CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
1. According to
Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development, a child during the sensorimotor
period does not see things in abstract forms. Therefore, in teaching
mathematics to young children, the _____________
a.
Use of pictures
may not be necessary
b.
Use of concrete
objects is not needed
c.
Concrete state
should precede the abstract style
d.
Abstract stage
must come before the concrete direction
2.
Which of the
following represent the sequential order of pre-natal development?
a.
Embryonic
period-fetal period-germinal period
b.
Germinal
period-fetal period-embryonic period
c.
Germinal
period-embryonic period-fetal period
d.
Fetal
period-embryonic period-Germinal period
3. Following
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, Ms. Victoria provides her student
varied activities that enable them to classify objects according to more than
one variable, rank order items in logical series and understand that amount of
mass or liquid do not change because their shape does. These developments can
be expected to be performed by
a.
Pre-schoolers
b.
College students
c.
High school
students
d.
Elementary school
children
4. Among adolescent,
the feet,hands, and nose reach maximum development while the lower parts of the
face and the shoulders develop more slowly. On the other hand, creative
imagination develops rapidly in childhood and reaches its peak in adolescence.
Therefore,
a.
Different areas
develop at the same rate
b.
Different areas
develop at the different rates
c.
Development is
faster during the adolescent period than in early childhood
d.
The development
of the different parts of the bod comes one after the other.
5. Which of the
stages of development is normally characterized by much growth, rapid, changes,
mood swings, and negatively?
a.
Infancy
b.
Toddlerhood
c.
Early childhood
d.
Middle childhood
6. Noel is a 7 month
old infant. He is already developing his motor skills. Which of the following
specific motor skills can a 7 months old infants already show?
a.
Walk with support
b.
Eat with spoon
c.
Stands while
holding a furniture
d.
Sit alone using
the hand for support
7.
Pre-natal
development begins from conception to birth when a sperm unites with an ovum to form a single
cell called ______________
a.
Chromosomes
b.
Embryo
c.
Mitosis
d.
Zygote
8.
Which stage of
the development shows that children need frequent rest period because of their
burst of activity?
a.
Infancy
b.
Early childhood
c.
Middle childhood
d.
Late childhood
9.
In what kind of
development do children display when they frequently quarrel but tend to be
short duration and easily forgotten?
a.
Social
b.
Moral
c.
Physical
d.
Emotional
10. Which stage of development is characterized by rapid
physical changes?
a.
Infancy
b.
Early childhood
c.
Middle childhood
d.
Late childhood
11. During this time, cells begin to differentiate into
the various body system. This defines the
a.
Embryonic stage
b.
Germinal stage
c.
Fetal stage
d.
Stages of
development
12. The stage in which the individual is complete with face
arm, legs, fingers, toes and some calcification of his bones, is known as the
______________
a.
Embryonic stage
b.
Germinal stage
c.
Fetal stage
d.
Stages of
development
13. If we want children to treat other with courtesy and
dignity, then we must do the same to them. if we yell at children, they will
soon be shouting at each other. These behaviors are likely to be demonstrated
by children because ____________
a.
They are
imitative
b.
They learn best
by observing a model
c.
They are helpless
and entirely dependent on adults
d.
They are afraid
of their teachers if they fail to follow
14. For most adolescence peers play an even more important
role in life than they did during childhood. Thus 15 year old Ben gets his hair
cut like the other boys of his age, but different from his father. Which of the
following justifies Ben’s behaviour?
a.
It is normal for
an adolescent to do things that would displease his parents
b.
The adolescent
poses a big problem to the family and thus needs more attention and
understanding
c.
The adolescent
joins the band-wagon even if it is against his will so that he will be accepted
by his peers.
d.
The adolescent
strengthens his own sense of identity by being a member ofa group that defines
difference from his parents.
15. Among her pupils, Mrs.Arganda,a preschool teacher
observes that some of them have unhealthy attitudes about themselves,no matter
how much she tries to help them, their attitudes do not seemto be eliminated
completely even during the later years. Which of the following principles of
development best explains the situation?
a.
Development is
predictable
b.
Development is
continuous
c.
Every area of
development has potential hazards
d.
There are social
expectation for every development
16. Mrs. De Rama called the parents to a meeting regarding
the common behavioural problems among children. Which of the following should
she emphasized.
a.
Behavioural
problems are caused by environmental factors
b.
It is perfectly
normal to encounter disciplinary problems in school
c.
Remedial measures
are more effective than preventive measures
d.
Patterns of
problems behaviour arise because of the adjustment problems that the child
experiences
17. In terms of their emotional behaviour babies respond
to strange and unusual objects with a general fear. Later, their fears become
more specific and are more characterized by different types of behaviour. Which
of the following principles is illustrated by this situation?
a.
Development
follows a general pattern
b.
Development
follows an orderly fashion
c.
Development
proceeds from specific to general responses
d.
Development
proceeds from general to specific responses
18. Which of the following principles sets the rational
for the institutionalization of early childhood education?
a.
There are expectations
in the different developmental patterns
b.
Early development
is crucial than later development
c.
Development is
the product of maturation and learning
d.
Every area of
development has potential hazards
19. Mrs Roces refers to Havighurst’s list of development
tasks for children in different a so that she may
a.
Plan varied and
interesting activities for children
b.
Group her
children according to their interest
c.
Group children
according to their abilities
d.
Plan activities
appropriate to a particular group of children
20. How would you handle a student who clings to immature
behaviour?
a.
Put him back to a
lower grade
b.
Seek the
assistance of the school psychologists
c.
Help him meet his
needs in a manner appropriate to his age
d.
Advise his
parents to let him stop until he becomes more mature
21. Mr. and Mrs.Dela Cruz gives their children the freedom
to run, go biking, skate and slide. What is the couple allowing their children
to develop?
a.
Autonomy
b.
Inferiority
c.
Initiative
d.
Guilt
22. Despite the consistent efforts of mrs. Santos to
explain to the pre school child that thay cannot afford to buy a certain toy,
her daughter insists in buying the toy. In what cognitive stage of development
is Mrs. Santo’s daughter in?
a.
Sensorimotor
stage
b.
Pre-operational
stage
c.
Concrete
operations stage
d.
Formal operation
stage
23. Every morning, Mrs. Rodriguez would scold her son for
not fixing his beddings claiming that her son was old enough to do so. But when
Mrs. Rodriguez son asked permission to attend a party, she claimed that he was
still too young to do so. What could be the effect of the situation to Mrs.
Rodriguez’s son?
a.
Guilt
b.
Initiative
c.
Role confusion
d.
Self-esteem
24. Mr. Martinez is so proud of his son because he can
dress himself already. In what stage of development is Mr. Martinez’s son in/
A.
INFANCY
B.
Early childhood
C.
Middle childhood
D.
Adolescence
25. When asked what he thought about the birthday present
he got, George said “I was very happy I got a present, but a little sad that I
did not get just what I wanted. What DOES THIS SITUATION EXHIBIT?
a.
Emotional
maturity
b.
Emotional
self-regulation
c.
Emotional
understanding
d.
Self-conscious
emotions
26. Ten year old Marion devoted more attention to the
words she knew least well when studying for a spelling test. What does this
tell us about Marion’s cognitive development?
a.
Marion makes use
of rehearsal to remember words
b.
Marion uses
elaboration to learn new words
c.
Marion’s
attention has become more selective at this age
d.
Marion can learn
an average of 20 words a day
27. In this moral level according to Kohlberg, individuals
continue to regard conformity to social rules as necessary but not for reasons
of self-interest.
a.
Autonomous
morality
b.
Conventional
level
c.
Heteronomous
morality
d.
Pre-conventional
level
28. At this stage of moral development, individuals
regards laws and rules as flexible instruments for furthering human purposes.
a.
Instrumental
relativist orientation
b.
Law and order
orientation
c.
Social contract
orientation
d.
Universal-ethical
principle
29. Janice woke up one Sunday morning and exclaimed “I
can’t possibly go to church! Everyone will notice how ugly I look” what does
this situation tell about an adolescents cognitive development?
a.
Imaginary fable
b.
Personal fable
c.
Self-consciousness
d.
Self-focusing
30. Children who get a large number of positive and
negative votes on sociometric measures of peer acceptance are the _________
a.
Controversial
children
b.
Neglected
children
c.
Popular children
d.
Rejected children
31. Which of the following statement refer to students
aged eleven years and beyond in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?
a.
Able to solve
abstract problems in logical fashion
b.
Able to solve
concrete problems in logical fashion
c.
They have only
innate reflexes with which to engage the world
d.
They use
symbolism to represent and understand various aspect of the environment
32. Which of the following statements will not support the
concept of individual differences?
a.
Use carried
activities for a difficult lesson
b.
Consider the
uniqueness of each student
c.
Involve all
students regardless of what the activity is
d.
Help should be
extended to both the gifted and retarded
33. Which of the following would you consider as a teacher
of adolescents?
a.
Activities given
should be from general to specific
b.
Always consider
friendship as the basic in grouping students
c.
Tasks to be
assigned should be those that will make them feel like adults
d.
There is role
confusion which implies uncertainly of appropriate behaviour
34. Which refers to Kohlberg’s moral development theory?
a.
Autonomous
morality
b.
Moral dilemmas
c.
Psychological
crisis
d.
Concrete
operational
35. Learning to distinguish between right and wrong falls
under the _________domain or aspect of development.
a.
Physical or
cognitive
b.
Psychological or
affective
c.
Cognitive
d.
Physical
36. No matter how much teacher Aldo tries to teach Guia, 8
years old, the concept of fraction, he just can’t succeed. What could be the
reason for this?
a.
Teacher aldo is a
male
b.
Guia is not yet
physically mature
c.
Guia may not be
fully ready yet for such a task
d.
Teacher aldo may
not have considered the principle that individual’s stage of development has
certain hazards
37. What is the advantage of knowing the developmental
tasks for the stage of development that the students are in?
a.
The students can
learn better
b.
The teacher can
work well with the students’ parent
c.
The teacher will
be able to determine whether or not the tasks she plans for the students are
appropriate
d.
The students will
be able to make adjustment with their learning styles and study habits
38. The age level which tends to be the most teachable is
that of _____________
a.
Infancy
b.
Childhood
c.
Adolescence
d.
Adulthood
39. Bea completes a task only when the teacher sits with
her and continually tells her what she’s doing is correct. During most her free
time, she sits at her task and stares into space. If she’s asked what she’d
like to do, she just smiles and shakes her head. How would you described her
behaviour, considering some aspects of Erickson’s theory?
a.
Proud-aggressive
b.
Indifferent-shy
c.
Passive-dependent
d.
Passive-antagonistic
40. Most Filipino parents have the tendency to be
overprotective about their children, if this tendency goes way beyond the
reasonable level, the children could _____________
a.
Become dependent
b.
Have a feeling of
incompetence
c.
Have a sense of
shame and doubt
d.
Become more
active than passive
41. According to Sigmund Freud, there is a stage wherein
young boys experience a strong rivalry with father for their mother’s
affection. This period is known as __________.
a.
Oedipus complex
b.
Elektra complex
c.
Achilles Syndrome
d.
Cassandra
Syndrome
42. Justine is a resilient child with superior
intelligence. He grew up in a very poor environment. With this condition, the
probable outcome would be
a.
No change in IQ
because the environment deprivation has nothing to do with intelligence
b.
Slight change in
IQ although he can overcome frustration and obstacle
c.
Mental retardation
since he is culturally deprived
d.
Great change in
IQ because he is culturally deprived
43. Thea a 1 and half year old girl, baby talks and
commonly mispronounces words. This is regarded as a cute by her parents and
relatives. They are not aware that this attitude towards Thea’s
mispronunciation might create a speech hazard on the part of Thea. If parents
hear their children mispronounce words, they must:
a.
Correct their
mistake
b.
Ask the child to
rephrase the statement
c.
Ignore the
statement until the child says it correctly on his own
d.
Respond to the
content of the statement and ignore the error
44. Following Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development,
Ms. Castro provides her students varied activities that enable them to satisfy
objects according to more than one variable, rank order items in logical series
and understand that amount of mass or liquid do not change because their shape
does. These development can be expected to be performed by
a.
Preschoolers
b.
College students
c.
High school
students
d.
Elementary school
children
45. If we want children to treat each other with courtesy
and dignity, then we must do the same to them. If we yell at children, they
will soon be shouting at each other. These behaviours are likely to be demonstrated
by children because
a.
They are
imitative
b.
They learn best
by observing a model
c.
They are helpless
and entirely dependent on adults
d.
They are afraid
of their teachers if they fail to fallow
46. This is a phenomenon in Psychology wherein students
perform better than other students simply because they were expected to do so
a.
Rosenthal or
Pygmalion
b.
John Henry effect
c.
Hawthorne effect
d.
Withitness
47. Teacher Allan scolded a pupil named Pewee for not
listening attentively. As a result, the whole class paid attention to Teacher
Allan. What explains the phenomenon?
a.
Placebo effect
b.
Halo effect
c.
Ripple effect
d.
John Henry effect
48. This view of education promotes that education started
from primitive people particularly those of the tribe.
a.
Evolutionist
b.
Creationist
c.
Culturalist
d.
Progressivist
49. Among the following educators, who proposed the
placement of children in a ‘ prepared environment”?
a.
Thorndike
b.
Montessori
c.
Kilpatrick
d.
Froebel
50. Ivan a 3 year old boy, lacks the ability to control
his bowel. He could be suffering from?
a.
Enuresis
b.
Analism
c.
Encopresis
d.
Anorexia nervosa
51. Who among the following advocated that we face a
specific psychosocial dilemma at each stage of life?
a.
James Coleman
b.
Lawrence Kohlberg
c.
Erik Erikson
d.
Sigmund Freud
52. Why are life stages important?
a.
They represent
the outcome of major biological changes
b.
They present a
set of developmental tasks to be mastered
c.
They provide
insight into the values and aspirations of particular cultures
d.
Their beginning
and end are perfectly correlated with chronological age
53. When a person fails to develop a consistent identity,
this usually results to
a.
Isolation
b.
Inferiority
c.
Role confusion
d.
Stagnation
54. According to Kubler-Ross, when faced with death, the
most common order of emotional reaction is
a.
Anger,
depression, bargaining, denial, acceptance
b.
Denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, acceptance
c.
Anger,
depression, denial, bargaining, acceptance
d.
Depression,
anger, denial, bargaining, acceptance
55. Paul a 4 year old boy have a problem of occasional
bedwetting. We can advise his parents to
a.
Limit the amount
of water he drinks in the evening
b.
Punish him for
wet nights
c.
Wake him up
during the night to use the toilet
d.
Consider medication
or psychotherapy
56. Which of the following clearly described grief?
a.
The period of
emotional adjustment that follows the death of a love one
b.
The intense
emotional state that follows the death of a lover, friend, or relative
c.
The period during
which a person seems dazed or numb and shows little emotion
d.
Demoralization
and discouragement
57. How can parents foster initiative and independence in
children?
a.
Restricting a
child’s freedom to play, to use imagination and to choose activities
b.
Identity versus
role confusion
c.
Encouragement
from parents when a child plans and carries out a task
d.
Mastering
psychomotor skills
58. Stored knowledge like vocabulary
a.
Reach their peak
a few years after high school or college
b.
Are examples of
fossilized intelligence
c.
Are examples of
fluid intelligence
d.
Are examples of
crystallized intelligence
59. Which of the following are the common life stages
among Trisha, Grace and Vevus?
a.
Infancy
b.
Late adolescence
c.
Later adulthood
d.
Old age
60. When a child manifest autism, self-destructive
behaviour, and echolalia, the child might be showing the symptoms of
a.
Childhood autism
b.
Anorexia nervosa
c.
ADHD
d.
Dyslexia
61. When a person’s moral choices are determined by the
direct consequences of actions, he is most like in the stage of
a.
Pre-conventional
b.
Conventional
c.
Concrete
d.
Concrete
post-conventional
62. Puberty is commonly considered
a.
The same as
adolescence
b.
Occurs earlier
for boys than for girls
c.
Is the period of
growth and hormonal changes that lead to sexual maturity
d.
Involves a growth
spurt of 1-2 years during which boys are taller than girls
63. Which is not true about Autism?
a.
Violent temper
tantrums and repetitive actions
b.
Sensory blocking
and echolalia
c.
Language and
learning deficiencies
d.
Encopresis and
overeating
64. Jenny is encourage by her parents to ask questions,
and allows her to choose activities she will find enjoyable and worthwhile. If
this will continue, Erickson believes that Jenny will achieve
a.
Industry
b.
Identity
c.
Generativity
d.
Initiative
65. A “crisis of urgency” and the “attainment of
stability” according to Gould are characteristics of
a.
Late adolescence
b.
Young adulthood
c.
Middle adulthood
d.
The disengagement
period
66. According to Kohlberg the correct order of Moral
Development is
a.
Pre-conventional,
conventional, and post-conventional
b.
Conditional,
unconditional, and post-condentional
c.
Self-interested,
social, and personal
d.
Premoral,
conventional, and postethical
67. When a girl matures early she is more likely
a.
To engage in
earlier sexual relations
b.
To be socially ostracized
in middle and high school
c.
To withdraw and
become socially isolated
d.
To become tall
and thin
68. Life stages are
important according to Erickson because
a.
Each envolves a
crisis or dilemma
b.
Each signals a
new stages of cognitive development
c.
Each is an
expression of biological programming
d.
Their failure to
appear is evidence of psychopathology
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