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Q1. Arnold Gesell is credited with being the first to conduct a
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Q2. In Vygotsky's framework, 'scaffold' refers to
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Q3. The Morphett-Washburne (1931) view that a child must reach a mental age of six and a half years before being 'ready' to read is HISTORICALLY linked to
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Q4. Attachment is BEST defined as
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Q5. In Ainsworth's eight-episode Strange Situation procedure, the entry of a stranger while the mother is still in the room is designed PRIMARILY to observe
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Q6. In Baltes's SOC model, the 'Selection' process means
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Q7. Which set lists ALL examples of the MICROSYSTEM for a young child in India?
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Q8. Riya's mother gets a promotion at her bank, brings home more income, and Riya now gets better books, a study lamp and tuition. The mother's promotion never happens IN Riya's presence. Per Bronfenbrenner, this positive influence on Riya is BEST classified as
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Q9. Children who grew up during the Second World War later behaved very differently from children of the same age born ten years later. This best illustrates the
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Q10. An 80-year-old retired teacher in Lucknow joins a smartphone class at her community centre and successfully learns to use WhatsApp. Per Table 5.3, this BEST illustrates which feature of the life-span perspective?
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Q11. A Class 3 teacher writes the number 7 on the board, asks students to look at it (sensory), repeat it aloud (short-term), and then use it later in a sum (long-term). This activity sequence matches WHICH Information-Processing model?
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Q12. A primary teacher in Rampur replaces individual silent reading with paired peer-reading and small-group discussion of the chapter. The classroom strategy she is using is BEST derived from
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Q13. Statement A: The biological perspective traces aggression in children mainly to genetic factors and hormones such as testosterone.
Statement B: For this perspective, classroom interventions for an aggressive Class 2 boy should ignore his temperament and target only his peer environment.
Which is correct?
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Q14. In Ainsworth's Strange Situation, the infant's reactions to the mother LEAVING the room are observed in two specific episodes (4 and 6). These two episodes together are designed to measure
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Q15. A school teacher reads a popular article that claims: 'ADHD has nothing to do with brain development; it is purely the result of poor parenting.' From the standpoint of developmental cognitive neuroscience, this claim should be JUDGED as
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Q16. As defined (Merriam-Webster, 2012), 'metacognition' refers to
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Q17. In Baltes's SOC model, 'Optimization' is BEST described as
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Q18. A visually-impaired child in Class 3 begins to read using Braille after losing the ability to read print. In Baltes's SOC model, the use of Braille is BEST classified as
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Q19. Per Bronfenbrenner, the broad CULTURAL context within which all the other systems are embedded — including ideologies, values, customs and laws — is the
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Q20. Match Piaget's four stages with the correct age ranges:
A. Sensorimotor — i. 7 to 11 years
B. Pre-operational — ii. 11 years and beyond
C. Concrete operational — iii. Birth to 2 years
D. Formal operational — iv. 2 to 7 years
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Q21. A Class 2 teacher in Rampur designs activities that match the typical attention span, motor skill and vocabulary range of seven-year-olds, while also leaving room for individual variation. The classroom approach she is using is BEST described as
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Q22. A Class 4 boy's school grades have fallen since his parents' constant quarrels at home began affecting how he behaves with his teacher and friends. Per Bronfenbrenner, the link between his home microsystem and his school microsystem is BEST captured by the
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Q23. Priya, age 5, believes that the sun follows her wherever she goes and that her doll feels sad when left alone. Per Piaget, Priya is MOST likely in the
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Q24. Per Vygotsky's socio-cultural perspective, which set of items BEST illustrates the 'tools of intellectual adaptation' a culture passes on to a child?
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Q25. An eight-year-old shows growth in vocabulary, in throwing a ball, in making friends and in solving puzzles — all at the same time. Per Table 5.3, this simultaneous growth across physical, cognitive, social and emotional domains BEST illustrates which feature of life-span development?
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Q26. Statement A: For Gesell, the order in which a child sits, crawls, stands and walks is set chiefly by the maturation of brain and body, not by training given by parents.
Statement B: Therefore Gesell's view treats environment and culture as the main forces shaping a child's motor milestones.
Which is correct?
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Q27. Two infants are observed in Ainsworth's Strange Situation. Infant X greets the returning mother calmly, settles quickly and returns to play. Infant Y clings, then pushes the mother away, and is hard to console. Episodes 5 and 8 (mother's return) BEST distinguish
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Q28. Statement A: Piaget describes the child as an independent explorer whose stages unfold in roughly the same order across cultures.
Statement B: Vygotsky argues that thinking varies across social, cultural and historical contexts, so Indian and European children may build different forms of reasoning even at the same age.
Which is the BEST evaluation?
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Q29. While planning a programme to prevent alcohol misuse among Class 8 students, a teacher proposes interventions at THREE levels: (i) parent-child counselling at home, (ii) parent-teacher meetings on warning signs, and (iii) media campaigns reflecting community values. Per the bioecological model, this three-pronged plan should be JUDGED as
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Q30. A school principal in Lucknow tells teachers: 'A child is only a small adult; if she fails to grasp algebra in Class 4, the cause must be laziness, not her stage of cognitive development.' Drawing on Piaget's cognitive perspective, this view should be JUDGED as
