Concept of Development Pedagogy

Concept of Development Pedagogy & Its Relationships with Learning

Important Questions On Concept of Development Pedagogy

1. The period that initiates the transition
to adulthood is-
(a) Middle childhood
(6) Pre-operational period
(c) End childhood
(d) Adolescence

Ans: (d) Adolescence.

2. Which of the following statements denote the relationship between development and learning correctly?
(a) Learning takes place irrespective of
development
(b) Rate of learning far exceeds the rate
of development.
(c) Development and learning are
inter-related and inter-dependent.
(d) Development and learning are not
related.

Ans: (c) Development and learning are
inter-related and inter-dependent.

3. Which of the following correctly identifies the broad domains of development ?
(a) Emotional; intellectual spiritual and emotional.
(b) Physical personality, spiritual and emotional.
(c) Social, physical, personality, self.
(d) Physical, cognitive, social and emotional.

Ans: (d) Physical, cognitive, social and emotional.

4. There are individual variations in the
rate of motor development, yet the
sequence of motor development is
from—to—
(a) Proximodistal, cephalocudal.
(b) Gross motor development, fine
motor development.
(c) Fine motor development gross
motor development.
(d) Dephalocaudal, proximodistal

Ans: (b) Gross motor development, fine
motor development.

5. Early childhood’ refers to the period
from—
(a) 2-8 years
(b) 6-12 years
(c) birth to 5 years
(d) birth to 8 years

Ans: (a) 2-8 years.

6. When a child’s capability in any particular area of development is low, it:
(a) does not influence her, overall development.
(b) does not mean delay in any area of development.
(c) has an impact on all areas of development.
(d) has no effect on the child.

Ans: (a) does not influence her, overall development.

7. In which of the following periods does physical growth and development occur at a rapid pace?
(a) Infancy and early childhood
(b) Early childhood and middle childhood.
(c) Middle childhood and adolescence
(d) Adolescence and adulthood

Ans: (a) Infancy and early childhood.

8. Human development is divided into domains such as—
(a) physical, cognitive, emotional and Social
(b) emotional, cognitive, spiritual and social-psychological.
(c) psychological, cognitive, emotional
and physical
(d) physical, spiritual, cognitive and
social

Ans: (a) physical, cognitive, emotional and Social.

Concept of Development & Its Relationships With Learning: Child Development & Pedagogy.

9. A child starts to cry when his grandmother takes him from his mother’s lap. The child cries due to—
(a) Social anxiety
(b) Emotional anxiety
(c) Stranger anxiety
(d) Separation anxiety

Ans: (b) Emotional anxiety.

Concept of Development & Its Relationships With Learning.
Concept of Development & Its Relationships With Learning.

10. Understanding Human Growth and Development enables a teacher to—
(a) gain control of learners emotions while teaching.
(b) be clear about teaching diverse learners.
(c) tell students how they can improve their lives.
(d) practice her teaching in an unbiased way.

Ans: (b) be clear about teaching diverse learners.

11. Development is a never ending process. This idea is associated with—
(a) Principle of integration
(b) Principle of interaction
(c) Principle of interrelation
(d) Principle of continuity.

Ans: (d) Principle of continuity.

12. Parents should play a—role in the learning process of young children.
(a) neutral
(b) sympathetic
(c) negative
(d) proactive

Ans: (d) proactive

13. Which of the following is not related to the socio-psychological needs of the child?
(a) Regular elimination of waste products from the body.
(b) need for company
(c) Need for appreciation or social approval.
(d) Need for emotional security.

Ans: (a) Regular elimination of waste products from the body.

14. In which of the following stages do children become active members of their peer group?
(a) Early childhood
(b) Childhood
(c) Adolescence
(d) Adulthood

Ans: (c) Adolescence.

15. Play has a significant role in development of young children for the following reasons, except
(a) it stimulates their senses
(b) it is just a pleasant way to spend
time
(c) they acquire new skills and learn
when to use them
(d) they gain mastery over their body.

Ans: (b) it is just a pleasant way to spend
time.

Concept of Development & Its Relationships With Learning: Child Development and pedagogy.

l6. Which of the following theorists would be of the opinion that students study hard for their personal growth and development? (a) Bandura (b) Maslow (c) Skinner (d) Piaget.

Ans: (b) Maslow.

17. A child coming to pre-school for the first time cries profusely. After two 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?

(a) Development proceeds in a sequential manner.
(b) Development is gradual.
(c) Development is different in different people.
(d) Development is characterized by differentiation and integration.

Ans: (d) Development is characterized by differentiation and integration.

18. Which one of the following is best suited for emotional development of children?
(a) No involvement of the teachers as it is the task of the parents.
(b) Controlled classroom environment
(c) Authoritarian classroom environment
(d) Democratic classroom environment

Ans: (d) Democratic classroom environment.

19. Which one out of the following provides information about the roles and behaviours which are acceptable in a group, during early childhood period?
(a) Teachers and Peers
(b) Peers and Parents
(c) Parents and Siblings
(d) Siblings and Teachers

Ans: (c) Parents and Siblings

20. Which of the following age groups falls under later childhood category?
(a) 18-24 years
(b) Birth-6 years
(c) 6-11 years
(d) 11-18 years

Ans: (c) 6-11 years

21. The pace of development varies from one individual to another, but it follows pattern.
(a) a haphazard
(b) an unpredictable
(c) a sequential and orderly
(d) a toe-to-head

Ans: (c) a sequential and orderly.

22. Which one of the following is correct about development?
(a) Sociocultural context plays an
important role in development.
(b) Development is unidimensional.
(c) Development is discrete.
(d) Development begins and ends at birth

Ans: (a) Sociocultural context plays an important role in development.

23. Human development is
(a) quantitative
(b) qualitative
(c) unmeasurable to a certain extent
(d) both quantitative and qualitative

Ans: (d) both quantitative and qualitative

24. The period of infancy is from:
(a) birth-1 year
(b) birth -2 years
(c) birth-3 years
(d) 2-3 years

Ans: (b) birth -2 years

25. Development proceeds from to
(a) generalspecific
(b) complex hard
(c) specificgeneral
(d) simpleeasy

Ans: (a) generalspecific.

26. Inclusive education assumes that we
should change the to fit the
(a) Child/system
(b) System/child
(C) Environment/family
(d) Child/environment

Ans: (a) Child/system

27. Children are:
(a) curious beings who use their own logic and abilities to explore the world around them.
(b) adult-like in their thinking and there is a quantitative increase in their thinking as they grow up.
(c) like empty vessels in which knowledge given by the adults is filled.
(d) passive beings who can produce exact copies of the information transmitted to them.

Ans: (a) curious beings who use their own logic and abilities to explore the world around them.

28. How children learn? Which one of the following is not true with respect to this statement?
(a) Children learn in class only.
(b) Children learn when they are
cognitively ready.
(c) Children learn in a number of ways.
(d) Children learn as they are naturally
motivated.

Ans: (a) Children learn in class only.

29. Development of concepts is primarilya part of —
(a) emotional development
(b) intellectual development
(c) physical development
(d) social development

Ans: (b) intellectual development

30. Understanding the principles of development of a child helps a teacher in —
(a) identifying the social status of the learner
(b) identifying the economic background of the learner
(C) rationalizing why the learner ought to be taught
(d) effectively catering to the different learning styles of learners.

Ans: (d) effectively catering to the different learning styles of learners.

31. Development starts from
(a) the stage of intfancy
(b) pre-childhood stage
(c) post-childhood stage
(d) pre-natal stage

Ans: (d) pre-natal stage

32. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Physical Development—Environment
(b) Cognitive Development—Maturation
(c) Social Development—Environment
(d) Emotional Developmen—Maturation

Ans: (c) Social Development—Environment

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