Most important Child Development and Pedagogy question answers

HTET Question Papers

161. Cattell’s culture free test of intelligence is a type of:

(A) Individual Verbal Test

(B) Group Verbal Test

(C) Non-Verbal Test

(D) Verbal and Non-verbal Test

 

162. Which of the following is not a characteristic of creativity?

(A) Originality

(B) Flexibility

(C) Rigidity 

(D) Fluency

 

163. Which of the following factors does not affect the teaching-learning process?

(A) Teaching skill of teacher

(B) Mental health of teacher

(C) Subject knowledge of teacher

(D) Physical appearance of teacher

 

164. What kind of changes does growth bring about in children?

(A) Structural 

(B) Functional

(C) Structural and functional both

(D) None of these

 

165. ‘Acceleration’ is an important plan for education of which type of special children?

(A) Gifted 

(B) Slow learner

(C) Learning disabled 

(D) Mentally retarded

 

166. What type of reinforcement schedule is to reinforce each correct response of the learner, in operant conditioning?

(A) Fixed interval

(B) Variable interval

(C) Fixed ratio

(D) Continuous

 

167. ‘Development proceeds in the direction of longitudinal axis (head to foot)’, called:

(A)  Cephalic-Caudal 

(B) Proximodistal

(C) Spiral

(D) Circular

 

168. A type of intelligence test in which the questions are similar in difficulty level but more importance is given to the time element:

(A) Speed Test 

(B) Power Test

(C) Verbal Test

(D) Performance Test

 

169. Which of the following is not a subjective method of personality assessment?

(A) Interview

(B) Observation

(C) Autobiography

(D) Word Association

 

170. Meenal is average in intelligence, low in creativity and high level in adjustment. This is an example of:

(A) Inter Individual Differences

(B) Intra Individual Differences 

(C) Observable Differences

(D) Expected Differences

 

171. Which type of curriculum did Bruner suggest to follow for the cognitive development of children?

(A) Inclusive curriculum

(B) Special curriculum

(C) Spiral curriculum 

(D) Integrated curriculum

 

172. Who developed the Socio-cultural theory of development?

(A) Vygotsky 

(B) Erikson

(C) Kohlberg

(D) Bronfenbrenner

 

173. What is the mechanism called, through which a child tries to change his own ego to that of someone else?

(A) Identification 

(B) Rationalization

(C) Sublimation

(D) Projection

 

174. Which of the following component is not the part of Guilford structure of Intellect model?

(A) Operation

(B) Cognition 

(C) Content

(D) Product

 

175. Who propounded the Triarchic theory of Intelligence?

(A) Gardner

(B) Guilford

(C) Sternberg 

(D) Vernan

 

176. ‘Family and School’ are the examples of which environmental system in Bronfenbrenner’s Bio-ecological Model theory?

(A) Macro system

(B) Micro system 

(C) Exosystem

(D) Chromosystem

 

177. Which of the following pair is not correct?

Theory Propounder           Theory
(A) Piaget                           – Cognitive Development Theory
 (B) Bandura                       -Social Learning Theory
 (C) Erikson                         – Psycho-socio Development Theory
 (D) Vygotsky                     – Moral Development Theory

 

178. Which of the following is not the characteristic of a well-adjusted person?

(A) Awareness of his own potentials and limitations

(B) Respecting himself and others

(C) Balanced aspirations

(D) Rigidity in behaviour

 

179. “Mental health is the full and harmonious functioning of the whole personality.” This definition of mental health is given by whom?

(A) Menninger

(B) Hadfield 

(C) Drever

(D) Waltin

 

180. Out of the following Psychologists, who is not related with Gestaltism?

(A) Kohler

(B) Koffka

(C) Kretschmar 

(D) Wertheimer