Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Role of environment in child development is best reflected by_____.
(a) Temperamental tendencies
(b) Personality disposition
(c) Primary reaction patterns
(d) Habit formation
Ans: (d)


Q2. Who has NOT propounded the trait theory of personality?
(a) Paul Costa & Robert Mc Care
(b) Ramond Cattell
(c) Hans Eysenck
(d) Gordon Allport
Ans: (**)


Q3. Which personality test is valid for clinical diagnosis?
(a) MMPI (b) 16 PF
(c) EPPS (d) TAT (Exam Date : 24.07.2022)
Ans: (a)


Q4. Which intelligence theory was proposed by Robert J. Sternberg?
(a) Two factor theory (b) Multifactor theory
(c) Triarchic theory (d) Hierarchical theory
Ans: (c)


Q5. Which of the following is a performance test of intelligence?
(a) Jalota General Intelligence test
(b) Bhatia Battery
(c) Army alpha test
(d) Draw A man test
Ans: (b)


Q6. Which of the following concept is NOT true for the nature of individual differences?
(a) Normal Probability
(b) Learning similarity
(c) Variability
(d) Interrelationship of traits
Ans: (b)


Q7. Which measure is NOT relevant for the education of gifted children?
(a) Enrichment of Curriculum
(b) Remedial teaching
(c) Grade acceleration
(d) Special classes
Ans: (b)


Q8. Which disorder is a type of learning disability?
(a) Cretinism (b) ADHD
(c) Dyslexia (d) Autism
Ans: (c)


Q9. Which element of maladjustment is specifically related to decision making?
(a) Stress (b) Frustration
(c) Anxiety (d) Conflict
Ans: (d)


Q10. According to J.P. Guilford, which is NOT the characteristic of creative children?
(a) Empathy in thinking
(b) Multiple solutions to a problem
(c) Flexibility in thinking
(d) Originality in thinking
Ans: (a)


Q11. Trisomy-21 is termed as
(a) Klinefelter’s syndrome
(b) Sickle cell disease
(c) Turner’s syndrome
(d) Down syndrome
Ans: (d)


Q12. Which of the following is NOT a part of Thorndike’s laws of learning?
(a) Law of readiness (b) Law of association
(c) Law of exercise (d) Law of effect
Ans: (b)


Q13. Which of the following is a psychological factor influencing classroom learning?
(a) Health, age and gender
(b) Level of maturity
(c) Motivational and emotional state
(d) Meaningfulness of the contents
Ans: (c)


Q14. Insight theory of learning was propounded by whom?
(a) Wolfgang Kohler (b) Jerome Bruner
(c) Martin Seligman (d) Erik Erikson
Ans: (a)


Q15. Which is the final step of problem solving approach of learning?
(a) Following logical sequence
(b) Knowledge of concepts and principles
(c) Verification of performance
(d) Demonstration of activity
Ans: (c)


Q16. Use of defense mechanisms as a strategy for adjustment was originally introduced by whom?
(a) Abraham Maslow (b) Sigmund Freud
(c) Carl Rogers (d) jean Piaget
Ans: (b)


Q17. Which of the following is an example of extrinsic motivation?
(a) Need for achievement
(b) anxiety
(c) Level of aspiration
(d) Reward
Ans: (d)


Q18. Which of the following is NOT a type of teaching according to stages of teaching?
(a) Understanding stage
(b) Demonstration stage
(c) Memory stage
(d) Reflection stage
Ans: (b)


Q19. which teaching-leaching-method was introduced by Dwight W. Allen?
(a) Micro teaching (b) Team teaching
(c) Brain storming (d) Interactive teaching
Ans: (a)


Q20. Which are the three important components of motivational cycle?
(a) Learning, reward and satisfaction
(b) Need, drive and incentive
(c) Motive, goal and feedback
(d) Achievement, approval and affiliation
Ans: (b)


Q21. Main objective of action research is_____.
(a) Activity (b) Diagnostic
(c) Descriptive (d) Transformative
Ans: (b)


Q22. Which of the following is NOT true for the construction of achievement test ?
(a) Reliability (b) Evaluation
(c) Validity (d) Objectivity
Ans: (b)


Q23. National Curriculum Framework was introduced in which year?
(a) 2001 (b) 2005
(c) 2004 (d) 2008
Ans: (b)


Q24. Which assessment type is NOT related to teaching-learning process?
(a) Achievement (b) Continuous
(c) Clinical (d) Remedial
Ans: (*)


Q25. Which concept is NOT related to Jean Piaget’s Theory cognitive Development?
(a) Schema (b) Acquisition
(c) Assimilation (d) Accommodation
Ans: (b)


Q26. Pair of genes that occupy a specific location on a particular chromosome and control the same trait is termed as_____.
(a) Karyotype (b) RNA
(c) Allele (d) Autosomes
Ans: (c)


Q27. Which of the following is NOT a stage of psychosexual development propounded by Sigmund Freud?
(a) Phallic stage
(b) Anal stage
(c) Oedipus complex stage
(d) Latency stage
Ans: (c)


Q28. Dyslexia is :
(a) Difficulty in reading skills
(b) Difficulty in understanding maths
(c) Difficulty in writing spelling
(d) Difficulty in competing
Ans: (a)


Q29. Formula of IQ is: (a) MA 100 CA × (b) CA 100 MA ×
(c) CA 100 MA ×
(d) MA 100 BA ×

Ans: (a)


Q30.
3. Assimilation is:
(a) Current schema to interpret the external world
(b) Process of changing to better
(c) Adapting to internal world
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)


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