CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

60-100 items.
1. The process by which certain potentials are inherited from the parents for his development
a. Life c. Heredity
b. Birth d. Character
Correct answer: c
2. This theory states that there are 8 basic development stages that the individual has to pass through
his life
a. Learning Theory
b. Psychoanalytic Theory
c. Psychosocial Theory
d. Cognitive Development
Correct answer: c
3. Transition age from childhood to adulthood where rapid physical changes and sex maturity occur
resulting in changes in ways of feelings, thinking and acting.
a. Puberty c. Early adulthood
b. Adolescence d. Stage V
Correct answer: b
4. Modifying an existing scheme after an individual’s interaction with the environment, resulting in
the creation of a new scheme.
a. Assimilation c. Recognition
b. Interaction d. Accommodation
Correct answer: d
5. Theory stating that a person’s behavior can be motivated by urges towards self satisfaction.
a. Psychoanalytic Theory
b. Cognitive development theory
c. Psychosocial Theory
d. Moral development theory
Correct answer: A
6. The ability of a child to conceptualize the retention and preservation of the same quantity under
various changes.
a. Recognition c. Assimilation
b. Reversibility d. Conservation
Correct answer: D
7. Refers to the idea that no individual are exactly the same or alike.
a. Cognitive theory c. Individual differences
b. Exclusivity theory d. Emotional quotient
Correct answer: C
8. He is known as the Father of Modern I.Q. Test
a. Lewis Terman c. Laurence Kohlberg
b. Erick Erickson d. Martin Lesley
Correct answer: A
9. “Intellectual appreciative Experience” is …
a. base on the premise that all learning has emotional correlates
b. obtained in the field of music, art and literature
c. the acquisition and retention o acts and information
d. assumes that human activities are based on stimulus and response
Correct answer: A
10. These statements imply that children at the early learning stage consider parents and teachers as
authorities and models.
a. Parents and teachers should always coordinate children’s activities
b. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school
c. Parents and teachers should be the role models at all times
d. Parents and teachers should always consult each other with regards the child’s intellectual
development
Correct answer: C
11. Any change in the behavior of an individual
a. Learning c. Change
b. Response d. Development
Correct answer: A
12. Which of the following principles IS NOT considered under Classical Conditioning by Ivan
Pavlov?
a. Excitation
b. Adhesive Principle
c. Stimulus Generalization
d. None of the above
Correct answer: D
13. The reinforcement of a person’s responses by presentation or removal of rewards and
punishment.
a. Operant conditioning c. Feedback Principle
b. Transfer of learning d. Discipline
Correct answer: C
14. This stimulation of action best explains the behavior of an individual to take what he perceives to
be the shortest route to his goals.
a. Recognition c. Response
b. Assimilation d. Motivation
Correct answer: D
15. The process by which an individual acquires the social and cultural heritage o the society where
he belongs.
a. Socialization c. Integration
b. Internalization d. Acquisition
Correct answer: A
16. Philosophy of education’s main function.
a. Aid the leaner to build his own personal philosophy
b. Definition o goals and setting of directions from which education
c. Educations carries on a lifetime cycle
d. Provision of academic background prerequisite to learning
Correct answer: B
17. According to Froebel, kindergarten is also known as “____________?
a. children have fun and enjoyment
b. Garden where children could grow
c. He learning Center for Life
d. Where new beginnings begin
Correct answer: A
18. Which of the following statements is given emphasis by “humanistic education?”
a. The great works of man such as the classics should be enjoyed.
b. Man should learn the different philosophies of education
c. “Build a man who is distinctly civilized, educations and refined”
d. Develop man into a thinking individual
Correct answer: C
19. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience should
follow learning, thus, she has to?
a. require her student mastery of the lessons
b. encourage her students to memorize facts
c. equip her students with basic skills and abilities
d. provide her student with opportunities to apply their skills and abilities
Correct answer: D
20. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set higher standards over and above the minimum
requirement for state recognition?
a. Scholastic achievement
b. Faculty development
c. Academic freedom
d. Voluntary accreditation
Correct answer: D
21. The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental maturation which is characterized by rapid
somatic growth is known as
a. infancy c. puberty
b. early childhood d. adulthood
Correct answer: C
22. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of
a. Darkness c. closed space
b. strangers d. height
Correct answer: C
23. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one dimension but unfocused vision on the other is
called
a. myopia c. hyperopia
b. astigmatism d. presbyopia
Correct answer: B
24. Which of the following statements does not apply to adolescents?
a. they desire the approval of their peers
b. they seek dependence on their parents
c. they have a marked sex development
d. none of the above
Correct answer: B
25. As young people mature, society expects them to develop competencies and assume social roles
in a conventional manner.
a. expectation of parents
b. influence of peers groups
c. influence of formal education
d. cultural demands
Correct answer: D
26. The founder of the theory of psychology called psychoanalysis was
a. Lock c. Freud
b. Hume d. Leibnitz
Correct answer: C
27. When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be expected, he is in a so-
called
a. development crisis c. regression
b. learning plateau d. depression
Correct answer: B
28. Regarding the sexual maturation o boys and girls, teachers should bear in mind that:
a. girls mature at a late stage than boys
b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys
c. boys and girls mature at the same time
d. there are no marked differences in heir time of maturity
Correct answer: B
29. Rationalization is used by student who
a. always give explanation or reason for their failures rather than own their faults
b. like to take the blame for their faults
c. bribe their elders with promises
d. substitute words for deeds
Correct answer: A
30. Which of the following is true of Abnormal Psychology?
a. it studies the cause of personality defects
b. it measures the accomplishments of the individual
c. it concentrates on the scholastic performance of the individual
d. it investigates the educational background of the individual
Correct answer: A
31. Which of the following is a continuous variable?
a. weight c. nationality
b. sex d. race
Correct answer: A
32. Which of the following is true about one’s IQ?
a. it remains fairly constant
b. it is highly changeable
c. it is affected by attitude
d. it is never constant
Correct answer: A
33. Transfer of training easily takes place if the activities involved
a. Are different
b. Have identical element
c. Occur in the same place
d. Vary in difficulty
Correct answer: B
34. When the learner is well-motivated, he performs his task
a. with indifference c. with arrogance
b. with disinterest d. with enthusiasm
Correct answer: D
35. A six-year-old child who has a mental age of eight years has an IQ of
a. 120 b. 130 c. 132 d. 133
Correct answer: D
36. The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age times 100 is called
a. derived quotient
b. deviation
c. intelligence quotient or IQ
d. intelligence ratio
Correct answer: C
37. Which of the following was written by Plato?
a. Sic et Non c. The Republic
b. The School and Society d. Emile
Correct answer: C
38. Who among those below asserted that “Education is for complete living”
a. Dewey c. Kant
b. Spencer d. Froebel
Correct answer: B
39. The right of an educational institution and its faculty to prescribe the methods/strategies of
teaching refers to:
a. building style
b. choice of curriculum
c. academic freedom
d. co and extra curricular program
Correct answer: C
40. The 1987 Constitution provides that religious institution can be given
a. with the students’ consent
b. with the parent/guardian approval
c. with mayor’s permit
d. with the school’s support
Correct answer: B
41. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution of which colonizer?
a. American c. Japanese
b. British d. Spanish
Correct answer: A
42. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when
a. he’s assigned in a depressed area
b. he’s given additional teaching load
c. he’s in lahar area
d. he’s assigned in a hazardous area
Correct answer: C
43. The ability for quantitative learning of the relations of facts taken from newspaper readings, letter
writing and the like is called:
a. functional literacy c. Knowledge outcome
b. adjustment learning d. Social competence
Correct answer: D
44. A teacher who gives a uniform assignment to be worked out by all learners in Arithmetic is not
observing a characteristic of a good assignment. Which characteristic is overlooked?
a. It should be definite
b. It should be stimulating
c. It should emphasize the essential
d. It should provide for individual differences
Correct answer: D
45. If a student ask a question which the teacher does not have a ready answer, the latter should:
a. dismiss the question as irrelevant
b. offer a bluff
c. admit the fact that he doesn’t know the answer
d. ask volunteers to answer the question and do research on it later.
Correct answer:D
46. The heredity traits acquired by a person in his lifetime;
a. are transmissible to his offspring
b. reappear in his future grandparent
c. Have no influence on the offspring
d. Become recessive traits
Correct answer: A
47. When student are given a chance to settle differences of opinion by discussion, they develop:
a. fair play c. irritants
b. tolerance d. sociability
Correct answer: B
48. The school’s responsibility towards teenagers “gang age” is:
a. provide the gang all the freedom it needs
b. gives classroom activities to give direction to out-of-school youth activities
c. supervise gang activities
d. set up norms of conduct or the member of the gang
Correct answer: B
49. In an intelligence test, a 13-year old girl got a score equivalent to that of a 15-year old. This
means:
a. that the girl must be accelerated
b. that the girl is 2-years older mentally
c. that the girl has a chronological age of 15
d. that she has a mental age of 13
Correct answer: B
50. Which statement is not necessary to achieve the learner’s interest in a learning activity?
a. the activity must lead to a practical end
b. the activity must be within the ability of the learner
c. the activity must fill a need recognized by the learner
d. the learner must have the experience that will furnish the background for the activity
Correct answer: A