Multiple Choice Questions

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Latency period in psychosexual development is related to the age range of

  • 2-5 years

  • 6 to puberty

  • 18-20 years

  • 20-22 years


B.

6 to puberty

Latency stage is less of a stage and more of period stages. It may begin at any time between the ages of 3 and 7 (whenever the child goes to school) and may continue until puberty. Anywhere from the age of 6 to puberty.


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According to _______, 'Development of the child is the product of heredity and environment'.

  • Woodworth

  • Garrett

  • Holland

  • Thorndike


________ plays a significant role in the development of personality.

  • A blend of heredity and environment

  • Number of examinations

  • Heredity

  • Environment


Normal males have XY chromosomes whereas normal females have

  • XX chromosomes

  • XYY chromosomes

  • XXX chromosome

  • X chromosome


Which one of these is a principle of child development?

  • Development occurs due to interaction between maturation and experience

  • Development can accurately predict the pace of each individual child

  • Experience is the sole determinant of development

  • Development is determined by reinforcement and punishment


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Which one of these is not a principle of development?

  • Development is modifiable

  • Development is governed and determined by culture alone

  • Development is life-long

  • Development is influenced by both heredity and environment


Which of the following best describes the extent of effect of heredity upon development?

  • Heredity determines how far an individual will develop

  • Heredity determines how far an individual can develop

  • Both (A) and (B)

  • Neither (A) nor (B)


_______ is the sum total of innate personality characteristics.

  • Similarity

  • Continuality

  • Heredity

  • Pugnacity


In the context of 'nature-nurture' debate, which one of the following statements seems appropriate to you?

  • A child is like a blank slate whose character can be moulded by the environment into any shape

  • Children are genetically predisposed to what they would be like irrespective of whatever environment they grow up in

  • Environmental influences only have a little value in shaping up a child's behaviour which is primarily genetically determined

  • Heredity and environment are inseparably interwoven and both influence development


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Psychosocial theory of development was proposed by

  • Erikson

  • Freud

  • Kohler

  • Watson


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