__________ is a process through which a human infant begins to acquire the necessary skills to perform as a functioning member of the society.
Learning
Maturation
Development
Socialisation
According to Piaget, which one of the following factors plays an important role in influencing development?
Experience with the physical world
Imitation
Reinforcement
Language
The cognitive ability that comes in pre-operational period is
ability of goal-directed behaviour
ability to take other's perspective
hypothetico-deductive thinking
ability for abstract thinking
Which one of the following is a correctly matched pair?
Good boy and good girl orientation-One earns approval by being nice
Law and order orientation-Ethical principles are self-chosen on the basis of the value of human rights
Social contract orientation-Physical consequences of an action determine whether it is good or bad
Punishment and obedience orientation-Laws are not fixed, but can be changed for the good of society
The concept of 'private speech' of children as proposed by Vygotsky
shows that children love themselves
illustrates that children use speech to guide their own actions
shows that children are stupid and thus need guidance of adults
illustrates that children are egocentric
According to Vygotsky, learning cannot be separated from
reinforcement
a measurable change in behaviour
perception and attentional processes
its social context
Progressive education entails that the classroom is
authoritarian, where the teacher dictates and the students follow meekly
free for all with the teacher absent from it
in full control of the teacher, who is dictatorial
democratic and there is space given to children for understanding
Which one of the following illustrates a person with linguistic intelligence?
Sensitivity to pitch, melody, and tone
The ability to notice and make distinctions among others
The ability to handle long chains of reasoning
Sensitivity to the meaning and order of words and the varied uses of language
Language _______ thought processes.
totally governs our
has an influence on our
cannot determine the
does not influence the
B.
has an influence on our
Language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words and in a structured and conventional way language has an influence on our thought process.
A textbook of Class VIII has following illustrations women as teachers and maids while men as doctors-and pilots.This type of depiction is likely to promote
gender role play
gender constancy
gender empowerment
gender stereotyping