Developmental Processes – Psychology UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Included Topics: Developmental processes: Nature, Principles, Factors in development, Stages of Development. Successful aging. Theories of development: Psychoanalytical, Behavioristic, and Cognitive various aspects of development: Sensory-motor, cognitive, Language, emotional, social and moral.

1. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: [DEC 2014]

Assertion (A): Females score higher than males with respect to verbal activities, while males tend to score higher on visual-spatial abilities.

Reason (R): Gender differences in different abilities are due to interplay of heredity and environment.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

2. Match the items in List I with List II and mark your answer with the help of codes given below: [DEC 2014]

Codes:

(1) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

(2) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

(3) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

(4) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

3. Arrange the following stages of friendship in the order given by Robert Selman. [DEC 2014]

I. Two-way fair-weather cooperation

II. Momentary playmateship

III. Autonomous interdependence

IV. Intimate, mutually shared relationship

V. One-way assistance

Codes:

(1) II, IV, V, III, I

(2) I, III, V, IV, II

(3) II, V, I, IV, III

(4) V, I, IV, III, II

4. In which of Jean Piaget’s stages of development would a child be when he has just developed object permanence? [DEC 2014]

(1) Sensorimotor

(2) Pre-operational

(3) Concrete operational

(4) Formal operational

5. Temporary support that parents provide to a child to do a task until the child can do it alone, is termed as [DEC 2014]

(1) Ageism

(2) Induction

(3) Scaffolding

(4) Power assertion

6. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below: [DEC 2014]

Assertion (A): Children of permissive-indulgent parents tend to the impulsive, aggressive, inconsiderate and demanding.

Reason (R): Permissive-indulgent parents are high on warmth, discipline and control.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

7. The best home environment for intellectual development is one [JUNE 2015]

(1) in which child is encouraged to work out problems with guidance and support from parents

(2) in which parents dictate the child what to do

(3) in which child is left on his own

(4) in which father is absent to impose his authority