Midterm Examination in Education 1

It refers to the progressive series of changes that occur in an orderly, predictable pattern as a result of maturation and experience.

• development

• birth

• adolescence

• age

Which of the following is not true about life-span development?

• It is said to end in adulthood.

• It is multidimensional.

• It is considered to be plastic.

• It is contextual.

It is the progressive increase and continuous advancement of the child from birth to maturity.

• growth

• development

• maturation

• change

It is the process of attaining a level of development at which some specified mental function or type of behavior ordinarily appears.

• growth

• development

• maturation

• change

It is a principle of child development that states that development in one domain influences and is influenced by development in other domains.

• interrelatedness

• orderly sequence

• varying rates

• complexity

It is a principle of child development indicating that development advances when children have opportunities to practice newly acquired skills as well as when they experience a challenge just beyond the level of their present mastery.

• practice and challenge

• learning modes

• increasing complexity

• varying rates

‘Self-talk before abstract thinking’ is a reification of this principle in child development.

• increasing complexity

• varying rates

• orderly sequence

• interrelatedness

“Children from broken homes and orphanages do not grow and develop in an optimum level.” To which factor affecting child growth and development does this statement best relate to?

• emotional factor

• genetic factor

• heredity factor

• cultural factor

A child’s birth order could affect his/her growth and development.

• true

• false

Development is premodistal if the direction of development is from center to outward.

• true

• false