NCAE Learning and Development 2

Question 1

According to Piaget, a child who can think logically about concrete objects but not yet about abstract concepts is in which stage?

Accepted Answer

Concrete Operational

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Sensorimotor

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Preoperational

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Formal Operational

Question 2

Which theorist proposed that social and emotional development occurs in eight stages across the lifespan, each characterized by a psychosocial crisis?

Accepted Answer

Erik Erikson

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Jean Piaget

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Lev Vygotsky

Question 3

A Grade 9 student who excels in basketball but struggles with academics focuses intensely on sports to feel capable. According to Erikson, this student is trying to resolve which psychosocial conflict?

Accepted Answer

Identity vs. Role Confusion

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Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

Question 4

Which principle of development states that physical development proceeds from the center of the body outward to the extremities?

Accepted Answer

Proximodistal principle

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Cephalocaudal principle

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Hierarchical integration

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Discontinuity principle

Question 5

Lawrence Kohlberg's Level 2 (Conventional Morality) is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

Following rules to gain social approval or maintain social order

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Avoiding punishment and seeking personal gain

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Applying universal ethical principles beyond law

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Making moral decisions based on what benefits the self

Question 6

Which term describes the process where a child uses existing knowledge frameworks (schemas) to make sense of new information?

Accepted Answer

Assimilation

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Accommodation

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Equilibration

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Socialization