Multiple Choice Questions
11.
The stages of cognitive development according to Piaget is followed by
sensory motor period, concrete operational period, pre-operational period, formal operational period
sensory motor period, pre-operational period, concrete operational period, formal operational period
pre-operational period, sensory-motor period, concrete operational period, formal operational period
pre-operational period, sensory-motor period, formal operational period, concrete operational period
B.
sensory motor period, pre-operational period, concrete operational period, formal operational period
12.
Retrieving hidden objects is an evidence that infants have begun to master. which of the following cognitive functions?
Intentional behaviour
Object-permanence
Problem-solving
Experimentation
B.
Object-permanence
According to Piaget, the development of object permanence is one of the most important accomplishments at the sensorimotor stage of development. Object-permanence is a child's understanding that objects continue to exist even though they cannot be seen or heard
13.
The stages of cognitive development according to Jean Piaget known as pre-conceptual period is related to
sensory motor stage
concrete operations stage
pre-operational stage
formal operations stage
C.
pre-operational stage
There are two substages characterized in the preoperational stage, in Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development
The Pre-conceptual sub-stage occurs between about the ages of 2 and 4. The child is able to formulate designs of objects that are not present. Other examples of mental abilities are language and pretend play. Although there is an advancement in progress, there are still limitations such as egocentrism and animism. Egocentrism occurs when a child can’t distinguish between their own perspective and another person's. They tend to pick their own view of what they see rather than the actual view shown to others.
The Intuitive Thought sub-stage occurs between 4 and 7. Children tend to grow very curious and ask many questions; they begin the use of primitive reasoning. There is an emergency in the interest of reasoning and wanting to know why things are the way they are. Piaget called it the Intuitive sub-stage because children realize they have a vast amount of knowledge but don’t know how they know it. In Preoperational thought, centration is the act of focusing all attention on a single characteristic compared to the others.
14.
Which of the following is a characteristic of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?
Universal sequences of stages across all cultures
Stages proceed in a non-hierarchic manner
Variable sequence of stages
Stages are isolated responses and not general pattern
A.
Universal sequences of stages across all cultures
Kohlberg's stages of moral development theory hold that moral reasoning the basis of ethical behavior has six identifiable developmental stages, the six stages of moral development are grouped into three levels i.e. preconventional, conventional and post-conventional level.
15.
Karnail Singh does not pay income tax despite legal procedures and expenses. He thinks that he cannot support a corrupt government which spends millions of rupees in building unnecessary dams. He is probably in which state of Kohl berg's stages of moral development?
Conventional
Post- conventional
Pre - conventional
Para -conventional
B.
Post- conventional
According to Kohlberg, moral development is the manner in which individuals make judgments about what is right and wrong. His theory divides individuals into six stages based on their moral development. Two stages are at the pre-conventional level, two stages are at the conventional level and the last two are at the post-conventional level. People who have reached the post-conventional stage of development are concerned with the innate rights of humans and guided by their own ethical principles.
16.
Which of the following implications cannot be derived from Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
Discovery learning
Need of verbal teaching
Sensitivity to children's readiness to learn
Acceptance of individual differences
B.
Need of verbal teaching
The cognitive theory of Piaget deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come to acquire, constructs and use it. To Piaget, cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes resulting from biological maturation and environmental experience. Piaget did not emphasise the role of language in development.
17.
Which of the following figures correctly represents the development according to Piaget's developmental theory?
1
2
3
4
C.
3
Piaget's development theory emphasised on the discreteness of stages of cognitive development.
18.
According to Socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky
culture and language play a crucial role in development.
the child thinks in different domains and does not take a complete perspective
children think in abstract terms if presented abstract material at a lower age
self-directed speech is the lowest stage of the scaffold
A.
culture and language play a crucial role in development.
Vygotsky believed children's thinking is affected by their knowledge of the social community. Vygotsky places more emphasis on culture affecting or shaping cognitive development. He also suggested that language is the most important tool for gaining the social knowledge. The child can be taught this from other people via language.
19.
The fact that children require culturally relevant knowledge and skills is attributed to
Charles Darwin
BF Skinner
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Lev Vygotsky
D.
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky believed children's thinking is affected by the knowledge of the social community. He assumes cognitive development varies across cultures. For Vygotsky, the environment in which children grow up will influence how they think and what they think
20.
As a teacher, you firmly believe in 'saying no to ragging and bullying' and put up posters and form committees in schools. The young adolescents who join you with strong beliefs, are at which of the following stages?
The conventional level
The pre-conventional level
The post-conventional level
Social order maintaining level
C.
The post-conventional level
According to Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, the given condition can be seen at the post-conventional morality level. In this level, individual judgement is based on self-chosen principles and moral reasoning is based on individual rights and justice.