Development of Value

1. Matrilocal families can be found among :
   (a) Santal
   (b) Bhil
   (c) Khasi
   (d) Kuki

2. Example of associative social process is :
   (a) Assimilation
   (b) Conflict
   (c) Competition
   (d) None of the above

3. Which among the following is not a component of culture?
   (a) Beliefs
   (b) Values
   (c) Signs
   (d) Development

4. Which among the following is not the cause of conformity?
   (a) Socialization
   (b) Insulation
   (c) Ideology
   (d) Weak sanction

5. Which among the following is not the function of deviant behaviour?
   (a) It works as a safety valve
   (b) It may increase unity of the group
   (c) May clarify the rules
   (d) May lead to disorganization

6. Who defined Norms as ‘group-shared expectations’?
   (a) McIver
   (b) Young and Mack
   (c) Haralambos
   (d) Johnson

7. Which among the following not a characteristic of norm?
   (a) Norms are related to facts
   (b) Norms include value judgement
   (c) Norms vary with sanctions
   (d) Norms are value free

8. The general standards that maybe regarded as higher order norms are called :
   (a) Norms
   (b) Values
   (c) Mores
   (d) Customs

9. Which among the following does not fit into the scheme of educational goals of the Idealists?
   (a) Care of body
   (b) Moral values
   (c) Skills
   (d) Self-expression

10. Religious education is strongly advocated by :
    (a) Pragmatists
    (b) Idealists
    (c) Realist
    (d) Existentialists

11. Which of the following is said about the idealists?
    (a) They are content with “briars”
    (b) They like “roses”
    (c) They are satisfied neither with “briars” nor with “roses”
    (d) They want "roses" and "briars" both

12. Which school of philosophy of education advocated Project method of teaching?
    (a) Realism
    (b) Pragmatism
    (c) Idealism
    (d) Naturalism

13. Play way method of teaching has been emphasised in the scheme of education of:
    (a) Naturalists
    (b) Realists
    (c) Pragmatists
    (d) Existentialists

14. Which is the most widely accepted method of education, according to the pragmatists?
    (a) Lecturing by the teacher
    (b) Leaving the child free to learn
    (c) Learning by doing
    (d) Heuristic method

15. The pragmatists are against :
    (a) The external examinations
    (b) The specialist teachers
    (c) Breakdown of knowledge into separate subjects
    (d) Eternal spiritual values

16. Pragmatism has a greater sense of responsibility than Naturalism with regard to moral training because :
    (a) The free activity which pragmatic- system of education entails does not mean licence; rather it means a guided activity.
    (b) They emphasize teaching of values
    (c) They consider education, basically, a social process.
    (d) They do not want the teacher to abdicate from the scene.

17. Which of the following claims of the pragmatists is not acceptable?
    (a) The free activity of the pupil is likely to result in permanent attitudes of initiative and independence and moral discipline
    (b) Training in citizenship is possible through school and community activities
    (c) Training in character through school's co-curricular activities is possible
    (d) Child’s own experience is valuable for adequate development of child’s personality.

18. Project method of teaching is an outstanding contribution of :
    (a) Realism
    (b) Pragmatism
    (c) Naturalism
    (d) Idealism

19. Which is the characteristic of the project method?
    (a) Problematic act
    (b) Carried in its natural setting
    (c) Used for all-round-development of child's personality.
    (d) A voluntary undertaking.

20. Which among the following is not essentially desirable in the project method?
    (a) The task of the project is as real as the task of the life outside the walls of the school
    (b) The task of the project involves constructive effort or thought yielding objective results
    (c) The task of the project should be full of message for the children
    (d) The task of the project should be interesting enough so that the pupil is genuinely eager to carry it out.

21. Which is a great disadvantage of the project method?
    (a) It consumes much of the time of the child
    (b) It leaves gaps in the knowledge of the child
    (c) Children are generally not interested in it
    (d) Teachers, generally, do not like to teach through it.

22. Learning by Project Method is technically known as :
    (a) Incidental learning.
    (b) Efficient learning.
    (c) Systematic learning.
    (d) Adequate learning.

23. Education, according to the Pragmatist is :
    (a) Wholly pupil-oriented
    (b) Wholly society-oriented
    (c) Wholly purposive
    (d) Wholly interdisciplinary

24. Who among the following is not a follower of Pragmatic Philosophy?
    (a) William James
    (b) Peshtalozzi
    (c) John Dewey
    (d) Kilpatrick

25. When would a psychologist label a child as developing typically?
    (a) when they reach 2 years of age with no obvious physical problems
    (b) when they follow a predictable developmental trajectory
    (c) when they reach specific levels of reading and writing ability
    (d) when they can walk unaided

26. Which of the following is a source of difficulty in defining ‘typical’ development?
    (a) differing cultural and societal values
    (b) differing personal values
    (c) variations in development due to individual differences
    (d) all of these

27. How long after conception do our brains begin to develop and how long until their basic anatomical structure is complete?
    (a) 3 months and 8 months
    (b) 3 weeks and 7 months
    (c) 8 weeks and 7 months
    (d) 7 weeks and 8 months

28. In the Theory of Social Change and Human Development, Greenfield suggests that cultural values shape the stages of development through which a child passes. She termed these stages :
    (a) Gesellschaft pathways
    (b) Gemeinschaft pathways
    (c) developmental pathways
    (d) interdependent pathways

29. Greenfield’s model of how social change affects developmental outcomes predicts that :
    (a) the developmental pathways move in concert with economic change
    (b) the developmental pathways move in concert with political change
    (c) the developmental pathways move in concert with sociodemographic change
    (d) developmental pathways move in concert with climactic change

30. Inclusion of children with special needs :
    (a) is an unrealistic goal
    (b) is detrimental to children without disabilities
    (c) will increase the burden on schools
    (d) requires a change in attitude, content and approach to teaching

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