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| 1351. |
Teachers must believe in which of the following values in the context of dealing with disadvantaged learners? [CTET-Feb.-2014-II] |
| A. | Personal accountability for students' success |
| B. | High expectations of appropriate behavior |
| C. | No demands of any sort on the student |
| D. | For immediate compliance of students, use of being shocked and angry |
| Answer» B. High expectations of appropriate behavior | |
| 1352. |
If a student is consistently getting lower grades in school, her parents can be advised to help her by [CTET-Feb. -2014-I] |
| A. | working in close association with teachers |
| B. | withholding mobile phones, movies, comics and extra time for play |
| C. | narrating her the hardships of life for those who do not possess proper education |
| D. | forcing her to work harder at home |
| Answer» B. withholding mobile phones, movies, comics and extra time for play | |
| 1353. |
The cause of learned helplessness in children is their [CTET-Feb. -2014-I] |
| A. | acquired behavior that they will not succeed |
| B. | callous attitude towards classroom activities |
| C. | non-compliance with expectations of their parents |
| D. | moral decision for not taking up studies seriously |
| Answer» B. callous attitude towards classroom activities | |
| 1354. |
A student of grade 5 with visual deficiency should be [UPTET-2011-I] |
| A. | excused to do a lower level of work |
| B. | helped with his / her routine work by parents and friends |
| C. | treated normally in the classroom and provided support through audio CDs |
| D. | given special treatment in the classroom. |
| Answer» D. given special treatment in the classroom. | |
| 1355. |
Child belonging to weaker section' means [IRTET-2011-I] |
| A. | A child belonging to such parents whose annual income is low |
| B. | A child belonging to such parents who come under the disadvantaged group |
| C. | A child belonging to such parents who come under the category of below poverty line |
| D. | A child belonging to such parents whose annual income is lower than the minimum limit specified by the appropriate government. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1356. |
A provision for education for the children with disabilities can be done through [RTET-2011-I] |
| A. | Inclusive education |
| B. | Mainstreaming |
| C. | Integration |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mainstreaming | |
| 1357. |
Which of the following is the most effective way to convey students way to convey students from disadvantaged sections that you except them to participate and succeed? [CTET-Feb.-2014-l] |
| A. | Articulate your confidence in their ability to succeed |
| B. | Develop your own interest in the topics to be taught |
| C. | Compare them with other children as frequently as possible to make them realize their goal |
| D. | Emphasize the point that you have high expectation of them |
| Answer» B. Develop your own interest in the topics to be taught | |
| 1358. |
A disorder related to language comprehension is [CTET-Feb.-2014-l] |
| A. | apraxia |
| B. | dyslexia |
| C. | aspeechxia |
| D. | aphasia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1359. |
An inclusive school reflects on all the following questions except: [CTET-July.-2013-II] |
| A. | Do we believe that all students can learn |
| B. | Do we work in teams to plan and deliver learning enabling environment |
| C. | Do we properly segregate special children from normal to provide better care |
| D. | Do we adopt strategies catering for the diverse needs of students |
| Answer» D. Do we adopt strategies catering for the diverse needs of students | |
| 1360. |
In which country was the Juvenile Psychopathic Institute established in the year 1909 [TNTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | India |
| C. | Chicago |
| D. | Saudi Arabia |
| Answer» D. Saudi Arabia | |
| 1361. |
One's personality disorder is based on [TNTET-2014-II] |
| A. | Emotional shocks |
| B. | Simple feelings |
| C. | Emotional enjoyment |
| D. | Mental health |
| Answer» B. Simple feelings | |
| 1362. |
Children with speech impairment can be assisted by: [PTET-2014-II] |
| A. | encouraging them to express thoughts in the classroom |
| B. | helping him/her to pronounce correct sounds |
| C. | helping him /her to hear his/her spoken errors |
| D. | referral to specialist for complete evaluation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1363. |
It is not Speech Disorder : [UPTET-2014-I] |
| A. | Lisping and Slurring |
| B. | Talking in slow or fast Speed |
| C. | Stammering and Stuttering |
| D. | Sharp unclear speech |
| Answer» C. Stammering and Stuttering | |
| 1364. |
Inclusive education refers to a school education system that [CTET-2012-II] |
| A. | emphasizes the need to promote the education of the girl child only |
| B. | includes children with disability |
| C. | includes children regardless of physical, intellectual, social, linguistic or other differently able conditions |
| D. | encourages education of children with special needs through exclusive schools |
| Answer» D. encourages education of children with special needs through exclusive schools | |
| 1365. |
Inclusive Education [CTET-2012-I] |
| A. | encourages strict admission procedures |
| B. | includes indoctrination of facts |
| C. | includes teachers from marginalized groups |
| D. | celebrates diversity in the classroom |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1366. |
Fitting new information into existing schemes is known as |
| A. | Accommodation |
| B. | Equilibration |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Organization |
| Answer» D. Organization | |
| 1367. |
According to Socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky |
| A. | culture and language play a crucial role in development |
| B. | the child thinks in different domains and does not a complete perspective |
| C. | children think in abstract terms if presented abstract material at a lower age |
| D. | Self-directed speech is the lowest stage of the scaffold |
| Answer» B. the child thinks in different domains and does not a complete perspective | |
| 1368. |
Phonological awareness refers to the ability to |
| A. | reflect and manipulate the sound structure |
| B. | speak fluently and accurately |
| C. | know, understand and write |
| D. | master the rules of grammar |
| Answer» B. speak fluently and accurately | |
| 1369. |
'Praising or criticising affects the success of the child' is said by |
| A. | Hurlock |
| B. | Gallon |
| C. | Pearson |
| D. | Woods |
| Answer» B. Gallon | |
| 1370. |
The attitude is |
| A. | an emotionalized tendency organized through experience to react positively or negatively towards a psychological object |
| B. | a characteristic that is symptomatic to the individual's ability to acquire with some specified training, some knowledge or skill in a given field |
| C. | a potential ability of an individual of a specialized kind |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. a characteristic that is symptomatic to the individual's ability to acquire with some specified training, some knowledge or skill in a given field | |
| 1371. |
According to Piaget, Egocentrism occurs in |
| A. | sensory motor stage |
| B. | pre-operational stage |
| C. | concrete operational stage |
| D. | formal operational stage |
| Answer» C. concrete operational stage | |
| 1372. |
According to Vygotsky, young children use what mechanism to turn shared knowledge into their personal knowledge? |
| A. | Conservation of energy |
| B. | Private speech |
| C. | Autonomous morality |
| D. | Sensori-motor behavior |
| Answer» C. Autonomous morality | |
| 1373. |
According to Piaget, adaptation is the process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of Assimilation and............... |
| A. | Schemes |
| B. | Disequilibrium |
| C. | Constructivism |
| D. | Accommodation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1374. |
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. | Sensori-motor |
| B. | Preoperational |
| C. | Concrete-operational |
| D. | Formal operations |
| Answer» B. Preoperational | |
| 1375. |
Piaget's theory, the pre-operational stage marks the period from |
| A. | 7 to 11 years |
| B. | Birth to 2 years |
| C. | 10 to 12 years |
| D. | 2 to 6 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1376. |
In Piaget's theory, the sensorimotor stage marks the period from |
| A. | 1 year to 3 years |
| B. | 2 years to 4 years |
| C. | Birth to 2 years |
| D. | Birth to 4 years |
| Answer» D. Birth to 4 years | |
| 1377. |
Kohlberg's moral development stages are closely related to |
| A. | Freud's psychosexual stages |
| B. | Piaget's cognitive development stages |
| C. | Erikson's psychosocial stages |
| D. | Sollivan's interpersonal stages |
| Answer» C. Erikson's psychosocial stages | |
| 1378. |
The dynamic structuralism of ----- was aimed at capturing both the developmental process and the continuous maintenance of existing organizational forms |
| A. | Piaget |
| B. | Bergson |
| C. | Bruner |
| D. | Erickson |
| Answer» B. Bergson | |
| 1379. |
The ZPD is necessarily a concept where the teacher and learner roles are |
| A. | interdependent and asymmetric |
| B. | dependent and symmetric |
| C. | directional and integrative |
| D. | methodical and cyclic |
| Answer» B. dependent and symmetric | |
| 1380. |
Who determined that the incidence of egocentric speech decreased sharply when children were placed in the company of others who could not possibly understand them - deaf and dumb children or children speaking a foreign language |
| A. | Vygotsky |
| B. | Karl Rogers |
| C. | Piaget |
| D. | Kohlberg |
| Answer» B. Karl Rogers | |
| 1381. |
Who is the father of genetic epistemology? |
| A. | Piaget |
| B. | Bruner |
| C. | Vygotsky |
| D. | Dewey |
| Answer» B. Bruner | |
| 1382. |
Self-regulation of learners refers to |
| A. | Their ability to monitor their own learning |
| B. | creating regulations for student behavior |
| C. | rules and regulations made by the student body |
| D. | Self-discipline and control |
| Answer» B. creating regulations for student behavior | |
| 1383. |
The psychosocial crisis of the school age is |
| A. | Autonomy versus Shame and doubt |
| B. | Trust versus Mistrust |
| C. | Identity versus Identity confusion |
| D. | Industry versus Inferiority |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1384. |
In contrast to Freud, Erikson |
| A. | Placed more emphasis on unconscious Motivation |
| B. | Placed more emphasis on the ego |
| C. | De-emphasized social and historical influences on personality |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. De-emphasized social and historical influences on personality | |
| 1385. |
-------occurs when a teacher adjusts his or her level of support and guidance to the level of skill of the student. |
| A. | Modeling |
| B. | Assimilation |
| C. | Scaffolding |
| D. | Transference |
| Answer» D. Transference | |
| 1386. |
According to Erikson, which of these is the most important aspect of the ego? |
| A. | Self-conscious ego |
| B. | Perceived ego |
| C. | Ego identity |
| D. | Realistic ego |
| Answer» D. Realistic ego | |
| 1387. |
Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development best reflects an |
| A. | Behaviorist approach |
| B. | Information-processing approach. |
| C. | Structuralist approach |
| D. | Social constructivist approach |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1388. |
Which of the following reflects Lev Vygotsky's beliefs about language and thought? |
| A. | Children who use a lot of private speech are usually less socially competent. |
| B. | Children use internal speech earlier than they use external speech. |
| C. | Language and thought initially develop together and then become independent. |
| D. | All mental functions have social origins. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1389. |
A toddler is likely to learn something in the zone of proximal development if |
| A. | The toddler has mastered all the skills necessary |
| B. | Parents or teachers do not interfere. |
| C. | The task is more difficult than the child can do alone. |
| D. | The toddler needs little or no help from a parent or teacher. |
| Answer» D. The toddler needs little or no help from a parent or teacher. | |
| 1390. |
In Piagetian terms, the cognitive ability to solve problems that develop in adolescence is called |
| A. | Trial and error reasoning |
| B. | Hypothetic-deductive reasoning |
| C. | Concrete thinking |
| D. | Transitivity |
| Answer» C. Concrete thinking | |
| 1391. |
Reversible mental actions are called |
| A. | Focal points |
| B. | Symbolic thought |
| C. | Abstractions |
| D. | Operations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1392. |
A mechanism that Piaget proposed to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to the next is called |
| A. | Equilibration |
| B. | Conservation |
| C. | Transitivity |
| D. | Knowledge transfer |
| Answer» B. Conservation | |
| 1393. |
According to Lev Vygotsky, the primary cause of cognitive development is [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | equilibration |
| B. | social interaction |
| C. | adjustment of mental schemas |
| D. | stimulus-response pairing |
| Answer» C. adjustment of mental schemas | |
| 1394. |
According to Piaget, which one of the following factors plays an important role in influencing development? [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | Language |
| B. | Reinforcement |
| C. | Experience with the physical world |
| D. | Imitation |
| Answer» D. Imitation | |
| 1395. |
Which of the following is a sensitive period pertaining to language development? [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | Prenatal period |
| B. | Middle childhood period |
| C. | Adulthood |
| D. | Early childhood period |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1396. |
Primary school children will learn most effectively in an atmosphere : [CTET-Sept.-2016-I] |
| A. | where their emotional needs are met and they feel that they are valued |
| B. | where the teacher is authoritative and dearly dictates what should be done |
| C. | where the focus and stress are only on mastering primarily cognitive skills of reading, writing and mathematics |
| D. | where the teacher leads all the learning and expects students to play a passive role |
| Answer» B. where the teacher is authoritative and dearly dictates what should be done | |
| 1397. |
Which one of the following is a correctly matched pair? [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | Punishment and obedience orientation-Laws are not fixed, but can be changed for the good of society. |
| B. | Social contract orientation-Physical consequences of an action determine whether it is good or bad. |
| C. | Good boy and good girl orientation-One earns approval by being nice. |
| D. | Law and order orientation-Ethical principles are self-chosen on the basis of the value of human rights. |
| Answer» D. Law and order orientation-Ethical principles are self-chosen on the basis of the value of human rights. | |
| 1398. |
The cognitive ability that comes in pre-operational period is [CTET-Feb.-2016-II] |
| A. | ability for abstract thinking. |
| B. | hypothetico-deductive thinking. |
| C. | ability of goal-directed behavior. |
| D. | ability to take other's perspective. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1399. |
Piaget proposes that pre-operational children are unable to conserve. He attributes this inability to which one of the following factors? [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | Lack of high-level abstract reasoning |
| B. | Inability of hypothetic-deductive reasoning |
| C. | Personal fable |
| D. | Irreversibility of thought |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1400. |
According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is [CTET-Feb.-2015-II] |
| A. | what the child can do on her own which cannot be assessed. |
| B. | zone demarking the support offered by the teacher. |
| C. | the gap between what the child can do independently and with assistance. |
| D. | the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential. |
| Answer» D. the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential. | |