Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 15

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Q1.  Which of the following is based on Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory? 

•  Operant conditioning
•  Reciprocal teaching
•  Culture-neutral cognitive development
•  Insight learning

Solution
Reciprocal teaching

Q2. A teacher says to her class, “As individual assignments are designed to help individual students learn more effectively, all students should complete assignments prescribed without any assistance.” She is referring to which of the following stages of Kohlberg's moral development?

•   Conventional stage 4-Law and order
•  Post-conventional stage 5- Social contract
•  Pre-conventional stage1-Punishment avoidance
•  Pre-conventional stage 2- Individualism and exchange

Solution
Post-conventional stage 5- Social contract

Q3.  The stages of cognitive development according to Piaget is followed by 

•    sensorimotor period, concrete operational period, pre-operational period, formal operational period sensorimotor 
•  pre-operational period, concrete operational period, formal operational period
•  pre-operational period, sensorimotor period, concrete operational period, formal operational period
•  pre-operational period, sensorimotor period, formal operational period, concrete operational period

Solution
pre-operational period, concrete operational period, formal operational period

Q4. The stages of cognitive development according to Jean Piaget known as pre-conceptual period is related to 

•  sensorimotor stage
•  concrete operational stage
•  pre-operational stage
•  formal operational stage

Solution
pre-operational stage

Q5. The concept of 'Zone of Proximal Development' (ZPD) was given by

•  Bandura
•  Piaget
•  Skinner
•  Vygotsky

Solution
Vygotsky

Q6. The fact that children require culturally relevant knowledge and skills is attributed to 

•  Charles Darwin
•  BF Skinner
•  Urie Bronfenbrenner
•  Lev Vygotsky

Solution
Lev Vygotsky

Q7. 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

Solution
The conventional level

Q8. Retrieving hidden objects is evidence that infants have begun to master which of the following cognitive functions?  

•  Intentional behaviour
•  Object-permanence
•  Problem-solving
•  Experimentation

Solution
Problem-solving

Q9. 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

Solution
culture and language play a crucial role in development

Q10. Theory of social learning emphasises on which of the following factors?

•  Nature
•  Nurture
•  Adaption
•  Amendation

Solution
Nurture