In the development of child, a significant role is played by:

Related Mcqs:

1. In development an important role is played by:

   A. Heredity
   B. Environment
   C. Both (a) and (b)
   D. None of the above

2. The relationship between a child’s intellectual development and the age at which the child first walks is _____________?

   A. strong
   B. moderate
   C. nonexistent
   D. lower

3. Which of the following has a significant role in the learning process:

   A. Desire
   B. previous knowledge
   C. mental level
   D. All of the above

4. Which neurotransmitter plays the most significant role in the regulating of schizophrenic symptoms?

   A. gamma – aminobutyric acid (GABA)
   B. epinephrine
   C. acetylcholine
   D. dopamine

5. Movement illusions such as the moon-cloud illusion, in which the moon appears to race from cloud to cloud, illustrate the role in visual perception played by ______________?

   A. binocular disparity
   B. a frame of reference
   C. a linear perspective
   D. bottom-up processing

6. During a child’s development, if the amount of frustration and anxiety becomes too great concerning movement to the next stage, development may come to a halt. The individual is said to become ____________?

   A. dependent
   B. passive
   C. fixated
   D. regressive

7. Watson and Rayner (1`920) conditioned “Little Albert’ to fear white rats by banging a hammer on a steel bar as the child played with a white rat. Later, it was discovered that Albert feared not only white rats but white stuffed toys and Santa’s beard as well. Albert’s fear of these other objects can be attributed to:

   A. the law effect
   B. stimulus generalization
   C. stimulus discrimination
   D. an overactive imagination

8. A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence. The child is in Piaget’s_____stage.

   A. sensorimotor
   B. preoperational
   C. concrete operational
   D. formal operations

9. A child is shown two identical balls of clay, sees one of them rolled into a rod shape, and is then asked which ball contains more clay. This child is being tested for an understanding of _____________?

   A. object permanence
   B. conservation of substance
   C. the reversibility of actions
   D. logical possibilities

10. When a child understands that reversible changes in the appearance of an object do not change fundamental properties such as number, width and volume, the child has achieved _______________?

    A. conservation
    B. egocentrism
    C. hypothetic-deductive reasoning
    D. an understanding of cause-and-effect relations