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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 0 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:
1) What is Psychology?

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A. A Science subject

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B. Is objective perception
C. An art of living

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D. A thought process
E. A study of cognitive processes & behavior

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Ans. E= A study of cognitive processes & behavior

QUESTION 2:

A. Society
B. Globalization
C. Psychology
D. Social Science
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2) A broad field of study that explores a variety of questions about thoughts, feelings
and actions is -------?

E. Human Development

Ans. C= Psychology
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QUESTION 3:
3) A systematic assessment that provides information on political views, consumer
buying habits and many other topics is called--------------?
A. Standardized test.
B. Projects
C. Experiments
D. Survey
E. Psychological tests

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Ans. D= Survey
QUESTION 4:

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4) The word Psyche means -------------?

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A. Body or physique

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B. Mind or soul
C. Science & spirituality

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D. Mental health
E. Neuropsychology

Ans. B= Mind or soul

QUESTION 5:
5) Who established psychology laboratory in Germany?
A. B.F. Skinner
B. J. Thorndike
C. Sigmund Freud
D. David Kolb
E. Wilhelm Wundt
Ans. E= Wilhelm Wundt
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QUESTION 6:
6) To help people to function effectively and fulfill their own unique potential” is the aim of------
--------?
A. Humanistic psychology
B. Social Psychiatry
C. Philosophy
D. Development studies
E. Sustainable development

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Ans. A= Humanistic psychology

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QUESTION 7:

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7) Behaviorists use a learning process to change abnormal behavior is called------------?

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A. Rationalism

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B. Experiential intervention
C. Gestalt mechanism
D. Hypotheses verification
E. Conditioning
Ans. E= Conditioning
QUESTION 8:
8) The study of changes in behavior during life time is called ----------.
A. Behaviorism
B. Individual difference
C. Developmental Psychology
D. Maturational theory
E. Genetics or Heredity
Ans. C= Developmental Psychology
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QUESTION 9:
9) The study of differences and similarities in the behavior of animals of different species is
called ------------------------.

A. Sociology
B. Social work
C. Rehabilitation studies
D. Comparative Psychology
E. Cultural Psychology

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Ans. D= Comparative Psychology

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 1 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:

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1) Which of the following is true regarding learning in psychology?

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A. The psychology of learning focuses on how people learn and how they interact with

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the environments in which they have not learnt

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B. Learning does not involve any changes in the organism
C. Learning is a relatively temporary change in behavior

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D. none of the given

Ans. D= none of the given

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.02) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) In order to say that learning has occurred, a/an ___ must occur during the lifetime of the
organism.

A. hidden change in behavior

B. small change in personality
C. visible change in emotions
D. observable change in behavior

Ans. D= observable change in behavior

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Learning changes the ___ through the process of continuous interactions between the
learner and the external environment.

A. physical structure of the brain

B. chemical structure of neurons
C. physical structure of the heart
D. chemical structure of the spinal cord

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Ans. A= physical structure of the brain

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.04) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

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4) Watson, one of the first psychologists to study learning and behavior is known for the ____.

A. Little Albert experiment

B. Little John experiment
C. Little Robert experiment
D. Little Johnny experiment

Ans. A= Little Albert experiment

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.08) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Which of the following is not explored and described by the psychology of learning?
A. principles of motivation
B. principles of forgetting
C. principles of genetic disorders
D. principles of memory

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E. principles of retention

E
Ans. C= principles of genetic disorders

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.09) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) The state of ___ may be valuable at the start of a learning experience.
A. conscious incompetence
B. unconscious incompetence
C. conscious over-competence
D. unconscious over-competence

Ans. A= conscious incompetence

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.11) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) ___ is the decrease in the response that an organism gives to a stimulus to which it is
exposed in numerous trials or occasions.

A. Habituation
B. Sensitization
C. Forgetting

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D. Meaningful learning

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Ans. A= Habituation

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.23) for better

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understanding.

QUESTION 8:

A.
B.
C.
D.
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8) Cooperative learning is shaped by three crucial elements. Which of the following is one of
them?
formation of heterogeneous groups
positive interdependence
individual responsibility
all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.26-27) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) Which of the following psychologists is an important contributor to the concept of

observational learning?

A. Watson
B. Dewey
C. Bruner

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D. Bandura

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Ans. D= Bandura

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.28) for better

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understanding.

QUESTION 10:

psychology?
A. Watson
B. Skinner
C. Freud
D. Pavlov

Ans. C= Freud
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10) Which of the following is not considered a pioneer of the behaviorism school of thought in

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-1 (slide no.37) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 2 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:

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1) ___ is known as the father of modern psychology.

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A. Sigmund Freud

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B. Wilhelm Wundt

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C. John Watson
D. Lev Vygotsky

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Ans. B= Wilhelm Wundt

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.33) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Cognitivists objected to behaviorists because they felt that behaviorists ignored the
important role of ___.

A. genetics
B. emotions
C. thinking
D. stimulus reaction

Ans. C= thinking

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.35) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) ___ is viewed as the mainstream for all research on learning designs.

A. Psychoanalysis
B. Positive psychology
C. Cognitivism
D. Evolutionary psychology

Ans. C= Cognitivism

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.37) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

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4) ___ is a perspective in psychology focusing on the belief that human consciousness cannot

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be broken down into its elements and is based on the concept of a ‘whole’.

A. Cognitivism
B. Behaviorism
C. Gestalt psychology
D. Positive psychology

Ans. C= Gestalt psychology

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.40) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Theory of multiple intelligences is given by ___.

A. Howard Gardner
B. Edward C. Tolman
C. German Gestalt
D. Robert J. Sternberg

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Ans. A= Howard Gardner

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.46-49) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) The general intelligence factor, also known as g, is what intelligence tests typically measure
and refers only to ___ intelligence.
A. academic
B. practical
C. linguistic
D. kinesthetic

Ans. A= academic

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.51) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) Cognitive evaluation for planning, attention, simultaneous, and successive processing of

individuals can be done through CAS based on PASS theory. CAS here stands for ___.

A. Cognitive Achievement System

B. Cognitive Ability System
C. Cognitive Appraisal System

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D. Cognitive Assessment System

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Ans. D= Cognitive Assessment System

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.64) for better

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understanding.

QUESTION 8:

A.
B.
C.
D.
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8) BBL is a new science that shapes the learning process and is an approach that is based on the
structure and function of the human brain. BBL stands for ___.
Biological based learning
Brain based learning
Biological battery learning
Brain biology learning

Ans. B= Brain based learning

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.70) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) Gagne’s Conditions of Learning is also known as ___ Events of Instruction.

A. nine
B. five
C. ten
D. seven

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Ans. A= nine

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.81-83) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 10:

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10) Which of the following is not a type of constructivism?

A. biological
B. cognitive
C. social
D. radical

Ans. A= biological

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-2 (slide no.95-97) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 3 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:
1) Which of the following is not one of the three major processes involved in memory?

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A. encoding

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B. retrieval
C. storage

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D. imagination

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Ans. D= imagination

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.02) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) ___ refers to changing information into a usable form.

A. Storage
B. Recall
C. Encoding
D. Recollection
E. Forgetting

Ans. C= Encoding

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) ___ refers to a range of mental processes relating to the acquisition, storage, manipulation
and retrieval of information.
A. Cognition
B. Construction
C. Encoding
D. Thinking

Ans. A= Cognition

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.06-) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

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4) Which of the following is a challenge faced by people with social cognition deficits?

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A. talking too much to people
B. responding to well to people
C. difficulty in reading facial expressions
D. difficulty in getting good academic scores

Ans. C= difficulty in reading facial expressions

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.08) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Which of the following is not true about the assumptions underlying the Information
Processing View of Learning?
A. Information processing is analogous to computer processing
B. The human information processing system is interactive
C. There is no limit on how much information can be processed at each stage
D. Information is processed in steps

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Ans. C= There is no limit on how much information can be processed at each stage

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.09) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) ___ prevents the quick disappearance of information from short term memory
A. Rehearsal
B. Encoding
C. Retrieval
D. None of the given

Ans. A= Rehearsal

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.15) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) The Multicomponent Model of Working Memory is largely attributed to the work by ___
A. Atkinson & Shiffrin
B. Baddeley
C. Piaget
D. Craik & Lockhart

Ans. A= Baddley

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.24-30) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 8:

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8) ___ memory refers to the events that can be reported from a person’s life.

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A. Episodic
B. Semantic
C. Procedural
D. None of the given

Ans. A= Episodic

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.34) for better
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QUESTION 9:

9) The memory capacity depends on which of the following?

A. complexity of the synapses
B. spatial and temporal correlations between memories
C. specific way memories are retrieved
D. all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.41) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 10:

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10) Which of the following is not one of the three measurable dimensions of cognitive load?
A. mental effort

N
B. mental load
C. physical effort
D. performance

Ans. C= physical effort

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-3 (slide no.46-49) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 4 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:

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1) The three main types of thinking in psychology include the following except ___.

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A. symbolic

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B. creative

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C. divergent
D. convergent

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Ans. D= convergent

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.02) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Young children engaging in imaginative play often engage in ___ thinking.

A. creative
B. divergent
C. symbolic
D. convergent

Ans. C= symbolic

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Which of the following is a way in which we think?

A. in verbal symbols
B. in mathematical symbols
C. in gestures and movements
D. all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.6) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

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4) People experience the ___ experience when they find the solution to a problem suddenly
that had been in their mind for hours or days, late.

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A. ‘’oh no’’
B. ‘’wow’’
C. “aha”
D. none of the given

Ans. C= “aha”

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.07) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:
5) ___ knowledge refers to knowledge of terminology and specific details.

A. factual
B. conceptual
C. procedural
D. metacognitive

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Ans. A= factual

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.19) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) Which of the following is not true about metacognition?
A. allows people to be dependent on others for their learning
B. often referred to as “thinking about thinking”
C. is crucial for efficient independent learning because it fosters self-reflection
D. is a regulatory system that helps a person understand and control his or her own
cognitive performance
E. Metacognition

Ans. A= allows people to be dependent on others for their learning

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.23) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

6) Which of the following is not an effective way to develop reflective thinking?

A. asking questions
B. self-questioning
C. negotiated learning
D. avoiding reflective discussions

Ans. D= avoiding reflective discussions

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.46) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 8:

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8) Which of the following is not true about creative thinking?
A. It is the ability to consider something in a new way

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B. It is not a skill anybody can develop
C. It is the process of nurturing our imagination
D. It is all about developing innovative solutions to problems.
E. It requires a compilation of analytical, problem-solving, organizational and
communication skills

Ans. B= It is not a skill anybody can develop

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.47) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) The ___ stage of the creative thinking process refers to the ‘’eureka’’ moment.

A. insight
B. incubation
C. evaluation
D. preparation
E. elaboration

Ans. A= insight

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.51) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 10:

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10) In a concept map, two nodes connected with a labeled arrow are called a ___.

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A. preposition
B. nodal link
C. schema
D. proposition

Ans. D= proposition

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-4 (slide no.71) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 5 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:

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1) Which of the following is not a causal factor for extrinsic motivation?

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A. rewards

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B. social pressure

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C. curiosity
D. financial gain

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E. punishment

Ans. C= curiosity

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.05-06) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) ___ refers to realizing the value of developing a skill/behavior.

A. Amotivation
B. Identified regulation
C. Introjected regulation
D. Motivational learning

Ans. B= Identified regulation

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.06) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Drive theory is a psychological concept that attempts to explain why and how people
behave in the ways they do. It is given by ___.

A. Murray
B. Hull
C. Atkinson
D. Zajonc

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Ans. B= Hull

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.12) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

B.
C.
D.
Arousal
Goal setting
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4) ___ theory that suggests that people are motivated to take action in order to receive a
reward and is based on the idea of operant conditioning.

A. Incentive

Ans. A= Incentive

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.14) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) The Yerkes Dodson law gives ___ relationship between arousal and performance.
A. inverted U shaped
B. linear
C. no
D. parabolic

Ans. A= inverted U shaped

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.18-19) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) The expectancy theory is based on the assumption that ___.
A. our behavior is based on making a conscious choice from a set of possible alternative
behaviors
B. individuals are motivated to seek out stimulation when they have low levels of arousal,
but will become bored and unmotivated when they become too highly aroused
C. biological needs produce unpleasant states of arousal which people seek to reduce
D. none of the given

Ans. A= our behavior is based on making a conscious choice from a set of possible
alternative behaviors

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.21-25, 29) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) Valence, or the perceived value of reward, would have ___ value if one wants to avoid that
reward.

A. one
B. zero
C. positive
D. negative

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Ans. D= negative

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.24) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 8:

higher needs

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8) Which of the following is not true about Maslow’s need hierarchy?

A. Needs lower down in the hierarchy must be satisfied before individuals can attend to

B. Safety needs lie at the bottom of the pyramid

C. Deficiency needs are concerned with basic survival a
D. Growth needs are more psychological needs
E. Motivation is seen as being not just concerned with tension reduction and survival but
also with human growth and development

Ans. B= Safety needs lie at the bottom of the pyramid

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.31-35) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) Self-Determination Theory differentiates between ___ and ___ motivation types.

A. autonomous and controlled

B. autonomous and intrinsic
C. controlled and extrinsic
D. introjected and extrinsic
E. introjected and intrinsic

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Ans. A= autonomous and controlled

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.37-39) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 10:

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10) In achievement motivation, the motive to avoid failure often consists of ___.

A. worries about the consequences of failing

B. self-criticism
C. accelerated heart rate
D. all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-5 (slide no.46-47) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 6 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:
1) Daniel Goleman’s work in emotional intelligence (EI) has outlined ___ main areas of this

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intelligence.

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A. three

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B. four
C. five

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D. six

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Ans. C= five

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Experts even suggested that emotional intelligence/ EQ, is more important than
IQ/academic intelligence
B. An individual with high EI is not only aware of what emotions they are feeling but
can put words to their feelings
C. Studies show that EI does not impact aspects of one’s life like academic performance
D. Peter Salovey and John Mayer were the first to develop a psychological theory of
emotional intelligence.

Ans. C= Studies show that EI does not impact aspects of one’s life like academic
performance

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.03-04) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) ___ refers to how tuned to the emotions of others a person is.

A. Empathy
B. Motivation
C. Emotional literacy
D. Self regulation

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Ans. A= Empathy

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.05) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 4:

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4) The following are advantages of developing emotional intelligence, except------

A. Being able to accept criticism and responsibility

B. Knowing why we do the things we do
C. Being able to say no when we need to
D. Being able to hide our feelings from others

Ans. D= Being able to hide our feelings from others

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.10) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:
5) The Pyramid of Emotional Intelligence is also known as the ___ layer model.
A. nine
B. five
C. seven
D. eleven

Ans. A= nine

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.13) for better
understanding.

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QUESTION 6:

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6) EI can be developed at any stage of life through self-effort & training.

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A. True
B. False

C. Ans. A= True

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.20) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 7:

7) When someone engages in___, they can regulate their emotions to ensure that others feel
more comfortable.
A. emotional exhaustion
B. emotional literacy
C. empathy
D. emotional labor

Ans. D= emotional labor

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.30) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 8:

8) The management of emotions is ___.

A. a private act
B. influenced by cultural and social norms
C. done by actively shaping and directing feelings
D. all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

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Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.30) for better

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understanding.

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QUESTION 9:

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9) ___ is seen when workers change their outward emotional expressions but do not attempt to

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feel the emotions that they are displaying.

A. deep acting
B. emotional contagion
C. surface acting
D. emotional literacy

Ans. C= surface acting

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.32) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 10:

10) The concept of emotional contagion can be linked to biological basis of ___.
A. emotional neurons
B. mirror neurons
C. contagious neurons
D. None of the given

Ans. B= mirror neurons

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-6 (slide no.36) for better
understanding.
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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 7 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
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QUESTION 1:

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1) ___ defined learning as ‘a change in human disposition or capacity that persists over a period

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of time and is not simply ascribable to processes of growth.
A. Bloom

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B. Dewey

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C. Gagne
D. Kolb

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Ans. C= Gagne

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) The principles of contiguity (how close in time two events must be for a bond to be formed)
and reinforcement (any means of increasing the likelihood that an event will be repeated)
are central to explaining the learning process in the ___ orientation to learning.

A. Cognitive
B. Humanistic
C. Social and social-constructivist
D. Behaviorist

Ans. D= Behaviorist

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.06) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Which of the following is not true about humanistic orientations to learning?

A. It has a quality of personal involvement

B. It is self-initiated
C. It is pervasive
D. The locus of evaluation resides definitely outside the learner

Ans. D= The locus of evaluation resides definitely outside the learner

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.08) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 4:

P
4) The concept of situated learning is studied under which school of thought of learning
theories?

N
A. behaviorist
B. cognitive
C. humanistic
D. social

Ans. D= social

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.10) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Which of the following is not one of the individual variable factors affecting learning?
A. ergonomics
B. interest
C. endurance
D. ego
E. perception

L
Ans. A= ergonomics

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.14) for better
understanding.

T
QUESTION 6:

A.
B.
C.
D.
Visual
Solitary
Kinesthetic
Auditory

Ans. A= Visual
N P
6) ___ learners prefer maps, graphs, diagrams and charts to learn.

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.16) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) ___ learners search for connections, causes, patterns, and results in their learning.

A. linguistic
B. kinesthetic
C. visual
D. logical

Ans. D= logical

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.18) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 8:

P
8) Effective instruction is ___.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
N
interactive, generative and dynamic
designed to accommodate student learning needs and styles
guided by general pedagogical approaches
eclectic
all of the given

Ans. E= all of the given

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.22) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) ___ role of the trainer consists of transmitting information about a subject to the audience.

A. expert
B. instructor
C. facilitator
D. co-learner

L
Ans. A= expert

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.25) for better
understanding.

T
QUESTION 10:

A.
B.
C.
D.
analysis
integration
development
evaluation

Ans. B= integration
N P
10) Which of the following is not a component of the ADDIE model?

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-7 (slide no.33-38) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 8 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 1:

L
1) The word ‘pedagogy’ has been derived from the Greek word “pedagogue” which stands

E
for___.

T
A. the science of learning

P
B. the art of observing
C. the art of teaching children

N
D. none of the given

Ans. C= the art of teaching children

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.03) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Which of the following statements is not true about pedagogy?

A. It assists both students and teachers in gaining an in-depth understanding of

fundamental material.
B. It is about suppressing responses from learners
C. It enhances the student-teacher relationship
D. It enables teachers to influence student learning with an intention to capture the
attention of students

Ans. B= It is about suppressing responses from learners

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.03-04) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Which of the following is not a pedagogical approach in teaching?

A. reflective
B. collective
C. collaborative
D. integrative

Ans. B= collective

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.05) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 4:

P
4) ___ is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios rather

N
than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth path to knowledge.

A. constructivist learning
B. passive learning
C. inquiry-based learning
D. metalearning

Ans. C= inquiry-based learning

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.07) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Which of the following is a primary role of the instructor in experiential learning?

A. posing problems
B. providing solutions
C. blurring boundaries
D. none of the given

L
Ans. A= posing problems

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.16) for better

T
understanding.

P
QUESTION 6:

N
6) The ‘’what is important?” stage of the experiential learning process refers to the ___ stage
A. processing
B. generalizing
C. application
D. reflecting

Ans. A= processing

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.17) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) The ___ learning style as given by Kolb suggests that these individuals prefer to look at things
from multiple perspectives and prefer to watch rather than do.

A. Assimilating
B. Accommodating
C. Converging
D. Diverging

L
Ans. D= Diverging

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.24-25) for better

T
understanding.

P
QUESTION 8:

N
8) The following factors influence preferred learning styles except___
A. career choice
B. personality
C. educational specialization
D. genes

Ans. D= genes

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.27) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) Integrative learning often involves three steps. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. collaboration
B. integrative enquiry
C. application and transfer
D. reflection

L
Ans. A= collaboration

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.33) for better
understanding.

PT
QUESTION 10:

10) In transformative learning, ___ includes a student’s habit of the mind, as well as a personal

N
point of view.

A. intentional content
B. frame of reference
C. frame of context
D. none of the given

Ans. B= frame of reference

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-8 (slide no.53) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 9 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 1:

L
1) E-learning implies ___ learning

E
A. mentor assisted
B. teacher enhanced

T
C. computer enhanced

P
D. electricity enhanced

N
Ans. C= computer enhanced

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.05) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) ___ type of e-learning is highly interactive, which includes graphics, video, audio and games
too.
A. text driven
B. simulation
C. interactive
D. none of the given

Ans. B= simulation

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.06) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Which of the following is not true about e-learning?

A. one can have access to the content any number of times

B. it helps in developing new policies
C. it saves time for the students, they don’t need to travel to the institution
D. it is targeted to cater to the needs of students specifically

Ans. D= it is targeted to cater to the needs of students specifically

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.06-09) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 4:

P
4) As learning depends on the learner’s prior experience, and no two learners will have the

N
same experiences, new information will be dealt with in different ways by different learners.
This statement means that learning is ___.

A. goal-oriented
B. dependent on self-awareness
C. social
D. idiosyncratic

Ans. D= idiosyncratic

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.10-11) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Which of the following is a way of facilitating the social dimension to learning?

A. e-mails
B. online discussions
C. virtual communities
D. all of the given

Ans. D= all of the given

E L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.12) for better
understanding.

T
QUESTION 6:

N P
6) We can say that when we're good at something after practice, it's usually because ___
A. our brain has become automated
B. our brain has released better chemicals
C. our brain has made stronger connections with this information
D. our brain has prioritized this information over others

Ans. C= our brain has made stronger connections with this information

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.15) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) Learners may multitask when engaging in an online course, which could be resulting in ___.

A. hyperfocus
B. better retrieval
C. shorter attention spans
D. None of the given

Ans. C= shorter attention spans

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.19) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 8:

P
8) The cognitive load theory suggests that when we overload our___, we are unable to acquire

N
and process new information.
A. sensory memory
B. encoding
C. retrieval
D. working memory

Ans. D= working memory

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.18) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) There are five critical aspects of psychology which are needed to guarantee the
implementation of successful eLearning. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. evolution
B. self-discipline
C. stress
D. emotion

L
Ans. A= evolution

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.23) for better
understanding.

T
QUESTION 10:

B.
C.
D.
topic map
schema
prototype
instructional map
N P
10) ___ is a learning tool, because the explicit navigation of the topic and association types
might enable meaningful learning and it helps to reduce the cognitive loads caused by E-
learning content and constant attention.

A.

Ans. A= topic map

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-9 (slide no.25) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 10 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 1:

L
1) The Readiness Model for New Normal in Education designed by many educational

E
institutions caters to the following components except ___.

T
A. parent readiness

P
B. learner readiness
C. society readiness

N
D. teacher readiness

Ans. C= society readiness

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.02-04) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) In 2018, Global Education and Skills Forum noted that the ‘future’ teacher would need some
skills to thrive in the 21st century. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. Being a facilitator
B. Internal focus
C. Strong social skills
D. Data analysis

Ans.= Internal focus

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.06) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) Which of the following impacts student learning?

A. Their perception about their intelligence and ability

B. Prior knowledge
C. Their context
D. All of the given

Ans. D= All of the given

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.10-11) for better
understanding.

E
QUESTION 4:

PT
4) Which of the following statements is not true?

N
A. Techniques linked to self-control contribute to more effective learning if taught and
applied correctly
B. Student creativity can be encouraged.
C. Clear, explanatory and timely feedback to students is important for learning
D. Students tend to enjoy learning and have better outcomes when their motivation is
more extrinsic than intrinsic

Ans. D= Students tend to enjoy learning and have better outcomes when their
motivation is more extrinsic than intrinsic

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.14-15) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:
5) Both formative and summative assessment are important and useful, provided they are
applied and interpreted appropriately.
A. True
B. False

Ans. A= True

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.18) for better
understanding.

L
QUESTION 6:

E
6) Individual differences are the unique ways each human being differs from another. It can be

T
handled through using different techniques. Which of the following is not one of them?

P
A. observation
B. sociograms

N
C. rating scales
D. ignorance

Ans. D= ignorance

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.22) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) Clapping is an example of ___ reward.

A. tangible
B. financial
C. social
D. none of the given

Ans. C= social

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.24) for better
understanding.

E
QUESTION 8:

characteristics.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Goal-setting
Classroom conduct
Formation
Evaluation

Ans. D= Evaluation N PT
8) ___ is the process of judging the value or worth of an individual's achievements or

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.38) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) ___ refers to the frequent, interactive assessment of student progress to identify learning
needs and shape teaching.

A. Formative assessment
B. Summative assessment
C. Collective assessment
D. None of the given

L
Ans. A= Formative assessment

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.47) for better
understanding.

PT
QUESTION 10:

10) ‘’That is an intelligent response, well done’’ is an example of a ___ level feedback.

N
A. Task-level
B. Process-level
C. Facilitator-level
D. Personal-level

Ans. D= Personal-level

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-10 (slide no.84-85) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 11 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 1:

L
1) ___ refers to a complex set of mental abilities underlying social stimulus perception,

E
processing, interpretation, and response.

T
A. social schema

P
B. emotional cognition
C. social cognition

N
D. emotional schema

Ans. C= social cognition

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.02) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Piaget’s conception of ___ views information inconsistent with an individual’s cognitive

structures as an initiator for assimilation and accommodation processes.

A. assimilation and accommodation schema

B. cognitive determinism
C. reciprocal dynamism
D. cognitive conflict

Ans. D= cognitive conflict

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.31) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) During the earliest stages of development, children see the world from their own
perspective and struggle to think about how other people may view the world. This
highlights that initially, children are ___.

A. egocentric
B. idiosyncratic
C. egoistic
D. egomaniac

L
Ans. A= egocentric

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.06) for better

T
understanding.

P
QUESTION 4:

N
4) Which of the following is false regarding social cognition?

A. It develops in childhood and adolescence

B. When looking at a social situation, any two people may have wildly different
interpretations.
C. It includes complex abilities like theory of mind
D. There are no cultural differences in social cognition

Ans. D= There are no cultural differences in social cognition

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.02-06) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) Social processes influence how information is selected, organized, integrated, and retrieved.
This highlights the ___ hypothesis.
A. social cue
B. cognitive influence
C. schema influence
D. social mediation

L
Ans. B= cognitive influence

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.30) for better

T
understanding.

P
QUESTION 6:

N
6) The social cognitive theory is developed by ___.
A. Watson
B. Piaget
C. Bandura
D. Freud

Ans. C= Bandura

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.11) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) ___ refers to the internal or external responses to a person's behavior that affect the
likelihood of continuing or discontinuing the behavior.

A. modeling
B. schemas
C. awards

L
D. reinforcements

E
Ans. D= reinforcements

T
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.24) for better

P
understanding.

QUESTION 8:

A.
B.
C.
D.
four
five
six
seven

Ans. A= four
N
8) Observational learning occurs through the sequence of ___ number of processes. One of
those is attentional processes.

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.15) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) The ___ model of observational learning involves an actual individual demonstrating or

acting out a behavior.

A. live
B. symbolic
C. verbal instructional

L
D. contextual

E
Ans. A= live

T
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.17) for better
understanding.

P
QUESTION 10:

A.
B.
C.
D.
N
10) ___ suggests that our behavior, personal factors, and environmental factors all influence
each other.

environmental dynamism
reciprocal determinism
collective determinism
reciprocal dynamism

Ans. B= reciprocal determinism

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-11 (slide no.19) for better
understanding.

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Psychology of Learning
July 2024- 12 Assignment
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10
______________________________________________________________________________

QUESTION 1:

L
1) Sustainable development is ___.

E
A. unidimensional

T
B. bidimensional

P
C. multidimensional
D. none of the given

N
Ans. C= multidimensional

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.02) for better
understanding.

QUESTION 2:

2) Revenue generation and resource use are components of ___.

A. environmental sustainability
B. social sustainability
C. financial sustainability
D. economic sustainability

Ans. D= economic sustainability

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.07) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 3:

3) ___ as a practice is defined as solving social problems using market based methods and can
create both economic and social value.

A. social entrepreneurship
B. economic entrepreneurship
C. social marketing
D. social economics

Ans. A= social entrepreneurship

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.09) for better

E
understanding.

PT
QUESTION 4:

N
4) In the context of sustainability, HESI highlights the role of ___ in building a better world for
current and future generations.

A. Financial stability
B. Higher education
C. Climate change
D. Natural resources

Ans. B= Higher education

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.14) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 5:

5) The following are the outcome targets of SDG 4, except ___.

A. Relevant skills for decent work

B. Gender equality and inclusion
C. Privatization of institutes
D. Universal youth literacy

L
Ans. C= Privatization of institutes

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.14) for better

T
understanding.

P
QUESTION 6:

N
6) One of the means to implement SDG 4 is exponentially increasing the number of scholarships
available to developing contexts.
A. False
B. True
Ans. B= True

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.17) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 7:

7) Successful implementation of ESD requires a shift in focus from ___.

A. feeling to thinking
B. learning to teaching
C. teaching to feeling
D. teaching to learning

Ans. D= teaching to learning

L
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.29) for better

E
understanding.

T
QUESTION 8:

P
8) ___ refers to the ability to understand and evaluate multiple possible futures to deal with

N
risks and changes.
A. anticipatory competency
B. collaboration competency
C. normative competency
D. systems thinking competency
Ans. A= anticipatory competency

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.61) for better
understanding.
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QUESTION 9:

9) Fostering competencies requires integration of three interrelated dimensions of learning as

described by UNESCO. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. biological learning
B. cognitive learning
C. behavioral learning
D. social and emotional learning

L
Ans. A= biological learning

E
Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.31) for better
understanding.

PT
QUESTION 10:

N
10) GAP in the context of Education for Sustainable Development stands for ___.

A. General Activity Priority

B. Global Action Programme
C. Global Achievement Programme
D. General Awareness Programme

Ans. B= Global Action Programme

Solution: Please go through lecture notes of week-12 (slide no.60) for better
understanding.

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