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The concept of pragmatism in educational philosophy says that education should be about

1. obedience
2. obedience
3. life and growth
4. shaping good citizens

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The idea of practical learning means education should apply to the

1. practice
2. society
3. abstract knowledge
4. real world

✅ Correct Answer: 4

An aspect of pragmatism is experiential learning, which says, education should come through

1. experience
2. practice
3. knowledge
4. observations

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Aristotle, virtue is a/an __________ state between excess and deficiency.

1. natural
2. intermediate
3. real
4. artificial

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In case of spending money, the virtue is __________ between wastefulness and stringiness.

1. generosity
2. penury
3. lavishness
4. prodigal

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The concept of perennialism in education means school curricula should focus on what is

1. important
2. everlasting
3. in demand
4. in need

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to John Dewey, children should experience __________in school to make them better citizens.

1. rules
2. discipline
3. democracy
4. practical implementation

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Progressivism believes that education comes from the experience of the

1. child
2. teacher
3. principal
4. society

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The idea of teaching the whole child in the philosophy of pragmatism in education means teaching students to be good

1. learners
2. thinkers
3. scientists
4. citizens

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Progressivism believes that children learn in a/an

1. community
2. competition
3. isolation
4. closed environment

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A normal human being has __________ senses.

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which from the following is NOT among the five senses?

1. vision
2. touch
3. smell
4. thought

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to achieve the desired results is called

1. problem solving
2. critical thinking
3. reasoned arguments
4. deductive method

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Socrates of Meno, virtue is

1. teachable
2. unteachable
3. reachable
4. unreachable

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The curriculum of educational institutes should be based on

1. theory
2. practice
3. theory and practice
4. theory, practice and research

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The new curriculum should be introduced

1. abruptly
2. continuously
3. gradually
4. relatively

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Evaluation of the process of curriculum development should be made

1. abruptly
2. continuously
3. gradually
4. relatively

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Curriculum revision should be a/an __________ process.

1. abrupt
2. continuous
3. gradual
4. relative

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The term heuristic means __________ in decision making.

1. brain storming
2. calculations
3. thoroughness
4. mental shortcuts

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Robert Sternberg, a famous psychologist, argued that creativity requires __________ different types of intelligence.

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to Robert Sternberg, the three different types of required intelligence for creativity are

1. synthetic, analytical, and practical
2. analytical, observational and practical
3. analytical, critical and practical
4. abstract, synthetic and analytical

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A common technique to help people begin the creative process is

1. calculations
2. brain storming
3. thoroughness
4. mental shortcuts

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to Plato, the highest goal in all of education is knowledge of the

1. science
2. mathematics
3. philosophy
4. good

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Plato argued that __________ are fit to rule.

1. educationists and philosophers
2. only educationists
3. only philosophers
4. only psychologists

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The book A Brief History of Time is written by

1. Aristotle
2. John Dewey
3. Robert Sternberg
4. Stephen Hawking

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The branch of philosophy focuses on the nature of reality is

1. Connectionism
2. Epistemology
3. Metaphysics
4. Pedagogy

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Idealism is a philosophical approach that argues that __________are the only true reality, and the only thing worth knowing.

1. ideas
2. experiences
3. observations
4. physical objects

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Realism is a philosophical approach that argues that ultimate reality is the world of

1. ideas
2. experiences
3. observations
4. physical objects

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who is called the father of both Realism and the scientific method?

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Socrates
4. Edward Thorndike

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The philosopher who is called the father of Idealism is

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Socrates
4. Edward Thorndike

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The philosopher who for the first time taught logic as a formal discipline was

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Socrates
4. Edward Thorndike

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The advocators of philosophy of Pragmatism believe that reality is

1. imagination
2. stagnant
3. constantly changing
4. related to mind

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The psychologist who for the first time proposed the concept of connectionism in learning was

1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Robert Sternberg
4. Edward Thorndike

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to Edward Thorndike, learning is about responding to

1. analysis
2. change
3. experiment
4. stimuli

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Anything that causes a reaction is called

1. learning
2. stimulus
3. connectionism
4. physical objects

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The connection between stimulus and response is called

1. stimulus-response bond
2. receiving-accepting bond
3. stimulus-response paradigm
4. receiving-accepting paradigm

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The __________ the stimulus-response bond (S-R bond), the better a person has learned the lesson.

1. stable
2. unstable
3. stronger
4. weaker

✅ Correct Answer: 3

There are __________ laws of connectionism.

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The three laws of connectionism are the laws of

1. effect, stimulus and response
2. stimulus, response and exercise
3. exercise, readiness and response
4. effect, exercise and readiness

✅ Correct Answer: 4

According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results in a positive outcome, the S-R bond is

1. strengthened
2. weakened
3. stabilized
4. unsterilized

✅ Correct Answer: 1

According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results in a negative outcome, the S-R bond is

1. strengthened
2. weakened
3. stabilized
4. unsterilized

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to the __________, the more you do something, the better you are at it.

1. law of effect
2. law of exercise
3. law of readiness
4. law of connectionism

✅ Correct Answer: 2

According to the __________, S-R bonds are stronger if an individual is ready to learn.

1. law of effect
2. law of exercise
3. law of readiness
4. law of connectionism

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The __________ says, we are motivated to gain rewards and avoid punishments.

1. law of effect
2. law of exercise
3. law of readiness
4. law of connectionism

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Law of Effect can be effectively used in

1. accelerate learning
2. curriculum development
3. classroom management
4. teaching methods

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The satiation technique of classroom management is a technique where instead of punishing negative behaviors, the teacher might decide to actually __________ the negative behavior.

1. encourage
2. discourage
3. ignore
4. divert

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The extinction technique of classroom management is a technique where teacher __________ any negative behavior.

1. divert
2. ignore
3. encourage
4. discourage

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The use of a physical punishment for class management is called

1. extinction technique
2. satiation technique
3. time out technique
4. corporal punishment

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The technique of classroom management where the teacher punishes negative behaviors by removing an unruly student from the rest of the class is called

1. extinction technique
2. satiation technique
3. time out technique
4. corporal punishment

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The study of the physical, social and mental aspects of aging is called

1. Esthetics
2. Genetics
3. Gerontology
4. Clinical psychology

✅ Correct Answer: 3