Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-27 for CTET, Central Teacher Eligibility Test conducted by CBSE.. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

The least justifiable use of the results of a standardized reading test is to

A
Serve as a basis for parent conference
B
Serve as a basis for report card marks
Correct
C
Evaluate the reading instruction programme
D
Serve as a basis for making groups in the class

Children from poor homes but small family size still have the chance to get better environment for growth because they are likely to face less than children from poor homes but large family size.

A
Peaceful conditions
B
Happy parents
C
Impoverished conditions
D
Sanitary conditions
Correct

Dynamic testing is based on ______'s view of the dynamic nature of learning.

A
Sternberg
B
Gardner
C
Piaget
D
Vygotsky
Correct

You don’t have any knowledge of a particular topic asked by a child. How will you react?

A
Snub the child for asking a wrong question
B
Satisfy him with a wrong reply
C
Acknowledge my ignorance
Correct
D
Try to put off the child’s question

The evaluation of personality is best made through the use of a/an

A
Projective test
Correct
B
Inventory test
C
Preference test
D
Survey test

Mental retardation is indicated by

A
Both An IQ score of 70 or less and A deficiency in age-appropriate adaptive behavior occurring before age 18
Correct
B
none of these
C
A deficiency in age-appropriate adaptive behavior occurring before age 18
D
An IQ score of 70 or less

Stranger anxiety develops soon after:

A
The concept of object permanence
Correct
B
A theory of mind
C
The concept of conservation
D
Egocentrism

The educator, who promoted the idea of five formal steps in learning, was

A
Comenius
B
Pestalozzi
C
Herbart
Correct
D
Rousseau

When previous learning makes no difference at all to the learning in a new situation, it is called

A
Negative transfer of learning
B
absolute transfer of learning
C
Zero transfer of learning
Correct
D
Positive transfer of learning

According to Piaget, ______ is how the child handles new information that seems to conflict with what s/he already knows.

A
Conservation
B
Equilibration
C
Organization
D
Adaptation
Correct

Which theorist would suggest that people gradually develop their own moral code as they reach higher levels of thinking?

A
Kohlberg
B
Neither Piaget and Kohlberg
C
Piaget
D
Both Piaget and Kohlberg
Correct

At the stage of formal operations, the child-

A
Has learned to symbolize and attach labels to something in his environment
B
Reasons in terms of the dominant per-ceptual experience
C
Has mastered many of the processes required in solving problems where there are concrete materials
D
Can draw valid conclusions from the experiments in a practical way
Correct

The first intelligence test was designed by Binet and Simon to

A
Identify gifted children who might excel given the right opportunities
B
Inhibit teachers' prejudices against children who were from privileged backgrounds.
C
Identify children who were unable to learn in a traditional classroom setting.
Correct
D
Complete the research for their doctoral thesis.

Teachers should study the errors of their students as they often indicate the

A
need for differentiated curriculum
B
extent of their knowledge
C
pathways for ability grouping
D
remedial strategies needed
Correct

A lesson, in which examples are given first and then, students are told to delineate a general rule or principle, is known as a/an

A
Developing lesson
B
Deductive lesson
C
Knowledge lessons
D
Inductive lesson
Correct