Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. According to Piaget’s cognitive theory the stage in which children develop the concept of object permanence is
(a) Sensory Motor stage
(b) Pre operation stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage
Ans: (a)


Q2. A person’s thinking, reasoning and competency processes play an important role in morel development– This was stated by this Psychologist
(a) Piaget (b) Chomsky
(c) Vygotsky (d) Kohlberg
Ans: (d)


Q3. Name of Psychologist who proposed language theory
(a) Piaget (b) Carl Rogers
(c) Chomsky (d) Vygotsky
Ans: (c)


Q4. Individual’s development is the result of his interactions with social environment – This is stated by
(a) Freud (b) Erikson
(c) Bruner (d) Skinner
Ans: (b)


Q5. The IQ of idiots is
(a) ≤ 25 (b) Between 26 – 49
(c) Between 50 – 70 (d) Between 70 – 89 (Exam Date: 17.06.2018
Ans: (a)


Q6. Individual’s ability to understand his own strengths and weaknesses is known as
(a) Level of aspiration
(b) Achievement motivation
(c) Performance
(d) Self-concept
Ans: (d)


Q7. ‘Persona’ is derived from this language
(a) Greek (b) German
(c) Latin (d) French
Ans: (c)


Q8. The method which is highly objective is
(a) Observation
(b) Introspection
(c) Case study
(d) Experimental method
Ans: (d)


Q9. The most important process that happens in an organism throughout its life
(a) Motivation (b) Learning
(c) Movement (d) Growth
Ans: (b)


Q10. Individual’s motivation is related to the following
(a) Development (b) Needs
(c) Growth (d) Maturation
Ans: (b)


Q11. Name of the author of the book “Animal Intelligence – Experimental Studies”
(a) Pavlov (b) Skinner
(c) Thorndike (d) Kohler
Ans: (c)


Q12. In Pavlov’s experiment, the Bell sound after conditioning is called as
(a) Natural stimulus
(b) Conditioned stimulus
(c) Conditioned response
(d) Natural response
Ans: (b)


Q13. The Psychologist who developed “Programmed Learning” is
(a) Thorndike (b) Pavlov
(c) Skinner (d) Bandura
Ans: (c)


Q14. The Psychologist who proposed that the language plays an important role in cognitive development
(a) Hurlock (b) Bundura
(c) Kohler (d) Vygotsky
Ans: (d)


Q15. A student is working hard to achieve his father’s target of getting 10 points in SSC examinations. This is an example for
(a) Intrinsic motivation
(b) Extrinsic motivation
(c) Achievement motivation
(d) Social motivation
Ans: (b)


Q16. The learning and experiences are stored in the brain by an individual for a period is called
(a) Memory (b) Retention
(c) Recall (d) Recognition
Ans: (b)


Q17. When the memory traces in the individuals brain gets distorted the result is
(a) Memory (b) Forgetting
(c) Retention (d) Interference
Ans: (b)


Q18. A person who can read and write Telugu trying to learn Kannada – the transfer of learning here is
(a) Positive transfer (b) Negative transfer
(c) Bilateral transfer (d) Zero transfer
Ans: (a)


Q19. Learning disability in writing is
(a) Dislexia (b) Disphasia
(c) Disgraphia (d) Discalculia
Ans: (c)


Q20. Bruner introduced a learning method called
(a) Motor learning
(b) Perceptual learning
(c) Problem-solving learning
(d) Discovery learning
Ans: (d)


Q21. Assessment of project work done by students belongs to this type of evaluation
(a) Summative (b) Formative
(c) Qualitative (d) Quantitative
Ans: (b)


Q22. The Weightages given in CCE to Summative and Formative evaluations respectively are
(a) 80% marks – 20% marks
(b) 50% marks – 20% marks
(c) 20 marks – 80% marks
(d) 25% marks – 75 marks
Ans: (a)


Q23. According to Kohler an individual’s organized a understanding of different elements in a situation is
(a) Conditioning (b) Trial and error
(c) Insight (d) Imitation
Ans: (c)


Q24. The Psychologist who used Bobo dolls in his studies in learning is
(a) Bandura (b) Skinner
(c) Pavlov (d) Vygotsky
Ans: (a)


Q25. Secondary Education is concerned to
(a) Class 1 to 5 (b) Class 6 to 10
(c) Class 1 to 10 (d) Class 6 to 12
Ans: (b)


Q26. The Psychologist who discussed about “Instructional Scaffolding” is
(a) Piaget (b) Vygostky
(c) Bandura (d) Bruner
Ans: (d)


Q27. This statement in not true with reference to Adolescence stage
(a) Adolescence is inter-mediatory stage
(b) Adolescence is transitional stage
(c) Adolescence possess realistic aspirations
(d) Adolescence craves for identify
Ans: (c)


Q28. The method of controlling intervening variables where two identically equal individuals are selected and one among them is for experimental group and the other is for control group is
(a) Equal group method
(b) Equal pair method
(c) Random group method
(d) General selection method
Ans: (b)


Q29. Gessel observation dome is useful for the following observation
(a) Non-participated (b) Participated
(c) Naturalistic (d) Introspection
Ans: (a)


Q30. Indentify the correct pair with respect to models of emotional intelligence.
(a) Ability model- Conspantin Vasli Petraids
(b) Trait model- Peter Salove, John Mayer
(c) Mixed model- Danial Golman
(d) Type model- Gardner
Ans: (c)


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