Most important Child Development and Pedagogy question answers

HTET Question Papers

21. The long-term memory for ‘how to do things ‘is known as

(A) Procedural memory*

(B) Episodic memory

(C) Immediate memory
(D) Sensory memory

 

22. The triarchic theory of successful intelligence was given by:

(A)Spearman
(B) Binet
(C) Thorndike
(D) Sternberg

 

23. The law which is not a part of Gestalt views of learning is

(A)Law of similarity

(B) Law of proximity

(C) Law of closure

(D) Law of use

 

24. After occurrence of a desirable behaviour, the teacher says ‘very good’ to the child. She has used

(A) Primary reinforcer
(B) Secondary reinforcer
(C) Negative reinforcement
(D) None of these

 

25. According to Ecological System Theory which system includes ‘Values’?

(A)Macro system
(B) Meso system
(C) Exo system
(D) Micro system

 

26. Using our current ‘schemes’ to interpret the external world is known as:

(A)Assimilation

(B) Organizer

(C) Accommodation

(D) None of the above

 

27. Which of the following is not a example of acquired motive?

(A) Attitude

(B) Hunger

(C) Interest

(D) Curiosity

 

28. Which of the following is an example of Developmental Disorder?

(A) Blindness

(B) Intellectual disability

(C) Hearing impairment

(D) Leprosy

 

29. Which part of the brain supports grammatical processing and language production?

(A) Broca’s area

(B) Frontal lobe

(C) Occipital lobe

(D) Perietal lobe

 

30. Programmed learning is based on the work of ………..

(A) Skinner

(B) Bandura

(C) Piaget

(D) Pavlov

 

31. Which of the following theory assumes that Child Development is not a continuous process?

(A) Cognitive Development theory of Piaget

(B) Behaviourism

(C) Social learning theory

(D) Ecological System theory

 

32. ‘Dyscalculia’ is a type of

(A)Locomotor Disability
(B) Learning Disability
(C) Intellectual Disability
(D) Visual Impairment

 

33. Which of the following is not true about Children’s play

(A)The number of play activities decreases with increasing age

(B) Play becomes increasingly social with increasing rate

(C) The number of playmates increases with increasing rate

(D) Play becomes increasingly sex-appropriate with increasing rate

 

34. During the development period of foetus head is well developed before his legs. This best describes which of the following tendency of development?

(A) Proximo-distal

(B) Cephalo-Caudal

(C) Uniformity

(D) Integration

 

35. Knowing ‘how to ride a bicycle’ is an example of

(A) Procedural Knowledge

(B) Declarative Knowledge

(C) Explicit Knowledge

(D) None of the above

 

36. The seat belt buzzer of a car, stops as soon as the driver put on the seat belt. It is an example of

(A) Positive Reinforcement
(B) Negative Reinforcement
(C) Positive Punishment
(D) Negative Punishment

 

37. The statement ‘Personality is nothing but a set of learned responses’, best describes which of the following view about personality?

(A) Behaviourism view

(B) Structuralist view

(C) Functionalist view

(D) Cognitivist View

 

38. Presentation of an unpleasant stimulus to decrease the occurrence of a response is known as

(A) Punishment

(B) Negative Reinforcement

(C) Positive Reinforcement

(D) Motivator

 

39. Which of the following is not true about dramatic play?

(A) It is a form of active play

(B) It is known as make believe play

(C) It involves overt behaviour

(D) It is always reproductive

 

40. If a child is sharing with you what he did after he got up in the morning, he is using his

(A) Episodic memory

(B) Sensory memory

(C) Procedural memory

(D) Semantic memory