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Class 11 Human Development worksheet
CBSE Psychology. Growth, development and maturation, the life-span perspective, Bronfenbrenner’s systems, Piaget’s stages, moral reasoning and adolescent identity. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The pattern of progressive, orderly and predictable changes from conception throughout life is:
- maturation
- evolution
- growth
- development
Answer
(d) development
- 2.
Kabir, aged 15, debates abstract ideas like fairness and justice. Which of Piaget’s stages does this show?
- sensorimotor
- concrete operational
- formal operational
- preoperational
Answer
(c) formal operational
- 3.
What is meant by “maturation”?
- giving life-like qualities to lifeless objects
- development from the centre of the body outward
- species-specific changes over generations
- changes in an orderly sequence set by the genetic blueprint
Answer
(d) changes in an orderly sequence set by the genetic blueprint
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Distinguish between growth and development.
Answer
Growth is an increase in size that can be measured; development is the wider, orderly and lifelong pattern of change that includes growth.
- 5.
Name Piaget’s stage shown in each case. (a) Ananya, a baby, learns about the world by mouthing, grasping and looking at things. (b) Rahul, aged 5, thinks a tall thin glass holds more juice than a short wide one with the same juice.
Answer
(a) sensorimotor (b) preoperational
Section C · long answer
- 6.
State four assumptions of the life-span perspective on development.
Answer
Development is lifelong, with gains and losses; biological, cognitive and socio-emotional processes are interwoven; it is multi-directional; and it is highly plastic (also influenced by history and context).
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Human Development sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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