Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 17

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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.  According to Piaget, a child between 2 to 7 years in the ..... stage of cognitive development. 

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

Solution
pre-operational

Q2.The process of changing the existinç, schemas to include new information is called

• Assimilation
•  Accommodation
•  Egocentrism
•  Adaptation

Solution
Assimilation

Q3.  What term/ phrase does Piaget use for "mental structures which are the building blocks of thinking?

•  Gene
•  Maturation blocks
•  Schemas
•  Zones of development

Solution
 Schemas
.

Q4. According to Vygotsky, why do children speak to themselves? 

•  Children use their speech to attract the attention of adults to them
•  Children are very talkative by nature
•  Children are egocentric
•  Children use speech to guide their actions

Solution
Children use speech to guide their actions

Q5.  Development of the capacity for abstract scientific thinking is a characteristic of 

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

Solution
formal operational stage

Q6. A child reasons "You do this for me and I, II do that for you.” In which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning would this child fall?

•  The 'good boy-good girl' orientation
•  The social-contract orientation
•  The instrumental purpose orientation
•  The punishment and obedience orientation

Solution
The 'good boy-good girl' orientation

Q7.According to Vygotsky, children learn 

•  when reinforcement is offered
•  by maturation
•  by imitation
•  by interacting with adults and peers

Solution
by interacting with adults and peers

Q8. Kohlberg has given

•  the stages of cognitive development
•  the stages of physical development
•  the stages of emotional development
•  the stages of moral development

Solution
the stages of moral development

Q9. ...... views children as active builders of knowledge and little scientists who construct their own theories of the world.

•  Skinner
•  Pavlov
•  Jung
•  Piaget

Solution
Piaget

Q10. Which one of the following is a correctly matched pair?

•  Concrete operational child: Is able to conserve and classify
•  Formal operational child: Imitation begins, imaginary play
•  Infancy: Applies logic and is able to infer
•  Pre-operational child: Deductive thought

Solution
Concrete operational child: Is able to conserve and classify