Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 18

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Q1.  According to Piaget, children's thinking differs in .... from adults than in .....

• amount, kind
•  size, correctness
•  kind, amount
•  size, type

Solution
kind, amount

Q2. Which one of the following is an example of scaffolding?

•  Giving prompts and cues and asking questions at critical junctures
•  Giving motivational lectures to students
•  Offering explanations without encouraging questioning
•  Offering both material and non-material rewards

Solution
Giving prompts and cues and asking questions at critical junctures

Q3.  Which one of the following is a good example of 'scaffolding' (learning of a problem-solving task till the student is able to do it by herself)? 

•  Providing a half-solved example
•  Telling her she cannot go home till she solves the problem
•  Offering a reward for solving the problem quickly
• Telling her that she can do it by trying again and again

Solution
Providing a half-solved example
.

Q4. According to Piaget, which one of the following factors plays an important role in influencing development?

•  Experience with physical world
•  Imitation
•  Reinforcement
•  Language

Solution
Experience with physical world

Q5. The cognitive ability that comes in pre-operational period is

•  ability of goal-directed behaviour
•  ability to take other's perspective
•  hypothetico-deductive thinking
•  ability for abstract thinking

Solution
ability of goal-directed behaviour

Q6. Which one of the following is a correctly matched pair?

•  Good boy and : One earns approval by being good girl nice orientation
•  Law and order : Ethical principles are orientation self-chosen on the basis of the value of human rights
•  Social contract : Physical consequences of an orientation action determine whether it is good or bad
•  Punishment ; Laws are not fixed, but can be and obedience changed for the good of society orientation

Solution
Good boy and : One earns approval by being good girl nice orientation

Q7. The concept of 'private speech' of children as proposed by Vygotsky

•  shows that children love themselves
•  illustrates that children use speech to guide their own actions
•  shows that children are stupid and thus need guidance of adults
•  illustrates that children are egocentric

Solution
illustrates that children use speech to guide their own actions

Q8. According to Vygotsky, learning cannot be separated from

•  reinforcement
• a measurable change in behaviour
• perception and attentional processes
•  its social context

Solution
its social context

Q9. Which stage of Piget's theory of cognitive development is characterised by abstract logic and mature moral reasoning?

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

Solution
Formal operational stage

Q10. According to Kohlberg, at which level morality is externally controlled? 

•  Pre-conventional level
•  Conventional level
•  Post-conventional level
•  None of the above

Solution
Pre-conventional level