Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Modeling is the concept given by–
(a) Albert Bandura (b) J.B. Waston
(c) Freud (d) Vygotsky
Ans: (a)


Q2. Which of the following is not an example of acquired motive?
(a) Attitude (b) Interest
(c) Curiosity (d) Hunger
Ans: (d)


Q3. According to Piaget, a child between 2–7 years is in the……….. Stage of cognitive development
(a) Preoperational stage
(b) Formal operational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Sensorimotor stage
Ans: (a)


Q4. Development proceeds form……… to……..
(a) General→ specific
(b) Complex→ hard
(c) Specific→ general
(d) Simple→ easy
Ans: (a)


Q5. The process of changing the existing schema to include not information is called.
(a) Adaptation (b) Assimilation
(c) Accommodation (d) Egocentrism
Ans: (c)


Q6. ……….is the philosophy that all children have a right to get equal education in regular school systems
(a) Mainstreaming education
(b) Special education
(c) Multicultural education
(d) Inclusive education
Ans: (d)


Q7. Creativity is thought to be related to the concept of-
(a) Crystallized Intelligence
(b) Convergent Intelligence
(c) Divergent Intelligence
(d) Fluid Intelligence
Ans: (c)


Q8. ID is guided by–
(a) Pleasure Principle (b) Reality Principle
(c) Idealistic principle (d) General Principle
Ans: (a)


Q9. Who among the following is associated with “Gestalt Theory of learning”?
(a) Pavlov (b) Skinner
(c) Thomdike (d) Kohler
Ans: (d)


Q10. Physical and Emotional health of children………their learning.
(a) is not related to
(b) has an insignificant role in
(c) does not have nay influence on
(d) plays an important role in
Ans: (d)


Q11. Children whose mental age is higher than their chronological age are known as–
(a) Gifted (b) Normal
(c) Learning Disabled (d) Retarded
Ans: (a)


Q12. What is the I.Q. of a 10 years old child, whose mental age is 12 years?
(a) 100 (b) 110
(c) 120 (d) 130
Ans: (c)


Q13. Giving the meaning to sensation on the basis of past experiences is called–
(a) Sensation (b) Perception
(c) Motivation (d) Imagination
Ans: (b)


Q14. Which of the following is not a theory of intelligence?
(a) Unifactor theory (b) Two factor theory
(c) Theory of regression (d) Multi factor theory
Ans: (c)


Q15. Which of the following is an example of developmental disorder?
(a) Blindness (b) Hearing impairment
(c) Intellectual disability (d) Leprosy
Ans: (c)


Q16. According to classification of personality of Jung, under which category do the person having lonely, timid, idealistic and self centred nature falls?
(a) Introvert (b) Extrovert
(c) Ambivert (d) All of the above
Ans: (a)


Q17. GESTALT means–
(a) As a whole (b) As s change
(c) As a machine (d) As a behavior
Ans: (a)


Q18. Which of the following is an example of secondary socializing agency?
(a) Family and neighbourhood
(b) Family and media
(c) School and media
(d) Media and neighbourhood
Ans: (c)


Q19. Aman always think of multiple solutions to a problem, many of which are original solutions. Aman is displaying characteristics of an/a–
(a) Creative thinker (b) Convergent thinking
(c) Rigid thinker (d) Egocentric thinker
Ans: (a)


Q20. Which of the following factors affect learning?
(a) Interest of the student
(b) Emotional health of the student
(c) Social and cultural context at the student
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)


Q21. Sequence of development among children from birth to adolescence is–
(a) Abstract, sensory, concrete
(b) Sensory, concrete, abstract
(c) Concrete, abstract, sensory
(d) Abstract, concrete, sensory
Ans: (b)


Q22. According to ……… it is important to understand the social processes and influence of the cultural context on children’s thinking.
(a) Lawerence kohlberg (b) Jean Piaget
(c) Lev Vygotsky (d) Albert bandura
Ans: (c)


Q23. As per HOWARD GARDNER’S theory of multiple intelligence, what would be the characteristics of a person with “Logical Mathematical intelligence”?
(a) Sensitivity to the sounds, rythms and meaning of words.
(b) Ability to perceive visual-spatial word accurately.
(c) Ability to produce and appreciate pitch, rhythm and aesthetic quality of musical expressiveness.
(d) Sensitivity to and capacity to detect patterns, handle long chains of reasoning.
Ans: (d)


Q24. The process by which children develop habits, skills, values and motives that make them responsible productive members of society is called–
(a) Socialistation (b) Inclusion
(c) Mainstreaming (d) Differentiation
Ans: (a)


Q25. Children should……….question in the class.
(a) Be discouraged to ask
(b) Not be allowed to ask
(c) Be stopped from asking
(d) Be encouraged to ask
Ans: (d)


Q26. The “Two Factor Theory” of Intelligence was given by–
(a) Thurston (b) Spearman
(c) Binet (d) Piaget
Ans: (b)


Q27. Raven’s Progressive Matrices Test measures–
(a) Personality (b) Reading efficiency
(c) Intelligence (d) Aptitude
Ans: (c)


Q28. Propounder of Insight theory of Learning is:
(a) Kohler (b) Thorndike
(c) Skinner (d) Pavlov
Ans: (a)


Q29. How many personality types are mentioned by Kretschner?
(a) Four (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Five.
Ans: (c)


Q30. Creativity is identified by:
(a) Old behaviour (b) Drawing
(c) Music (d) New Result
Ans: (d)


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