GATE Development Across the Life Span: Physical, Cognitive and Psychosocial Development: Infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Physical, Cognitive and Psychosocial Development: Infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood (Development Across the Life Span, Psychology (XH5)) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) Q27 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Parenting style in which parents are so involved that children are permitted to behave without set limits is termed as .
2. GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) Q55 (2 marks, Multiple select) – In language development which of the following statement(s) is/are true:
3. GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) Q57 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following is/are correct regarding the pre-operational stage (2-7 years) of the cognitive development theory of Piaget?
4. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q29 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Erickson’s fifth stage of psychosocial development is
5. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q36 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Proximo-distal direction of development explains the nature of the development from .
6. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q63 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following concepts are not related to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?