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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Reviewer for Licensure Exam for Teachers




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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