HTET // LEVEL - II// 2022 // CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY 

1. Who propounded the ‘Need Hierarchy Theory’ of Motivation?

[1] Hull [2] Maslow [3] Atkinson [4] Thomson

2. Which of the following is not a projective technique of personality assessment?
[1] Word Association
[2] Sentence Completion
[3] Expressive Movement
[4] Sociometry

3. Which of the following is not an extrinsic motive?
[1] Competing in sport for trophy
[2] Doing job for salary
[3] Doing social service for self-satisfaction
[4] Buy one get one free

4. Thematic Apperception Test is used to measure:
[1] Intelligence
[2] Aptitude
[3] Attitude
[4] Personality

5. Which of the following statement is not correct with reference to adjustment?
[1] It creates imbalance
[2] It motivates change as per situation
[3] It helps in desirable environmental changes
[4] Lack of adjustment leads to tension

6. According to Piaget, reversibility develops in which stage?
[1] Sensory Motor
[2] Pre-operational
[3] Concrete Operational
[4] Formal Operational

7. Which of the following match is not correct?
[1] Initiative vs Guilt – Stage 3
[2] Identity vs Role Confusion – Stage 5
[3] Autonomy vs Shame – Stage 1
[4] Industry vs Inferiority – Stage 4

8. Which is not related to Skinner’s operant conditioning?
[1] Extinction
[2] Discrimination
[3] Spontaneous Recovery
[4] Reinforcement

9. Which statement is not correct about attitude?
[1] Has affective component
[2] Ranges positive to negative
[3] Subject-object relation exists
[4] It is both innate and acquired

10. Which statement about development is correct?
[1] Only hereditary
[2] Random process
[3] Cumulative process
[4] Aspects are unrelated

11. Cattell’s culture-free intelligence test is:
[1] Individual verbal
[2] Group verbal
[3] Non-verbal
[4] Both verbal & non-verbal

12. Which is not a characteristic of creativity?
[1] Originality
[2] Flexibility
[3] Rigidity
[4] Fluency

13. Which does not affect teaching-learning process?
[1] Teaching skill
[2] Mental health
[3] Subject knowledge
[4] Physical appearance

14. Growth brings what type of changes?
[1] Structural
[2] Functional
[3] Both
[4] None

15. ‘Acceleration’ is used for:
[1] Gifted children
[2] Slow learners
[3] Learning disabled
[4] Mentally retarded

16. Reinforcing every correct response is:
[1] Fixed interval
[2] Variable interval
[3] Fixed ratio
[4] Continuous

17. Head-to-foot development is called:
[1] Cephalocaudal
[2] Proximodistal
[3] Spiral
[4] Circular

18. Test where time is important and difficulty same:
[1] Speed test
[2] Power test
[3] Verbal
[4] Performance

19. Which is not a subjective personality assessment?
[1] Interview
[2] Observation
[3] Autobiography
[4] Word Association

20. Meenal: avg intelligence, low creativity, high adjustment →
[1] Inter-individual
[2] Intra-individual
[3] Observable
[4] Expected

21. Bruner suggested:
[1] Inclusive curriculum
[2] Special curriculum
[3] Spiral curriculum
[4] Integrated

22. Socio-cultural theory given by:
[1] Vygotsky
[2] Erikson
[3] Kohlberg
[4] Bronfenbrenner

23. Changing ego to another person is:
[1] Identification
[2] Rationalization
[3] Sublimation
[4] Projection

24. Not part of Guilford model:
[1] Operation
[2] Cognition
[3] Content
[4] Product

25. Triarchic theory by:
[1] Gardner
[2] Guilford
[3] Sternberg
[4] Vernon

26. Family & school are:
[1] Macro system
[2] Micro system
[3] Exosystem
[4] Chronosystem

27. Incorrect pair:
[1] Piaget – Cognitive
[2] Bandura – Social learning
[3] Erikson – Psycho-social
[4] Vygotsky – Moral development

28. Not a trait of well-adjusted person:
[1] Self-awareness
[2] Respect others
[3] Balanced aspiration
[4] Rigidity

29. Mental health definition by:
[1] Menninger
[2] Hadfield
[3] Drever
[4] Wolman

30. Not related to Gestalt psychology:
[1] Kohler
[2] Koffka
[3] Kretschmer
[4] Wertheimer

1. Maslow proposed the hierarchy of needs (basic → self-actualization).

2. Sociometry measures social relations, not a projective personality test.

3. Self-satisfaction is intrinsic motivation, not extrinsic.

4. TAT assesses personality through interpretation of ambiguous pictures.

5. Adjustment reduces imbalance; it does not create it.

6. Reversibility develops in the concrete operational stage (logical thinking).

7. Autonomy vs Shame belongs to Stage 2, not Stage 1.

8. Spontaneous recovery is from classical conditioning, not operant conditioning.

9. Attitude is learned, not innate (mainly acquired).

10. Development is continuous and cumulative over time.

11. Cattell’s test is culture-free and non-verbal in nature.

12. Creativity requires flexibility; rigidity is opposite of creativity.

13. Physical appearance does not influence teaching-learning effectiveness.

14. Growth leads to both structural and functional changes.

15. Acceleration suits gifted learners by advancing learning pace.

16. Continuous reinforcement means reinforcing every correct response.

17. Cephalocaudal principle: development from head to toe.

18. Speed tests emphasize time with similar difficulty questions.

19. Word association is a projective (objective) test, not subjective method.

20. Variation within the same individual is intra-individual difference.

21. Bruner proposed spiral curriculum (revisiting concepts at higher levels).

22. Vygotsky developed socio-cultural theory (learning via social interaction).

23. Identification means adopting traits of another person.

24. Cognition is a subtype of operation, not a separate component in Guilford model.

25. Sternberg proposed the triarchic theory (analytical, creative, practical).

26. Family and school are part of the microsystem (immediate environment).

27. Vygotsky gave socio-cultural theory, not moral development.

28. Rigidity is opposite of adjustment (flexibility is needed).

29. Menninger defined mental health as harmonious functioning of personality.

30. Kretschmer is linked to body types, not Gestalt psychology.

OFFICIAL ANSWER KEYS 

Q.No	Ans	Q.No	Ans	Q.No	Ans
1	2	11	3	21	3
2	4	12	3	22	1
3	3	13	4	23	1
4	4	14	3	24	2
5	1	15	1	25	3
6	3	16	4	26	2
7	3	17	1	27	4
8	3	18	1	28	4
9	4	19	4	29	1
10	3	20	2	30	3