatal development?
A. Age of Mother
B. Maternal Disease
C. Drug Use
D. Rhesus Factor
13. Which of the following is the odd one?
A. Educational psychology equips the teacher with strategies to punish
recalcitrant students.
B. Educational psychology equips the teacher with skills to manage the learning environment.
C. Educational psychology equips the teacher with the knowledge of how learning takes place.
D. Educational psychology equips the teacher with appropriate pedagogical skills.
14. Which of the following implies an unfolding of natural potentials in a person that excludes learning?
A. Growth
B. Maturation
C. Development
D. Coordination
15. Which of the following psychologists says instruction should begin from general to particular?
A. Friedrich J. Herbart
B. Edward L. Thorndike
C. Stanley G. Hall
D. John A. Comenius
16. Which of the following stages in Freud theory may fixation lead to an individual being careless and dirty or overly clean and uncompromising?
A. Anal stage
B. Oral stage
C. Phallic stage
D. Genital stage
17. Which of the following summaries the key components of effective teaching?
A.Professional knowledge, skills, commitment, and technological skills and growth
B. Professional knowledge, skills, subject competency, and professional growth
C. Professional knowledge, skills, classroom management, and professional growth
D. Professional knowledge, skills, commitment, and professional growth
18. Which principle of human development is at work when cephalo-caudal and proximodistal trends are mentioned?
A. Growth and Development are Individual Processes
B. Growth and Development are Directional
C. Growth and Development are a Continuous Processes
D. Growth and Development are Epigenetic
19. Which stage of development describes productivity and creativeness to oneself and others or becoming too self-indulgent?
A. Identity verses Role Confusion
B. Generativity verses Self-absorption
C. Intimacy verses Isolation
D. Integrity verses Despair
20. Which of the stages in Erikson psychosocial theory of human development states that a child learns to be self sufficient in many activities?
A. Initiative verses Guilt
B. Industry verses Inferiority
C. Identity verses Role Confusion
D. Autonomy verses Shame and Doubt
21. Which one of the following is NOT an element of professional growth?
A. Developing a positive identity
B. Seeking advice from competent and experience teachers
C. Developing instructional planning skills
D. Building up good resource and support
22. Which stage of Freud psychosexual theory of human development is characterised by conflicts such as Oedipus and Electra complex?
A. Latency stage
B. Genital stage
C. Phallic Stage
D. Anal Stage
23. The goal of social cognitive therapy is basically …
A. self-actualization
B. self-regulation
C. uncovering hidden conflicts
D. all the above
24. Which theory says that there are sensitive periods of development in human life?
A. social cognition theory
B. ethological theory
C. ecological theory
D. none of these
25. The ecological theory explains about …
A. environmental influences on development
B. cognitive development
C. affective processes in development
D. none of these
26. Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?
A. The humanistic approach
B. The behavioral approach
C. The psychoanalytic approach
D. The social learning approach
27. The ability to learn by observing a model or receiving instructions, without reinforcement, is
called_____
A. Contingency
B. Social learning
C. Cognitive learning
D. Instrumental learning
28. Conditioned response may be eliminated by withdrawing reinforcement. This is known as:
A. Extinction
B. Discrimination
C. Spontaneous recovery
D. Stimulus generalization
29. When people are _____ they have lost touch with reality.
A. Manic
B. Neurotic
C. Psychotic
D. Psychopathic
30. Intelligence can be defined as:
A. Knowledge of a great many facts
B. The ability to get good grades in school
C. All the factors that make one person different from another
D. The ability to think abstractly and learn from experience
31. According to Piaget the process of building mental representation of the world through direct interaction with it is:
A. Adaptation
B. Conservation
C. Metacognition
D. Egocentrism
32. The leading cause of mental retardation is believed to be:
A. Inherited traits
B. Environmental factors
C. Organic brain syndrome
D. Fetal alcohol syndrome
33. An affective disorder in which a person swings from one mood extreme to another is classified as:
A. Bipolar
B. Unipolar
C. Manic
D. Depressive
34. Albert Ellis and Aron Beck are names associated with the ____ therapy approach.
A. Gestalt
B. Cognitive
C. Behavioral
D. Phenomenological
35. The process by which a trained professional uses psychological methods to help people with
psychological problem is known as:
A. Psychiatry
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Psychosurgery
D. Psychotherapy
36. An individual becomes a member of social group through the process of:
A. Aging
B.Learning
C. Maturation
D. Socialization
37. The first two weeks of life are referred to as:
A. Early childhood
B. The neonatal period
C. The period of infancy
D. The preoperational stage
38. Piaget’s stage for infancy is:
A. Formal operation
B. Preoperational thought
C. Sensory motor thoughts
D. Concrete operations
39. Thinking is an overt behaviour.
A. True
B. False
40. The environmental influences on human development begins at birth
A. True
B. False
41. An Rh-incompatibility may cause a child to suffer still birth
A. True
B. False
42. Human development is a continuous process, starting from the moment of birth till death
A. True
B. False
43. Freud referred to death and destructive instincts present in humans as Thanatos
A. True
B. False
44. Monosomy X genotype is usually in females
A. True
B. False
45. Growth is to qualitative as development is to quantitative?
A. True
B. False
46. Influence of inheritance of mental retardation and intelligence largely depends on nurture rather than nature?
A. True
B. False
47. According to the epigenetic principles of human development, growth and development tend to proceed from the center of the body outward
A. True
B. False
48. The chromosomal combination of XXY results in Klinefelter syndrome?
A. True
B. False
49. This abnormal chromosome effect is caused by a deviation on the 21st pair of chromosomes, and it is referred to as Down syndrome?
A. True
B. False
50. Turner syndrome is also referred to as Trisomy 21?
A. True
B. False
51. The age of viability occurs at the embryonic period of prenatal development
A. True
B. False
52. Which human development concept best describes a six-month-old baby who shows signs of teething?
Answer: Growth Development
53. A JHS 3 teacher who argues that there is a time period in human development during which certain influences are sensitive and important for emphasizing certain developmental tasks can be said to be invoking which principle of human development?
Answer: Critical period
54. State the shortest stage of the postnatal developmental period in humans
Answer: Infant stage
55. According to Freud, the psychosexual stage in which the individual's sexual instinct is directed to heterosexual pleasure, rather than self-pleasure is the ..............
Answer: Genital stage
56. The National Teaching Council (NTC) identifies three domains that define the minimum levels of practice at which all qualified teachers in Ghana are expected to perform. How does NTC refer to these domains?
Answer: Professional Values/Attitudes
Professional Practices
Professional Knowledge
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