Most important Child Development and Pedagogy question answers

HTET Question Papers

141. Who stated that “An individual is intelligent in proportion as he is able to carry on abstract thinking”?

(A) Terman

(B) Dearborn

(C) Buckingham

(D) Calvin

 

142. What is the process of releasing the hidden emotional suffocation and powers inside the children called?

(A) Emotional stability

(B) Emotional sensitivity

(C) Emotional catharsis

(D) Emotional competency

 

143. Out of the following which one activity is not suitable for satisfying the instincts curiosity?

(A) Awarding positions in the class or school

(B) Answering the questions of the students

(C) Problem solving

(D) Discussion in class

 

144. How many cards prescribed in Rorschach Ink Block Test?

(A) 12

(B) 10 

(C) 30

(D) 31

 

145. Who is known as father of Educational Psychology?

(A) E. L. Thorndike

(B) Pestalozzi

(C) Herbart

(D) Froebel

 

146. Who invented sociometric technique?

(A) J. E. Anderson

(B) J. L. Moreno 

(C) E. B. Hurlock

(D) G. S. Marmor

 

147. Which is the fourth stage of psychosocial development of an individual according to Erikson?

(A) Intimacy v/s isolation

(B) Identity v/s role confusion

(C) Industry v/s inferiority 

(D) Generativity v/s stagnation

 

148. According to ‘Ross’, which stage of development is known as ‘Pseudo Maturity’ stage?

(A) Infancy

(B) Childhood 

(C) Adolescence

(D) Adulthood

 

149. When a person tried to make his/her thoughts and action according to other whom he like to follow, then this kind of activity called which type of defence mechanism?

(A) Identification 

(B) Projection

(C) Rationalisation  

(D) Displacement

 

150. Which one of the following is not the common speech disorder of childhood?

(A) Depletion of Energy 

(B) Lisping

(C) Slurring

(D) Stuttering

 

151. Who propounded the ‘Need Hierarchy Theory’ of Motivation?

(A) Hull

(B) Maslow 

(C) Atkinson

(D) Thomson

 

152. Which of the following is not a projective technique of personality assessment?

(A) Word-association

(B) Sentence completion

(C) Expressive movement

(D) Sociometry

 

153. Which of the following is not an extrinsic motive?

(A) Competing in sport for trophy

(B) Doing job for salary

(C) Doing social service for self-satisfaction 

(D) Buy one get one free

 

154. Thematic Apperception Test is used to measure the ………..of students.

(A) Intelligence

(B) Aptitude

(C) Attitude

(D) Personality

 

155. Which of the following statement is not correct with reference to adjustment?

(A) It creates imbalance. 

(B) It motivates to change the life as per the demand of the situation.

(C) It gives ability to bring desirable changes in the conditions of environment.

(D) In the absence of adjustment, one is surrounded by tension and anxiety

 

156. According to Piaget’s cognitive development theory, the ‘ability of reversibility’ develops during which developmental stage?

(A) Sensory motor

(B) Pre-operational

(C) Concrete-operational 

(D) Formal-operational

 

157. Which of the following match is not correct? Erikson’s Stages of Psycho-social Development Serial Number of Stages

(A) Initiative Vs Guilt

(B) Identity Vs Role Confusion

(C) Autonomy Vs Shame and Doubt 

(D) Industry Vs Inferiority & Stage 3 & Stage 5 & Stage 1 & Stage 4

 

158. Which of the following elements is not related to Skinner’s operant conditioning theory?

(A) Extinction

(B) Discrimination 

(C) Spontaneous recovery

(D) Reinforcement

 

159. Which of the following statement is not correct with reference to Attitude?

(A) Attitude has motivational affective characteristics.

(B) Attitude can range strongly positive to strongly negative.

(C) Attitude have a subject-object relationship.

(D) Attitude is innate and acquired both

 

160. Which of the following statement is correct about the development of children?

(A) Development is a product of only hereditary.

(B) Development follows a random pattern.

(C) Development is a cumulative process

(D) Different aspects of development are not interrelated