Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2008 Diploma in Hospital Management in Pre Priy Teacher Training - CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY - Question Paper

DIPLOMA exam – JUNE 2008.
Diploma in Pre Primary Teacher Training (Kinder Garden) Early Childhood Care and Education
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
part A — (20 ? one = 20 marks)
ans ALL ques..
Multiple option ques..
1. A child’s development period from 13 years to
16 years is
(a) Childhood (b) Infant
(c) Adolescence (d) Late childhood.

2. Individual differences in development is due to
(a) heredity
(b) environmental condition
(c) socio-economic status
(d) all the above.

3. Eyes fingernails sweat glands and taste buds are completely formed by
(a) 12 weeks (b) 16 weeks
(c) 20 weeks (d) 24 weeks.

4. At delivery when the baby’s buttocks or legs come out 1st followed by the trunk and then the head refers to
(a) Breech Birth (b) Transverse
(c) Instrument Birth (d) Caesarean part.

5. Cognition refers to
(a) Emotional development
(b) Social development
(c) Mental development
(d) Physical development.

6. Coordination of sensory perception and motor movements was termed sensori-motor by
(a) Froebal (b) Piaget
(c) Montessori (d) Dewey.

7. Control over action that help infants get around like crawling, standing walking etc refers to
(a) Gross motor development
(b) Conative development
(c) Emotional development
(d) Discipline.

8. Eimers and Aitchison have outlined specific steps to provide rewards to children
(a) 5 (b) 3
(c) 7 (d) 10.

9. A game that helps the child to understand how things are ordered and grouped.
(a) Rhymes (b) Reading
(c) Writing (d) Puzzles.

10. Brushing the hair and bathing skills are acquired by the years
(a) 1 yr (b) 2 yrs
(c) yrs (d) 5 yrs.

11. The 2nd dose of vaccination against typhoid is provided after ——————— month of the first dose.
(a) 2nd month (b) 3rd month
(c) immediately (d) one month.

12. The intuitive stage in the life of a child is ranging from
(a) 3 – four yrs (b) 4 – seven yrs
(c) 8 – 10 yrs (d) 12 yrs onwards.

13. An evidence of symbolic thinking
(a) Playing (b) Writing
(c) Fantasy (d) Real stories.

14. A tendency to attribute life to objects that are not alive
(a) seriation (b) animism
(c) classification (d) exploring.

15. Expressing and using language in new and challenging way
(a) creative thinking
(b) understanding
(c) motor skill
(d) emotional skill.
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16. Articulation refers to
(a) pronouncing a particular sound
(b) stammering
(c) physical deformity
(d) brain damage.

17. Lisping refers to
(a) babbling
(b) letter sound substitution
(c) stuttering
(d) stammering.

18. The school should teach children
(a) Discipline (b) Self-discipline
(c) Order (d) Indiscipline.

19. Early childhood is characterized by plasticity and the child is most ——————— during the period.
(a) static (b) malleable
(c) delicate (d) rigid.

20. Development is
(a) not predictable (b) rigid
(c) predictable (d) heredity.

part B — (5 ? five = 25 marks)
ans any 5 ques..
21. A short note on heredity and environment.

22. What qualities in parents stimulate empathy in a toddler?

23. Discuss a few common fears in childhood.

24. Are rewards a type of bribery? explain.

25. Write a note on democratic discipline.

26. Explain pretend play.

27. ‘Taking another’s perspective’ — discuss Piaget’s experiment.

part C — (3 ? 10 = 30 marks)
ans any 3 ques..
28. As a Kindergarten Teacher how will you arrange various kinds of play. discuss with example.

29. How can we foster physical and motor development in children?

30. Explain Jean Piaget’s periods and stages of intellectual development in childhood.

31. How can a teacher help the child in developing self-confidence and responsibility without curbing her initiative? discuss.

32. Techniques and discipline are relevant to the stage of development of the child — explain.

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Earning:   Approval pending.