Principles Of Child Development MCQ
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01 Which one of the following is the true statement corresponding to Cephalocaudal Principle of child’s development?
- Development is from head to foot
- Development is from foot to head
- Development is from middle to periphery
- None of the above
Option 1 – Development is from head to foot
02 On the basis of child psychology, which statement is appropriate?
- All the children are homogeneous
- Some children are homogeneous
- Some children are unique
- Every child is unique
Option 4 – Every child is unique
03 The central focus of child psychology is
- good teacher
- child
- teaching process
- school
Option 2 – child
04 Which of the following is external factor of development?
- Economic condition
- Social condition
- Life experiences
- All of the above
Option 4 – All of the above
05 Why is it important for a teacher to know all the aspects of child development?
- To understand and solve the problems of students
- To apply appropriate teaching methodology
- To develop proper learning environment for the students
- All of the above
Option 5 – All of the above
06 ” Development is a sequential and slow process “, which among the following thinkers is associated with this thought?
- Maslow
- Skinner
- Aristotle
- Lovosky
Option 2 – Skinner
07 ” Development is a never ending process ” ……… with which principle of child development can this thought be associated?
- Development is corelated
- Development is continuous
- Development follows a pattern
- Development involves change
Option 2 – Development is continuous
- Development proceeds from head to toe
- Development proceeds stage by stage
- Development proceeds at different pace for people
- Development proceeds from general to specific
Option 3 – Development proceeds at different pace for people
09 Sita has learned to eat rice and dal with her hand by seeing another girl doing the same. Which principle of development is it associated with?
- Development takes place by learning
- Early development is more important than later development
- Development follows a pattern
- Development of individually
Option 1 – Development takes place by learning
10 At lower classes, play-way method of teaching is based on
- theory of physical education programmes
- principles of methods of teaching
- psychological principles of development and growth
- sociological principles of teaching
Option 3 – psychological principles of development and growth
11 Which of the following is a principle of development?
- All process of development are not inter-connected
- It does not proceed at the same pace for all
- Development is always linear
- It is a discontinuous process
Option 2 – It does not proceed at the same pace for all
12 A child coming to pre-school for the first time cries profusely. After 2 years when the same child goes to the primary school for the first time, he does not express his tension by crying rather his shoulder and neck muscles become tense. This change in his behaviour can be explained on the basis of which of the following principles?
- Development proceeds in a sequential manner
- Development is gradual
- Development is different, in different people
- Development is characterised by differentiation and integration
Option 4 – Development is characterised by differentiation and integration
13 Which one of the following is not the principle of child devlopment?
- All areas of development are important
- All development results from an interaction of maturation and experience
- All development and learning proceed at an equal rate
- All development follows a sequence
Option 3 – All development and learning proceed at an equal rate
14 Development proceeds from ……. to ……
- complex, hard
- specific, general
- simple, easy
- general, specific
Option 4 – general, specific
15 The Cephalocudal Principle of development explains how development proceeds from
- differentiated to integrated functions
- head to toe
- rural to urban areas
- general to specific functions
Option 2 – head to toe
- Principle of continuity
- Principle of classification
- Principle of integration
- Principle of individuality
Option 2 – Principle of classification
17 Scope of child psychology is
- study the characteristics of infancy stage only
- study the characteristics of conception period only
- study the characteristics of childhood only
- study the characteristics from conception to adolescence
Option 4 – study the characteristics from conception to adolescence
18 In child development
- emphasis is on process
- emphasis is on the role of environment and experience
- it is study from conception to adolescence
- All of the above
Option 4 – All of the above
19 Which of the following is a principle of development? ( Principles Of Child Development MCQ )
- It is a discontinuous process
- All processes of development are not inter-connected
- It does not proceed at the same pace for all
- Development is always linear
Option 3 – It does not proceed at the same pace for all
- Principle of modifiability
- Principle of definite and predictable pattern
- Principle of individuality
- Principle of uniform pattern
Option 3 – Principle of individuality
- Principle of uniformity and pattern
- Principle of social understanding
- Principle of continuity
- Principle of inter-relation
Option 2 – Principle of social understanding
22 Understanding the principles of development of a child helps a teacher in
- effectively catering to the different learning styles of learners
- identifying the social status of learners
- identifying the economic background of the learners
- rationalising why the learners ought to be taught
Option 1 – effectively catering to the different learning styles of learners
23 Scope of study of child development is
- study of different stages of child development
- study of effects of environment on child development
- study of individual differences
- All of the above
Option 4 – All of the above
24 Which of the following is an internal factor of child development?
- Intelligence
- Physical ability
- Heredity factor
- All of these
Option 4 – All of these
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