CHANAKYA UNIVERSITY
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT – PSY502
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT – 1
Name: _______________________________
Reg No: ______________________________
Instructions: Maximum Marks - 20
All questions are compulsory. Obtained Marks - ___
Each question carries 1 mark.
Choose the correct answer from the given options.
1. The branch of psychology that studies growth across the lifespan is:
A. Cognitive psychology
B. Social psychology
C. Developmental psychology
D. Clinical psychology
2. The experimental method is best suited to establish:
A. Opinions
B. Correlation
C. Cause–effect relationship
D. Case history
3. A psychologist examines how brain injury affects speech and language abilities.
Which field is most relevant?
A. Social psychology
B. Biopsychology
C. Personality psychology
D. Educational psychology
4. The main method used in structuralism was:
A. Experimentation
B. Observation
C. Introspection
D. Survey
5. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” belongs to:
A. Behaviourism
B. Structuralism
C. Gestalt psychology
D. Psychoanalysis
6. William James is associated with:
A. Structuralism
B. Behaviourism
C. Functionalism
D. Psychoanalysis
7. A client keeps blaming others for their own anger and hostility. Which defence
mechanism is this?
A. Repression
B. Regression
C. Projection
D. Denial
8. A psychologist conducts an in-depth study of a single child with selective mutism over
two years. Which method is used?
A. Survey
B. Experiment
C. Case study
D. Cross-sectional
9. The definition, “Behaviour is shaped by rewards and punishments”, best fits into:
A. Classical Conditioning
B. Operant Conditioning
C. Reinforcement
D. Punishments
10. Community psychology emphasizes:
A. Individual therapy
B. Laboratory research
C. Prevention and empowerment
D. Intelligence testing
11. The principle of life-span development, stating that abilities can change or adapt, is
A. Multidimensionality
B. Multidirectionality
C. Contextualism
D. Plasticity
12. Events like puberty and menopause are examples of
A. Non-normative influences
B. Normative history-graded influences
C. Normative age-graded influences
D. Cultural influences
13. According to Piaget, object permanence develops during
A. Pre-operational stage
B. Concrete operational stage
C. Formal operational stage
D. Sensorimotor stage
14. A child saying “Stealing is wrong because I’ll be punished” is in:
A. Pre-conventional morality – Stage 2
B. Pre-conventional morality – Stage 1
C. Conventional morality – Stage 3
D. Post-conventional morality – Stage 1
15. Development of thinking, reasoning and decision-making falls under
A. Physical development
B. Emotional development
C. Social development
D. Cognitive development
16. Attachment to parents/caregivers develops in the following developmental stage
A. Late Childhood
B. Early Childhood
C. Infancy or Babyhood
D. Prenatal Stage
17. The stage of the human lifespan, marked by a combination of physical decline,
emotional maturity, social transition, and reflection on life is
A. Middle Adulthood
B. Adolescence
C. Late Adulthood
D. Early Adulthood
18. A child who believes a tall glass has more water than a short glass shows:
A. Reversibility
B. Conservation
C. Centration
D. Seriation
19. Morality based on maintaining social order belongs to:
A. Pre-conventional level
B. Post-conventional level
C. Conventional level
D. Universal ethics
20. The developmental area, which includes making friends, learning to cooperate and
share, is
A. Cognitive development
B. Moral development
C. Emotional development
D. Social development