1. Who is credited with conducting the first systematic study of developmental psychology?
a) Charles Darwin
b) Jean Piaget
c) John Bowlby
d) Lev Vygotsky
2. One among the options is not dominated in the field with their extensive theories of human development.
a) Jean Piaget
b) Lev Vygotsky
c) John Bowlby
d) B F Skinner
3. The id is the part of our personality which is made up of ……………. drives.
a) Basic
b) Unconscious
c) Instinctual
d) Conscious
4. Erik Erikson (1902-1990) proposed a theory of development which emphasized the role of ………………….. .
a) Cognitive and behavioural factors in development
b) Cognitive factors in development
c) Social and cultural factors in development
d) Emotional factors in development
5. Stages of psychosocial development: industry versus inferiority
a) 6 to 11 years
b) adolescence
c) young adulthood
d) middle adulthood
6. Stages of psychosocial development: Basic trust versus mistrust
a) 1 to 3 years
b) birth to 1 year
c) 3 to 6 years
d) 6 to 11 years
7. Watson wanted to create an objective science of psychology and he believed that ………………. events should be the focus of the study.
a) experimental
b) directly observable
c) inner mental
d) cognitive
8. Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model of human development include
a) Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystems, Macrosystem, Chronosystem
b) Microsystem, Mesosystem, Ecosystem, Macrosystem, Chronosystem
c) Exosystems, Microsystem, Mesosystem, Macrosystem, tetrosystem
d) Microsystem, Nanosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem, Chronosystem
9. As per Piaget children's ………….. development is progressing through four stages.
a. Physical
b. Emotional
c. Cognitive
d. Functional
10. Sensorimotor stage of development is lasting from …………….. of age.
a. birth to about 2 years
b. about 2 to 7 years
c. about 7 to 11 years
d. about 12 to 15 years
11. Vygotsky emphasis the role of ……………………… in development of a child.
a) Cognitive element
b) Environment
c) Social interaction
d) Parents
12. Which is the developmental stage in Eriksons theory represent 1 to 3 years
a. Autonomy vs. shame
b. Initiative vs. guilt
c. Trust vs. mistrust
d. Identity vs. identity diffusion
13. In which stage of Ericksons development theory an individual develop a sense of mastery over aspects of one's environment, cope with challenges and increase responsibility.
a. Autonomy vs. shame
b. Initiative vs. guilt
c. Trust vs. mistrust
d. Identity vs. identity diffusion
14. An unconscious reflex action in newborn child i.e., If their palms are touched, they will make a very tight fist which is called as.
a. Unconscious reflex
b. Reflection action
c. None of the above
d. Darwinian reflex
15. Which achievement is considered an important milestone in fine motor development?
a. top-level reaching
b. palmar grasp
c. finger dexterity
d. balancing
16. ………………. is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to the same stimulus.
a. Habituation
b. Extinction
c. Discrimination
d. Negative learning
17. Children are born with reflexes that allow them to suck and grasp and they begin to follow objects with their eyes. What are these reflexes known as
a. Simple Reflexes
b. Biological reflexes
c. Motor reflexes
d. Primary Circular Reactions
18. Piaget’s had a background in Biology. What he called this theoretical framework?
a. Emotional epistemology
b. epistemology
c. genetic epistemology
d. Social epistemology
19. What was Piaget’s primary interest in human organisms?
a) how knowledge developed
b) how language developed
c) how emotions developed
d) how interpersonal relations developed
20. According Piaget the basic unit with which the cognitive structure is built up is ……………………… .
a) Schema
b) Accommodation
c) Equilibrium
d) Assimilation
21. According to Piaget biologically every living organism would like to remain in the existing state of ………………………… without being disturbed.
a) Accommodation
b) Disequilibrium
c) Assimilation
d) Equilibrium
22. Children of the same age may …………….. in terms of possession of mental abilities.
a) Differ
b) Almost same
c) Equal
d) None of the above
23. Sensory-motor Stage
a) about 2 to 7 years
b) From birth to about 2 years
c) about 7 to 11 years
d) about 12 to 15 years
24. Which stage the child begins to utter words to ask for something rather than just reaching out to get it
a) Preoperational Stage
b) Concrete Operational Stage
c) Formal operation
d) Sensory motor Stage
25. His thinking becomes more logical and systematic
a. Preoperational Stage
b. Concrete Operational Stage
c. Formal operation
d. Sensory motor Stage
