1. A Person believes that nurture strongly influences the development of his child. He would not agree with the importance of:
(a) Genetic factors, (b) Exposure to peers, (c) The types of toys at home, (d) The warmth displayed by the parents.
2. If student is too shy to participate in the class, you will
(a) Not ask questions from him, (b) Ask only those questions from him whose answers can be given by him, (c) Not ask those questions from him whose answers are beyond his means and due to which, he may become objects of ridicule in the class
(d) Ask questions from him only when he is keen to answer them
3. How will you bring a hyperactive child (who is always keen to break articles) on the right path?
(a) Make him sit in front of the class and keep a strict vigil on him, (b) Allocate a seat for him in a corner of the class
(c) Give him tasks of watering trees, cleaning the blackboard, making toys of clay etc. (according to his tastes/ aptitude)
(d) None of above
4. Knowledge of child psychology is a must for a primary teacher. That is because
(a) It helps in making children disciplined, (b) The examination result is improved, (c) It becomes a convenient mode for motivating children, (d) It helps the teacher in understanding the behavior of children
5. The current movement of behavior modification, wherein tokens are awarded for correct responses, is a reflection of:
(a) Herbart’s Five Steps, (b) Lock’s Tabula rasa, (c) Thorndike’s Law of Effect, (d) Thorndike’s Law of Exercise
6. A major strength of ecological theory is its framework for explaining
(a) Environmental influences on development. (b) Biological influences on development.
(c) Cognitive development., (d) Affective processes in development.
7. All of the following advanced principles of child development that are closely allied to the stimulus response learning theory, except
(a) Pavilov , (b) J B Waston, , (c) Hull, (d)C Gesell
8. The process whereby the genetic factors limit an individual's responsiveness to the environment is known as
(a) Canalization. (b) Discontinuity. (c) Differentiation. (d) Range of reaction.
9. In order to develop the spirit of labour in students
(a) The teacher himself should indulge in labour (b) The teacher should deliver lectures on the importance of labour
(c) Students should be given opportunities to do labour from time to time
(d) Students should be given examples of laboring people
10. A child has been admitted to your school who belongs to a back ward family/background from the cultural viewpoint. You will
(a) Keep him in a class in which, there are many more students of backward background from the cultural viewpoint
(b) Send a teacher to know more about the backward cultural background of the child
(c) Keep him in a normal class but will make special arrangements for teaching him, keeping his special needs in view
(d) Advise him to take up vocational education
11. All of the following can be signs that a child is gifted, except
(a) Early development of a sense of time , (b) Interest in encyclopaedias and dictionaries
(c) Uneasy relationships with peers. (d) Easy retention of facts
12. If heredity is an important determinant of a specific behaviour, what prediction can we make about expression of the behaviour in identical twins reared apart compared to its expression in fraternal twins reared apart?
(a) Fraternal twins will express the behaviour more similarly than identical twins.
(b) There will be little similarity in the expression of the behaviour in either set of twins.
(c) Identical twins will express the behaviour more similarly than fraternal twins.
(d) The behaviour will be expressed as similarly by identical twins as it is by fraternal twins.
13. Frobel’s most important contribution to education was his development of the
(a) Vocational school , (b) Public high school, (c) Kindergarten, (d) Latin School
14. Of the following, the main purpose of state certification of teachers is to
(a) Monitor the quality of teacher training institutions, (b) Provide for a uniform standard of entry-level teacher competency throughout the state, (c) Exclude from the profession those not trained in pedagogy, (d) Exclude from the profession those who are mentally unhealthy
15. The key difference between evolutionary and cultural change is that evolutionary change alters ____whereas cultural change alters _____.
(a) Reproduction; environment, (b) Heredity; environment, (c) Environment; behavior (d) Development; learning
16. Sarita hit her younger brother and was placed in time-out by their mother. Sarita's hitting behaviour subsequently dramatically decreased. Which of the following theories would best explain the above observation?
(a) Freudian Theory, (b) Piagetian Theory, (c) Operant Conditioning, (d) Systems Theory
17. All of the following are true about phobias, except that
(a) They are generated by an early emotional experience, (b) The sufferer cannot the impulse to avoid them, (c) The sufferer will resort to reckless activities to conceal them, (d) Acrophobia is a fear of open places agoraphobia is a fear of high places
18. The ecological perspective of development emphasizes
(a) A series of sequential stages., (b) The role of heredity in development., (c) The role of learning in development
(d) The context in which development occurs.
19. When a pupil’s misbehavior persists even through the teacher punishes the child for each infraction, the teacher is probably practicing a policy of
(a) Retribution, (b) Corporal punishment, (c) Negative reinforcement, (d) Sarcasm
20. One of the strong points of behaviour theory is its
(a) Belief that cognitive processes are irrelevant for understanding development.
(b) Emphasis on the relationship between environmental stimuli and children's behaviour.
(c) Emphasis on reducing children's behaviour to fine-grained elements.
(d) Emphasis on the role of information processing as a mediator between behaviour and environment.
21. Special Education is related to
(a) Adult education programmes, (b) Educational programmes for the disabled
(c) Educational programmes for talented students, (d) Teachers training programmes
22. It is said that the teacher should be resourceful. This means that
(a) He should have enough money and property so that he may not have to take up tuitions
(b) He should have contacts in the highest echelons of power so that he may not be harmed
(c) He should have adequate knowledge base so that he may be able to solve the problems of his students
(d) He should have good reputation among students so that the authorities of the school may not be able to take any punitive measure against him
23. You have been told to accommodate two mentally retarded children in your class. You will
(a) Refuse to accept them as your students
(b) Tell the Principal to accommodate them in another class that is exclusively meant for mentally retarded children
(c) Learn techniques to teach such students and accept them as a part of your class
(d) None of These
24. Saurabh and Suresh have the same mental age 8-0. We can conclude that
(a) They have the same potential for success in school., (b) They have the same IQ
(c) Their interests are similar, (d) Their ability to learn may be quite different
25. Children’s attitudes toward persons of different ethnic groups are generally based upon
(a) Their parent’s attitudes, (b) The attitudes of their peer, (c) The influence of television, (d) Their sibling’ attitudes
Q26. You find a student to be intelligent. You will
(a) Remain pleased with him
(b) Not give him additional homework
(c) Motivate him so that he can make more progress
(d) Inform his parents about the fact that he is intelligent
Q27. If some students are not in a mood to study in the class, you will
(a) Force them to study, (b) Tell those students to leave the class and enjoy
(c) Warn them that they must study else you will report the matter to the Principal
(d) Tell them some interesting things related to their interests or your own subject
Q28. Child development is defined as a field of study that
(a) Examines change in human abilities. (b) Seeks to explain behaviour across the life span.
(c) Compares children to adults to senior citizens.
(d) Accounts for the gradual evolution of the child's cognitive, social, and other capacities.
Q29. The term ‘identical elements’ is closely associated with:
(a) Group instruction, (b) Transfer of learning, (c) Jealousy between twins, (d) Similar test questions
Q30. Organismic theories of development hold that
(a) Psychological structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
(b) Physical structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
(c) Passively developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
(d) Slowly developed structures and processes within the child help determine his/her development.
Answers: 1. A, 2. D, 3. C, 4 D, 5. C, 6.A, 7. D, 8. D, 9. C, 10. C, 11. C, 12. C, 13. C, 14. B , 15. B
16. C, 17. D, 18. D, 19. C, 20. B, 21. B, 22. C, 23. C, 24. D, 25. A, 26.C, 27. D, 28. D, 29. B, 30. A.
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