Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. A child of 8 years is said to be in ________ stage according to Jean Piaget. (Exam Date : 18.08.2019)
(a) Formal operational
(b) Pre-operational
(c) Concrete operational
(d) Sensorimotor
Ans: (c)


Q2. According to ________ Social development means the attaining of maturity in social relationships.
(a) H.E. Garret
(b) Erik Erikson
(c) Jean Piaget
(d) E. B. Hurlock
Ans: (d)


Q3. According to Vygotsky, ________is the main means by which adults transmit information to children.
(a) language (b) reading
(c) literature (d) listening
Ans: (a)


Q4. ________happens when the existing schema (knowledge) does not work, and needs to be changed to deal with a new object or situation.
(a) Assimilation
(b) Accommodation
(c) Equilibration
(d) Adaptation
Ans: (b)


Q5. Success of Initiative vs. Guilt stage of Erik Erikson will lead to the virtue of________.
(a) Hope
(b) Will
(c) Purpose
(d) Love
Ans: (c)


Q6. The Russian psychologist ________ argues that the development of language and thought go together and that the origin of reasoning is more to do with our ability to communicate with others than with our interaction with the material world.
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) G. Stanley Hall
(c) Jean Piaget
(d) Lev Vygotsky
Ans: (d)


Q7. In ________ theory, students learn most effectively through reading text and lecture instruction.
(a) Humanism
(b) Cognitivism
(c) Constructivism
(d) Connectivism
Ans: (b)


Q8. If any action is repeated by an organism in certain condition, learning occurs. This is known as________.
(a) law of use
(b) law of disuse
(c) law of effect
(d) law of readiness
Ans: (a)


Q9. Portfolios could also be assessed during its development as a________assessment.
(a) Prognostic
(b) Diagnostic
(c) Summative
(d) Formative
Ans: (d)


Q10. ________is the characteristics which appear to measure those which are actually sought to be measured.
(a) Predictive Validity
(b) Face Validity
(c) Concurrent Validity
(d) Criterion-Related Validity
Ans: (b)


Q11. ________method uses two versions of an instrument given to the same sample of respondents.
(a) Test-Retest
(b) Equivalent-forms
(c) Kuder-Richardson
(d) Split-half
Ans: (b)


Q12. ________means the state or quality of being true even outside of a subject’s individual biases, interpretations, feelings, and imaginings.
(a) Validity
(b) Usability
(c) Objectivity
(d) Subjectivity
Ans: (c)


Q13. The Assessment become________when the information is used to adapt teaching and learning to meet student needs.
(a) prognostic
(b) diagnostic
(c) summative
(d) formative
Ans: (d)


Q14. ________is a paradigm approach that believes learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfil one’s potential.
(a) Humanism
(b) Cognitivism
(c) Constructivism
(d) Connectivism
Ans: (a)


Q15. Which among the following is not a source of qualitative data?
(a) Interviews
(b) Postcards
(c) Focus Group
(d) Surveys
Ans: (d)


Q16. Gordon W Allport defined an________to be a mental and neural state of readiness, organized through experience, exerting a directive or dynamic influence upon the individual’s response to all objects and situations with which it is related.
(a) attitude (b) assessment
(c) achievement (d) aptitude
Ans: (a)


Q17. _______Function of evaluation discovers potential abilities and aptitudes among the learners.
(a) Predictive
(b) Administrative
(c) Placement
(d) Guidance
Ans: (a)


Q18. In respect of vocational-technical education evaluation, Olaitan (1996) identified the________evaluation models.
(a) seven (b) six
(c) three (d) four
Ans: (d)


Q19. ________is also known as solipsism.
(a) Subjective Idealism
(b) Absolute Idealism
(c) Platonic Idealism
(d) Transcendental Idealism
Ans: (a)


Q20. CIPP model of curriculum development is a process of________the curriculum.
(a) creating
(b) developing
(c) rearranging
(d) organisation
Ans: (b)


Q21. Standardized tests is an example of________assessment.
(a) Prognostic
(b) Diagnostic
(c) Summative
(d) Formative
Ans: (c)


Q22. Which curriculum is comprised of ideas offered by policymakers, school officials, administrators, or politicians?
(a) Societal
(b) Rhetorical
(c) Null
(d) Phantom
Ans: (b)


Q23. The________function of evaluation is to plan appropriate and adequate learning strategies.
(a) Instructional
(b) Administrative
(c) Placement
(d) Guidance
Ans: (a)


Q24. ________assessment includes exit tickets.
(a) Prognostic
(b) Diagnostic
(c) Summative
(d) Formative
Ans: (d)


Q25. Instructor’s role is to be primary information giver and primary evaluator in________learning.
(a) teacher-centred
(b) student-centred
(c) subject-centred
(d) content-centred
Ans: (a)


Q26. The key aspect of________is that it is achieved through cognitive processes, rather than interactions with the outside world.
(a) classical learning
(b) insight learning
(c) observational learning
(d) latent learning
Ans: (b)


Q27. Which psychological crisis occurs during early adulthood, That is, from 18 to 40 years?
(a) Intimacy vs. Isolation
(b) Identity vs. Role Confusion
(c) Generativity vs. Stagnation
(d) Industry vs. Inferiority
Ans: (a)


Q28. Success in the _______ stage of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development will lead to the virtue of hope.
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
Ans: (a)


Q29. Erik Erikson has proposed hat personality develops in a predetermined order through stages of psychosocial development, form infancy to adulthood.
(a) Four (b) Five
(c) Six (d) Eight
Ans: (d)


Q30. ___________ are the basic building blocks of such cognitive models, and enable us o form a mental representation of the world.
(a) Replicas (b) Schemas
(c) Egos (d) Personas
Ans: (b)


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