IRENE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Subject: Childhood & Growing Up
F.Y.B.ED SEM – I
QUESTION BANK
Choose the correct answer from the alternative.
1. Development indicates the change in the _____ aspect.
a) Only physical
b) Quantitative
c) Qualitative
d) Objective
Child first learns how to sit, then stand & then walk. Is the example of
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principle of _____ .
a) Specific patterns
b) Uniform patterns
c) Continuous development
d) General of specific responses
Every species follow the standard of development according to the type of
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its species, is the principle of ____ .
a) Specific patterns
b) Uniform pattern
c) Integration
d) Correlation
According to principle of_______ , the child does not develop proficiency in
4. language in one day: rather their foundation starts to be laid from the very
childhood.
a) Uniform pattern
b) Specific patterns
c) Continuous development
d) General to specific responses
5. What is the stage from 7 to 12 years called?
a) Early childhood
b) Adolescence
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c) Infancy
d) Later childhood
6. What is the stage from 13 to 19 years called?
a) Early childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Infancy
d) Later childhood
7. In which stage, capacity of logical thinking increases?
a) Early childhood
b) Later childhood
c) Adolescence
d) Adulthood
In which stage following changes occur.
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Increased strength & increased resistance of fatigue.
a) Later childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Early childhood
d) Adulthood
Complaints of disobedience are highest in percentage during _________
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stage.
a) Later childhood
b) Adolescence
c) Early childhood
d) Adulthood
10. In Later childhood, which following is the marked changes occur?
a) Child rejects adults standards
b) Indulge in anti-social behaviour
c) New values in social acceptance & rejection
d) New values in selection of headers
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11. ______________ Stage also called gang age.
a) Early childhood
b) Later childhood
c) Adolescence
d) Adulthood
12. The years between __________ years is termed as later childhood.
a) 2 to 7 years
b) 7 to 12 years
c) 13 to 19 years
d) 5 to 11 years
13. Gang age is ____________.
a) Early childhood
b) Later childhood
c) Adolescence
d) Adulthood
Which one of the followings indicates the role of school is providing suitable
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environment for proper growth & development?
a) Explain about nutritions
b) Arrange extra –curricular activities like sport, educational visit
c) Help in setting goals
d) Provide necessary information about sex matter & problem.
15. Meena has got blue eyes similar to her mother. It is due to ________.
a) Nutrition
b) School curriculum
c) Heredity
d) Environment
16. Neeta got curly hair similar to her father. It is due to ________.
a) Nutrition
b) School curriculum
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c) Environment
d) Heredity
Intelligence differences are seen in class, where the students are of same
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age, but have a different intelligence level. It is indicate___________.
a) Nutrition
b) Nature
c) School curriculum
d) Individual difference
The children having curly hair similar to their parents. It is impact of
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__________ factor.
a) Social
b) Genetic
c) Economical
d) Psychosocial
Development proceeds from the head downward is called ____________
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principle.
a) Proximodistal
b) Cephalocaudle
c) Specific
d) Uniform
Development proceeds from the center of the body outward is called
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principle of ____________ development.
a) Cephalocaudle
b) Proximodistal
c) Continuous
d) Specific
According to ______________ principle, the child gains control of the head
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first, then the arms & then the legs.
a) Continuous
b) Specific
c) Proximodistal
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d) Cephalocaudle
According to _____________ principle, the child’s arms develop before the
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hands & the hands and feet develop before the fingers & toes.
a) Continuous
b) Specific
c) Proximodistal
d) Cephalocaudle
_____________ means human development from gross, immature
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movement to precise, well controlled & intended movement.
a) Cephalocaudle
b) Differentiation
c) Proximodistal
d) Integration
_____________ effect of childhood experiences is seen the different areas of
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development such as cognitive, physical, emotional & social.
a) Cephalocaudle
b) Differentiation
c) Continuous
d) Cumulative
_____________ is the net sum of the genetic effects operating in a
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self –limited life cycle.
a) Motivation
b) Heredity
c) Maturation
d) Nature
Children develop in three broad areas, which child development experts
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refer to as ___________ of development.
a) Factors
b) Dimensions
c) Domains
d) Elements
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Changed in intellectual abilities including learning memory, reasoning,
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thinking & problem solving, is the development of ___________ domain.
a) Physical
b) Cognitive
c) Social
d) Emotional
28. A pluralistic society is a _____________ one.
a) Unique
b) Integrated
c) Uniform
d) Diverse
29. Pluralistic ideas are part of a _____________ known as pluralism.
a) Philosophy
b) Psychology
c) Sociology
d) Biology
A ____________ society accepts many different sorts of people from
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different races, sexual orientations, cultures & religions.
a) Totalitarianism
b) Integrated
c) Tribalism
d) Pluralistic
31. A pluralistic society ______________ many different sorts of people.
a) Reject
b) Accepts
c) Unaccepted
d) Intolerable
Children may keep waiting for their parents instructions. It’s impact of
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__________ parenting style.
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a) Firm
b) Permissive
c) Uninvolved
d) Authoritarian
In one’s family the parents are indulged in their own fighting. It’s indicate
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____________ parenting style.
a) Impassive
b) Permissive
c) Authoritative
d) Authoritarian
Children know when to respond to their parent’s instructions & demands. It
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is impact of _____________ parenting styles.
a) Authoritarian
b) Authoritative
c) Permissive
d) Uninvolved
35. Age normed growth stunting means ______________.
a) High height – for – age
b) Low weight – for – age
c) High weight – for – age
d) Low height – for – age
36. Wasting means ___________.
a) High height – for – age
b) Low weight – for – age
c) Low height – for – age
d) High weight – for – age
Childhood poverty is also related to ____________ common indicators of
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poor nutritional status.
a) Wasting
b) Fasting
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c) Food
d) Age normed growth stunting
38. The term caste is derived from the ____________ word casta.
a) Latin
b) Portuguese
c) Greek
d) Spanish
Malnutrition, unsafe drinking water & lack of sanitation are impact on
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__________ development of tribal child.
a) Social
b) Physical
c) Emotional
d) Cognitive
Gender inequality put a worse impact on ____________ development of a
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girl.
a) Social
b) Physical
c) Emotional
d) Cognitive
41. Observation has been defined as “_______________”.
a) Evaluation with instrument
b) Measure with instrument
c) Measurement without instruments
d) Ranking with instrument
42. In ____________ observation, observer plays a double role.
a) Non-participant
b) Participant
c) Complete observer
d) Complete participant
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43. One merit of participant observer is : _______________
a) Time consuming
b) Reliable
c) More subjective
d) Bias
In ____________ observation, there is no interaction between the observer
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& the subject.
a) Non-participant
b) Participant
c) Complete observer
d) Complete participant
45. The word ‘experiment’ comes from a Latin word ‘___________’.
a) Experience
b) Experimentem
c) Experimentum
d) Experimentam
46. The word experiment comes from a ____________ word experimentum.
a) Portuguese
b) Latin
c) Greek
d) Spanish
47. One merit of experimental method is: ________________.
a) Completely controlled
b) Lengthy
c) Time consuming
d) Most scientific method.
Under __________ method, a person’s mental activities such as sensations,
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memory, imagination etc. are studied under controlled environment.
a) Experimental
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b) Clinical
c) Participant observation
d) Non-participant observation
49. _____________ method involves methods of diagnosis & treatment.
a) Experimental
b) Clinical
c) Participant observation
d) Non-participant observation.
With the help of following diagram answer the question.
50. The diagram indicates _____________ approach.
a) Cross Cultural
b) Cross Sectional
c) Longitudinal
d) Multi Sectional
‘Snapshot of population’ is one of the characteristic of ___________
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approach.
a) Cross cultural
b) Cross sectional
c) Longitudinal
d) Multi sectional
______________ research studies are based on observations that place in
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different groups at one time.
a) Longitudinal
b) Cross cultural
c) Cross sectional
d) Multi sectional
From the following which is not characteristics of the cross sectional
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approach?
a) A still life
b) Without follow up
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c) With follow up
d) Provide information only
In ___________ studies, the researcher follows the same group of subjects
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through the various stages of development that are measured.
a) Cross sectional
b) Longitudinal
c) Cross cultural
d) Multi sectional approach
With the help of following diagram answer the question.
55. The diagram indicates ___________ approach.
a) Longitudinal
b) Cross Sectional
c) Cross Cultural
d) Multi Sectional
_____________ permits generalization to other societies or cultures or
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subcultures of the same nation.
a) Cross cultural approach
b) Cross sectional approach
c) Multi sectional approach
d) Longitudinal approach
57. Cognitive constructivism is based on the work of ___________.
a) Jean Piaget
b) Errickson
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c) Lawrence Kolhberg
d) Urin Brofenbrenner
58. Problem solving & reasoning are developed during ____________ stage.
a) Concrete operational
b) Formal operational
c) Pre operational
d) Sensory – motor
According to Piaget, a child between 7 to 12 years is in the ____________
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stage of cognitive development.
a) Sensory – motor
b) Pre operational
c) Formal operational
d) Concrete operational
According to Piaget, a child between 2 to 7 years is in the ____________
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stage of cognitive development.
a) Pre operational
b) Sensory – motor
c) Formal operational
d) Concrete operational
61. A schema is a : ______________
a) Pattern of behaviour
b) Incorporation of something from the environment.
c) Taking new information
d) Taking new experiences
Modification or change of some elements of an old schema is a process
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known as ___________.
a) Assimilation
b) Meta cognition
c) Accommodation
d) Equilibration
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During ____________ stage, child cannot adequately link a whole set of
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successive conditions into & integrated totally.
a) Sensory motor
b) Concrete operational
c) Pre-operational
d) Formal operational
The correct sequence of Piaget’s Theory of cognitive development is
___________.
i) Concrete operational stage
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ii) Pre operational stage
iii) Sensory – motor stage
iv) Formal operational stage
a) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
b) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
c) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
d) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
65. Kolhberg has given the stages of _____________ development.
a) cognitive
b) Social
c) Moral
d) Emotional
66. Who proposed the theory of moral development?
a) Jean Piaget
b) Errickson
c) Urin Brofenbrenner
d) Lawrence Kolhberg
In the second stage of ______________ level, children’s moral judgment is
67. based on self-interest & consideration of what other can do for them in
return.
a) Premoral
b) Conventional morality
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c) Pre-operational
d) Self accepted moral principles
In ____________ level children’s moral judgment is controlled by the fear of
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punishment.
a) Pre moral
b) Conventional morality
c) Pre operational
d) Self accepted moral principles
69. Who proposed the Ecological system theory?
a) Piaget
b) Kolhberg
c) Errickson
d) Brofenbrenner
70. What is the outer most system in the Ecological theory?
a) Microsystems
b) Exosystem
c) Mesosystem
d) Chronosystem
71. The mesosystem involves linkages between _____________.
a) Microsystem
b) Macrosystem
c) Mesosystem
d) Exosystem
In which system of brofenbrenner’s theory are links between the family &
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the school important?
a) Microsystem
b) Mesosystem
c) Exosystem
d) Macrosystem
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In the first stage of Premoral level, the child’s morality is controlled by
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____________.
a) Likes & dislikes of others
b) Highly internalized
c) The fear & punishment
d) Convention, laws & social system
In the later year of the conventional morality level children’s moral
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judgments are governed by _____________.
a) Likes & dislikes of others
b) Highly internalized
c) The fear & punishment
d) Convention, laws & social system
Which of following crisis did Errickson believe arises during age 3 years to 6
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years?
a) Trust v/s mistrust
b) Autonomy v/s shame
c) Initiative v/s quit
d) Industry v/s inferiority
How many stages were included in Errickson’s theory of psychosocial
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development?
a) 8
b) 4
c) 10
d) 12
According to Errickson, the period of trust v/s mistrust from ____________
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years.
a) 6 years – 12 years
b) 3 years – 6 years
c) 1.5 years – 3 years
d) 0 years – 1.5 years
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78. Actual self is built on _____________.
a) Self – knowledge
b) Self – awareness
c) Self information
d) Self skills
He may hope to posses characteristics to that of a mentor or some other
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figure. Is the example of --
a) Ideal self
b) Self Esteem
c) Self awareness
d) Actual self
80. _____________ has explained the concept of self-esteem.
a) Jean Piaget
b) Christopher Mruk
c) James Marcia
d) Lawrence Kolhberg
Prof. Christopher Mruk has explained the concept of self esteem with the
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help of ____________ quadrants.
a) 8
b) 6
c) 4
d) 2
82. _____________ refer to belief about one’s ability to perform specific tasks.
a) High self esteem
b) Low self esteem
c) Specific self efficacy
d) General self efficacy
_____________ : broad & stable sense of personal competence to deal
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effectively with a variety of stressful situations.
a) General self efficacy
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b) Specific self efficacy
c) High self esteem
d) Low self esteem
84. The term Emotional Intelligence proposed by -
a) James Marcia
b) Lawrence Kolhberg
c) Daniel Goleman
d) Christopher Mruk
According to Goleman’s Theory of Emotional Intelligence, ________ means
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knowing one’s internal states, preference, resources institution etc.
a) Self efficacy
b) Self awareness
c) Self esteem
d) Self confidence
86. Self Regulation means ___________.
a) Knowing one’s internal states
b) Managing & handling impulses, distressing
c) Can did sense
d) Ability to pursue goals with energy & persistence
Marcia believed that there are___________ processes that adolescents can
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go as they develop their identity.
a) 4
b) 8
c) 10
d) 5
My parents are teacher & I have taken admission to B.Ed course, is the
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example of _____________.
a) Identity achievement
b) Identity moratorium
c) Identity foreclosure
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d) Identity diffusion
I have many career opportunities & I have many questions about it, is the
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example of _____________.
a) Identity achievement
b) Identity moratorium
c) Identity foreclosure
d) Identity diffusion
90. Who proposed the theory of psychosocial development?
a) Piaget
b) Kolhberg
c) Brofenbrenner
d) Errickson
ANSWER KEY:
1 C 21 D 41 C 61 A 81 C
2 A 22 C 42 B 62 C 82 C
3 B 23 D 43 B 63 C 83 A
4 C 24 D 44 A 64 A 84 C
5 D 25 C 45 C 65 C 85 B
6 B 26 C 46 B 66 D 86 B
7 B 27 B 47 D 67 A 87 A
8 A 28 D 48 A 68 D 88 C
9 A 29 A 49 B 69 D 89 B
10 A 30 B 50 B 70 D 90 D
11 B 31 B 51 B 71 A 91
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12 B 32 D 52 C 72 B 92
13 B 33 A 53 B 73 C 93
14 B 34 B 54 B 74 D 94
15 C 35 D 55 A 75 C 95
16 D 36 B 56 A 76 A 96
17 D 37 D 57 A 77 D 97
18 B 38 B 58 B 78 A 98
19 B 39 B 59 D 79 A 99
20 B 40 B 60 A 80 B 100
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