Saturday 17 August 2013

Child Development And Pedagogy-14

1. A developmental perspective involves concern with changes occurring over time in:
a. Form
b. Rate
c. Sequence
d. all of these

2. The thinking process involved in producing an idea or concept that is new, original and useful is termed          as:
a. Creativity
b. Innovation
c. Intelligence
d. Synectics

3. The transmission of traits from parents to off-springs is called:
a. Environment
b. Genes
c. heredity
d. homeostasis

4. Which of the following theories identifies four stages of child’s intellectual development (sensorymotor,            pre-operational, concrete operational & formal operational)?
a. Erickson’s theory of Psycho-social development
b. Freud’s theory of Psycho-sexual development
c. Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
d. Kohlberg’s theory of moral development

5. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of integrating student-centred learning into the curriculum?
a. strengthens student motivation
b. promotes peer communication
c. builds student-teacher relationships
d. hinders discovery/active learning

6. Which one of theories of intelligence advocates the presence of general intelligence ‘g’ and specific                intelligence ‘s’?
a. Anarchic theory
b. Guilford’s theory of intellect
c. Spearman’s two factor theory
d. Vernon’s hierarchical theory

7. Images, concepts, symbols & signs, language, muscle activities and brain functions are involved in:
a. Adaptation
b. motor development
c. problem solving
d. thinking process

8. Which of the following is NOT an element of learning event?
a. Learner
b. internal conditions
c. stimulus
d. teacher

9. Which one of the following theories view that behavior could be shaped through successive approximation and reinforcement of responses more nearly approaching desired behavior?
a. classical conditioning
b. instrumental conditioning
c. operant conditioning
d. social learning

10. A process by which a parent assumes that his child’s traits are all positive because one trait is positive is         termed as:
a. halo effect
b. hawthorne effect
c. law of effect
d. reverse hallo effect


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