Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Under operant conditioning, ____ has been seen to be effective only when it is something that satisfies the present need of the organism.
(a) Stimulus
(b) Reinforcement
(c) Organism
(d) Pleasure
Ans: (b)


Q2. Which one of these is measured only in terms of size, height, and length?
(a) Growth (b) Development
(c) Progress (d) Maturation
Ans: (a)


Q3. Who interpreted learning as a purposive, exploratory and creative enterprise instead of trial and error or a simple stimulus response mechanisms?
(a) Constructivists (b) Cognitivists
(c) Gestaltists (d) Behaviorists (Exam Date : 08.08.2019)
Ans: (c)


Q4. Which one of these types of learning occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned?
(a) Social learning
(b) Latent learning
(c) Divergent thinking
(d) Convergent thinking
Ans: (b)


Q5. _____ occurs from watching, retaining and replicating a behavior observed from a model.
(a) Classical conditioning
(b) Observational learning
(c) Social learning
(d) Operant conditioning
Ans: (b)


Q6. Insightful learning is found to depend upon all these factors EXCEPT:
(a) Experience
(b) Intelligence
(c) Reception and Generalization
(d) Extinction
Ans: (d)


Q7. Who was the first one to demonstrate observational learning?
(a) Wolfgang Kohler
(b) Erik Erikson
(c) Edward Tolman
(d) Albert Bandura
Ans: (d)


Q8. Which one of these is NOT required in order for observational learning to occur?
(a) The observer must pay attention to an action.
(b) The observer must remember the observed behavior.
(c) The observer must be able to replicate the behavior.
(d) The observer need not be motivated to produce the behavior.
Ans: (d)


Q9. The ______ provides punishment for those teachers who are engaged in teaching children with special needs without a license.
(a) The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992
(b) The National Policy on Education, 1986
(c) District Primary Education Programme (DPEP)
(d) Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) scheme, 1974
Ans: (a)


Q10. Which one of these is defined as “the measure or condition of things and services that can readily be reached or used (at the physical, visual, auditory and/or cognitive levels) by people including those with disabilities”?
(a) Accessibility
(b) Special skills
(c) Reservation
(d) Inclusion
Ans: (a)


Q11. Under _____ it is mandatory for every special teacher to be registered by the council and that every child with disability had the right to be taught by a qualified teacher.
(a) The National Policy on Education, 1986
(b) District Primary Education Programme (DPEP)
(c) The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992
(d) Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) scheme, 1974
Ans: (c)


Q12. ____ is when all students, regardless of any challenges they may have, are placed in ageappropriate general education classes that are in their own neighborhood schools to receive high-quality instruction, interventions and supports that enable them to meet success in the core curriculum.
(a) Universal education (b) Inclusive education
(c) Exclusive education (d) Value education
Ans: (b)


Q13. Under Project Integrated Education for the Disabled (PIED):
(a) All the schools in the area are expected to enroll children with disabilities.
(b) Some schools are selected for admitting students with disabilities.
(c) Special schools are set up for children with special needs.
(d) Schools in a specific cluster are urged to volunteer and offer seats to children with special needs at affordable pricing.
Ans: (a)


Q14. In a school that follows _____ the school and classroom operate on the premise that students with disabilities are as fundamentally competent as students without disabilities.
(a) Special education
(b) Inclusive education
(c) Exclusive education
(d) Value education
Ans: (b)


Q15. In which one these are also defined as “assessment for learning”?
(a) Curriculum-centred
(b) Learner-centred
(c) Teacher-centred
(d) Subject-centred
Ans: (b)


Q16. Which one of these is NOT an example of teaching/learning materials (TLM)?
(a) End-of-semester test
(b) Videos
(c) Flashcards
(d) Story books
Ans: (a)


Q17. Which approach is more likely than others to expose learners to real-life issues, help them develop skills that are transferable to the real world, increase the relevance of the curriculum and allow students to be creative and innovative as they are learning?
(a) Problem-based learning
(b) Learner-centred approach
(c) Content-based learning
(d) Curriculum-based learning
Ans: (a)


Q18. _____ is a generic term used to describe the resource teachers use to deliver instruction and support student learning and increase student success.
(a) Curriculum
(b) Teaching-learning material
(c) Syllabus
(d) Assessment
Ans: (b)


Q19. Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of a learner-centred approach?
(a) It improves participation
(b) It facilitates personalized learning.
(c) It fosters collaborative learning
(d) It is not labor-intensive for the teacher
Ans: (d)


Q20. In which one these is the focus on the strength, ability and needs of the learner than on knowing learning deficit of the learner?
(a) Curriculum-centred (b) Learner-centred
(c) Teacher-centred (d) Subject-centred
Ans: (b)


Q21. _____ is a form of questioning which may have more than one correct answer or more than one way of expressing the correct answer.
(a) Oral test
(b) Subjective assessment
(c) Objective assessment
(d) Aural test
Ans: (b)


Q22. A test designed to assess the attainment in any subject with regard to a set of predetermined objectives is called a/an:
(a) Diagnostic test
(b) Achievement test
(c) Prognostic test
(d) Screening test
Ans: (b)


Q23. Which one of the following is more of “assessment for learning” rather than “Assessment of learning”?
(a) Formative assessment
(b) Diagnostic assessment
(c) Prognostic assessment
(d) Summative assessment
Ans: (a)


Q24. Which one of these is NOT a part of formative assessment?
(a) Class room discussion
(b) Home work
(c) Weekly test
(d) Annual examination
Ans: (d)


Q25. A _____ has different categories, where the learner can score lower or higher within the scale depending on their answer.
(a) Self-assessment
(b) Peer assessment
(c) Multiple categories’ assessment
(d) Single scale assessment
Ans: (c)


Q26. In a ______, you can have completely different result depending on how the test taker answers them for the same question by associating different categories (or possible outcomes) for each answer.
(a) Self-assessment
(b) Peer assessment
(c) Multiple categories’ assessment
(d) Single scale assessment
Ans: (c)


Q27. ____ indicates the changes in the quality or character more than in quantitative
(a) Evolution (b) Growth
(c) Adaptation (d) Development
Ans: (d)


Q28. Child at any stage of his growth and development is:
(a) Both a genetic and biological entity
(b) A product of only heradity
(c) A products of both heredity and environment
(d) A product of only environment
Ans: (c)


Q29. Which one of the following is NOT a phase of cognitive development as proposed by Jerome Bumer?
(a) Enactive (b) Iconic
(c) Symbolic (d) Didactic
Ans: (d)


Q30. The physical characteristics such as height, weight colour of eye and skin, social and intellectual behaviour are determined by ________.
(a) Heredity (b) Environment
(c) Culture (d) Nurture
Ans: (a)


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