Child Development and Pedagogy MCQ - CDP MCQ - Section 1

146 Which of the following is an example of Acquired Motives?

Acquired motives are shaped through experience and as a result, are unique to an individual. Acquired motives are also called social motives because they affect how we interact with other people. Classification of social motives is given below
• Achievement motive
• Aggresive motive
• Power motive
• Affiliation motive
• Curiosity motive
• Aquisitive motive.

147 Motivation is characterised by

One of the assertions of the Arousal theory of motivation is that our levels of arousal have an influence on our performance. This is commonly referred to as the Yarkes-Dodson Law. The law states that increased levels of arousal will improve performance, but only up until the optimum arousal level is reached.

148 Thinking is mental activity in the .... aspect.

According to Ross (1951), "Thinking is mental activity in its cognitive aspect or mental activity with regard to psychological object." This definition describes thinking as a cognitive process that makes use of mental images to solve a problem.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This Question paper consists of 150 objective type Questions, to be completed in maximum 2 hrs 30 min.
2. Each Question carries 1 mark and there is no negative marking.
3. This paper has 4 parts:
Part I (Child Development and Cognition) (Q. Nos. 1-30),
Part II Language I (Hindi)(Q.Nos. 31-60) ,
Part III Language II (English) (Q. Nos. 61-90) and
Part IV (Mathematics) (Q. Nos. 91-120)
Part V (Environmental Studies) (Q. Nos. 121-150).

PART I Child Development and Cognition

149 Piaget is mainly known for studying

Jean Pia get was a Swiss psychologist, well known for his theory of cognitive development that looked at how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood.

150 When training given to one part of human body gets transferred to the other part, then it is called

Training given to one part of human body gets transmitted to the other part, is known as bilateral transfer. For instances training given in operating typewriter with the right hand only, will also result in a improvement in working with left hand. The phenomenon of 'bilateral transfer' was first recorded and observed by Weber.