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31.

What is called the tendency of self-love?

  • Self-centered tendency

  • Egoistic tendency

  • Tendency of Narcissism

  • Tendency of Hypnotism


32.

Which of the following characteristic is not true in reference to intrinsically motivated children?

  • They like challenging tasks

  • They are always successful

  • They feel joy during the work

  • They express high level energy in difficult tasks


33.

The Principle of 'trial and error' is propounded by

  • Thorndike

  • Mc Dougall

  • Kohler

  • Pavlov


34.

Which of the following is the first step in the process of conditioning?

  • Stimulus

  • Frequency

  • Generalization

  • None of these


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35.

______ word is also often used for motivation.

  • Emotion

  • Need

  • Feeling

  • Perception


36.

A teacher is appointed in a remote village, where villagers are uneducated, school building and drinking water facility are also not available.
The biggest hindrance to work in the village is

  • lack of school building

  • uneducated parents

  • lack of motivation to solve problems

  • lack of drinking water facility


37.

For maximum reinforcement effect, a given reward should

  • be applied immediately upon the response

  • be applied immediately preceding the response

  • be applied simultaneously with the response

  • follow the response only after a substantial delay


38.

A teacher wants to ensure that her students are motivated intrinsically. She would

  • specify uniform standards of achievement for all children

  • plan learning activities which encourage convergent thinking

  • focus on the processes of learning of individual children rather than on the final outcome

  • offer tangible rewards


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39.

Of the following statements, which one do you agree with?

  • Learning is completely governed by external stimuli

  • Learning takes place in a socio-cultural context

  • Learning cannot take place unless it is assessed externally in terms of marks

  • Learning has taken place only if it is evident in behavior


40.

A certificate is given to children when they read a specific number of books. In the long run this strategy might not work since

  • this might lead to children reading only for getting the certificates

  • the library would need to buy a lot of books

  • a large number of certificates would have to be given when more children start reading

  • reading books would distract children from completing their homework


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