Important questions on Piaget Kohlberg and Vygotsky’s theory
Theory of Piaget Kohlberg and Vygotsky:- we have discussed here most important MCQs on Piaget Kohlberg and Vygotsky’s theory.
Important MCQs
1.Question:- Four distinct stages of children’s intellectual development are identified by
A. Erikson
B. Skinner
C. Piaget
D. Kohlberg
Answer: Piaget
2. Question:- contact of language development which of the following areas was underestimated by Piaget?
A. Heredity
B. Social interaction
C. Egocentric speech
D. Active construction by the child
Answer:- Egocentric speech
3. Question:- which of the following stages are involved when infants think with their eyes, ears and hands?
A. Concrete operational stage
B. Preoperational stage
C. Sensorimotor stage
D. Formal operational stage
Answer:- sensorimotor stage
4. Question:- Fitting new information into existing schemes is known as:
A. Accommodation
B. Equilibration
C. Assimilation
D. Organisation
Answer:- Assimilation
5. Question:- According to Piaget’s theory, children learn by:
A. Memorizing information by paying due attention
B. Scaffolding provided by more able members of the society
C. Processes of adaptation
D. Changing their behavior when offered appropriate rewards
Answer:- Processes of adaptation
6. Question:- Retrieving hidden objects is evidence that infants have begun to master which of the following cognitive functions?
A. Intentional behavior
B. Object permanence
C. Problem solving
D. experimentation
Answer:- Object permanence
7. Question:- The cognitive ability that comes in pre-operational period is:
A. Hypothetico-deductive thinking
B. Ability for abstract thinking
C. Ability of goal-directed behavior
D. Ability to take other’s opinion
Answer:- ability of goal directed behaviour
8. Question:- Children in primary schools follow which of the, following stages as proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg?
A. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
B. Individualism and Exchange
C. Good Interpersonal Relationships
D. Social Contract and Individual Rights
- A and C
- A and D
- B and D
- A and B
Answer:- A and B
9. Question:- According to Socio-cultural theory of Vygotsky:
A. Culture and language play a crucial role in development
B. The child thinks in different domains and does not take a complete perspective
C. Children think in abstract terms if presented abstract material at a lower age
D. Self-directed speech is the lowest stage of the scaffold
Answer:- A. Culture and language play a crucial role in development
10. Question:- ‘The child can think logically about phenomena and objects.’ The correct statement regarding the stages of Piaget’s theory is
(a) sensory nervous system
(b) concrete operating process
(c) Initial operating procedure
(d) Formal Operating Procedure
Answer:- concrete operating process
11.Question:-According to Piaget’s principle, what is the duration of the pre-operational state?
(1) Four to eight years
(2) Two years from birth
(3) Two to seven years
(4) five to eight years
Answer:- Two to seven years
12. Question:- According to Piaget, during the first stage of development (birth to about 2 years of age) the child learns best by _______ .
(1) By understanding neutral words
(2) by thinking abstractly
(3) By application of newly acquired knowledge of the language
(4) by the use of the senses
Answer:- by the use of the senses
13. Question:-According to Piaget, at which stage of cognitive development does the child exhibit ‘object permanence’?
(1) concrete Operational Phase
(2) Formal Operational Stage
(3) sensory – motivational stage
(4) Pre-operational stage
Answer. Pre operational stage
14. Question:- Who among the following states that “cognitive development is based on discovery and not on imitation”
(1) Jean Piaget
(2) Kohlberg
(3) Skinner
(4) Vygotsky
Answer. Jean Piaget
15. Question:- According to Piaget, at what stage does a child begin to recognise and differentiate objects in his environment?
(1) Concrete operational state
(2) Formal operational stage
(3) sensory-motivational state
(4) Pre-operational state
Answer:- sensory-motivational state
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16. Question:- What did Piaget say about the incorporation of new ideas into a child’s thoughts?
(1) Administration
(2) assimilation
(3) search
(4) construction
Answer. Assimilation
17. Question:- According to Jean Piaget, the lack of cognitive maturity is found in children up to the age of
(1) 4 years
(2) 6 years
(3) 8 years
(4) 12 years
Answer:- 6 years
18. Question:- Who among the following gave the theory of creation and discovery related to the development of children?
(1) Skinner
(2) Jean Piaget
(3) Vygotsky
(4) Kohlberg
Answer. Jean Piaget
19. Question:- Among the four stages of child development described by Piaget, is the duration of the formal or abstract operational stage?
(1) Birth to 2 years
(2) 2 to 7 years
(3) 7 to 11 years
(4) 11 years to adulthood
Answer. 11 years to adulthood
20. Question:- According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, at what stage can a child think about problems conceptually?
(1) abstract operational state
(2) Tangible operational state
(3) Pre-operational state
(4) sensory state
Answer. abstract operational state
21. Question:- It is called molding itself according to the environment.
(1) Equilibration
(2) Adjustment
(3) Customization
(4) Co-operative
Answer. Customization
22. Question:- Development according to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
(1) is an intermittent process.
(2) It is a continuous process.
(3) is an intermittent and continuous process
(4) none of the above
Answer. It is continuous process
23. Question:- Teachers should emphasize on practical education and practical education. Through experiments, new ideas are communicated to children, and this creates originality in them, which of the following statements is related.
(1) Piaget’s educational importance of cognitive development
(2) Vygotsky’s theory of social development
(3) Kohrberg’s theory of moral development
(4) none of the above
Answer. Piaget’s educational importance of cognitive development
25. Question:- Language development begins in children.
(1) sensory state
(2) Pre-operational state
(3) Concrete operational state
(4) abstract operational state
Answer. Pre operational state
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26. Question:- Who among the following propounded the theory of ‘stage of moral development’?
(1) Jean Piaget
(2) Lawrence Kohnberg
(3) Freud
(4) Sears
Answer. Lawrence kohlberg
27. Question:- Lawrence Kohlberg has divided the stage of moral development into how many stages?
(1) in two stages
(2) in three stages
(3) in four stages
(4) in eight stages
Answer. In three stages
28. Question:- With which stage of development is the child’s ‘baseless self-consciousness’ related?
(1) early childhood
(2) childhood
(3) adolescence
(4) none of the above
Answer. Adolescence
29. Question:- Who among the following has considered the interaction of children as the basic basis of their development?
(1) Lawrence Koiberg
(2) Lev Vygotsky
(3) Jean Piaget
(4) Skinner
Answer. Lev Vygotsky
30. Question:- According to Vygotsky, when are children active members of peer groups?
(1) early childhood
(3) adolescence
(2) childhood
(4) adulthood
Answer. Adolescence
