Understanding Growth and Development — Practice

Q1. The term 'growth' basically refers to

• A. qualitative changes in the behaviour of the child
• B. quantitative changes in body proportion like height, weight and internal organs
• C. moral and social changes that occur with age
• D. the integration of physical, mental and emotional aspects of the child

Q2. Development is best defined as

• A. a progressive series of orderly, coherent qualitative changes that bring functional maturity
• B. the increase in height and weight of a child from birth to adulthood
• C. the inheritance of physical traits from parents to offspring
• D. the random behavioural changes children show due to environment

Q3. Which statement about growth and development is correct?

• A. Both growth and development continue till death.
• B. Growth stops after a certain age whereas development may go on.
• C. Development stops after adolescence but growth continues.
• D. Growth and development always proceed at the same rate.

Q4. The changes in growth and development are basically determined by which two major factors?

• A. Diet and exercise
• B. School and family
• C. Heredity and environment
• D. Maturation and motivation

Q5. The cephalocaudal tendency states that development proceeds

• A. from the centre of the body to the extremities
• B. from the head to the foot
• C. from general responses to specific responses
• D. from simple skills to complex skills

Q6. The proximodistal tendency of development means that

• A. development proceeds from head to feet
• B. development proceeds from near to distant — central parts develop before extremities
• C. boys and girls develop at different rates
• D. development can be predicted from earlier stages

Q7. The principle of continuity of development means that development

• A. stops at the end of adolescence
• B. is a never-ending process that starts with conception and ends with death
• C. occurs only when the child is in school
• D. happens in sudden jumps with no in-between change

Q8. According to the classification used, the stage of 'Infancy and toddlerhood' covers which age range?

• A. Conception to birth
• B. Birth to 2 years of age
• C. 2 to 6 years of age
• D. 6 to 10 years of age

Q9. Infants in the first two weeks of life are called

• A. toddlers
• B. neonates
• C. preschoolers
• D. adolescents

Q10. Adolescence is often called the stage of 'stress and storm' because

• A. children grow taller very fast in this stage
• B. the child undergoes significant physical, cognitive, emotional and social changes which form the base for future life
• C. the child becomes ego-centric and demands everything
• D. the child develops the semiotic function and learns to use symbols

Q11. In the 'nature vs nurture' debate in child development, 'nature' refers to

• A. what comes to children through heredity
• B. the influence of the school environment
• C. the activity level of the child in learning
• D. the cultural background of the family

Q12. The continuity theory of development suggests that an individual's development is

• A. a smooth and gradual process where each stage builds on the previous one
• B. abrupt and stage-specific, with each stage having totally distinct features
• C. entirely determined by genetic inheritance
• D. the same in every culture without any variation

Q13. The term 'developmental task' in child development was coined by

• A. Jean Piaget
• B. Lev Vygotsky
• C. Robert Havighurst
• D. Erik Erikson

Q14. Why is school said to play a central role in a child's development?

• A. Schools are the longest, organised and sustained extra-familial context for students.
• B. Schools replace the role of parents in a child's life.
• C. Schools focus only on the cognitive domain of development.
• D. Schools have no role in moral or social development.

Q15. Ms. Anita, a primary teacher in Rampur, knows that most of her Class 3 children will start understanding rules and play with same-gender friends. Which principle of development helps her predict this?

• A. Principle of individual differences
• B. Principle of predictability
• C. Principle of interaction
• D. Principle of integration