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1. The word “Pedagogy” means? __________ process.

(A) to understand the child (A) social, social


(B) to guide the child (B) social, philosophical
(C) to educate the child (C) philosophical, philosophical
(D) to lead the child 2. Pedagogy is the study of? (D) environmental, psychological
(A) Education 13. According to John Dewey, schools must prepare
(B) Learning Process students for (A)
(C) Teaching Methods present life
(D) Guiding Students (B) future life
3. The philosopher who worked in mathematical (C) entrepreneurship
and scientific didactic was? (A) Jean Piaget (D) research
(B) John Dewey 14. Responses that produce a satisfying effect in a
(C) Martin Wagenschein particular situation become __________ to occur
(D) Lev Vygotsky again in that situation. (A) not likely
4. The use of technology to enhance learning (B) equally likely
process is called __________ in education. (C) less likely
(A) IT (D) more likely
(B) ICT 15. Responses that produce a discomforting effect
(C) Information technology become __________ to occur again in that situation.
(D) Communication technology (A) not likely
5. A scoring guide use to evaluate the quality (B) equally likely
of students is called (A) rubrics (C) less likely (D) more likely
(B) checklists 16. According to Rousseau, at what age a person
(C) inventories ready to have a companion of the opposite sex?
(D) rating scales (A) 16
6. As people grow older, the __________ of (B) 17
learning declines. (A) speed (C) 18
(B) power (D) 19 1
(C) quality (A) 3
(D) quantity (B) 4
7. Which from the following should be used (C) 5
to increase correct responses and
appropriate behavior? (A) Praise 17. The field of study concerned with the construction
(B) Reward of thought processes, including remembering,
(C) Ignorance problem solving, and decision-making is called
(D) Strictness (A) Education (B)
8. Which from the following should be used to Pedagogy
decrease minor inappropriate behavior? (C) Cognitive Development
(A) Praise (D) Epistemology
(B) Reward 18. Jean Piaget proposed __________ stages of
(C) Ignorance Cognitive Development.
(D) Strictness (D) 6
9. The book Emile or “On Education” on the nature of 19. The more often a particular ability is used the
education and man is written by __________ it becomes. (A) more important
(A) Aristotle (B) less important
(B) Plato (C) stronger
(C) John Dewey (D) weaker
(D) Rousseau 19. The longer a particular ability is unused the
10. According to Emile, the noblest work in education __________ it becomes. (A) more important
is to make a/an (A) good citizen (B) less important
(B) reasoning man (C) stronger
(C) thinker (D) weaker
(D) entrepreneur 21. The more parts of your brain you use, the more
11. Teachers should present information to the likely you are to __________ information.
students clearly and in interesting way, and relate (A) use (B) miss (C) misuse
this new information to the things students (D) retain
(A) don’t know 22. The conclusion of a deductive argument is
(B) already know (A) certain
(C) willing to know (B) experience
(D) not willing to know (C) observation
12. According to John Dewey, school is a (D) probable
__________ institution, and education is a 23. The truth of the conclusion of an inductive
argument is (D) society
(A) certain 33. Who advocated removing children from their
(B) experience mothers’ care and raising them as wards of the
(C) observation state? (A) Socrates
(D) probable (B) Plato
24. The process of reasoning from one or more given (C) Aristotle
statements to reach a logically certain conclusion is (D) John Locke
called 34. The famous book “The Republic” was written by
(A) Deductive Reasoning (A) Socrates
(B) Inductive Reasoning (B) Plato
(C) Qualitative Reasoning (C) Aristotle
(D) Quantitative Reasoning (D) John Locke
25. The reasoning in which the given statements 35. “All who have meditated on the art of governing
are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the mankind have been convinced that the fate of
truth of the conclusion is called (A) Deductive empires depends on the education of youth.” This is
Reasoning the saying of (A) Aristotle
(B) Inductive Reasoning (B) Socrates
(C) Qualitative Reasoning (C) Plato
(D) Quantitative Reasoning (D) John Locke
36. The Waldorf education approach emphasizes a
26. According to Jean Piaget, children develop balanced development of (A) head and heart
abstract logic and reasoning skill during (B) head and hands
(A) Sensorimotor stage (C) heart and hands
(B) Preoperational stage (D) head, heart, and hands
(C) Concrete operational stage 37. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are
(D) Formal operational stage 27. Children are (A) distributed genetically
usually egocentric during __________ and (B) not distributed genetically
__________ stages. (C) distributed gender-wise
(A) Sensorimotor, Preoperational (D) not distributed gender-wise
(B) Preoperational, Concrete operational 38. A priori knowledge is knowledge that is known
(C) Concrete operational, Formal operational independently of (A) analysis
(D) Formal operational, Sensorimotor (B) information
28. According to Jean Piaget, children are no (C) experience
longer egocentric when entering (A) Sensorimotor (D) evidence
stage 39. A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is
(B) Preoperational stage known by (A)
(C) Concrete operational stage analysis
(D) Formal operational stage (B) information
29. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive (C) experience
development, the Concrete operational stage (D) evidence
starts at age (A) 3 (B) 7 40. According to John Locke, a child’s mind does not
(C) 11 contain any (A) innate ideas
(D) 15 (B) memory
30. According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive (C) observation
development, the Formal operational stage starts at (D) imagination
age 41. The philosopher who for the first time mentioned
(A) 3 the importance of play (or sports) in education was
(B) 7 (A) Socrates
(C) 11 (B) Plato
(D) 15 (C) Aristotle
31. The most recent response is most likely to (D) John Locke
(A) forget 42. The process of selecting units from a population
(B) compromised to estimate characteristics of the population is called
(C) reoccur (A) analyzing
(D) not occur again (B) inference
32. Rousseau advocated an educational method (C) research
which consisted of removing the child from (D) sampling
(A) school 43. We calculate average marks of a student in the
(B) burden way as we calculate
(C) past memory (A) arithmetic mean (B) geometric mean
(C) standard deviation
(D) variance
44. The __________ is a measure of how spreads (C) scientists
out points are from the mean. (A) arithmetic mean (D) citizens
(B) geometric mean 55. Progressivism believes that children learn in a/an
(C) standard deviation (A) community
(D) variance (B) competition
45. The standard deviation is the __________ of the (C) isolation
variance. (A) square (D) closed environment
(B) square root 56. A normal human being has __________ senses.
(C) cube (A) 4
(D) cube root (B) 5
46. The concept of pragmatism in educational (C) 6
philosophy says that education should be about (D) 7
(A) obedience 57. Which from the following is NOT among the five
(B) virtue senses? (A) vision
(C) life and growth (B) touch
(D) shaping good citizens (C) smell
47. The idea of practical learning means education (D) thought
should apply to the (A) practice 58. The application of ideas, knowledge and skills to
(B) society achieve the desired results is called
(C) abstract knowledge (A) problem solving
(D) real world (B) critical thinking
48. An aspect of pragmatism is experiential learning, (C) reasoned arguments
which says, education should come through (D) deductive method
(A) experience 59. According to Socrates of Meno, virtue is
(B) practice (A) teachable
(C) knowledge (B) unteachable
(D) observations (C) reachable
49. According to Aristotle, virtue is a/an __________ (D) unreachable
state between excess and deficiency. 60. The curriculum of educational institutes should be
(A) natural based on (A)
(B) intermediate theory
(C) real (B) practice
(D) artificial (C) theory and practice
50. In case of spending money, the virtue is (D) theory, practice and research
__________ between wastefulness and stringiness. 61. The new curriculum should be introduced
(A) generosity (A) abruptly
(B) penury (B) continuously
(C) lavishness (C) gradually
(D) prodigal (D) relatively
51. The concept of perennialism in education means 62. Evaluation of the process of curriculum
school curricula should focus on what is development should be made
(A) important (A) abruptly
(B) everlasting (B) continuously
(C) in demand (C) gradually
(D) in need (D) relatively
52. According to John Dewey, children should 63. Curriculum revision should be a/an __________
experience __________in school to make them process. (A) abrupt
better citizens. (A) rules (B) continuous
(B) discipline (C) gradual
(C) democracy (D) relative
(D) practical implementation 64. The term heuristic means __________ in
53. Progressivism believes that education comes decision making. (A) brain storming
from the experience of the (B) calculations
(A) child (C) thoroughness
(B) teacher (D) mental shortcuts
(C) principal 65. Robert Sternberg, a famous psychologist, argued
(D) society that creativity requires __________ different types of
54. The idea of teaching the whole child in the intelligence. (A) 3 (B) 4
“philosophy of pragmatism in education” means (C) 5
teaching students to be good (D) 6
(A) learners
(B) thinkers
66. According to Robert Sternberg, the three different (C) Socrates
types of required intelligence for creativity are (A) (D) Edward Thorndike
synthetic, analytical, and practical 77. The advocators of philosophy of Pragmatism
(B) analytical, observational and practical believe that reality is (A)
(C) analytical, critical and practical imagination
(D) abstract, synthetic and analytical (B) stagnant
67. A common technique to help people begin the (C) constantly changing
creative process is (D) related to mind
(A) calculations 78. The psychologist who for the first time proposed
(B) brain storming the concept of connectionism in learning was
(C) thoroughness (A) Aristotle
(D) mental shortcuts (B) Plato
68. According to Plato, the highest goal in all of (C) Robert Sternberg
education is knowledge of the (D) Edward Thorndike
(A) science 79. According to Edward Thorndike, learning is about
(B) mathematics responding to (A) analysis
(C) philosophy (B) change
(D) good (C) experiment
69. Plato argued that __________ are fit to rule. (D) stimuli
(A) educationists and philosophers 80. Anything that causes a reaction is called
(B) only educationists (A) learning
(C) only philosophers (B) stimulus
(D) only psychologists (C) connectionism
70. The book “A Brief History of Time” is written by (D) physical objects
(A) Aristotle 81. The connection between stimulus and response
(B) John Dewey is called
(C) Robert Sternberg (A) stimulus-response bond
(D) Stephen Hawking (B) receiving-accepting bond
71. The branch of philosophy focuses on the nature (C) stimulus-response paradigm
of reality is (A) (D) receiving-accepting paradigm
Connectionism 82. The __________ the stimulus-response bond
(B) Epistemology (SR bond), the better a person has learned the
(C) Metaphysics lesson.
(D) Pedagogy (A) stable
72. Idealism is a philosophical approach that (B) unstable
argues that __________are the only true reality, (C) stronger
and the only thing worth knowing. (A) ideas (D) weaker
(B) experiences 83. There are __________ laws of connectionism.
(C) observations (A) 2
(D) physical objects (B) 3
73. Realism is a philosophical approach that argues (C) 4
that ultimate reality is the world of (D) 5
(A) ideas 84. The three laws of connectionism are the laws of
(B) experiences (A) effect, stimulus and response
(C) observations (B) stimulus, response and exercise
(D) physical objects (C) exercise, readiness and response
74. Who is called the father of both Realism and the (D) effect, exercise and readiness
scientific method? 85. According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results
(A) Aristotle in a positive outcome, the S-R bond is
(B) Plato (A) strengthened
(C) Socrates (B) weakened
(D) Edward Thorndike (C) stabilized
75. The philosopher who is called the father of (D) unsterilized
Idealism is 86. According to the law of effect, if a stimulus results
(A) Aristotle in a negative outcome, the S-R bond is
(B) Plato (A) strengthened
(C) Socrates (B) weakened
(D) Edward Thorndike (C) stabilized
76. The philosopher who for the first time taught logic (D) unsterilized
as a formal discipline was 87. According to the __________, the more you do
(A) Aristotle something, the better you are at it.
(B) Plato (A) law of effect
(B) law of exercise 96. The study of the physical, social and mental
(C) law of readiness aspects of aging is called
(D) law of connectionism (A) Esthetics
(B) Genetics
(C) Gerontology
88. According to the __________, S-R bonds are (D) Clinical psychology
stronger if an individual is ready to learn. 97. As people gets older, the ability of applying or
(A) law of effect maintain attention (A) increases
(B) law of exercise (B) decreases
(C) law of readiness (C) stays constant
(D) law of connectionism (D) remains unaffected
89. The __________ says, we are motivated to gain 98. The brain __________ as people gets older.
rewards and avoid punishments. (A) shrinks
(A) law of effect (B) expands
(B) law of exercise (C) stays constant
(C) law of readiness (D) remains unaffected
(D) law of connectionism 99. There is __________ in working memory as
90. The Law of Effect can be effectively used in people gets older. (A) upgradation
(A) accelerate learning (B) degradation
(B) curriculum development (C) no change
(C) classroom management (D) a slight change
(D) teaching methods 100. According to the philosophy of Idealism in
91. For an effective teaching, the teacher must be a education, the subject matter of curriculum should be
subject matter expert that includes I. command over (A) mathematics
the subject (B) science
II. the ability to convey knowledge (C) physical world
III. the ability to apply ideas from one discipline to (D) mind
another (A) 101. In education, __________ is used to make
I only inference about the learning and development of
(B) II only students. (A) assessment
(C) I and II only (B) evaluation
(D) I, II and III (C) measurement
92. The satiation technique of classroom (D) diagnosis
management is a technique where instead of 102. An assessment that is conducted prior to the
punishing negative behaviors, the teacher might start of teaching or instruction is called
decide to actually __________ the negative (A) initial assessment
behavior. (A) encourage (B) formal assessment
(B) discourage (C) formative assessment
(C) ignore (D) summative assessment
(D) divert 103. An assessment that is carried out throught the
93. The extinction technique of classroom course is called (A) initial assessment
management is a technique where teacher (B) diagnostic assessment
__________ any negative behavior. (C) formative assessment (D)
(A) divert summative assessment
(B) ignore 104. An assessment is __________ if it consistently
(C) encourage achieves the same results with the same (or similar)
(D) discourage students. (A) Valid
94. The use of a physical punishment for class (B) Invalid
management is called (A) (C) Reliable
extinction technique (D) Unreliable
(B) satiation technique 105. A/An __________ assessment is one which
(C) time out technique measures what it is intended to measure.
(D) corporal punishment (A) Valid
95. The technique of classroom management where (B) Invalid
the teacher punishes negative behaviors by (C) Reliable
removing an unruly student from the rest of the class (D) Unreliable
is called (A) extinction
technique Sabir Jan Marri
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(C) time out technique https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7515-1917
(D) corporal punishment

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