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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .
| 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 |
| Answer» A. charles darwin | |
| 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» C. instinctual | |
| 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 |
| Answer» C. social and cultural factors in development | |
| 5. |
Stages of psychosocial development: industry versus inferiority |
| A. | 6 to 11 years |
| B. | adolescence |
| C. | young adulthood |
| D. | middle adulthood |
| Answer» A. 6 to 11 years | |
| 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 |
| Answer» B. birth to 1 year | |
| 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 |
| Answer» B. directly observable | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. microsystem, mesosystem, exosystems, macrosystem, chronosystem | |
| 9. |
As per Piaget children's ………….. development is progressing through four stages. |
| A. | physical |
| B. | emotional |
| C. | cognitive |
| D. | functional |
| Answer» C. cognitive | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. birth to about 2 years | |
| 11. |
Vygotsky emphasis the role of ……………………… in development of a child. |
| A. | cognitive element |
| B. | environment |
| C. | social interaction |
| D. | parents |
| Answer» C. social interaction | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. autonomy vs. shame | |
| 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 |
| Answer» B. initiative vs. guilt | |
| 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 |
| Answer» 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 |
| Answer» B. palmar grasp | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. habituation | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. simple reflexes | |
| 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 |
| Answer» C. genetic 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 |
| Answer» A. how knowledge developed | |
| 20. |
According Piaget the basic unit with which the cognitive structure is built up is ……………………… . |
| A. | schema |
| B. | accommodation |
| C. | equilibrium |
| D. | assimilation |
| Answer» A. schema | |
| 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. | equilibriu |
| Answer» D. equilibriu | |
| 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 |
| Answer» A. differ | |
| 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 |
| Answer» B. from birth to about 2 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 |
| Answer» A. preoperational stage | |
| 25. |
His thinking becomes more logical and systematic |
| A. | preoperational stage |
| B. | concrete operational stage |
| C. | formal operation |
| D. | sensory motor stage |
| Answer» B. concrete operational stage | |
| 26. |
The developmental stage in which the child is no longer ego-centric in his thinking. He does not think of himself as the centre of the external world and does not perceive the world only from his own standpoint. |
| A. | formal operation |
| B. | sensory motor stage |
| C. | concrete operational stage |
| D. | preoperational stage |
| Answer» C. concrete operational stage | |
| 27. |
Generalizations and framing of rules by operating in abstract terms become quite possible at this stage. |
| A. | formal operation stage |
| B. | formal operation |
| C. | sensory motor stage |
| D. | preoperational stage |
| Answer» D. preoperational stage | |
| 28. |
Human languages have a ……………………. structure. |
| A. | hierarchical |
| B. | vertical |
| C. | parallel |
| D. | long |
| Answer» A. hierarchical | |
| 29. |
The smallest speech units in a language that can be distinguished perceptually. |
| A. | phonemes |
| B. | morphemes |
| C. | grammar |
| D. | prefix |
| Answer» A. phonemes | |
| 30. |
…………………………are the smallest units of meaning in a language. |
| A. | phonemes |
| B. | morphemes |
| C. | grammar |
| D. | prefix |
| Answer» B. morphemes | |
| 31. |
…………………… is a system of rules that specify how words can be arranged into sentences. |
| A. | syntax |
| B. | semantics |
| C. | morphemes |
| D. | phonemes |
| Answer» A. syntax | |
| 32. |
.…………………. is the knowledge, independent of semantics and syntax etc, of what kind of response would be appropriate in a given social situation. |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | pragmatics |
| C. | morphemes |
| D. | syntax |
| Answer» B. pragmatics | |
| 33. |
…………………….. is the stage at which the individually meaningless phonemes are assembled to produce meaningful portions of language, called morphemes. |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | morphemes |
| C. | syntax |
| D. | pragmatics |
| Answer» A. semantics | |
| 34. |
Attachment theory is the joint work of ……………… and Mary Ainsworth. |
| A. | b f skinner |
| B. | j piaget |
| C. | john bowlby |
| D. | vygotsky |
| Answer» C. john bowlby | |
| 35. |
…………….. is a psychological, evolutionary, and ethological theory concerning relationships between humans |
| A. | attachment theory |
| B. | emotional theory |
| C. | learning theory |
| D. | developmental theory |
| Answer» A. attachment theory | |
| 36. |
Which mostly affects the development of emotional self-regulation? |
| A. | temperament |
| B. | learning |
| C. | perception |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» A. temperament | |
| 37. |
In child-to-adult relationships, the child's tie is called the "attachment" and the caregiver's reciprocal equivalent is referred to as ……………….. . |
| A. | attachment bond |
| B. | care-giving bond |
| C. | relationship bond |
| D. | bonding |
| Answer» B. care-giving bond | |
| 38. |
Who is known as the principle attachment figure? |
| A. | father |
| B. | significant others |
| C. | mothers |
| D. | care givers |
| Answer» C. mothers | |
| 39. |
……………….. is the anticipation or fear of being cut off from the attachment figure. |
| A. | anxiety |
| B. | stress |
| C. | alarm |
| D. | distress |
| Answer» A. anxiety | |
| 40. |
In which stage attachment behaviours such as clinging and following decline and selfreliance increases. |
| A. | early childhood |
| B. | late childhood |
| C. | middle childhood |
| D. | early adulthood |
| Answer» C. middle childhood | |
| 41. |
Types of Bowlby’s theory of attachment (Child and caregiver behaviour patterns before the age of 18 months) |
| A. | secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & organized |
| B. | secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & disorganized |
| C. | safe, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & organized |
| D. | safe, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & disorganized |
| Answer» B. secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & disorganized | |
| 42. |
In which attachment pattern of Bowlby children show a pattern of alternate aggression and withdrawal? |
| A. | secure |
| B. | avoidant |
| C. | ambivalent/resistant |
| D. | disorganized |
| Answer» D. disorganized | |
| 43. |
Who extended the Attachment theory to adult romantic relationships? |
| A. | cindy hazan and phillip shaver |
| B. | j bowlby and mary ainsworth |
| C. | piaget and vygotsky |
| D. | none of them |
| Answer» A. cindy hazan and phillip shaver | |
| 44. |
In Freud's view, development is a …………….. process. |
| A. | continuous |
| B. | discontinuous |
| C. | automatic |
| D. | loose |
| Answer» B. discontinuous | |
| 45. |
In Freud’s oral developmental stage the pleasure is centered around the …………….. |
| A. | mouth |
| B. | genitals |
| C. | faeces |
| D. | opposite sex |
| Answer» A. mouth | |
| 46. |
Freud's theory relied mainly on the use of methods such as |
| A. | free association, empirical testing, dream analysis & introspection |
| B. | free association, dream analysis, case study & empirical testing |
| C. | free association, dream analysis, experiments & testing. |
| D. | free association, dream analysis, case study & introspection |
| Answer» D. free association, dream analysis, case study & introspection | |
| 47. |
Who proposed the psychosocial theory? |
| A. | erik erickson |
| B. | vygostky |
| C. | piaget |
| D. | freud |
| Answer» A. erik erickson | |
| 48. |
Watson applied ………….. principles of classical conditioning to children's behaviour. |
| A. | skinner’s |
| B. | pavlov\s |
| C. | bandura’s |
| D. | erickson’s |
| Answer» B. pavlov\s | |
| 49. |
What is the name of the child whom the classical condioning was tested by J. Watson? |
| A. | albert |
| B. | sultan |
| C. | bob |
| D. | ted |
| Answer» A. albert | |
| 50. |
Who proposed the operant conditioning learning theory? |
| A. | pavlov |
| B. | skinner |
| C. | bandura |
| D. | j. watson |
| Answer» B. skinner | |
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