Teaching and Pedagogy MCQs

Negative reinforcement strengthens behavior by taking away something aversive.
It is not the same as punishment.

Working memory temporarily holds and manipulates information.
Its limited capacity makes instructional design important.

Routines reduce uncertainty and wasted time.
They should be explicitly taught, modeled, practiced, and reinforced.

Educational psychology applies psychological principles to teaching and learning.
It examines development, motivation, cognition, behavior, and individual differences.

Punishment introduces or removes consequences to reduce behavior.
Effective behavior support also teaches an appropriate alternative.

Long-term memory can retain knowledge, experiences, and skills for long durations.
Organization and retrieval practice strengthen access.

Effective rules tell students what appropriate behavior looks like.
A small number of clear rules is easier to remember and apply.

Piaget proposed stages of cognitive development from infancy to adolescence.
Each stage reflects distinctive ways of thinking.

A behavior may decline when it no longer produces its expected consequence.
Temporary increases can occur before extinction is complete.

Rehearsal keeps information active in working memory.
Elaborative rehearsal also connects it with existing knowledge.

Positive expectations describe the desired behavior directly.
Students can more easily follow an observable action.

Programmed instruction sequences content into manageable frames.
Learners respond actively and receive immediate confirmation or correction.