Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 10

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CTET Child Development and Pedagogy is an important subject in CTET & other TET Exam. In any of teaching exam, CDP carries weightage of 30-40 %  of questions, with focused practice good marks can be fetched from this section. These questions are very important in achieving your success in CTET and Other TET Exams.

Q1. Adapting one's current understanding incorporate schemes is called as

•  accommodation
•  assimilation
•  schema
•  script

Solution
accommodation

Q2.  Piaget called the period of infancy as the

•  Formal operational stage
•  Pre-operational stage
•  Concrete operational stage
•  Sensorimotor stage

Solution
Sensorimotor stage

Q3. Considering Piaget's cognitive development theory, accommodation can best be described as

•  establishing a match between the present cognitive structures and the arising needs of environment
•  establishing a balance between the previous and new cognition
•  arranging the perceptual and cognitive knowledge into meaningful patterns
•   bringing the required adjustments to the new ways of behaving and thinking by modifying present cognitive structure 

Solution
bringing the required adjustments to the new ways of behaving and thinking by modifying present cognitive structure 

Q4. Kohlberg's pre-moral level is

•  controlling of child's morality by the fear of punishment
•  controlling of child's morality with a view to synchronising the previous cognition with the current cognition
•  enabling the child understand the different aspects of morality
•  None of the above

Solution
controlling of child's morality by the fear of punishment

Q5. The optimal definition of conservation according to Piaget is

•  to save the natural resources that are readily available to be used
•  to save the intangible resources like emotion, psyche in its natural form
•  to realise objects to be same even when they are turned around or made to look different
•  None of the above

Solution
to realise objects to be same even when they are turned around or made to look different

Q6. Which of the following is not stated in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

•  Children go through a series of stages of development
•  Children acquire new skills in these development stages that are without limits to what they can learn
•  All of the above
•  None of the above

Solution
None of the above

Q7. Learning in the zone of proximal development is possible when

•  the learner doesn't require any help from anybody
•  the task is difficult to be done by the learner alone
•  the learner has attained the necessary skills
•  teachers and parents don't interfere in the learning process

Solutionhe
the task is difficult to be done by the learner alone

Q8.  Which one of the following is not a part of a stage proposed by Kohlberg in his theory of Moral Development?

•  Self-interest and reward
•  Relationships with others
•  Social contract and social rights
•  Following universal ethical principles

Solution
Social contract and social rights

Q9.   Consider the given statement(s) about Kohlberg's moral development level
I. The fear of being punished for a wrong deed and trying to reverse it secretly is pre-conventional level.
II.Following the established code of conduct or norms by the children is post-conventional level
Which one is a wrong assumption?

•   Only I
•  Only II
•  Both I and II are wrong
•  Neither I nor II is wrong

Solution
Neither I nor II is wrong

Q10. Which of the given statements supports the best way a teacher can instill moral values in children?

•  Involve children in the discussions on moral issues
•  Subject children to religious teaching and preaching
•  Leave the children to learn on their own about moral behaviour
•  Impose strict rules and regulations for moral teaching

Solution
Involve children in the discussions on moral issues