Assam TET 2024 Preparation- LP, UP, GT,PGT & BTC TET | Child Psychology And Pedagogy

Development and It’s Relationship with Learning

Child development Principles:

Development involves the overall growth of a child. There are some special principles of child development. These are as follows-

1. Development follows a pattern/sequence
2. Development occurs from general to specific
3. Development involves change
4. Development is correlated or Integrated
5. Development is a continuous process
6. Development occurs at different rates for different body parts
7. Development proceeds step by step
8. Development is predictable
9. Early development is important than later development
10. Development is essential for learning

Factors Influencing Development:

Child development is control by several factors. All these factors are

1. Internal factors:

Heredity– It controls the shape and ability of child. It influences the growth of an individual.

Physical Factor – It can influence different aspects of child development at different ways. Healthy physique requires proper nutrition.

Intelligence – Intelligence affects the development of metal ability and emotion in a child. It affects the thought process, creative thinking and problem solving abilities.

Emotional Factors – It controls the social, mental and physical along with moral development. Balanced emotional development helps in socialization process.

2. External Factors:

Family – Family influences the overall development of child. It has great role in shaping the child in perfect way. Moral education, socialization abilities are learnt from the family for the first time. Healthy family promotes the healthy development of child. Stressful family produces maladjusted personality.

Physical Environment – The environment where child is growing up has also plays an important role in developing the child’s health and physique. Polluted environment makes the child unhealthy and thus it affects the other developmental aspects.

Socio-economic Conditions – The socio-economic condition also affects the growing process of children. A well established family can take care of a child whereas poor family can’t.

 

Some Important Questions:

1. Which of the following is not correct about child development?

A. Development involves Change
B. Development is a continuous process
C. Development is correlated
D. Development not predictable

Ans: D. Development not predictable

2. According to the cephalocaudal sequence which of the following is correct?

A. Control on head, arms and then legs
B. Control on legs, arms and then head
C. Control on arms, legs and then head
D. None of the above

Ans: A. Control on head, arms and then legs.

3. Who proposed the social learning theory?

A. Crow & Crow
B. Piaget
C. Miller and Dollars
D. Kohlberg

Ans: C. Miller and Dollars

4. Which of the following is a principle of development?

A. It is a discontinuous process
B. It is not predictable
C. It is correlated
D. It stops on attaining adolescence

Ans: C. It is correlated

5. On the basis of child psychology, which statement is appropriate?

A. All the children are homogeneous
B. Some children are homogeneous
C. Some children are unique
D. Every child is unique

Ans: D. Every child is unique

6. Gessel’s Maturation theory states that

A. Maturity of a children depends on environment
B. Maturity of a children depends on its heredity and the environment
C. All children mature at similar rates
D. All of the above

Ans: D. All of the above

7. According to Mosby’s medical dictionary which of the following is correct?

A. Child psychology is the study of mental, emotional and behavioral development of child.
B. Child psychology is not related with the learning process
C. Child psychology is not important for child development
D. All of the above

Ans: A. Child psychology is the study of mental, emotional and behavioral development of child.

8. Development of concept is primarily part of [CTET June 2011]

A. Intellectual development
B. Physical development
C. Social development
D. Emotional development

Ans: A. Intellectual development

9. Systematic presentation of concepts may be related with which of the following principles of development? [CTET Nov 2012]

A. Development leads to growth
B. Development proceeds from heteronomy to autonomy
C. Students develop at different rates
D. Development is relatively orderly

Ans: B. Development proceeds from heteronomy to autonomy

10. Which of the following is an inborn factor that influence the development of children?

A. Heredity
B. Family
C. School
D. Physical environment

Ans: A. Heredity

11. Which of the following is an external factor that influence the child development?

A. Heredity
B. Intelligence
C. Emotion
D. Family

Ans: D. Family

12. Child psychology is important due to which of the following reason?

A. To know the developmental pattern of children
B. It helps in socialization process
C. Because it’s a branch of pedagogy
D. None of the above

Ans: A. To know the developmental pattern of children

 

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