Which of the following statements support role of environment in

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11.

Which of the following is predominantly a heredity related factor?

  • Colour of the eyes

  • Participation in social activities

  • Attitude towards peer group

  • Thinking pattern


12.

Seema learns every lesson very quickly but Leena takes longer to learn them. It denotes the developmental principle of

  • individual differences

  • inter-relationships

  • continuity

  • general to specific


13.

Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except

  • quality of nutrition

  • culture

  • quality of education

  • physique


14.

Mrs. Kumar's first child walked at 10 months. Her second child is now 12 months old and still not walking. She is not upset of alarmed because

  • her husband says he did not start walking until he was 14 months old

  • she knows that the longer she waits, the stronger his legs will be for walking

  • a neighbour boy is 18 months old and he is still not walking

  • she knows that he is within the normal time bound for the development of walking


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15.

Which stage of development is known as 'Age of stress and storm'?

  • Infancy

  • Childhood

  • Adolescence

  • Adulthood


16.

The effect of relation of heredity and environment on the individual's growth, occurs in one of the following way.

  • Heredity affects the individual

  • Environment affects the individual

  • Heredity+Environment affects the individual

  • None of the above


17.

Heredity is considered as a ________ social structure.

  • primary

  • secondary

  • dynamic

  • static


18.

Which stage is considered as elementary school age according to Freudian stages of development?

  • Oral stage

  • Anal stage

  • Latency stage

  • Phallic stage


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19.

During particular period, development is advanced but takes rest in the following period to consolidate his development. It follows the following law of development.

  • Principle of Integration

  • Principle of Continuity

  • Principle of Spiral advancement

  • Principle of Uniform pattern


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20.

Which of the following statements support role of environment in the development of a child?

  • Some students quickly process information while others in the same class do not

  • There has been a steady increase in students' average performance on IQ tests in last few decades

  • Correlation between IQs of identical twins raised in different homes is as high as 0.75

  • Physically fit children are often found to be morally good


B.

There has been a steady increase in students' average performance on IQ tests in last few decades

The increase in the average IQ indicates the role of the environment since heredity is something which is fixed and it is the environment which provides the variation. 


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