Help?
PLEASE MATCH YOUR ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR SESSION
IGNOU MCFT-01 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Section A – Descriptive Questions
1. Explain the major characteristics of human development.
2. What do you understand by:
i) Fictional goals
ii) Collective unconscious
3. How is Vygotsky’s approach to cognitive development different from Piaget’s? Discuss.
4. Analyse the changing structure and nature of family in the present day urban context.
5. Discuss elements of parenting, and their consequences.
6. Explain the assumption of systems theory.
Section B – Short Answer Type Questions
1. Write short notes (in about 150 words each) on the following:
i) Nature vs. Nurture
ii) Genetic counselling
iii) Adoptive families
iv) Family developmental tasks
v) Burnout
vi) Cybernation
vii) Classical conditioning
viii) Gender roles
IGNOU MCFT-01 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A – Descriptive Questions
1. With the help of examples, differentiate between normative and non-normative influences on human development.
2. Describe, giving examples, any three defense mechanisms.
3. Explain the meaning and significance of genetic counselling.
4. Describe the developmental characteristics of teenagers.
5. Analyse the changing role of the father in the contemporary dual earning family set-up.
6. Discuss, with examples, the challenges faced by contracting families.
Section B – Short Answer Type Questions
1. Write short notes (in about 150 words each) on the following:
i) Performationism
ii) ‘tabula rasa’
iii) Self in marriage
iv) Generativity versus stagnation
v) Tertiary circular reactions
vi) Single parent families
vii) Assimilation
viii) Gender
