Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
UGC NET December 2023 (13.12.2023) Shift-II
Which of the following are the characteristics of mental development of adolescents? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Increased ability to generalise facts
- 2. Development of memory and imagination
- 3. Decreased ability to deal with abstraction
- 4. Decreased ability to understand
- 5. Increased ability to solve problems
A3, 4 and 5 only
B1, 2 and 5 only ✓ Correct
C1, 3 and 4 only
D3 and 4 only
Correct answer: (B) 1, 2 and 5 only — Adolescents show more generalising, better memory and imagination and stronger problem solving, so the answer is 1, 2 and 5.
Explanation
★Adolescents show more generalising, better memory and imagination and stronger problem solving, so the answer is 1, 2 and 5.
★Adolescence brings clear growth in mental abilities.
★Teenagers become more able to generalise facts and think abstractly.
★Their memory and imagination develop and strengthen.
★Their ability to solve problems increases with maturing reasoning.
★Decreased ability to deal with abstraction or to understand is the opposite of this growth, so statements 3 and 4 are false.
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