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Child Development Test - 9

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Studies of the Head Start Program indicate that

  1. children improve their school performance and abilities

  2. early childhood educational programs are a waste of the taxpayers money

  3. the gains are about the same as if the child was in a caring environment

  4. children improve their performance while they are in the program but lose it in elementary school


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Children improve their school performance and abilities

Which of the following most clearly demonstrates the existence of emotional attachment?

  1. Separation anxiety

  2. Learning to walk

  3. Imprinting

  4. Language development


Correct Option: A

Which represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of intellectual development?

  1. sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, postoperational

  2. preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor

  3. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

  4. preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, postoperational


Correct Option: C

The three basic emotions which appear to be unlearned but take time to develop are

  1. affection, anger and fear

  2. excitement, jealousy and anger

  3. delight, jealousy and fear

  4. anger, fear and joy


Correct Option: D

Physical growth and development is called

  1. readiness

  2. maturation

  3. mobility

  4. heredity


Correct Option: B

According to __________, all children pass through a series of distinct stages in their intellectual development.

  1. Piaget

  2. Bloom

  3. Watson

  4. Harlow


Correct Option: A

Piaget is mainly known for studying

  1. language development

  2. sexual development

  3. social development

  4. cognitive development


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Piaget is mainly known for studying cognitive development.

Barbara is applying conditioning principles to teach language skills to retarded children. As a psychologist, her point of view appears to be

  1. Freudian

  2. Gestalt

  3. functionalist

  4. behaviourist


Correct Option: D

Freud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined by

  1. the first year of life

  2. the forces in the personality that are often unconscious

  3. the needs for love and self-esteem

  4. the drive for self-actualization


Correct Option: B

The study of mental processes such as thinking, perception, information processing, etc. is a key element in __________ psychology.

  1. humanistic

  2. cognitive

  3. behavioural

  4. biological


Correct Option: B

Which area in psychology would be most likely to study the phenomenon of 'peer influence'?

  1. Social

  2. Comparative

  3. Physiological

  4. School


Correct Option: A

Developmental psychologists study the effects of __________ on behaviour.

  1. marketing

  2. learning disabilities

  3. aging

  4. robotics


Correct Option: C

__________ is the study of the meaning of words and language.

  1. Linguistics

  2. Encoding

  3. Semantics

  4. Syntax


Correct Option: C

Characteristics of creativity include

  1. convergence

  2. flexibility

  3. gender differences

  4. rigid personality factors


Correct Option: B

The solution to arithmetic problems requires

  1. mechanical solutions

  2. convergent thinking

  3. insight

  4. brainstorming


Correct Option: B

The rules for ordering words in the sentences are called

  1. grammar

  2. syntax

  3. semantic differential

  4. heuristics


Correct Option: B

A student who takes a multiple-choice test by reading the stem of each item, generating the correct response before looking at the choices, and then choosing the response closest to the answer is using

  1. a heuristic

  2. an 'ideal' solution

  3. vicarious problem solving

  4. an algorithmic search strategy


Correct Option: A

Oversimplified concepts of groups of people are referred to as

  1. group thinking

  2. social stereotypes

  3. relational stereotypes

  4. disjunctive stereotypes


Correct Option: B

__________ are the smallest meaningful units of speech.

  1. Morphemes

  2. Phonemes

  3. Pheromones

  4. Concepts


Correct Option: A

The stage of creative thought during which problem solving proceeds at a subconscious level is the __________ stage.

  1. incubation

  2. orientation

  3. preparation

  4. illumination


Correct Option: A

A detailed, practical and workable solution to a problem is called a(n) __________ solution.

  1. heuristic

  2. general

  3. functional

  4. specific


Correct Option: C

The correlation between IQ and creativity is

  1. very high

  2. very low

  3. zero

  4. more positively correlated the higher the IQ


Correct Option: B

The ability to speak two languages is referred to as

  1. bi-languagism

  2. fluency

  3. bilingualism

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

Drawing conclusions on the basis of formal principles of reasoning is termed as

  1. inductive thought

  2. deductive thought

  3. logical thought

  4. illogical thought


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Drawing conclusions on the basis of formal principles of reasoning is termed as logical thought

Psychology is

  1. the study of human origins, evolution and cultures

  2. the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes of any living creature

  3. a natural science integrating physiology and neurology

  4. the deductive study of forms and functions of human groups


Correct Option: B
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