Pedagogy MCQs (page 53 of 100)
Learning theories, child development, motivation, philosophy of education, teaching methods, curriculum and assessment, measurement and evaluation, classroom management, guidance and counselling, inclusive education, research, planning and school leadership, and Pakistan's education system. Includes applied, scenario-based questions in the style of recent FPSC SST (General) papers. For educator, SST, ESE, lecturer and other teaching posts.
1,997 questions. Select an option to check your answer, or open "Show answer". Showing 1041–1060.
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Gradually removing prompts or cues once a learner can perform a task is called:
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Answer: B. Fading
Fading helps learners perform independently without relying on the teacher's hints.
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The Skinner box was used mainly to study:
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Answer: C. Operant behaviour of rats and pigeons
Animals pressed a lever or pecked a key to obtain food, allowing Skinner to measure response rates.
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Humanistic psychology in education is most closely associated with:
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Answer: B. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow
Humanists emphasise the whole person, personal growth and self-direction.
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Carl Rogers' approach to teaching is best described as:
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Answer: A. Student-centred learning with the teacher as facilitator
Rogers believed people learn best in a supportive, non-threatening climate.
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The S-R model of learning stands for:
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Answer: A. Stimulus–Response
Behaviourist theories describe learning as a bond between a stimulus and a response.
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Rote learning is best described as:
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Answer: B. Memorising through repetition without necessarily understanding
Rote learning relies on repetition; meaningful learning links new ideas to existing knowledge.
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A teacher praises students immediately after they give a correct answer. This follows the behaviourist principle that reinforcement should be:
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Answer: D. Immediate
Reinforcement is most effective when it follows the behaviour closely.
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Jean Piaget's theory is mainly concerned with:
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Answer: B. Cognitive development
Piaget described how children's thinking changes through four stages.
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How many stages of cognitive development did Piaget propose?
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Answer: D. Four
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational.
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Piaget's sensorimotor stage covers approximately:
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Answer: C. Birth to 2 years
Infants learn through their senses and movements.
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Object permanence develops during Piaget's:
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Answer: A. Sensorimotor stage
The child learns that objects continue to exist when out of sight.
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Egocentrism, the inability to see things from another's point of view, is typical of the:
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Answer: B. Preoperational stage
Piaget's three-mountain task showed that young children assume others see what they see.
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A child believes the sun is alive because it moves. Piaget called this:
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Answer: A. Animism
Attributing life to non-living things is typical of preoperational thinking.
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Focusing on only one feature of a situation, such as the height of water in a glass, is called:
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Answer: B. Centration
Centration explains why preoperational children fail conservation tasks.
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Understanding that quantity stays the same when its shape changes is called:
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Answer: D. Conservation
Children usually master conservation of number and liquid in the concrete operational stage.
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Piaget's concrete operational stage covers approximately:
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Answer: C. 7 to 11 years
Children think logically about concrete objects and events.
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Reversibility, the ability to mentally undo an action, develops in the:
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Answer: A. Concrete operational stage
A child understands that pouring water back restores the original amount.
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Arranging objects in order of size is called:
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Answer: D. Seriation
Seriation is a concrete operational skill.
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Abstract and hypothetical reasoning appears in Piaget's:
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Answer: B. Formal operational stage
From about age 11, adolescents can reason about possibilities and test hypotheses.
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Hypothetico-deductive reasoning is characteristic of the:
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Answer: D. Formal operational stage
Adolescents form hypotheses and deduce what should follow, like scientists.