Child Development and Pedagogy Questions Set

Q1. Kohler is associated with which of the following?
(a) Theory of Motivation
(b) Theory of learning
(c) Theory of Personality
(d) Theory of Development
Ans: (b)


Q2. According to McDougall the number of instincts are
(a) 15 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 14
Ans: (d)


Q3. Brainstorming Model of Teaching is used to improve which of the following?
(a) Understanding (b) Problem solving
(c) Creativity (d) Application
Ans: (c)


Q4. ‘Dog’ was the experimented in whose experiment?
(a) Skinner (b) Kohler
(c) Thorndike (d) Pavlov
Ans: (d)


Q5. Originality, flexibility and flow are the components of which of the following?
(a) Intelligence (b) Motivation
(c) Personality (d) Creativity
Ans: (d)


Q6. Combat is
(a) Instinct (b) Thinking
(c) Imagination (d) Emotion
Ans: (a)


Q7. Factors affecting the social development of children are
(a) Economic elements
(b) Hereditary elements
(c) Physical elements
(d) Social environmental elements
Ans: (d)


Q8. Which of the following is a primary law of Physical Development?
(a) Law of difference from mental development
(b) Law of relation from imagination and emotional development
(c) Law of rapid growth
(d) Law of irregular development
Ans: (c)


Q9. Which of the following is not the theory of development?
(a) Theory of Conditioned Reflex
(b) Theory of Uniform Pattern
(c) Theory of Interrelation
(d) Theory of Continuous Growth
Ans: (a)


Q10. “Development results in new Characteristics and new abilities” this statement is given by
(a) Gessell (b) Douglas and Holland
(c) Meredith (d) Hurlock
Ans: (d)


Q11. Giving meaning to sensation on the basis of past experience is called
(a) Imagination (b) Thinking
(c) Memory (d) Perception
Ans: (d)


Q12. Who was propounded the law of trial and error of learning?
(a) Kohler (b) Gestalt
(c) Thorndike (d) Pavlov
Ans: (c)


Q13. I.Q. Level of average intelligence children will be between
(a) 70 – 79 (b) 110 – 114
(c) 90 – 109 (d) 80 – 89
Ans: (c)


Q14. Who among the following has proposed fluid Mosaic Model of Intelligence?
(a) Cattell (b) Skinner
(c) Vernon (d) Thorndike
Ans: (a)


Q15. Operant Conditioning there is propounded by
(a) Hull (b) Skinner
(c) Hegarty (d) Thorndike
Ans: (b)


Q16. Blue print is an important component of which of the following?
(a) Test Construction (b) Test scoring
(c) Test administration (d) Test validation
Ans: (a)


Q17. Pre-operational stage is the stage of development proposed by
(a) Bruner (b) Skinner
(c) Kohler (d) Piaget
Ans: (d)


Q18. M.P.P.I. is a test used to measure which of the following?
(a) Personality (b) Creativity
(c) Achievement (d) Intelligence
Ans: (a)


Q19. Which of the following is most essential for learning?
(a) Motivation (b) Guidance
(c) Maturation (d) Interest
Ans: (c)


Q20. The period of infancy hood is
(a) From 12 years to 18 years
(b) Up to 15 years
(c) From birth to 6 years
(d) From birth to 2 years
Ans: (d)


Q21. Through his experiment Kohler wanted to prove that learning is
(a) The perception of whole situation
(b) Human learning is purposeful
(c) Better in animals than human beings
(d) An independent activity
Ans: (a)


Q22. Who propounded ‘Five Step’ of lesson planning?
(a) John Dewey (b) Bloom
(c) kilpatrick (d) Herbart
Ans: (d)


Q23. Who described different types of personality based on glands from the following?
(a) Kreshmer (b) Sprangar
(c) Cannon (d) Jung
Ans: (c)


Q24. ‘Creativity is a mental process to express the original outcomes’ – the statement is of
(a) Cole and Bruce (b) Crow and Crow
(c) Dehan (d) Drevahal
Ans: (b)


Q25. According to B.F. Skinner language development in children takes place
(a) As an outcome of inborn capability
(b) As an outcome of training in grammar
(c) As an outcome of imitation an reinforcement
(d) As an outcome of maturity
Ans: (c)


Q26. Instincts are classified in fourteen types by
(a) Drever (b) Woodworth
(c) Thorndike (d) McDougall
Ans: (d)


Q27. ‘Attention is the concentration consciousness upon one object rather than upon another’ this statement is related to
(a) Dumvile (b) Mc Dougall
(c) Munn (d) Ross
Ans: (a)


Q28. Whose name is associated with ‘Father of the Eugenics’ from the following?
(a) Crow and Crow (b) Woodworth
(c) Ross (d) Galton
Ans: (d)


Q29. Which test is propounded by Dr. S. Jalota in Hindi for the children of 12 to 16 years?
(a) Non-verbal Intelligence Test
(b) Picture Drawing Test
(c) Army Alfa Test
(d) General Mental Ability Test
Ans: (d)


Q30. Who propounded the “Two Factor Theory’ of intelligence?
(a) Thorndike (b) Stern
(c) Vernon (d) Spearman
Ans: (d)


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