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Educational Psychology – Development of Child MCQs (41–60)

41. Growth is primarily associated with:
A) Emotional changes
B) Moral reasoning
C) Increase in body size and structure
D) Cognitive maturity
Answer: C) Increase in body size and structure

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42. Which of the following is a characteristic of development?
A) Occurs only during early childhood
B) Is linear and uniform for all children
C) Is a continuous and lifelong process
D) Is limited to physical changes
Answer: C) Is a continuous and lifelong process

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43. The principle of ‘development proceeds from general to specific’ means:
A) Children develop skills in a fixed order
B) Motor responses begin with specific parts
C) Behavior starts broad and becomes refined
D) Growth happens equally across domains
Answer: C) Behavior starts broad and becomes refined

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44. Emotional development is important because it:
A) Affects only moral behavior
B) Has no connection with social skills
C) Helps in adjusting to different environments
D) Does not influence learning
Answer: C) Helps in adjusting to different environments

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45. Which of the following factors is not biological in nature?
A) Genetic inheritance
B) Hormonal levels
C) Parent-child bonding
D) Brain development
Answer: C) Parent-child bonding

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46. According to Erikson, the key psychosocial conflict during adolescence is:
A) Autonomy vs. Shame
B) Trust vs. Mistrust
C) Initiative vs. Guilt
D) Identity vs. Role confusion
Answer: D) Identity vs. Role confusion

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47. The concept of "zone of proximal development" was introduced by:
A) Jean Piaget
B) Erik Erikson
C) Carl Rogers
D) Lev Vygotsky
Answer: D) Lev Vygotsky

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48. A child learning to walk is an example of which development domain?
A) Cognitive
B) Social
C) Physical & Motor
D) Moral
Answer: C) Physical & Motor

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49. Language development mainly depends on:
A) Motor development
B) Social interactions and environment
C) Physical maturity
D) Emotional repression
Answer: B) Social interactions and environment

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50. According to Kohlberg, moral development progresses through:
A) Arbitrary social changes
B) Fixed universal stages
C) Parental pressure
D) Emotional maturity only
Answer: B) Fixed universal stages

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51. Which of the following stages is marked by rapid cognitive growth?
A) Infancy
B) Early childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Late childhood
Answer: C) Adolescence

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52. Development is considered holistic because it:
A) Focuses only on physical and cognitive changes
B) Occurs in a random manner
C) Affects and is affected by all domains
D) Happens only under teacher guidance
Answer: C) Affects and is affected by all domains

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53. Moral reasoning at the conventional level is guided by:
A) Avoiding punishment
B) Abstract principles
C) Approval from society
D) Biological instincts
Answer: C) Approval from society

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54. Chomsky argued that children are born with:
A) Moral understanding
B) A blank slate
C) A Language Acquisition Device
D) Cognitive distortions
Answer: C) A Language Acquisition Device

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55. According to Carl Rogers, optimal development requires:
A) Strict discipline
B) Conditional regard
C) Unconditional positive regard
D) External rewards
Answer: C) Unconditional positive regard

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56. The interrelationship of development domains means:
A) Physical growth has no effect on learning
B) All development areas function independently
C) Cognitive and emotional growth affect each other
D) Language grows in isolation
Answer: C) Cognitive and emotional growth affect each other

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57. Social development involves:
A) Muscle coordination
B) Interaction with peers and others
C) Memory and logic
D) Grammatical skills
Answer: B) Interaction with peers and others

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58. Erikson’s stage for toddlers (1–3 years) focuses on:
A) Initiative vs. guilt
B) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
C) Trust vs. mistrust
D) Industry vs. inferiority
Answer: B) Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

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59. Development is affected most when:
A) There is balanced support from all domains
B) Only one domain is stimulated
C) Teachers focus only on cognitive areas
D) Parents ignore emotional needs
Answer: D) Parents ignore emotional needs

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60. According to Piaget, a child in the formal operational stage can:
A) Understand object permanence
B) Perform abstract and hypothetical reasoning
C) Use only concrete logic
D) Fail to conserve volume
Answer: B) Perform abstract and hypothetical reasoning

 

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