GCE 204 PRACTISE QUESTIONS

1 Which of the following is not TRUE about memory?

(a) The retention or the storage of information in any form

(b) The reproduction of past experiences even without the presence of the stimulus
(c) Ability to find the correct information at a given situation
(d) Ability to retain and reproduce impressions once perceived

2 Personal motives deals with an individual’s personality such as

(a) Respect and prestige

(b) Feeding and metabolic activities
(c) Intrinsic and extrinsic
(d) Values and attitudes

3 A natural or unconditioned stimulus that can invoke a response prior to any conditioning
whatsoever is __________________

4 Theory of decay is an adverse effect affecting _____________

5 The __________ theory is primarily based on reinforcement

(a) Skinnarian
(b) Pavlovian
(c) E.L Thorndike
(d) Kurt Koffka

6 The law which postulate that if a perpetual gap is left unclosed, it will lead to perpetual
difficulty in problem solving is _____________

7 One of the following is NOT TRUE on Perception

(a) Reaction to cognitive behavior

(b) Transformation of sensation into organized pattern
(c) The mental process of getting knowledge about the external world
(d) An active state of mind

8 Whatever is learnt is based on _______ and interest

(a) Perception
(b) Memory
(c) Mind
(d) Attention

9 Something that is desired and regarded as necessary for efficiency is _________

10 ___________ labeled his theory ‘trace theory’ and was of ________year of birth

11 The power of reproduction is known as

(a) Memory
(b) Forgetting
(c) Remembering
(d) Attention

12 The introduction of a stimulus with the intention of stopping or reducing the emission of the
undesirable behavior is _______

(a) Punishment
(b) Reinforcement
(c) Observation
(d) Ratio Schedule

13 Psychology is derived from two Greek words, ________ and ________

14 Which of the following cannot be related to The Law of Readiness?

(a) Conduction unit

(b) Sense impress and impulses to action
(c) Mental preparation for action
(d) The positive mood of the learner to learn

15 Thinking is a __________ exploration instead of _________ exploration

16 ONE of the following gave cognizance to reinforcement

(a) Pavlov, Wolfgang

(b) Skinner, Thorndike
(c) Pavlov, Skinner
(d) Wolfgang, Thorndike

17 The Gestalt theory is said to have being a counter of __________ theory

18 Perception = ___________ + _____________

19 Which of the following can be regarded as learning?

(a) Maturation
(b) Fatigue
(c) Feeling thirsty
(d) Knowing the dangers of fire
20 Phenotypic factors can be called ____________

21 Who define learning as “a relatively permanent change in behavior?”

(a) Oxieden
(b) Hunt
(c) Lindergen
(d) O’Connel

22 _______ is the wish towards needs

(a) Drive
(b) Goals
(c) Motives
(d) Motivation

23 The growth that takes place which is not associated to learning is

(a) Development
(b) Maturation
(c) Stimulation
(d) Experience

24 Firsthand experiences are ______ experience

25 B.F Skinner was born on

(a) March 4, 1920

(b) March 20, 1904
(c) March 4, 1904
(d) March 20, 1920

26 The following are types of attention EXCEPT

(a) Compulsory Attention

(b) Selective Attention
(c) Involuntary Attention
(d) Voluntary Attention

27 ________ can also be called trial and error

28 According to the law of _________, ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its part’.
29 The four R in different categories in which memory can be studied are Recall, Recognition,
Registration and ___________

30 A sudden perception is referred to as

(a) Knowledge
(b) Insight
(c) Learning
(d) Intuition

31 _________ classified learning as Motor, some other people said it is _______ and some said
it is ________

32 An example of growth needs is

(a) Self-actualization needs

(b) Safety needs
(c) Physiological needs
(d) Self esteem needs

33 Behavior can be ______ and ________

34 The result of unrewarded response in a confused situation is called

(a) Inhibition
(b) Exhibition
(c) Extinction
(d) Neurosis

35 Cognitive theory was propounded by a German group of Psychologists called __________

36 Pick out the ODD one

(a) Kohler, Tolman, Koffka

(b) Skinner, Thorndike, Pavlov
(c) Similarity, Proximity, Analogy
(d) Recency, Effect, Readiness

37 The concept of generalization and transfer of learning is explained in one of Thorndike’s

principles which is __________

38 ___________ is not a process that can be directly observed

39 Which of the following CANNOT be traced to Thorndike’s experiment observations

(a) The fish can be regarded as a stimulus

 (b) The stimulus and response relationship determines the association
(c) The rat starts slowly by trial and error
(d) Each subsequent experimental exposure reduce the length of time spent on trial and error

40 ________ is an object that elicit reaction or response from an organism

41 Edward Chase Tolman base his theory on ___________

42 Locus of control is a ____ factor

(a) School
(b) Environment
(c) Natural
(d) Teacher

43 Gestalt is a ______ word and can be translated in English as _________

44 The dropping of junk knowledge is

(a) Cue Reduction

(b) Elimination of errors
(c) Association
(d) Redundancy of learning

45 The undergoing of extensive changes without losing identity is

(a) Law of Pragnaz

(b) Law of Proximity
(c) Law of Transposition
(d) Law of Permanence

46 ______ is derived from a Latin word called ‘movere’ which means ‘to move’

47 One of the following improves learning

(a) Emotions
(b) Over learning
(c) Poor health
(d) Interference

48 The state that ‘it is the background to which a stimulus is compared that guves the stimulus
meaning’ is postulated by

(a) The Law of Effect

(b) The Law of Back-Ground
(c) The Principle of Multiple Response
 (d) The Law of Figure-ground

49 Kurt Lewin’s theory of topographical can also be referred to as __________

50 The cat in Thorndike’s theory engages in selecting responses that are rewarded and rejecting
responses that are not rewarded. This can be likened to

(a) Principle of Reinforcement

(b) Principle of Assimilation
(c) Principle of Recency
(d) Principle of Prepotency of Element

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