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Chapter 1- MCQ for Child Psychology

Q1. Growth and Development occur in orderly stages and sequence. The individual
genetic timetable affects rate of maturation. This theory was developed by:

a. Sigmund Freud
b. Arnold Gesell
c. Lev Vigotsky
d. Jean Piaget
e. None of the above

Q2. Three theorists particularly associated with emotional and psychological development
are:

a. Erik Erikson, John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth

b. Erik Erikson, John Bowlby and Lev Vigotsky
c. Jean Piaget, Arnold Gesell and John Bowlby
d. Arnold Gesell, Jean Piaget and Mary Ainsworth
e. John Bowlby, Jean Piaget and Mary Ainsworth

Q3. The stage, in which children are less dependent upon senses and physical exploration,
is:

a. Concrete operations
b. Pre-operational stage
c. Sensory-motor stage
d. Formal operation
e. None of the above

Q4. Children often talk aloud to themselves while performing tasks or solve problems in

this stage of development:

a. Primitive speech stage
b. Naive psychological stage
c. Egocentric or private speech stage
d. In growth or inner speech stage
e. None of the above

Q5. This is an even broader system which includes the values, customs and attitudes of
the cultural group to which the child belongs:

a. Macrosystem
b. Exosystem
c. Mesosystems
d. Microsystems
e. None of the above

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Q6. Occurs when children begin to manipulate materials to create different objects and patterns.

a. Functional play
b. Constructive play
c. Dramatic play
d. Sensory motor play
e. Symbolic play

Q7. Evidence of is seen when children are near to a group of other children and are often copying
what is happening in the play.

a. Onlooker play
b. Associative play
c. Solitary play
d. Parallel play
e. Cooperative play

Q8. Vygotsky's four different stages of conceptual development, adapted from

a. Nixon and Aldwinckle

b. John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth
c. Arnold Gesell and John Bowlby
d. Jean Piaget and Mary Ainsworth
e. None of the above

Q9. Who was an early advocate of maturational theory?

a. Arnold Gesell
b. Mary Ainsworth
c. Jean Piaget
d. Lev Vigotsky
e. None of the above

Q10. During this stage, the child begins to learn to speak, mainly by imitating words:

a. Naive psychological stage

b. Primitive speech stage
c. Egocentric or private speech stage
d. In growth or inner speech stage
e. None of the above

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Chapter 2 - MCQ for Principles and Approaches of Early Childhood Education

Q1. Maria Montessori was the first lady in Italy to graduate from medical school in the
year:

a. 1896
b. 1870
c. 1894
d. 1865
e. None of the above

Q2. Friedrich Froebel’s approach to education was labeled as:

a. Self activity
b. Social setting
c. Physical activity
d. Kindergarten activity
e. None of the above

Q3. During this stage children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to use symbols,
though they still cannot understand concrete logic.

a. Pre-operational Stage
b. Sensor Motor Stage
c. Concrete Operational Stage
d. Formal Operational Stage
e. None of the above

Q4. The process of adding to already existing schemas by absorbing new information is called:

a. Assimilation
b. Schema
c. Accommodation
d. Adaptation
e. Classification

Q5. Is a more advanced process by which classes of objects can be identified as being part of a larger
whole.

a. Classification
b. Conservation
c. Class Inclusion
d. Decantation
e. None of the above

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Q6. It is the process of viewing oneself as the centre of the universe and of, therefore,
being unable to appreciate or even understand other points of view or ideas.

a. Decantation
b. Class Inclusion
c. Classification
d. Ego-centrism
e. None of the above

Q7. Learning is a ‘ ’process that is based on some fundamental laws of human nature.

a. Self directed
b. Intrapersonal
c. Logical
d. Spatial
e. None of the above

Q8. Language development is a key feature of which stage?

a. Pre-operational Stage
b. Concrete Operational Stage
c. Formal Operational Stage
d. Sensor Motor Stage
e. None of the above

Q9. Development of the idea of by which a child comes to realize that change in appearance or shape
doesn’t essentially change a thing

a. Reversibility
b. Conservation
c. Ego-Centrism
d. Deductive Logic
e. None of the above

Q10. A is a physical or mental action associated with acquiring knowledge

a. Schema
b. Assimilation
c. Adaptation
d. Accommodation
e. None of the above

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