DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (CC DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
PRINCIPLES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.
1. What do you meant by growth? Bring out the stages of
development.
2. What is maturation? Indicate the relationship between
maturation and learning.
3. Briefly explain the Genetic factors in development.
4. What are the ways to promote cognitive development?
5. Briefly explain the developmental task.
6. What are the factors affecting language development.
7. Explain the concept of individual difference.
8. What is social development? Explain the direction of
social development.
Sub. Code
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DE-3451
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PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in about 700 words each.
9. What are the difference between growth and
development?
10. Describe the motor skills among the children.
11. Discuss piaget's cognitive development and its
educational implication.
12. What do you meant by cognitive development? Explain
the cognitive abilities of the pre-school child.
13. Discuss the speech problem in childhood.
14. Give an account of emotional expression of children.
15. What are the areas of development? Explain the
importance of the study of development.