Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Which of the following is not a projective test of personality?
(a) Roschach Ink Blot Test
(b) T.A.T.
(c) Word Association Test
(d) 16 P.F. Test
Ans: (d)


Q2. Hierarchy of need theory was given by _____
(a) Watson (b) Maslow
(c) Kohler (d) Pavlov
Ans: (b)


Q3. Which of the following is called the master gland?
(a) Thyroid gland (b) Adrenal gland
(c) Endocrine gland (d) Pituitary gland
Ans: (d)


Q4. ——– gave the concept of collective unconscious.
(a) Jung (b) Freud
(c) Adler (d) Sullivan
Ans: (a)


Q5. “Grapes are sour” is an example of _______.
(a) Repression (b) Regression
(c) Rationalization (d) Reaction formation
Ans: (c)


Q6. Operant conditioning theory of learning was given by______.
(a) Pavlov (b) Thorndike
(c) Tolman (d) Skinner
Ans: (d)


Q7. I.Q. of children having average intelligence will be between ________.
(a) 50 – 59 (b) 70 – 89
(c) 90 – 109 (d) 110 – 129
Ans: (c)


Q8. Which of the following level of measurement is the best?
(a) Nominal (b) Ratio
(c) Ordinal (d) Interval
Ans: (b)


Q9. Which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is characterized by abstract logic and mature moral reasoning?
(a) Sensori-motor stage
(b) Pre-operational stage
(c) Formal operational stage
(d) Concrete operational stage
Ans: (c)


Q10. ——– is the sum total of innate personality characteristics.
(a) Similarity (b) Continuality
(c) Heredity (d) Pugncity
Ans: (c)


Q11. According to Psychologists through which of the following methods instincts can be transformed?
(a) Correlation (b) Redirection
(c) Merging (d) Renewal
Ans: (b)


Q12. Formation of concepts is a _______ process.
(a) difficult (b) irregular
(c) periodical (d) cumulative
Ans: (d)


Q13. Which one of the following is not the cause of forgetting?
(a) Mental conflict
(b) Lack of repetition
(c) Degree of learning
(d) Ability of the teacher
Ans: (d)


Q14. According to Spearman (1904) the ability to reason and solve problems is known as :
(a) S factor (b) g factor
(c) specific intelligence (d) cultural intelligence
Ans: (b)


Q15. Bandura stated that children acquired responses through modeling, which is also known as _______.
(a) Learning through practice
(b) Learning by insight
(c) Observational learning
(d) Learning by reward
Ans: (c)


Q16. Propounder of ‘Two – factors theory’ of transfer of learning was
(a) Thorndike (b) Spearman
(c) Judd (d) Guilford
Ans: (a)


Q17. Failing to retain or to be able to recall what has been learnt is called
(a) Recall (b) Forgetting
(c) Sensation (d) Memory
Ans: (b)


Q18. “The dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine the unique adjustment to his environment”. is called
(a) Personality (b) Adjustment
(c) Sensation (d) Character
Ans: (a)


Q19. Normal males have XY chromosomes whereas normal females have :
(a) XX chromosomes
(b) XYY chromosomes
(c) XXX chromosomes
(d) X chromosome
Ans: (a)


Q20. “That point on the scale of scores below which one-half of the scores & above which one half of the scores lie” is called —–
(a) Mean (b) Mode
(c) Median (d) Standard deviation
Ans: (c)


Q21. ——— is one of the methods of the graphic presentation of the frequency distribution.
(a) Diagram (b) Histogram
(c) Monogram (d) Holographic design
Ans: (b)


Q22. While teaching in general class almost which psychological fact should be taken in attention?
(a) Teaching technique
(b) Physical capacity
(c) Individual difference
(d) Family condition
Ans: (c)


Q23. “Psychology first lost its soul, then its mind and then it lost its consciousness. It still has behaviour of a kind” was stated by :
(a) Tichner (b) Wundt
(c) Woodworth (d) Mc Daugall
Ans: (c)


Q24. Latency period in psychosexual development is related to the age range of :
(a) 2 – 5 years (b) 6 to puberty
(c) 18 – 20 years (d) 20 – 22 years
Ans: (b)


Q25. Psychosocial theory of development was proposed by :
(a) Erickson (b) Freud
(c) Kohler (d) Watson
Ans: (a)


Q26. According to ——– , Id, Ego and Super ego are the three components of personality.
(a) Bandura (b) Jung
(c) Adler (d) Freud
Ans: (d)


Q27. Which behaviourist considers that language is acquired like other behaviours through operant conditioning?
(a) Watson (b) Skinner
(c) Gutheri (d) Thorndike
Ans: (b)


Q28. Which of the following is not the measure of central tendency?
(a) Range (b) Mode
(c) Median (d) Mean
Ans: (a)


Q29. Who propounded the theory of trial and error in learning?
(a) Pavlov (b) Hegarty
(c) Thorndike (d) Hull
Ans: (c)


Q30. According to ________ “Development of the child is the product of heredity and environment”.
(a) Woodworth (b) Garrett
(c) Thorndike (c) Holland
Ans: (a)


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