________ plays a significant role in the development of personality.

• A blend of heredity and environment

• Number of examinations

• Heredity

• Environment

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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)

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

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

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

_______ is the sum total of innate personality characteristics.

• Similarity

• Continuality

• Heredity

• Pugnacity

Normal males have XY chromosomes whereas normal females have

• XX chromosomes

• XYY chromosomes

• XXX chromosome

• X chromosome

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

• 2-5 years

• 6 to puberty

• 18-20 years

• 20-22 years

Psychosocial theory of development was proposed by

• Erikson

• Freud

• Kohler

• Watson

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

• Woodworth

• Garrett

• Holland

• Thorndike