Multiple Choice Questions

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Ability to recognise and classify all varieties of animals, minerals, and plants, according to multiple intelligences theory, is called

  • logico-mathematical intelligence

  • naturalist intelligence

  • linguistic intelligence

  • spatial intelligence


B.

naturalist intelligence

The Naturalist intelligence has to do with how we relate to our surroundings and where we fit into it. People with Naturalist intelligence have a sensitivity to an appreciation for nature. They are gifted at nurturing and growing things as well as the ability to cave for and interact with animals.


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The statement 'Majority of the people are average, a few very bright and a few very dull' is based on the established principle of

  • intelligence and racial differences

  • distribution of intelligence

  • growth of intelligence

  • intelligence and sex differences


In a child-centered classroom, children generally learn

  • individually and in groups

  • mainly from the teacher

  • individually

  • in groups


According to Piaget's cognitive theory of learning, the process by which the cognitive structure is modified is called

  • perception

  • accommodation

  • assimilation

  • schema


According to theories of motivation, a teacher can enhance learning by

  • setting realistic expectations from students

  • setting uniform standards of expectations

  • not having any expectations from students

  • setting extremely high expectations from students


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Development starts from

  • post-childhood stage

  • pre-natal stage

  • the stage of infancy

  • pre-childhood stage


Thinking is essentially

  • a cognitive activity

  • a psychomotor process

  • a psychological phenomenon 

  • an affective behavior


When previous learning makes no difference at all to the learning in a new situation, it is called

  • zero transfer of learning

  • absolute transfer of learning

  • positive transfer of learning

  • negative transfer of learning


In co-operative learning, older and more proficient students assist younger and lesser skilled students. This leads to

  • intense competition

  • higher moral development

  • conflict between the groups

  • higher achievement and self-esteem


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A teacher always helps her learners link the knowledge they have derived in one subject area with the knowledge from other subject areas. This helps to promote

  • reinforcement

  • correlation and transfer of knowledge

  • individual differences

  • learner autonomy