Growth and Development Questions & Answer
1. Concept development is associated with :
(a) Cognitive development
(b) Emotional development
(c) Social development
(d) Moral development
Ans : A
2. Associating toys, articles of clothing, household items, occupations and colours with specific sex, is a demonstration of
(a) gender theory
(b) gender relevance
(c) evolved gender identity
(d) gender stereotyping
Ans : D
3. Which of the following is not a principle of development ?
(a) Development is relatively orderly.
(b) Development takes place gradually over a period of time.
(c) Exact course and nature of development is determined at the time of birth itself.
(d) Individuals develop at different rates.
Ans : C
4. Several research studies show that teachers have more overall interaction with boys than girls. What is the correct explanation for this?
(a) Boys need more attention than girls.
(b) This is an example of gender bias in teaching.
(c) Boys are easier to manage than girls in the classroom.
(d) Boys have much more academic capabilities than girls.
Ans : B
5. Which one of the following statements is true about the role of heredity and environment?
(a) A child’s ability to learn and perform is completely decided by the genes.
(b) Good care and a nutritious diet can fight off any disorder a child is born with.
(c) Environment plays a significant role only in the child’s language development.
(d) Certain aspects of development are influenced more by heredity and others more by environment.
Ans : D
6. School is an institution of socialization of children where
(a) school routines occupy the central position
(b) school activities occupy the central position
(c) school teachers occupy the central position
(d) school children occupy the central position
Ans : D
7. The cephalocaudal principle of development explains how development proceeds from :
(a) head to toe
(b) rural to urban areas
(c) general to specific functions
(d) differentiated to integrated functions
Ans : A
8. A 6-year-old girl shows exceptional sporting ability. Both of her parents are sports persons, send her for coaching everyday and train her on weekends. Her capabilities are most likely to be the result of an interaction between :
(a) health and training
(b) discipline and nutrition
(c) heredity and environment
(d) growth and development
Ans : D
9. Which of the following statements about principles of development is incorrect?
(a) Development depends on maturation and learning.
(b) Development takes place due to a constant interaction between heredity and environment.
(c) Every child goes through stages of development, yet there are wide individual differences among children.
(d) Development is a quantitative process which can be measured precisely.
Ans : D
10. The unique interaction of _________ and _________ can result in different paths and outcomes of development.
(a) challenges; limitations
(b) heredity; environment
(c) stability; change
(d) exploration; nutrition
Ans : B
11. Which of the following statements regarding development is not true?
(a) The process of development takes place in a certain direction.
(b) The process of growth and development is the combined result of heredity and environment.
(c) Keeping in mind the pace of growth and development in a child, the direction and nature of its progress cannot be predicted.
(d) Development always moves from the general to the specific.
Ans : C
12. The period of infancy is from :
(a) birth to 1 year
(b) birth to 2 years
(c) birth to 3 years
(d) 2 to 3 years
Ans : B
13. Development proceeds from _________ to _________
(a) general → specific
(b) complex → hard
(c) specific → general
(d) dsimple → easy
Ans : A
14. Which one of the following is not the principle of child development ?
(a) All development follows a sequence.
(b) All areas of. development are important.
(c) All development results from an interaction of maturation and experience.
(d) All development and learning proceed at an equal rate.
Ans : D
15. What is meant by ‘nature’ in ‘nature-nurture’ controversy?
(a) The environment around us
(b) Biological givens or the hereditary information
(c) Temperament of an individual
(d) Complex forces of the physical and social world
Ans : B
16. Which one of these is a principle of child development ?
(a) Development occurs due to interaction between maturation and experience.
(b) Experience is the sole determinant of development.
(c) Development is determined by reinforcement and punishment.
(d) Development can accurately predict the pace of each individual child.
Ans : B
17. In the context of ‘nature-nurture’ debate, which one of the following statements seems appropriate to you ?
(a) A child is like a blank slate whose character can be moulded by the environment into any shape.
(b) Environmental influences only have a little value in shaping up a child’s behaviour which is primarily genetically determined.
(c) Heredity and environment are inseparably interwoven and both influence development.
(d) Children are genetically predisposed to what they would be like irrespective of whatever environment they grow up in.
Ans : C
18. Human development is :
(a) quantitative
(b) qualitative
(c) unmeasurable to a certain extent
(d) both quantitative and qualitative
Ans : D
19. The nature-nurture debate refers to
(a) genetics and environment
(b) behaviour and environment
(c) environment and biology
(d) environment and upbringing
Ans : A
20. Which of the following statements is not true about friendship in adolescence ?
(a) Friendship and adjustment are related notions. In good friendship, there is good adjustment; in bad friendship, there is a problem in adjustment.
(b) Friendship in adolescence is more intensive than any other period of life.
(c) In adolescence, females need more emotional support than males.
(d) Cognitive achievement is associated with increased intimacy in adolescent friendship.
Ans : A
21. A study was conducted to see the effect of parenting style on learning and motivation. It was found that parents of children with high performance use _______________ style of parenting.
(a) authoritarian
(b) authoritative
(c) permissive
(d) None of the above
Ans : A
22. Human development has which of the following four domains :
(a) Psychological, emotional, physical and cognitive.
(b) Physical, social, cognitive and spiritual.
(c) Physical, social, emotional and cognitive.
(d) Spiritual, cognitive, emotional and social-psychological.
Ans : C
23. ___________ is an important principle of development.
(a) Discontinuous process
(b) The various processes of development are not inter-related
(c) It does not proceed at the same pace for all
(d) Development cannot be linear
Ans : C
24. Individual attention has to play an important role in the teaching–learning process because
(a) it provides better space to discipline each student.
(b) learning and development take place differently in learners.
(c) learners always learn better in groups.
(d) it is taught in teacher education programmes.
Ans : B
25. Human development is the result of :
(a) Only environment
(b) Only heredity
(c) Upbringing and education
(d) Interaction between heredity and environment
Ans : D
26. Cephalocaudal development takes place from :
(a) Head to body
(b) Body to head
(c) Inside to outside
(d) Outside to inside
Ans : A
27. Sonu and her father are playing with a toy car. Sonu’s father drives the car in front of Sonu. Sonu seems to be very excited to play and touch the car. Soun’s father, however, quickly hides the car toy behind his back. Sonu turns back from his father and starts playing a ball. What is the age of Sonu?
(a) 10 months old
(b) 1 month old
(c) 15 months old
(d) 6 months old
Ans : D
28. Humans have ___________ pairs of chromosomes.
(a) 55
(b) 60
(c) 46
(d) 23
Ans : D
29. A change in the genetic structure of a gene is called :
(a) Translocation
(b) Duplication
(c) Inversion
(d) Mutation
Ans : D
30. Twenty-two pairs of chromosomes are the same in male and female. They are known as :
(a) Autosomes
(b) Simlarsomes
(c) YY chromosomes
(d) XX chromosomes
Ans : A
31. A newborn baby will be a boy if it has :
(a) XX chromosomes
(b) XY chromosomes
(c) YY chromosomes
(d) Cannot be decided
Ans : B
32. “The traits of one gene that are non-effective in one generation may appear in the next.” This is the principle of :
(a) Segregation and dominance
(b) Independent assortment
(c) Transferability
(d) Genes transformation
Ans : A
33. When does a child start going to a formal school system ?
(a) Childhood
(b) Later childhood
(c) Pre-adolescence
(d) Adolescence
Ans : A
34. A child cries loudly when he or she goes to school for the first time to show discomfort. But he/she does not cry when admitted to another school later, since he/she then feels only a little tensed. This change in behaviour represents which of the following principle of development ?
(a) Principle of gradual development
(b) Principle of orderly development
(c) Principle of differentiation and inter-gradation
(d) Principle of sequential development
Ans : A
35. Which of the following statements is correct ?
(a) There is no influence of environment on development.
(b) Family rearing does not affect the development.
(c) Interaction between genetics and environment influences development.
(d) Learners with similar ability will adjust similarly.
Ans : C
36. Development is the product of :
(a) Heredity and environment
(b) Environment alone
(c) Heredity alone
(d) Education
Ans : A
37. Development is :
(a) Linear
(b) Discontinuous
(c) Not inter-connected
(d) It does not occur or proceed at the same rate for everyone
Ans : D
38. Which of the following statements about intelligence is correct?
(a) Intelligence is hereditary trait that involves mental activities such as memory and reasoning.
(b) Intelligence is multi-dimensional involving several abilities not entirely measureable by intelligence tests.
(c) Intelligence is the ability to think convergently.
(d) Intelligence a relatively permanent change in behaviour as a result of experience.
Ans : B
39. Heredity is :
(a) Secondary social structure
(b) Universal social structure
(c) Dynamic social structure
(d) Static social structure
Ans : D
40. Qualitative and Quantitative changes can be observed-
(a) In human growth.
(b) In human development.
(c) In Both growth and development.
(d) None of these
Ans : B
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