1.
Dr.
Health, the school physician conducted physical examination in Ms.Fuerte’s class. What concept best describe the
quantitative increase observed by Dr. Health among the learners in terms of
height and weight?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
2.
Which
situation best illustrate the concept of growth?
a. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within
two months
b. A high school student gets a score of
85 in a mental ability test
c. An education student has gained
knowledge on approaches and strategies in different subjects
d. An elementary grader has learned to
play the piano
3.
Which
statement below described development?
a. A high school student’s height
increased from 5’2 to 5’4
b. A high school students change in
weight from 110lbs to 125 lbs
c. A student had learned to operate the
computer
d. A student’s enlargement of hips
4. What
concept can best described Francisco’s ability to walk without support at age
of 12 months because of the internal ripening that occurred in his muscles,
bones, and nervous system development?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
5. Teacher
Arman is now 69 years old has been observing changes in him such as the aging
process. Which term refers to the development change in the individual?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
6. Manuel,
a five year old boy can hold his pen and write his name with his right
hand.which term describes Manuel action/behaviour?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
7. Which
of the following theory can help Ms. Samson determine the readiness of her
learners by administering a readiness test?
a. Conditioning theories
b. Cognitive development Theories
c. Behavioral Theory
d. Ethological Theory
8.
Who
presented that notion that certain behaviour like thumb sucking is normal
behaviour?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Erick Erickson
c. John Bowlby
d. UrieBronfrenbenner
9. A
newborn infant move his whole body at one time, instead of moving a part of it.
Which of
the following principles is illustrated by this behaviour?
the following principles is illustrated by this behaviour?
a. Development proceeds from specific to
general
b. Development proceeds from general to
specific
c. Development follows an orderly
pattern
d. Development follows a general pattern
10. Train up a child in the way he should
be; when he grows up.” He will not depart from it”
Which principle supports this?
Which principle supports this?
a. Development is determined by the
heredity
b. Development is determined by the
environment
c. Early development is more critical
than the late development
d. Early development is less critical
than the late development
11. Which stage of the psychosexual
theory do young boys experience rivalry with their father
for their mother’s attention and affection?
for their mother’s attention and affection?
a. Oral c. Phallic
b. Anal d. Latency
12. Angela focuses her attention on the
school work and vigorous play that consume most of her
physical energy. Which stage of psychosexual theory illustrates her behaviour?
physical energy. Which stage of psychosexual theory illustrates her behaviour?
a. Oral c.
Phallic
b. Anal d.
Latency
13. Which of the following is likely to
develop if infants are shown genuine affection?
a. Trust c.
Initiative
b. Autonomy d. Industry
14. Christian develops an integral and
coherent sense of self. He seeks answer to the questions.
“Who am I?” which of the following is Christian likely to develop?
“Who am I?” which of the following is Christian likely to develop?
a. Initiative
b. Identity and Role confusion
c. Intimacy
d. Autonomy
15. Mr. Cruz uses images and language to
represent and understand her various lessons to
preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive theory of development explains this?
preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive theory of development explains this?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operation
d. Formal operation
16. Annie is 9 months old, as she was
playing with ball, it accidentally rolled under sofa,
so she continued to look for it. This kind of development is known as _________
so she continued to look for it. This kind of development is known as _________
a. Conservation
b. Imprinting
c. Accommodation
d. Object permanence
17. A child tells you that they always
put their clothes on by themselves in the morning, but cannot take them off by
themselves in the evening. The child is most likely in which of the following
stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?
a. Formal operational
b. Sensorimotor
c. Concrete operational
d. Preoperational
18. Egocentrism refers to the concept
that ___________
a. Objects have permanent attributes
that do not change
b. An infant develops an attachment to
the first moving object it sees
c. Children are unable to distinguish
between their own perspective and someone else’s perspective
d. Objects and events continue to exist
even when they cannot be directly seen
19. A child tells you that the sky is
green. You ask him how he knows that, and he says because that’s what he think,
and isn’t bothered that his reasoning isn’t logical. This child is most likely
in which stage of cognitive development?
a. Formal operation
b. Sensorimotor
c. Concrete operational
d. Preoperational
20. According to development
psychologists, attachment refers to ____________
a. The concept that objects continue to
exist even when it cannot be directly seen.
b. The tendency of an infant to form an
attachment to the first moving object it sees.
c. The close emotional bond between an
infant and caregiver
d. The formation of new synaptic
connections in the frontal cortex.
21. Which of the following is the most
critical element in the attachment process?
a. Food c.
Movement
b. Contact comfort d. Indulgence
22. Gerald would always wear the
prescribed uniform not because he likes to but because he is
expected to do so. What moral orientation is he in?
expected to do so. What moral orientation is he in?
a. Good boy/nice girl orientation
b. Law and Order orientation
c. Punishment-obedience orientation
d. Social contract orientation
23. Connie develops concepts necessary
for everyday living builds healthy attitudes toward one self, and achieves
personal independence. These are among the attributes of an individual in what
particular stage?
a. Infancy and Early Childhood
b. Middle childhood
c. Adolescence
d. Early adulthood
24. Some children are more active than
others, as everyone knows extremely high levels of activity or hyperactivity
are considered problematic. How a teacher helps a child who is hyperactive?
a. Make him the leader of the class
b. Transfer him to another class
c. Give him a challenging activitiesthat are appropriate to his ability
level and interest.
d. Allow him to spend longer at the
playground until he gets tired.
25. Marivic gets jealous whenever she
sees her father showing love and affection to her mother. Which of the
following is she showing according to Freud?
a. Complex
b. Phallic
c. Electra complex
d. Oedipus complex
26. In Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive
Development, which of the following statement would illustrate Edward who is 11
years old?
a. Able to see relationship and to
reason in the abstract
b. Unable to breakdown a whole into
separate parts.
c. Differentiates goals and
goal-directed activities.
d. Experiment with methods to reach
goals.
27. Violeta goes with her mother in
school. She enjoys the workplace of her mother. Which of the following
ecological theories is illustrated by the situation?
a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
c. Exosystem
d. Macrosystem
28. Anna believes that authority is
respected. She is now in what particular level in the moral development theory
of Lawrence Kohlberg?
a. Social contract
b. Law and order orientation
c. Interpersonal concordance
d. Universal ethics orientation
29. What level has a 4 year old learner
like Mary Anne reached when she acquired new skills such as putting the same
shapes and the same colors together?
a. Development c. Zone of Proximal Development
b. Maturation d. Learning
30. Which of the following principles can
be the basis of the growing realization of the significance of the early
childhood education?
a. The young children are capable of
doing many things at an early stage.
b. The child should be seen and should
learn.
c. The first five years of life are the
formative years of the child.
d. Early childhood experience can be interesting
and challenging.
31. Which of the following learner’s
characteristics will affect most of the learners learning in the academic
areas?
a. His affective characteristics
b. His cognitive characteristics
c. His psychomotor characteristics
d. His socio-emotional characteristics
32. Joy is low achieving, shy and
withdrawn, is rejected by most of his peers. Her teacher wants to help Joy
increase her self-esteem and social acceptance. What can Joy’s teacher suggest
to her parents?
a. Transfer her to a different school
b. Help her daughter improve her motor
skills
c. Help her daughter learn to accept
more responsibility for her academic failures
d. Help their daughter improve skills in
relating to peers.
33. Parents who are restrictive and
punitive are displaying
a. Indulgent parenting
b. Authoritative parenting
c. Neglectful parenting
d. Authoritarian parenting
34. Parents who are uninvolved in their
child’s life are displaying
a. Indulgent parenting
b. Authoritative parenting
c. Neglectful parenting
d. Authoritarian parenting
35. A child with authoritarian parents is
likely to display all of the following except
a. Failure to initiative activity
b. Poor communication skills
c. Self-reliance
d. Social incomplete
36. Which perspective refers to the
concept that children are born into the world corrupted
with an inclination toward evil?
with an inclination toward evil?
a. Innate goodness view
b. Tabula rasa view
c. Origina sin view
d. Classical view
37. Ramon and Mia are first time parents.
They believe that children are inherently good, so they planned that they will
allow their child to grow naturally with little parental monitoring. What is
the view consistent to their belief?
a. Innate goodness view
b. Tabula rasa view
c. Origina sin view
d. Classical view
38. It refers to the social roles and
expectations related to one’s age.
a. Chronological age
b. Biological age
c. Social age
d. Psychological age
39. Every time we count the number of
years that elapsed since birth, we are counting our _______________
a. Chronological age
b. Biological age
c. Social age
d. Psychological age
40. What developmental issue is supported
by the theories of Sigmund Freud, Erick Erickson and Jean Piaget?
a. Nurture c. Nature
b. Continuity d. Discontinuity
41. The period of the zycote of human
development refers to
a. Fertilization to 2 weeks
b. Weeks 2-8 wks following conception
c. 2 months to 9 months after conception
d. The last year prior to death
42. Which of the following occurs during
the embryonic period of human development?
a. Fertilization
b. Formation of neutral tube
c. Irregular breathing
d. Appearance of the grasping reflex
43. What is the chromosomal aberration
that is caused by an extra chromosomes leading to the
child’s having mental retardation?
child’s having mental retardation?
a. Turners Syndrome
b. Klinefelters Syndrome
c. Down Syndrome
d. Autism
44. Teratogen refers to
a. Any agent that causes a birth defect
b. A concept or framework that organizes
and interprets information
c. The expression of an individual’s
genotype in measurable characteristics
d. The tendency of an infant to form an
attachment to the first moving object it encounters.
45. Which is the correct sequence for the
periods of prenatal development?
a. Fetus, embryo, zygote
b. Zygote, fetus, embryo
c. Zygote, embryo, fetus
d. Embryo, zygote, fetus
46. Children who are born to mothers who
are heavy drinkers are likely to show all of the
following except
following except
a. A small head
b. Increased intelligence
c. Defective limbs
d. Heart defects
47. Exposure to heroine during pregnancy
has been linked to all of the following except
a. Premature birth
b. Breathing problems
c. Obesity at birth
d. death
48. whichof the following pre-term
infants is most likely to have developmental problems?
a. An infant from a high-income family
b. A large infant
c. An infant who is massaged
d. An infant born in poverty
49. Which of the following is not an
effect of infant massage that has been demonstrated?
a. Increased weight gain
b. Increased activity
c. Decreased alertness
d. Increased brain alertness
50. Which of the following is a reflex
that helps the baby find the nipple?
a. Babinski
b. Moro
c. Rooting
d. Sucking
51. Psychologists have found the highest
social competence in children whose parents have which style?
a. Indulgent parenting
b. Authoritative parenting
c. Neglectful parenting
d. Authoritarian parenting
52. Antonina has developed an ability to
remember significant events in her life. She is most
likely at what stage of development?
likely at what stage of development?
a. Infancy
b. Early childhood
c. Late childhood
d. Puberty
53. The following are part of Sternberg
Theory of Development Except:
a. Practical intelligence
b. Spatial intelligence
c. Analytical intelligence
d. Creative Intelligence
54. What is the category that includes
skills in writing, drawing, painting and dancing?
a. Self-help skills
b. Social-help skills
c. School skills
d. Play skills
55. Tim possesses excellent skills in
creating art works and would invent toys from recycled materials, using
Sternberg theory, what is this intelligence called?
a. Analytical Intelligence
b. Creative Intelligence
c. Practical Intelligence
d. Spatial Intelligence
56. Which period in the lifespan is
called by psychologist as the “gang age”?
a. Infancy
b. Early childhood
c. Middle / late childhood
d. Adolescence
57. What is the most accurate definition
of the puberty stage?
a. Rapid physical growth that occurs
during adolescence
b. Stage when sexual maturation is
attained
c. A time of rapid growth and sexual
maturation
d. Stage when adolescent establish
identities separate from their parents
58. The primary criterion of puberty in
women is
a. X-ray of skeletal muscles
b. Nocturnal emission
c. Menarche
d. Chemical analysis in the urine
59. Testosterone is associated with all
of the following except
a. Increased in height
b. Change in voice
c. Breast development
d. Changes in male genetals
60. Which of the following is not a
common effect of puberty to attitudes and behaviour?
a. Heightened emotionality
b. Loss of self-confidence
c. Bad grades
d. Excessive modesty
61. Individual are most likely to enter
which cognitive stage during adolescence?
a. Preoperational
b. Formal operational
c. Sensorimotor
d. Concrete operational
62. Adolescent egocentrism is
characterized by all of the following except the
a. Belief that others are as preoccupied
with the individual as he or she is
b. Belief that one is unique
c. Belief that one is invincible
d. Belief that one is superior to others
63. The following are characteristics of
adolescence except
a. A period of transition
b. A age of idealism
c. A time of personal reflection and
evaluation
d. Adolescent as radical, unnerving, and
different
64. Identity status refers to
a. A person’s position in the
development of an identity
b. The challenge adolescent face in
finding out who they are
c. The bond between an adolescent and
caregiver
d. Expectation about how adolescents
should think, feel, and act
65. According to Marcia’s ideas about
identity status, a person who has not yet explored meaningful alternatives and
has not made a commitment is in which stage?
a.
Identity
foreclosure
b.
Identity
moratorium
c.
Identity
achievement
d.
Identity
diffusion
66. Ramon is still undecided on what
course to take in college so he just let his parents decide for him, in what
level of identity does he falls in?
a.
Identity
foreclosure
b.
Identity
moratorium
c.
Identity
achievement
d.
Identity
diffusion
67. The following are factors that may
increase the likelihood of developing eating disorder except ___________
a.
Negative
parent-adolescent relationship
b.
Girls
who were rejected by their friends
c.
Adolescents
who likes to be healthy
d.
Adolescents
who are self-conscious
68. Fifteen year old Marie is preoccupied
with her disgusting appearance and seems depressed most of the time. What is
the best thing her parents can do to help her get through this difficult time?
a.
Ignore
her preoccupation because their attention would only reinforce it
b.
Encourage
her to “shape up”and not to give up in self pity
c.
Kid
her about her appearance in the hope that she will see how silly she is acting
d.
Offer
practical advice, such as cloth suggesting, to improve her body image
69. What can be the best comparison of
the behaviour of a 17 year old girl to that of a
13 year-old brother?
13 year-old brother?
a.
She
is most likely critical to herself
b.
She
tends to be egocentric
c.
She
had less confidence in her abilities
d.
She
is more capable of reasoning hypothetically
70. What is the main source of emotional
support for most young people who are
establishing independence from their parents?
establishing independence from their parents?
a.
Older
adolescents of the opposite sex
b.
Older
sibling
c.
Teachers
d.
Peer
groups
Answer Key
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. C
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. D
17. D
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. B
23. C
24. C
25. C
26. B
27. B
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. B
32. D
33. D
34. C
35. C
36. C
37. A
38. C
39. A
40. D
41. A
42. B
43. C
44. A
45. C
46. B
47. C
48. D
49. C
50. C
51. B
52. B
53. B
54. C
55. D
56. C
57. C
58. C
59. C
60. C
61. B
62. D
63. C
64. A
65. D
66. A
67. C
68. D
69. D
70. D
