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As per CTET syllabus of Paper-I and Paper-II, there shall be 30 questions from Child Development & Pedagogy. Following are the CTET Previous Years Questions on Piaget, Kohlberg & Vygotsky with Answer. These CTET previous years questions on Piaget, Kohlberg & Vygotsky are important questions for CTET, UPTET and other TET exams. Answers of these questions are given in the last of the post.

CTET Previous Years Questions on Piaget, Kohlberg & Vygotsky

1- “Children actively construct their understanding of the world” is a statement attributed by?
a) Piaget
b) Pavlov
c) Kohlberg
d) Skinner

2- According to Piaget’s cognitive theory of learning, the process by which the cognitive structure is modified is called
a) Perception
b) Accommodation
c) Assimilation
d) Schema

3- Four distinct stages of children’s intellectual development are identified by?
a) Kohlberg
b) Erikson
c) Skinner
d) Piaget

4- According to Kohlberg, thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right and wrong is called
a) morality co-operation
b) moral reasoning
c) moral realism
d) moral dilemma

5- The stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget, in which a child displays ‘object permanence’ is
a) Concrete operational stage
b) Formal operational stage
c) Sensorimotor stage
d) Pre-operational stage

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6- Vygotsky emphasised the significance of the role played by which the following factors in the learning of children?
a) Social
b) Hereditary
c) Moral
d) Physical

7- According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, the sensorimotor stage is associated with
a) concerns about social issues
b) imitation, memory and mental representation
c) ability to solve problems in logical fashion
d) ability to interpret and analyse options

8- According to Kohlberg, a teacher can instil moral values in children by
a) giving strict instructions on ‘how to behave’
b) giving importance to religious teachings
c) laying clear rules of behaviour
d) involving them in discussions on moral issues

9- Vyotsky’s theory implies
a) after initial explanation, do not support a child in solving difficult questions
b) child will learn best in the company of children having IQ lesser than his/her own
c) collaborative problem solving
d) individual assignments to each student

10- Scaffolding in the context of learning theories refers to
a) temporary support in learning by adults
b) ascertaining the causes of mistakes done by students
c) simulation teaching
d) recapitulation of previous learning

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11- Knowledge of ……… will be most significant for a teacher dealing with a class comprising students of mixed age groups.
a) occupation of their parents
b) socio-economic background
c) cultural background
d) development stages

12- Sita has learnt to eat rice and dal with her hand. When she is given dal and rice, she mixes rice and dal and starts eating. She has ……. eating rice and dal into her schema for doing things.
a) Initiated
b) Accommodated
c) Assimilated
d) Appropriated

13- In the context of language development, which of the following areas was underestimated by Piaget?
a) Ego-centric speech
b) Active construction by the child
c) Heredity
d) Social interaction

14- Which of the following is based on Vyogotsky’s socio-cultural theory?
a) Operant conditioning
b) Reciprocal teaching
c) Culture-neutral cognitive development
d) Insight learning

15- The fact that children require culturally relevant knowledge and skills is attributed to
a) Charles Darwin
b) BF Skinner
c) Urie Bronfenbrenner
d) Lev Vygotsky

16- Retrieving hidden objects is evidence that infants have begun to master which of the following cognitive functions?
a) Intentional behaviors
b) Object-permanence
c) Problem-solving
d) Experimentation

17- Theory of social learning emphasizes on which of the following factors?
a) Nature
b) Nurture
c) Adaption
d) Amendation

18- In Vygotsky’s theory, which aspect of development gets neglected?
a) Social
b) Cultural
c) Biological
d) Linguistic

19- According to Vygotsky, zone of proximal development is
a) zone demarcating the support offered by the teacher
b) what the child can do on her own which cannot be assessed
c) the gap between what the child can do independently and with assistance
d) the amount and nature of support provided to the child to achieve her potential

20- A major difference between the perspectives of Vygotsky and Piaget pertains to
a) their critique of behaviouristic principle
b) their conception of children as active constructors of knowledge
c) the role of providing a nurturing environment to children
d) their views about language and thought

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21- The amount and type of scaffolding to a child would change depending on the
a) mood of the teacher
b) child’s innate abilities
c) rewards offered for the task
d) level of the child’s performance

22- Fitting new information into existing schemas is known as
a) accommodation
b) equilbration
c) assimilation
d) organization

23- According to Piaget’s theory which one out the following will not influence cognitive development?
a) Language
b) Social experiences
c) Maturation
d) Activity

24- In Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory which level signified the absence of morality in the true sense?
a) Level III
b) Level IV
c) Level I
d) Level II

25- According to Piaget, a child between 2 to 7 years in the ……. stage of cognitive development.
a) formal operational
b) concrete operational
c) sensorimotor
d) pre-operational

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26- What term/ phrase does Piaget use for “mental structures which are the building blocks of thinking”
a) Gene
b) Maturation blocks
c) Schemas
d) Zones of development

27- According to Vygotsky, children learn
a) when reinforcement is offered
b) by maturation
c) by imitation
d) by interacting with adults and peers

28- Kohlberg has given
a) the stages of cognitive development
b) the stages of physical development
c) the stages of emotional development
d) the stages of moral development

29- According to Piaget, children’s thinking differs in ….. from adults than in ….. .
a) amount, kind
b) size, correctness
c) kind, amount
d) size, type

30- In the context of Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning, under which stage would the given typical response of a child fall?
“Your parents will be proud of you if you are honest. So you should be honest”
a) Social contract orientation
b) Good girl- good boy orientation
c) Law and order orientation
d) Punishment-obedience orientation

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Ans: 1(a), 2(b), 3(d), 4(b), 5(c), 6(a), 7(b), 8(d), 9(c), 10(a), 11(d), 12(c), 13(d), 14(b), 15(d), 16(b), 17(b), 18(c), 19(c), 20(d), 21(d), 22(c), 23(b), 24(c), 25(d), 26(c), 27(d), 28(d), 29(c), 30(b)

The above CTET previous years questions on Piaget, Kohlberg & Vygotsky are also important questions for CTET, UPTET and other TET exams. Memorize and practice them for your exams preparations. All the best!

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