Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. If a child has mental age of 12 years and chronological age of 10 years then his IQ will be
(a) 80 (b) 120
(c) 125 (d) 100
Ans: (b)


Q2. Gray matter of the brain that controls IQ and memory have greater volume in learners who
(a) Get sufficient sleep
(b) Take healthy diet
(c) Avoid stress
(d) Exercise regularly
Ans: (d)


Q3. The is one who is more open, accommodating, venturesome, outgoing and pretty confident.
(a) Introvert (b) Intro-extrovert
(c) Extrovert (d) Ambivert
Ans: (c)


Q4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be successfully treated using:
(a) Cognitive behavioral theory
(b) Massage therapy
(c) Antidepressant medication
(d) Systematic family therapy
Ans: (a)


Q5. Which is the SECOND step in the problem solving method?
(a) Formulation of hypothesis
(b) Testing hypothesis
(c) Recognition and definition of problem
(d) Conclusion
Ans: (a)


Q6. What part of our memory stores events that happened in our lives?
(a) Episodic memory (b) Procedural memory
(c) Semantic memory (d) Declarative memory
Ans: (a)


Q7. What is the first stage in moral development according to Kohlberg?
(a) Preconventional morality
(b) Periconventional morality
(c) Conventional morality
(d) Postconventional morality
Ans: (a)


Q8. What is the term Freud used to describe his theory of the structure of the mind?
(a) Consciousness (b) Iceberg
(c) Libido (d) Landscape
Ans: (b)


Q9. What social motive is characterized by a need to control and influence others?
(a) Power (b) Achievement
(c) Affiliation (d) Purpose
Ans: (a)


Q10. Parents who believe in punishing the child show .
(a) Uninvolved Parenting
(b) Permissive Parenting
(c) Authoritative Parenting
(d) Authoritarian Parenting
Ans: (d)


Q11. At what age does the child start to show an understanding of the language?
(a) At birth (b) At three months
(c) At six months (d) At nine months
Ans: (c)


Q12. Which is not the principle of inclusive education?
(a) No discrimination between learners
(b) Separate classroom for special children
(c) Equal educational opportunities
(d) Catering needs of the all children
Ans: (b)


Q13. Which of the following is not a factor that will protect a child against stress?
(a) Family
(b) Intelligence
(c) Authoritarian parenting style
(d) Peer relationships
Ans: (c)


Q14. A 12 year old child understands that the weight of a table remains the same whether it is right side up or upside down.
(a) Conservation
(b) Inductive reasoning
(c) Object permanence
(d) Hypothetical reasoning
Ans: (a)


Q15. According to Psychosexual Developmental Theory, fixation to which of the following stages results in dependency?
(a) Anal (b) Oral
(c) Latency (d) Phallic
Ans: (b)


Q16. Growth always corresponds to the age of the child. This is because of the principle of .
(a) Continuity
(b) Uniform Pattern
(c) Integration
(d) Individual Differences
Ans: (b)


Q17. Which of these is the best way to improve problem solving skills in primary school children?
(a) Solving mathematical problems.
(b) Find solutions to problems that they face in their daily life.
(c) Talk about their problems to peers in the class and the teacher.
(d) Apply steps of design thinking process and engage with community around.
Ans: (d)


Q18. believed that personality develops through a series of stages and the effect of childhood are long lasting.
(a) Albert Bandura (b) Jean Piaget
(c) Sigmund Freud (d) Lev Vygotsky
Ans: (c)


Q19. The term normative development indicates:
(a) Rate (b) Extent
(c) Direction (d) Distinctive qualities
Ans: (d)


Q20. When environmental influences coupled with cognitive factors are responsible for learning, such a learning is known as:
(a) Operant conditioning
(b) Trial error learning
(c) Social learning
(d) Classical conditioning
Ans: (c)


Q21. As a future teacher, you will need to and connect with roomful of diverse students.
(a) Deal (b) Connect
(c) Understand (d) Collaborate
Ans: (c)


Q22. Which of the following is not an example of critical thinking skills?
(a) Improvising (b) Classifying
(c) Tracking (d) Describing
Ans: (a)


Q23. When children recognize that each individual is aware of other people’s thoughts and feelings, then it is called:
(a) social information role taking
(b) social and conventional system role taking
(c) self-reflection
(d) mutual role taking
Ans: (c)


Q24. Why do we have culture-fair tests for intelligence?
(a) Intelligence tests should free of differences in language and education.
(b) Cultural understanding is a part of intelligence.
(c) Intelligence is culture-dependant.
(d) Intelligence can evolve
Ans: (a)


Q25. Which of the following determines the impact of failure in school performance?
(a) Time allotted is more than what is actually required to finish the task
(b) The pattern and setting of task
(c) The Challenge-what the children asked to do – Which is not engaging or relevant.
(d) Level of easiness in the task
Ans: (c)


Q26. A learner is an intuitive learner if
(a) They notice the big picture, see how everything connects.
(b) They pay attention to concrete facts and details.
(c) They focus on the reality of how things are.
(d) They like to describe things in a specific, literal way.
Ans: (a)


Q27. Which famous professor proposed that children move from a position of egocentrism to sociocentrism because of social interactions?
(a) John Dewey (b) Lev Vygotsky
(c) Jean Piaget (d) Howard Gardner
Ans: (c)


Q28. Autistic children mainly have difficulties in __.
(a) Vision (b) Intelligence
(c) Social interaction (d) Body movement
Ans: (c)


Q29. Applied Behavior Analysis is considered to be a more effective remedial method for :
(a) Dyslexia (b) GDD
(c) ADHD (d) ASD
Ans: (d)


Q30. Which of the following is not true about the team teaching method ?
(a) Difficulties are faced in maintaining harmony among team members
(b) It is cheaper than other methods of teaching in terms of finances
(c) Teachers get better opportunities for optimal utilization of human resources
(d) It is a highly flexible method of teaching in terms of scheduling
Ans: (b)


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