Child Development Test

Child Development

This is Child Development Test-19 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 stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays ‘object permanence’ is

A
Concrete operational stage
B
Pre-operational stage
Correct
C
Sensorimotor stage
D
Formal operational stage

Which one of the following is an example of a fine motor skill?

A
Writing
Correct
B
Running
C
Hopping
D
Climbing

Adolescents may experience

A
Feeling of fear about sins committed in childhood
B
Anxiety and concern about themselves
Correct
C
Feeling of self-actualization
D
Feeling of satiation about life

Orthopedically impaired children are likely to have

A
Dyscalculia
B
Dysgraphia
Correct
C
Dysthymia
D
Dyslexia

Partial reinforcement

A
Works best in training animals
B
Is less effective than continuous rein-forcement
C
Cannot be applied in actual classrooms
D
Is more effective than continuous reinforcement
Correct

Gifted students are

A
Independent of teachers
B
Non-assertive of their needs
C
Introvert in nature
D
Independent in their judgements
Correct

Vygotsky theory implies

A
Individual assignments to each student
B
After initial explanation, do not support a child in solving difficult questions
C
Child will learn best in the company of children having IQ lesser than his/her own
D
Collaborative problem solving
Correct

In the Information Processing Model of thinking, the following steps are said to take place A. Response execution B. Response selection C. Pre-Processing D. Categorization

A
D, C, B, A
B
C, A, D, B
C
B, D, C, A
D
C, D, B, A
Correct

A child cannot distinguish between ‘saw’ and ‘was’ nuclear and ‘unclear’. He/she is suffering from

A
Dyslexia
Correct
B
Dysmorphemia
C
Word jumbling disorder
D
Dyslexemia

Learning disabilities are generally found

A
In children with average to superior IQ
B
In specially those children whose paternal relatives have such problems
Correct
C
More often in children belonging to rural area as compared to urban areas
D
More often in boys as compared to girls

Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to encourage disadvantaged children to attend school regularly?

A
A child collector employed by the school, must bring children from homes everyday
B
Paying Rs 5 per day to attract children
C
Opening residential schools
Correct
D
Not allowing children to attend school may be made a legally punishable offence

The best way to avoid gender discrimination in a school may be

A
Recruitment of equal number of male and female teachers
B
Metacognition of their gender-biased behaviours by teachers
Correct
C
Formation of a rule to shun gender discrimination in the school and enforce it strictly
D
Selection of more boys than girls for a music competition

The up-scaling of performance in the scholastic areas on the basis of performance in co-scholastic areas can be justified as

A
It develops respect for manual labour
B
It caters to individual differences
Correct
C
It follows the policy of compensatory discrimination for the marginalized students
D
It ensures universal retention

While selecting material for the portfolio of students ………………. of ……………… should be there.

A
Inclusion; parents
B
Inclusion; students
Correct
C
Exclusion; students
D
Inclusion; other teachers

Learners who demonstrate an earnest desire for increased knowledge and academic competence are said to have a

A
Mastery orientation
B
Performance-approach orientation
Correct
C
Performance-avoidance orientation
D
Work-avoidance orientation