EDU201 Midterm Preparation 2025 by Natasha Study Zone

Objective

Lesson 1 – Introduction to Learning (10 MCQs)

1. Learning is influenced by:

Answer: Cognitive, Emotional, Environmental factors

2. Learning brings changes in:

Answer: Knowledge, Skills, Values, Worldviews

3. Learning as memorizing means:

Answer: Storing information to reproduce

4. Learning as making sense means:

Answer: Abstracting meanings

5. Learning as interpreting reality means:

Answer: Understanding in different ways

6. Learning as a product focuses on:

Answer: Outcome / End result

7. Learning as a process emphasizes:

Answer: Ongoing experiences and growth

8. In process learning, mistakes are seen as:

Answer: Part of learning

9. Process-oriented assessment compares with:

Answer: Student’s previous performance

10. Easy answer to “How do people learn?” is:

Answer: We do not know for sure

Lesson 2 – Theory and Learning Theories (10 MCQs)

1. A theory provides:

Answer: General explanation for observations

2. A theory can never be:

Answer: Established beyond all doubt

3. A learning theory describes:

Answer: How people learn

4. Importance of learning theories includes:

Answer: Provides framework for teaching and learning

5. Learning theories help teachers to:

Answer: Meet learners’ needs effectively

6. Learning theories enhance teaching by:

Answer: Providing guidelines for methods and resources

7. Broad domains of learning theories are:

Answer: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism

8. Behaviorism focuses on:

Answer: Observable behaviors

9. Cognitivism focuses on:

Answer: Information processing (memory, problem solving, attention)

10. Constructivism views learning as:

Answer: Active construction of ideas based on experiences

Lesson 3 – Behaviorism I (10 MCQs)

1. Behaviorism is the study of:

Answer: External behavior

2. According to behaviorism, learner starts with:

Answer: A clean slate

3. Behaviorism emphasizes:

Answer: Observable actions, not thoughts or emotions

4. Learning is manifested by:

Answer: Change in behavior

5. Environment shapes:

Answer: Behavior

6. Principles central to behaviorism are:

Answer: Contiguity and Reinforcement

7. Learning occurs through:

Answer: Conditioning

8. Conditioning is:

Answer: Association of behavior with stimulus

9. Classical conditioning was discovered by:

Answer: Ivan Pavlov

10. Watson’s Little Albert experiment proved:

Answer: Fear can be learned through association

Lesson 4 – Behaviorism II (10 MCQs)

1. Operant conditioning is based on:

Answer: Reinforcement and punishment

2. Classical conditioning deals with:

Answer: Reflexive behaviors

3. Operant conditioning was introduced by:

Answer: B.F. Skinner

4. The device used by Skinner in his experiments was:

Answer: Skinner Box

5. Thorndike’s law of effect states:

Answer: Behavior followed by pleasant consequences is repeated

6. In Thorndike’s experiment, the cat learned to:

Answer: Pull levers to escape and get food

7. Classical conditioning relies on:

Answer: Stimuli

8. Operant conditioning relies on:

Answer: Consequences

9. In classroom behaviorism, teachers often use:

Answer: Reward systems (reinforcement)

10. A major criticism of behaviorism is:

Answer: Ignores free will and internal mental processes

Lesson 5 – Cognitivism (10 MCQs)

1. Cognitivism is a framework for understanding:

Answer: The mind and mental processes

2. Cognitivism emerged as a response to:

Answer: Behaviorism

3. Cognitivists argue that:

Answer: Thinking impacts behavior and cannot be treated as mere behavior

4. Cognitive theories focus on how information is:

Answer: Received, organized, stored, and retrieved

5. Cognitivism is considered suitable for:

Answer: Complex learning like reasoning and problem solving

6. Goal of instruction in cognitivism is:

Answer: Efficient transfer of knowledge

7. Cognitivism emphasizes:

Answer: The role of memory and information processing

8. Research in cognitivism is based more on:

Answer: Humans than animals

9. Cognitive processes involve:

Answer: Using existing knowledge to generate new knowledge

10. A major contributor to the cognitive paradigm is:

Answer: Jean Piaget