Growth and Development (adolescence focus) — Quiz

Q1. Growth means increase in size not only of overall dimensions but also of which body parts?

• A. Head, arms, trunk, heart and muscles
• B. Only the brain and spinal cord
• C. Only height and weight of the whole body
• D. Only the reproductive organs

Q2. A child learning to write with a pen or to keep objects on a high place is an illustration of

• A. Growth — because the child's hand is becoming larger
• B. Neither growth nor development — it is mere imitation
• C. Development — because it is an improvement in functioning that brings functional maturity
• D. Heredity alone — the skill is inborn

Q3. Rishabh and Chitranshu share the same family environment, but Rishabh plays football while Chitranshu avoids physical effort and is later found to have heart enlargement. Which principle of development does this illustrate?

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

Q4. Pinky, a 16-year-old, finds her social circle has shrunk to girls only while attraction towards the opposite gender appears. This case explains the principle that

• A. Development in any one aspect affects all other aspects
• B. Development always proceeds from head to foot
• C. Development is the product of heredity alone
• D. Development is faster in boys than girls at this age

Q5. According to the principle of interaction, an individual's development is

• A. Determined only by heredity
• B. Determined only by environment
• C. The product of the interaction between heredity and environment
• D. Independent of both heredity and environment

Q6. A class 8 teacher in Patna notices that her students' choice of clothing is guided more by their friends than by parents. The principle of predictability explains this — meaning the teacher can

• A. Predict the adolescent's behaviour to a great extent from the stage's pattern, and expect reactive behaviour if parents interfere
• B. Predict only the height of the student
• C. Predict nothing about adolescents because they are unpredictable
• D. Predict only academic marks but not behaviour

Q7. 'Infancy and toddlerhood' covers approximately which age range?

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

Q8. Infants in the first two weeks (called neonates)

• A. Sleep for almost 18 to 20 hours and cry only when hungry
• B. Walk independently within the first week
• C. Speak the first complete sentence
• D. Refuse the mother's milk

Q9. The period from 7 to 12 years of age is slow in comparison to the early stage of development. Later childhood is therefore best characterised by

• A. Rapid physical growth and abstract thinking
• B. Intellectual, moral and social development with awareness of achievements and forming groups
• C. Maximum emotional turmoil and stress and storm
• D. Sensorimotor reflex behaviour

Q10. Sneha, a class 8 student, can now argue about justice, frame general rules from a few examples and reason about 'what if' situations. This cognitive shift in adolescence is due to the fact that children

• A. Become emotionally weaker than before
• B. Develop ability to generalise facts and start abstract logical thinking
• C. Depend more on the mother for every decision
• D. Stop forming any peer relationships

Q11. Adolescence is marked by 'heightened emotionality'. The self-consciousness, inferiority complex and stressed relationship with parents are primarily attributed to

• A. Hormonal changes during this period
• B. Excessive school homework
• C. The teacher's strict behaviour
• D. Poor diet and exercise

Q12. Identical twins Raju and Nikhil are separated at age 2 and brought up by different caregivers; years later their language, social behaviour and cognitive aspects are clearly different though physical development is similar. The case best supports which view?

• A. Development is the product of nature alone
• B. Development is the product of nurture alone
• C. Development is the product of the interaction between nature and nurture
• D. Development is unrelated to either heredity or environment

Q13. Consider the contrast between continuity and discontinuity theory. The discontinuity view holds that

• A. Change across the lifespan is smooth and gradual
• B. Change is abrupt and each stage is unique with distinct features, so development is stage-specific
• C. Change occurs only in early childhood and then stops
• D. There are no stages in human development

Q14. Why does school have a central impact on a student's development? It points to the fact that schools are the

• A. Place where parents have no role at all
• B. Same as the family environment in every way
• C. Longest, organised and sustained extra-familial context for students
• D. Only a place to give examinations

Q15. An upper-primary teacher in Rampur is trusting, caring and respectful towards her class 7 students. This supportive behaviour primarily strengthens

• A. Only the students' grammar marks
• B. The teacher-student relationship and provides socio-emotional support that helps children approach, engage and persist on academic tasks
• C. The school's annual budget
• D. Only the principal's authority over staff