EXAM LATEST WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANALYSED CORRECT ANSWERS
growth spurt - CORRECT ANSWER-a period during which growth advances at
a dramatically rapid rate compared with other periods
gross motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER-physical abilities involving large body
movements, such as walking and jumping
fine motor skills - CORRECT ANSWER-physical abilities involving small body
movements, especially of the hands and fingers, such as drawing and picking
up a coin
Reaction Time - CORRECT ANSWER-the amount of time taken to respond to a
specific stimulus
,ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) - CORRECT ANSWER-a
psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of
three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity
hyperactivity - CORRECT ANSWER-a condition characterized by excessive
restlessness and movement
Stimulants(Ritalin) - CORRECT ANSWER-Drugs that increase the activity of
nervous system.
dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER-impairment of the ability to read, word
reversal, mirror reading.
learning disability - CORRECT ANSWER-when a child with normal intelligence
has difficulty mastering at least one academic subject, language and speech
Mainstreaming - CORRECT ANSWER-placing disabled children in classrooms
with nondisabled children
concrete operational stage - CORRECT ANSWER-in Piaget's theory, the stage
of cognitive development during which children gain the mental operations
that enable them to think logically about concrete events
Decentration - CORRECT ANSWER-simultaneous focusing on more than one
aspect or dimension of a problem or situation
Transitivity - CORRECT ANSWER-the principle that if A>B and B>C, then A>C
, Seriation - CORRECT ANSWER-placing objects in an order or series according
to a property or trait
preconventional level - CORRECT ANSWER-according to Kohlberg, a period
during which moral judgments are based largely on expectations of rewards or
punishments
conventional level - CORRECT ANSWER-according to Kohlberg, a period
during which moral judgments largely reflect social rules and conventions
post conventional level - CORRECT ANSWER-according to Kohlberg, a period
during which moral judgments are derived from moral principles, and people
look to themselves to set moral standards
intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER-Mental capacity; ability to learn, reason, or
comprehend and interpret information, facts, relationships, and meanings; the
capacity to solve problems, whether through the application of previously
acquired knowledge or through insight.
achievement - CORRECT ANSWER-something done successfully; something
gained by working or trying hard
intelligence quotient (IQ) - CORRECT ANSWER-defined originally as the ratio
of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 [thus, IQ =
(ma/ca) x 100]. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance
for a given age is assigned a score of 100.
mental age - CORRECT ANSWER-a measure of intelligence test performance
devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a
given level of performance