41- An individual's ______ and maturation can be helped or hindered by the environmental stimulations to which he is exposed.
A. Birth
B. Growth
C. Education
D. Action
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Answer : B. Growth
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42- The ______ in teaching depends to a great extent upon the degree of sensitivity to the developmental progress, the emerging needs, and the innate potentialities of learners.
A. Degree of success
B. Educational degree
C. Degree of observation
D. Degree of inspection
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Answer : A. Degree of success
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43- Who should be thoroughly grounded in the subject-matter to be taught?
A. Evaluator
B. Critic
C. Teacher
D. Administrator
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Answer : C. Teacher
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44- Utilizing his understanding of the human mechanism and its functions, the teacher can adapt his techniques and procedures to individual patterns of development so that the learner is helped to profit from:
A. Instruction
B. Study
C. Learning
D. Particular condition
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Answer : C. Learning
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45- European psychologists of the ______ century devoted considerable attention to studies dealing with sensory experiences and mental imagery.
A. 20th
B. 19th
C. 18th
D. 17th
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Answer : B. 19th
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46- Which psychologists have become intensely interested in the promulgation and application of scientifically evolved principles and theories of learning?
A. European
B. Russian
C. Asian
D. American
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Answer : D. American
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47- Towards the close of the 19th century, who, as a result of his experiments with animals, formulated laws of learning that seemed to confirm his belief concerning the trial and error nature of learning?
A. William James
B. Edward L. Thorndike
C. G. Stanley Hall
D. Charles H. Judd
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Answer : B. Edward L. Thorndike
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48- ______ educational practices are based upon formulated psychological principles that evolve from the application of scientific methods to the problems of human development and learning.
A. Basic
B. Simple
C. Systematic
D. Successful
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Answer : D. Successful
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49- Much of the ______ in the so-called "Pure" sciences is conducted under objectively controlled laboratory conditions.
A. Research
B. Inspection
C. Calculations
D. Experiments
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Answer : D. Experiments
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50- Many psychological principles have evolved from ______ studies of individual learning processes.
A. Statistical
B. Laboratory
C. School
D. Basic
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Answer : B. Laboratory
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51- Usable information can be obtained by means of non-scientific or semi-scientific methods; the utilization of techniques that yield objectively obtained data usually is more:
A. Profitable
B. Careful
C. Applicable
D. Difficult
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Answer : A. Profitable
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52- At present, introspection or ______ is considered relatively unreliable.
A. Measurement
B. Self-observation
C. Observation
D. Self-questioning
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Answer : B. Self-observation
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53- Casual ______ of one's own behaviour or of the actions of others is a common practice that tends to be subjective and inaccurate.
A. Evaluation
B. Formulation
C. Utilization
D. Observation
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Answer : D. Observation
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54- In which method of studying human growth and development can either or both of two approaches be utilized: horizontal and vertical?
A. Genetic Method
B. Scientific Method
C. Growth Method
D. Self-appraisal Method
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Answer : A. Genetic Method
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55- Many psychological principles concerning growth and development trends have resulted from carefully controlled cross-sectional studies of large numbers of individuals of the same age level at various stages of:
A. Investigation
B. Observation
C. Development
D. Diagnosis
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Answer : C. Development
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56- The most valid data on human development probably can be obtained by starting with a large number of infants and continuing to study the sequential growth pattern of each to:
A. Childhood
B. Adulthood
C. Old age
D. Throughout life
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Answer : D. Throughout life
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57- Various techniques have been employed by educational psychologists to obtain data concerning ______ reactions.
A. Administrators
B. Teachers
C. Organizers
D. Learners
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Answer : D. Learners
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58- Much ______ include the questionnaire, the standardized measuring instrument, interviewing, and the case history or clinical approach.
A. Techniques
B. Observations
C. Examinations
D. Programmers
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Answer : A. Techniques
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59- Which is aimed at discovering facts about any matter being investigated?
A. Interview
B. Case study
C. Surprise test
D. Questionnaire
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Answer : D. Questionnaire
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60- In some areas of ______, the questionnaire method can be used effectively.
