All Free Pedagogy MCQs with Answers

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Easy
  • A. Post-natal period
  • B. Pre-natal period
  • C. Childhood
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The postnatal period begins when the child is born and encounters the external environment.

Correct answer: Post-natal period
Moderate
  • A. 13 year to 20 years
  • B. 13 year to 19 years
  • C. 13 year to 30 years
  • D. 13 year to 40 years

Explanation: Adolescence is conventionally described as the period from about 13 to 19 years, corresponding to the teenage years.

Correct answer: 13 year to 19 years
Moderate
  • A. Size & expansion of vocabulary
  • B. Length
  • C. All of the above
  • D. Height & weight

Explanation: Growth refers mainly to measurable quantitative changes, such as increases in height, weight, body size, length, and vocabulary.

Correct answer: All of the above
Easy
  • A. Pre-natal
  • B. Post-natal
  • C. Adolescence
  • D. Infancy

Explanation: The prenatal period is the time before birth, beginning at conception and lasting approximately nine months in the womb.

Correct answer: Pre-natal
Hard
  • A. 3rd year to 8 years
  • B. 3rd year to 6 years
  • C. 3rd year to 10 years
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Pre-childhood is commonly treated as the period from approximately the third to the sixth year.

Correct answer: 3rd year to 6 years
Moderate
  • A. Concrete operational stage
  • B. Preoperational stage
  • C. Pre-natal period
  • D. None of these

Explanation: In Piaget’s preoperational stage, children develop language, symbols, imagination, and representational thought, although their reasoning…

Correct answer: Preoperational stage
Fairly easy
  • A. Trust
  • B. Love
  • C. Mistrust
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Erikson’s first crisis is trust versus mistrust: consistent, warm care promotes trust, while neglect, rejection, or harsh treatment can…

Correct answer: Mistrust
Fairly easy
  • A. Late adulthood
  • B. Middle adulthood
  • C. Late childhood
  • D. Infancy

Explanation: Erikson’s eighth and final crisis, integrity versus despair, occurs in late adulthood, usually from about 60 or 65 years onward.

Correct answer: Late adulthood
Hard
  • A. Intimacy vs Isolation
  • B. Indentity vs Role Confusion /identity confusion
  • C. Integrity vs Despair
  • D. None of the aboveConsulting A Family Law Attorney

Explanation: Identity versus role confusion is Erikson’s adolescent crisis, when individuals explore future careers, relationships, values, and social…

Correct answer: Indentity vs Role Confusion /identity confusion
Fairly easy
  • A. Early Adulthood
  • B. Late childhood
  • C. Middle adulthood
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Generativity versus stagnation is associated with middle adulthood, when adults guide children, support institutions, and contribute…

Correct answer: Middle adulthood
Hard
  • A. Ego Identity
  • B. Personal Identity
  • C. Social/Cultural Identity
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Identity includes a personal sense of self, an ego identity that provides continuity, and social or cultural identities shaped by group…

Correct answer: All of the above
Very hard
  • A. 1991
  • B. 1992
  • C. 1993
  • D. 1994

Explanation: Erik Erikson was born in 1902 and died in 1994. He is especially known for describing eight psychosocial crises across the lifespan.

Correct answer: 1994
Fairly easy
  • A. Third
  • B. Second
  • C. First
  • D. Four

Explanation: Trust versus mistrust is Erikson’s first crisis and occurs during the first year of life, when dependable care helps the infant develop…

Correct answer: First
Moderate
  • A. Trust vs Mistrust
  • B. Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
  • C. Initiative vs Guilt
  • D. Industry vs Inferiority

Explanation: The fourth crisis is industry versus inferiority, covering the school years when children develop competence through learning and…

Correct answer: Industry vs Inferiority
Very hard
  • A. 40/50 to 60 years
  • B. 30 to 50 years
  • C. 12 to 20 years
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Generativity versus stagnation is the seventh psychosocial crisis and is generally placed in middle adulthood, approximately from 40 or 50…

Correct answer: 40/50 to 60 years
Moderate
  • A. Identity vs Role Confusion
  • B. Industry vs Inferiority
  • C. Intimacy vs Isolation
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Industry versus inferiority occurs when children build competence by completing schoolwork and practical tasks.

Correct answer: Industry vs Inferiority
Hard
  • A. None of these
  • B. 6-30 years
  • C. 6-40 years
  • D. 6 years to 10 years (puberty)

Explanation: Industry versus inferiority is associated with middle and late childhood, beginning around six years and continuing until puberty.

Correct answer: 6 years to 10 years (puberty)
Fairly easy
  • A. Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
  • B. Trust vs Mistrust
  • C. Initiative ve Guilt
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Autonomy versus shame and doubt is Erikson’s second crisis, occurring after infancy as toddlers seek independence in movement, toilet…

Correct answer: Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Fairly easy
  • A. Five
  • B. Eight
  • C. Seven
  • D. Six

Explanation: Erikson proposed eight psychosocial stages, progressing from trust versus mistrust in infancy to integrity versus despair in late adulthood.

Correct answer: Eight
Moderate
  • A. British
  • B. Australian
  • C. American
  • D. Swiss

Explanation: Erikson was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but later became an American developmental psychologist and is commonly described as a German-born…

Correct answer: American