Question Bank: B.Ed. – 2012-13 
                  Course 2 : Psychology of the Learner 
       Unit 1: Educational Psychology  
       10 marks  Questions 
        1.    Explain the meaning of Educational Psychology. Define its scope in detail.   
        2.  ‘Knowledge of Educational Psychology helps the teacher to solve classroom 
          problems.’ Justify the given statement with examples.  
        3.  ‘Knowledge  of  Educational  Psychology  is  indispensable  for  a  teacher’s 
          professional efficiency.’ Justify   
        4.  Define  educational  Psychology.  Describe  the  nature  of  Educational 
          Psychology. 
        5.  “The relevance and contribution of educational psychology to the theory and 
          practice of education is very high.” Justify. 
        6.  “The  methods  of  educational  psychology  help  teachers  study  classroom 
          problems objectively”.  Justify. 
        7.   “The  knowledge  of  Educational  psychology  helps  in  dealing  with  the  
          learner and the learning process effectively.” Justify. 
        8.  Define  the  term  ‘educational  psychology.’  How  does  the  knowledge  of 
          educational psychology help the teacher function more effectively? 
        9.  “How  do  the  different  methods  of  Educational  psychology  help    to 
          understand, control and predict the behaviour of learners”.  
        10. The  knowledge  of  Educational  psychology  helps  a  teacher  improve 
          classroom techniques and teacher-pupil relationship.” Support the statements 
          with suitable examples. 
        11. Discuss the scope of educational psychology with reference to the learner, 
          learning experiences and evaluation.  
        12. “Observation  method  is  the  most  suitable  method  to  study  individual 
          behaviour.” Comment. 
        13. “Observation method is the most objective method to study behaviour of the 
          learner” Justify. 
       14.  Describe the two types of observation method. What are the limitations of 
        this method? 
       15. Describe the steps in the experimental method of Psychology. What are the 
        merits of this method?   
       16. “Experimental  method  is  considered  a  very  scientific  method  to  study 
        individual or group behavior” Comment. 
       17. ‘Raju is excessively restless in school.’  How will you analyze his behavior 
        by using observation method? 
       18. How  can  a  teacher  use  the  introspection  method  to  improve  his/her 
        understanding of pupils? What are the limitations of this method? 
       19. How will you make observation method more objective and valid? Illustrate 
        with examples. 
       20. ‘A  teacher  wants  to  compare  two  behavior  of  student  reactions  of  new 
        groups to a new method of teaching.  State which method of Psychology will 
        be most suitable for this.’ Justify. 
       21. A teacher wants to study how children behave during recess hours. Which 
        method of psychology is most suitable for this? Justify.   
       22. Explain the characteristics of observation method. What measures should be 
        taken to make this method more reliable and objective? 
       23. “Experimental method is considered as a scientific method of Educational 
        psychology.” Justify. 
       24. What are experimental designs? Describe any one experimental design. 
       25. Describe  Introspection  as  a  method  of  psychology.  State  the  basic 
        differences between Introspection and   observation as a method.  
       26.    ‘Inspite  of  its  limitations  Introspection  as  a  method  is    gaining  great 
        popularity in today’s times.; Justify 
       27.  ‘Experimental method is a  very good method to study human behaviour 
        scientifically and objectively.’ Justify the given statement.  
        
       
      5 marks questions 
       1.  Nature of Educational psychology. 
       2.  Meaning of educational Psychology 
       3.  Scope of psychology  in terms of the learner 
       4.  Scope of Psychology in terms of the teacher 
       5.  Scope of psychology in terms of learning experiences 
       6.  Relationship between Psychology and Educational psychology. 
       7.  Merits and limitations of Introspection Method. 
       8.  Suggestive measures to make observation method more reliable and objective. 
       9.  Merits and demerits of observation method. 
       10. Essential features of experimental method. 
       11. Merits and demerits of experimental method. 
       12. Planning the Observation 
         
       13. Merits of Observation method 
         
       14. Merits of Experimental method. 
         
       15. Types of observation method. 
       16. Any two quasi- experimental designs. 
       17. Introspection method of Educational psychology. 
       18. Limitations of Experimental method 
      Unit 2: Psychology of Development 
          
         10 Mark questions 
         1.What is development? Differentiate between growth and development. 
       2.  Define development. Explain the principles of development.       
                       3.Illustrate with examples any four stages of stages of Erickson’s theory of 
         psychosocial development. 
                               4.‘Helping children  resolve  crisis at each stage of psycho social  development 
                                helps them to become well adjusted individuals’ explain with reference to  
                                Erickson’s theory. 
                                 
                          5.  Describe any five stages of psychosocial development according to Erickson’s 
                                theory. 
                          6.  List the stages of Erikson’s theory. Explain any two stages with suitable 
                                examples. 
                          7.    Explain the three stages of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development with 
                                suitable examples. 
                          8.  ‘Ramesh is afraid to cheat in the exam because he may be caught and punished. 
                                ’ Identify and explain at what stage the child is according to Kohlberg’s moral 
                                development stages 
                            9. How does the knowledge of Kohlberg’s theory   help the teacher   understand 
                                the child’s moral development? 
                             10. ‘Sheela shared her notes in return for a favor’. Identify and explain at which 
                                stage Sheela is according to Kohlberg’s moral development stages. 
                          11. State the assumptions of Kohlberg’s moral development theory? What are the 
                                educational implications of his theory? 
                          12. ‘The knowledge of Kohlberg’s theory helps the teacher understand the level of 
                                cognitive moral development of students.’ Explain the statement with suitable 
                                examples.  
                          13. How can the teacher use Kohlberg’s theory to facilitate moral development in 
                                children? Give suitable examples. 
                          14. Explain the levels in the conventional moral stage as per Kohlberg’s theory of 
                                moral development with suitable examples. 
                            15.  Explain  with  examples  the  post–conventional  stage  of  moral  development 
                                according to Kohlberg’s theory. 
                          16. Explain with examples the pre-conventional stage of moral development 
                                according to Kohlberg’s theory. 
                          17.Explain Piaget’s theory of cognitive development with suitable examples. 
                          18. How does the knowledge of Piaget’s theory help in nurturing optimal cognitive 
                                development of children?  Illustrate with examples. 
                          19. Elucidate  the role of the teacher in helping the adolescents deal with adolescent 
                                stress.