Question1

Piaget stressed that____.

Select one:

a.behavior is strongly influenced by heredity

b.children actively construct their cognitive world

c.environment plays the dominant role in shaping children

d.we are faced with developmental challenges throughout life

Question2

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One of the following statements does not reflect the nature of a science:

Select one:

a.It is the systematic and logical inquiry about questions and phenomena.

b.Certain concepts, findings and methods of a scientific discipline are generally accepted.

c.Science is rather qualified by people's personal experiences or constructs of events.

d.Science is confirmed by the verification of existing concepts and knowledge.

Question3

At which of the following stage of development does children's thinking become more logical and abstract?

Select one:

a.Later childhood

b.Adolescence

c.Middle childhood

d.Early childhood

Question4

The orderly sequence of changes dictated by one's genetic blue print is referred to as_____.

Select one:

a.Experience

b.Maturation

c.Development

d.Growth

Question5

Expectant mothers who drink and smokes during pregnancy are likely to give birth to children with____

Select one:

a.Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

b.Fetal Alcohol Effects.

c.Facial deformities and defective limbs and heart.

d.All of the option

Question6

Gestation period.

Select one:

a.Fetal stage.

b.Germinal stage.

c.Embryonic stage.

Question7

Visual perception constancy such as size and shape constancy is present in infants as early as___.

Select one:

a.about 3 months

b.about 6 months

c.about 7 weeks

d.birth

Question8

Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist?

Select one:

a.Abraham Maslow

b.B. F. Skinner

c.Sigmund Freud

d.John Watson

Question9

Sonam is 3 years old and enjoys holding and releasing urine and feces with no specific time for such activities. Sonam's mother is having a difficult time coping with this behaviour. According to the Freudian psychology, Sonam is in ...

Select one:

a.Oral stage.

b.Phallic stage.

c.Anal stage.

d.Genital stage.

Question10

The item Dance Your Life and Gaw Phuensum Tshogpai Lobdra won the first prize for the Rigsar category in the recent musical concert organized at the Paro College of Education. Their performance on the stage demonstrated their_____.

Select one:

a.Mathematical and musical intelligence

b.Musical intelligence only

c.Musical and Naturalist intelligence

d.Musical Intelligence and Bodily kinesthetic intelligence

Question11

The ability to relate and integrate information from two or more senses is called

Select one:

a.sensation

b.perception

c.depth perception

d.intermodal perception

Question12

Dema reacts very negatively and is very violent in her behaviour. She has no self-control and faces difficulty in accepting new changes in life. This is typical of_______.

Select one:

a.A slow-to-warm-up temperament

b.An easy temperament

c.A difficult temperament

d.An easy temperament and A slow-to-warm-up temperament

Question13

"I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a _____________ psychologist.

Select one:

a.Personality

b.Perception

c.Cognitive

d.Learning

Question14

When a child is unable to see and manipulate objects based on several different characteristics the child is exhibiting:

Select one:

a.conservation

b.seriation

c.centration

d.object permanence

Question15

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which of the following personality constructs deal with the demands of reality?

Select one:

a.Ego

b.Id

c.Defense mechanisms

d.Superego

Question16

According to Piaget, our cognitive growth involves the development of what he calls cognitive structures. Two psychological mechanisms responsible for this are ________.

Select one:

a.Organization and adaptation

b.Accommodation and adaptation

c.Assimilation and accommodation

d.Adaptation and assimilation

Question17

In order for us to be able to make causal conclusions, the research design we use should be______.

Select one:

a.Horizontal

b.Correlational

c.None of the option

d.Experimental

Question18

Which of the following theories emphasize thathuman developmentis strongly influenced by nature/ biology?

Select one:

a.Ethological theory

b.Ecological theory

c.Cognitive theory

d.Psychodynamic theory

Question19

Logical thinking, objectivity and testability refer to:

Select one:

a.Certain requirements which researchers must adhere to.

b.Steps or activities during the research process

c.Types of research strategies and methods

d.Characteristics of a scientific approach and thinking.

Question20

Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?

Select one:

a.The different domains of development are interwoven and interrelated

b.Development is continuous and continues throughout the life span

c.Human developmentstarts from the moment of birth till death

d.Development is a pattern of change that begins at conception

Question21

Most young children cling onto their caregivers when they sense that the caregiver is going to leave them behind unattended. This behaviour is an indication of ...

Select one:

a.Separation anxiety.

b.None of the Options

c.Stranger anxiety.

d.Childhood anxiety.

Question22

In Piagetian Theory of Development, the back and forth movement between the cognitive equilibrium and disequilibrium throughout development, which leads to more effective schemes, is called____.

Select one:

a.Accommodation

b.Assimilation

c.Equilibration

d.Object permanence

Question23

Thabkhye is taking an evening walk towards home with his grandfather in the dusk. As he walks along the footpath, he looks at the sky and sees the evening moon just rising from the horizon and feels that the moon is a living being because it moves along. This type of thinking where children try to associate inanimate objects with life is called as...

Select one:

a.Decentration

b.Transductive thinking

c.Animistic thinking

d.Syncretic thinking

Question24

Agay Wangchuk is a retired civil servant and has led a very successful life as a government employee and is proud of what he has been able to contribute as a civil servant. All his children have acquired university degrees and are holding good posts in the government. In which of the following stage is Agay Wangchuk?

Select one:

a.Ego integrity Vs. Despair.

b.Initiative Vs. Guilt.

c.Industry Vs. Inferiority.

d.Generativity Vs. Stagnation.

Question25

Kinzang is studying for his examinations but his roommate who is a music fan is listening to his favorite song on the radio. Kinzang's concentration in his study is distracted by his friend's music on the radio and goes to sleep. Kinzang is a ...

Select one:

a.Field independent learner

b.Both A & B.

c.None of the option

d.Field dependent learner