Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 12

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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.   The stage in which a child begin to think logically about objects and events is known as

•  sensorimotor stage
•  formal operational stage
•  pre-operational stage
•  concrete operational stage

Solution
concrete operational stage

Q2.   Four distinct stages of children's intellectual development are identified by (CTET June 2011)

•  Kohlberg
•  Erikson
•  Skinner
•  Piaget

Solution
Piaget

Q3.  According to Piaget, during the first stage of development (birth to about 2 years age), a child learns best

•  by comprehending neutral words
•  by thinking in an abstract fashion
•  by applying newly acquired knowledge of language
•  by using the senses

Solution
by using the senses

Q4.  Which of the following theories identifies four stages of child's intellectual development (sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational)?

•  Erickson's theory of Psycho-social development
•  Freud's theory of Psycho-sexual development
•  Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development
•  Kohlberg's theory of moral development

Solution
Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development

Q5.  “A child can think logically about objects and events”. This is the characteristic given by Piaget of stage .

•  sensorimotor
•  pre-operational
•  concrete operational
•  formal operational

Solution
concrete operational

Q6.  Vygotsky proposed that child development is

•  due to genetic components of a culture
•  a product of social interaction
•  a product of formal education
•  a product of assimilation and accommodation

Solution
a product of assimilation and accommodation

Q7.  According to Piaget's cognitive theory of learning, the process by which the cognitive structure is modified is called 

•  Perception
•  Accommodation
•  Assimilation
•  Schema

Solution
Accommodation

Q8.   According to Kohlberg, thinking process involved in judgements about questions of right and wrong is called 

•  morality co-operation
•  moral reasoning
•  moral realism
•  moral dilemma

Solution
moral reasoning

Q9.  The stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays 'object permanence' is 

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

Solution
Sensorimotor stage

Q10. Vygotsky emphasised the significance of the role played by which of the following factors in the learning of children?

•  Social
•  Hereditary
•  Moral
•  Physical

Solution
Social