CTET Child Development and Pedagogy Paper 2 Mock Test Set 4

1. The underlying principle of 'understanding-based teaching is the belief that:

2. How can a teacher help Aman who is struggling with complex problems develop problem-solving skills ?

3. A conducive classroom environment for learning in middle classes centres around _________ .

4. Assertion (A): Advertisements and films exert a major influence in determining the attitudes and values held by adolescents.
Reason (R) : Media is a powerful secondary agency of socialization Choose the correct option:

5. Ramesh finds his friend's pen very fascinating and thinks of stealing it but then he decided not to steal because if his parents will know they will not think positive about him. According to Kohlberg at which stage of morality is Ramesh?

6. Assertion (A): A major criticism of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development is his belief that all children progress through the sequence of four stages in the same manner.
Reason (R) : Socio-cultural factors play an important role cognitive development Choose the correct option

7. Children's reasoning in _____ stage is limited with focus on one perceptual dimension of the problem.

8. Which of the following is a classroom implication arising from Lev Vygotsky's theory?

9. Which of the following theorists has proposed the theory of moral development of children?

10. According to Vygotsky, which of the following would enable children to progress in the zone of proximal development?

11. Howard Gardner critiques the conventional thinking of intelligence as a fixed trait. Which of the following is not one among his eight types of intelligence?

12. Which of the following questions would promote critical thinking in children?

13. Assertion (A): Teachers should follow standardized curriculum and procedures for assessment of children.
Reason (R): The aim of inclusive education is to work towards making everyone the same by dismissing differences.
Choose the correct option:

14. Teachers should use gender neutral language and discuss that it is a social construct to-

15. In a group of diverse learners teachers should practise multicultural education:

16. Sunita exhibits repetitive motor actions and has difficulty making friends though she has ability for excellent attention, to detail. These are typical identifying characteristics of:

17. In a socio-constructivist frame, learning and knowledge is -

18. Assertion (A): It is important to focus on the development of children from infancy to adolescence.
Reason (R): Even though the first few years of life are significant for development, from the point of view of brain plasticity, the whole of childhood
and adolescence is a sensitive period.
Choose the correct option.

19. Responding to Heinz Dilemma Roohi says, 'stealing the drug is wrong under any circumstance because it is wrong to steal. According to Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development, Roohi is at

20. A teacher encourages children to talk to their elders and members of community to learn about their heritage.
Choose the set of options that indicate teacher's belief about socialisation and learning.
i) Recognising the importance of knowledge that children gain through community.
ii) Understanding that learning takes place in a social context and it is important to connect with it.
iii) Importance of linking school knowledge with local knowledge.
iv) Giving more importance to school knowledge.

21. A teacher encourages his/her students to make concept maps after teaching a topic. This would be helpful in
(i) conducting formative assessment.
(ii) testing the capability of students to summarize the main points.
(iii) developing rubrics to evaluate the level of the students.
(iv) testing the artistic ability of students.

22. Lev Vygotsky believed that development:

23. According to Piaget, the four qualitatively different stages :

24. Which of the following is a limitation of Piaget's theory of cognitive development ?

25. Read the following statements and choose the correct option :
Assertion (A) : Every year Lata, a Class VII teacher invites a female maths professor and a male nurse to her class to discuss careers in these fields.
Reason (R) : Gender differences are innate and not acquired through society.

26. Which of the following can enhance critical thinking in middle school students?

27. Childhood is :

28. For Lev Vygotsky, the primary factor influencing cognitive development is

29. Which of the following pedagogical strategy promotes critical thinking?

30. Students prior knowledge and understanding______