CHILD PSYCHOLOGY QUIZ| VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| LATEST 2025/2026 UPDATE
At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes?
A) Primary school
B) Preschool age
C) Toddler age
D) Sensorimotor stage -CORRECT ANSWER A) Primary school
How does female growth differ than male growth during the adolescent stage?
A) Females usually complete physical growth before males.
B) Females generally begin puberty growth after males.
C) Females experience grwoth spurts later than males.
D) Females show physical signs of puberty after males. -CORRECT
ANSWER A) Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood physical
development stage?
A) Ties shoelaces
B) Wears roller skates
C) Writes in cursive
D) Dribbles a basketball -CORRECT ANSWER A) Ties shoelaces
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle childhood
physical development stage?
,A) Refining of motor coordination
B) Learning to use fine motor skills
C) Reaching peak motor reaction time
D) Declining gross motor skills -CORRECT ANSWER A) Refining of motor
coordination
According to Piaget, what is an important accomplishment at the preoperational
stage?
A) Conserving mass and weight
B) Thinking symbolically
C) Testing hypotheses
D) Thinking logically -CORRECT ANSWER B) Thinking symbolically
A student understands that a deflated balloon can be inflated with air.
According to Piaget, which cognitive level is this student demonstrating?
A) Sensorimotor
B) Preoperational
C) Concrete operational
D) Formal operational -CORRECT ANSWER C) Concrete operational
According to Vygotsky, what should a teacher do to help a student move
through the zone of proximal development?
A)Provide instructional scaffolding
,B) Provide instruction at the current level
C) Encourage self-direction activities
D) Encourage discovery learning -CORRECT ANSWER A) Provide
instructional scaffolding
Which behavior would Piaget classify as characteristic of the concrete
operational cognitive development stage?
A) Explaining the commutative property in addition
B) Explaining the concept of religious freedom
C) Using theorems to develop geometric proofs
D) Providing evidence to prove a thesis statement -CORRECT ANSWER A)
Explaining the commutative property in addition
According to Vygotsky's theory, which child is experiencing learning from "a
more knowledgeable other?"
A) A child reading a story to a younger sister
B) A child watching parents brush their teeth
C) A child playing a game with a sibling
D) A child practicing spelling words with a friend -CORRECT ANSWER B) A
child watching parents brush their teeth
According to Kohlberg, which behavior is characteristic of the final stage of his
moral development theory?
A) Justifying a moral decision on the basis of self-chosen principles even when
there is a conflict with official rules and laws
, B) Maintaining individual rights in making moral decisions; when individual
rights are compromised, options should be studied
C) Following social rules and laws because the individual believes social order
is worth preserving
D) Acting on the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment; morality is
externally controlled -CORRECT ANSWER C) Following social rules and
laws because the individual believes social order is worth preserving
Because of circumstances, an individual seeks medical advice to remove a
parent from life support.
According to Gilligan, which moral stage of development is represented by this
scenario?
A) Postconventional
B) Law-and-order orientation
C) Postoperational
D) Autonomy versus shame and doubt -CORRECT ANSWER A)
Postconventional
During which age range does Erikson's industry versus inferiority stage of
psychosocial development usually occur?
A) 1 to 3 years
B) 5 to 12 years
C) 12 to 18 years
D) 18 to 40 years -CORRECT ANSWER B) 5 to 12 years
ANSWERS| LATEST 2025/2026 UPDATE
At which developmental stage would a child be expected to tie shoes?
A) Primary school
B) Preschool age
C) Toddler age
D) Sensorimotor stage -CORRECT ANSWER A) Primary school
How does female growth differ than male growth during the adolescent stage?
A) Females usually complete physical growth before males.
B) Females generally begin puberty growth after males.
C) Females experience grwoth spurts later than males.
D) Females show physical signs of puberty after males. -CORRECT
ANSWER A) Females usually complete physical growth before males.
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the early childhood physical
development stage?
A) Ties shoelaces
B) Wears roller skates
C) Writes in cursive
D) Dribbles a basketball -CORRECT ANSWER A) Ties shoelaces
Which characteristic is consistent with a student in the middle childhood
physical development stage?
,A) Refining of motor coordination
B) Learning to use fine motor skills
C) Reaching peak motor reaction time
D) Declining gross motor skills -CORRECT ANSWER A) Refining of motor
coordination
According to Piaget, what is an important accomplishment at the preoperational
stage?
A) Conserving mass and weight
B) Thinking symbolically
C) Testing hypotheses
D) Thinking logically -CORRECT ANSWER B) Thinking symbolically
A student understands that a deflated balloon can be inflated with air.
According to Piaget, which cognitive level is this student demonstrating?
A) Sensorimotor
B) Preoperational
C) Concrete operational
D) Formal operational -CORRECT ANSWER C) Concrete operational
According to Vygotsky, what should a teacher do to help a student move
through the zone of proximal development?
A)Provide instructional scaffolding
,B) Provide instruction at the current level
C) Encourage self-direction activities
D) Encourage discovery learning -CORRECT ANSWER A) Provide
instructional scaffolding
Which behavior would Piaget classify as characteristic of the concrete
operational cognitive development stage?
A) Explaining the commutative property in addition
B) Explaining the concept of religious freedom
C) Using theorems to develop geometric proofs
D) Providing evidence to prove a thesis statement -CORRECT ANSWER A)
Explaining the commutative property in addition
According to Vygotsky's theory, which child is experiencing learning from "a
more knowledgeable other?"
A) A child reading a story to a younger sister
B) A child watching parents brush their teeth
C) A child playing a game with a sibling
D) A child practicing spelling words with a friend -CORRECT ANSWER B) A
child watching parents brush their teeth
According to Kohlberg, which behavior is characteristic of the final stage of his
moral development theory?
A) Justifying a moral decision on the basis of self-chosen principles even when
there is a conflict with official rules and laws
, B) Maintaining individual rights in making moral decisions; when individual
rights are compromised, options should be studied
C) Following social rules and laws because the individual believes social order
is worth preserving
D) Acting on the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment; morality is
externally controlled -CORRECT ANSWER C) Following social rules and
laws because the individual believes social order is worth preserving
Because of circumstances, an individual seeks medical advice to remove a
parent from life support.
According to Gilligan, which moral stage of development is represented by this
scenario?
A) Postconventional
B) Law-and-order orientation
C) Postoperational
D) Autonomy versus shame and doubt -CORRECT ANSWER A)
Postconventional
During which age range does Erikson's industry versus inferiority stage of
psychosocial development usually occur?
A) 1 to 3 years
B) 5 to 12 years
C) 12 to 18 years
D) 18 to 40 years -CORRECT ANSWER B) 5 to 12 years