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Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
In the formal operational stage, which is/are adolescents capable of doing to solve problems?
In the formal operational stage, which is/are adolescents capable of doing to solve problems? I. Formulate hypotheses II. Systematically test hypotheses III. Reason out
I, II, and III
I and II
II only
III only
Which of the following does NOT belong to cognitive factors affecting learning?
Intelligence
Memory
Health
Reason
Non-cognitive processes related to learning and aging include the following EXCEPT one. What is it?
I. Motivation II. Health III. Loss of speed IV. Intelligence
I. Motivation
II. Health
III. Loss of speed
IV. Intelligence
Bing, a preschooler, insists on getting noodles for himself from the serving dish each time his family attends gatherings, even though he usually drops pasta on the floor. When his mother tries to assist him, he brushes his mother off and insists on doing it himself. In the context of Erickson’s Psychosocial Development theory, what stage of psychosocial development best describes Bing’s behavior?
Trust vs. Mistrust
Initiative vs. Guilt
Industry vs. Inferiority
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
When a child says that the sun is sleeping at night, the child is in the pre-operational stage. Which of the following major features is evident?
A. Animism
B. Centration
C. Egocentrism
D. Reversibility
Based on Kohlberg’s theory, what is the level of moral development shown when children generally do what is right in order to come up with their parents and teachers’ expectations of a good child?
A. Conventional
B. Formal
C. Post-conventional
D. Pre-conventional
Greeno (1989) said that thinking is the result of the interaction between the individual and the environment. Which of the theories of development support/s the idea of Greeno?
I. Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development
II. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
III. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
IV. Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural theory
A. III only
B. I and III only
C. III and IV only
D. I, II, and III only
Miss Melody begins a lesson on Basic Dance Position by demonstrating the arms and feet position in slow motion and physically guiding her students through the correct movements. As her students become more skillful, she just gives verbal instruction. With Vygotsky’s theory in mind, what does Miss Melody employ?
Guided participation
Peer Interaction
Apprenticeship
Scaffolding
Based on Freud’s theory, which operates when Mario lends his bicycle to his friend Julius who is crying for it?
Ego
Superego
Id
Id and ego
Professor Jonathan measures learning by the outward expression of new behaviors only such as ability to solve math with ease. Which theory does he apply?
Cognitivism
Social Learning Theory
Behaviorist Theory
Multiple Intelligence
On which principle is your conviction based if you provide positive reinforcement whenever a learner performs an acceptable behavior on his/her own?
Cognitivism
Behaviorism
Constructivism
Psychoanalytic
What does maturationist theory advance?
Development is a product of maturation and learning as these two constantly interact with one another.
Development is a biological process that occurs automatically on predictable, sequential stage overtime.
Socio-cultural factors should provide the basis for the education of young children.
Development universals exist and that the developing child should be the focus of educational planning
What does the environmentalist theory advanced by John Watson, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura assume?
Children are active participants in the learning process.
Children initiate most of the activities required for learning and development.
Learning and development occur when young children interact with the environment.
The child’s environment shapes learning behavior.
What is a characteristic common among preschoolers where they give human quality to non-human things?
Egocentrism
Animism
Association
Projection
What is the systematic manner of providing the right amount of assistance to the learner to effectively acquire a skill?
Scaffolding
Guidance
Counseling
Tutoring
Until where does scaffolding encourage children to discover and learn?
Within their level only
Above their level but with help from the teacher
Below their level to avoid frustration
Above their level independently
Kenn likes to go to school. He enjoyed school on Day 1. Which theory explains this?
Metacognitive theory
Behaviorist theory
Cognitive theory
Gestalt theory
Learning is viewed as collections of responses to external stimuli. Whose thought is this?
Meta-cognitivist
Behaviorist
Cognitivist
Gestaltist
Learners are information processors. Whose thought is this?
Meta-cognitivist
Behaviorist
Cognitivist
Gestaltist
Which view of learning led to the shift from the knowledge-acquisition to knowledge-construction metaphor?
Meta-cognitivist
Constructivist
Cognitivist
Gestaltist
Which of the following is NOT TRUE of behaviorist?
They focus solely on students’ observable behaviors as the indicators of learning.
They believe that students play an active role in the learning process.
They believe that helping students work with others to meet common goal is an important part of teaching.
They look at knowledge as something constructed by synthesizing ideas with prior knowledge.
Which of these does NOT belong to the Bronfenbrenner’s microsystem as a factor on human development?
Family
School
Peers
Local politics
Of the five different levels of environment in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory, which is the closest to the learner and the most influential?
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Macrosystem
Exosystem
Which is an example of a child’s mesosystem that does NOT work favorably for the child?
The child is not in good terms with his peers.
There is so much hostility at home.
The child’s parent and teacher are at odds.
The child is sickly.
The anxiety of a child whose father belongs to the army increases every time his father leaves for duty. Which of the following proves that a child’s environment affects his development?
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Which is an example of a child’s ecosystem that does NOT work favorably for the child?
A child gets bullied in school.
Mother gets a job promotion and so has less time for supervision of her child’s homework.
The teacher plays favorites.
The child is asthmatic.
A Filipino Master’s degree graduate is surprised to know that he can not proceed to the doctorate program applied for in Belgium because of the short ten-year Basic Education. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s theory, to which system in the environment can this be attributed?
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronology system
Based on his ecological theory, which would be statements from Bronfenbrenner? I. Recognize that the school can not work in isolation. II. Schools must connect with communities. III. Create situation where the kids are more a part of the community.
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronology system
Which thought on learning belongs to Vygotsky?
I. Recognize that the school can not work in isolation.
II. Schools must connect with communities.
III. Create situation where the kids are more a part of the community.
I only
II only
II and III
I, II, and III
What is referred to as the Zone of Proximal Development?
I. Zone of potential development
II. Zone of actual development
III. The difference between what a learner can do independently and what he can accomplish with the help of a “More Knowledgeable Other” such as teacher.
IV. The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development.
I and II
III and IV
II and III
II, III and IV
Which of these does NOT belong with teacher scaffolds in mind?
Direct and indirect explanations
Modeling
Highlighting of strategies
Highlighting student’s failure
Which of the following zones refers to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help?
Actual development
Potential development
Proximal development
Differentiated development
Which theory asserts that learners generate knowledge and meaning from an interaction between their experiences and their ideas?
Constructivism
Social reconstructionism
Behaviorism
Metacognition
When is physical growth fastest?
Infancy
Adolescence
Early Childhood
Late Adolescence
To what does Piaget’s Cognitive theory that the ability to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container shape or apparent size refer?
Conservation
Assimilation
Conversion
Accommodation
Well-liked children can read and respond to peer’s emotions better than children who are not well-liked. Whose research application is this?
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural Theory
A child with hearing loss is likely to have language delay as well. What does this prove?
Physical development is very important.
Physical growth interacts with cognitive development.
Speech is easily influenced by other aspects.
Normal development is difficult to attain.
In early childhood particularly the pre-operational stage, centration is proven by children’s lack of conservation. What does this mean about children?
Are able to understand that changing a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties.
Exhibit primitive reasoning.
Are not able to distinguish their perspective from other’s perspective.
Believe that objects have lifelike qualities.
One limitation of pre-operational thought is the belief that non-living objects have life-like qualities. What does this imply to teachers?
Correct children when their drawings are far from reality, e.g. blue sun
Evaluate children’s fanciful drawings as poor.
. Discourage children from drawing somethingfar from reality
Accept children’s drawings as they are; this is a characteristic of children in the pre-operational thought
According to Vygotsky, children construct knowledge through social interaction. What does this imply for children's learning? What should be given to children?
Chance to explore their world.
Opportunity to learn with skilled peers or teachers.
Questions to ponder on.
Books to read.
Piaget asserted that children construct knowledge by transforming, organizing, and re-organizing previous knowledge. What does this imply for learning?
Let children explore their world and discover knowledge.
Give children experts as guide.
Equip them with learning materials.
Give them adequate reward.
Which characterizes children with autism?
I. Repetitive behaviors
II. Difficulty in social interactions
III. Showing more interest in objects than on people
I and II
II and III
I and III
I, II and III
Young children develop their executive and sustained attention. What are indicators of executive functioning?
I. Inhibiting a strong tendency that is incorrect.
II. Shifting attention to another topic/item.
III. Waiting longer to get a more attractive reward
I, II, and III
I and III
I and II
II and III
Research says that children learn words best in contexts that are meaningful. What does this imply to the teaching-learning process?
Teach words in integrated contexts.
Teach new words in isolation from other lessons for greater focus.
Retain out-of-context classroom drills.
Reduce the number of new words taught for mastery.
One research-based principle of child development is “Early experiences have strong effects on children’s development and learning.” What is an implication of this to teaching-learning?
Enrich early childhood with favorable experiences.
Teach them academic lesson as early.
Enroll them in preschool.
Assist their development by bringing them to tutorial centers.
Research found that children with low IQ who received full time, year-round child care along with medical and social work services had improved IQ and sustained the improved IQ compared with those who received same medical and social services but no child care. What does this point to?
I. Prevention rather than remediation is important in counteracting a deprived early environment ‘s effect on IQ.
II. Modifications in environment can change IQ scores considerably.
III. It is important to consider the types of environments for children
I and II
I, II, and III
II and III
I and III
How should one care for children after a disaster?
Encourage children to talk about any disturbing feeling reassuring them that such feelings are normal after a stressful event.
Discourage children to talk about any disturbing feeling for this may only make things worse.
Do not allow children to retell the events for them not to be reminded of the event.
Make children understand that a disaster is God’s will and there is nothing we can do about it.
Jampason Elementary School has an open admission policy, however, the school administers a diagnostic test during the first two weeks of classes to find out the pupils’ strengths and weaknesses. What is the purpose of this practice?
Screen pupils who can proceed to the grades.
Determine who will be admitted to school.
Identify those who would be needing special help.
Suit the lesson to the ability of the pupils.
Which developmental principle is NOT TRUE?
Children’s development is a function of environment and heredity.
Children develop at different rates.
Children develop in a predictable manner
Children develop skills and abilities in an unpredictable manner
According to Erikson, what years are critical for the development of self-confidence?
High school years
Elementary school years
Preschool years
College year
At the high school level, Kohlberg’s advice to teachers is for them to begin discussing with students about abstract principles such as justice and human rights. On the average, in which moral developmental age are high school students supposed to be?
Post conventional stage
Conventional stage
In between conventional and post conventional stage
That depends on the school culture.
Which is the ideal stage of moral development?
Social contract
Universal ethical principle
Law and order
Good boy/nice girl
Based on Freud’s theory, which operate/s when a student strikes a classmate at the height of anger?
Ego
Superego
Id
Id and Ego interact
When small children call all animals “dogs”, what process is illustrated based on Piaget’s Cognitive development theory?
Conservation
Assimilation
Accommodation
Reversion
Some children change faster than others in almost all areas of development while some are much slower. Which of the following principles of growth and development is shown?
Development is the product of maturation and learning.
The rate of development is unique to each individual.
Development involves change.
There are individual differences in development
Which of the following is FALSE?
Learning allows individuals to develop their innate potentials.
Children undergo physical, emotional, and social changes.
We reach developmental stages at the same time and at the same stage.
Individuals learn thru imitation and observation of role models.
During pregnancy Mary received x-rays and contracted diseases. She gave birth to a baby boy who was so sickly upon reaching adolescence. This proves that an individual could be so vulnerable to environmental influence during:
Early childhood
Adolescence
Infancy and toddlerhood
Conception to birth
How do adults develop a positive self-concept on school age children?
Letting them feel good about their accomplishments.
Praising them always.
Letting them join in prayer.
Giving them everything what they want.
Mrs. Arambala discovers that developments of her 1-year-old baby spread over the body, from hand to foot, and outward form central access of the body to the extremities. Which of the following principles applies to the above situation?
Each phase of development has characteristics behavior.
All individuals are different.
Development follows a definite and predictable pattern.
Each phase of development has hazards.
A six-year old boy can neither add nor subtract numbers. He receives instruction and practice. A few months later, he can add and subtract numbers. Which of the following is evident?
Maturation
Learning
Instruction
Practice
Which of the following factors is probably the MOST crucial to successful child rearing?
Presence of educational toys at home.
Presence of other siblings.
Adult’s emotional and verbal responsiveness.
High socio-economic status.
Joel is 5 years old and quite intelligent. Jose is 15 and he is good in playing and acting. In order to relate to each boy, what should the teacher take into consideration?
Sex differences
Individual differences
Behavior differences
Age differences
Which of the following statements best describes lifespan development? It is
Uni-dimensional.
Age limited.
Multi-dimensional.
Chronologically explained.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Chronological age and maturational age although related are not synonymous.
The more biologically mature a child is, the easier for him to learn a given task.
Development is a product of maturation and learning.
The child’s maturational development progresses specific to general behaviors.
Researches established that complete coordination of motor activities is attained at a particular stage of life development. Which of the following is referred to?
Pre-natal stage
Childhood stage
Adolescence stage
Infancy stage
Parents and teachers are considered as authorities and models by children at the early childhood stage. What does this statement imply?
Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school.
Teachers and parents should serve as role models at all times.
Teachers should demand complete obedience from the learners in school.
Parent-teacher conference should always be an activity in school.
This is the stage when Kent Ian becomes confused and starts to experience identity crisis. Which of these stages is it?
Early childhood
Early adulthood
Late childhood
Adolescence
Which of the following will trigger additional development if Regine is exposed to more challenges and stimuli in her surroundings?
Potentials
Intelligence
Emotions
Interest
Identical twins are more alike than fraternal twins. Which of the following statements/principles is supported by this?
Heredity has part in determining physical appearance.
Intelligence is determined partly by pre-natal nutrition.
Environment affects both fraternal and identical twins.
Intelligence hinges in physical structure.
The daughter of Dr. Suana competes with her for the father’s attention. Which of the following is said to be the experience of Dr. Suana’s daughter?
Electra complex
Identity crisis
Oedipus complex
Sexual deviation
Violy notices that her son is always wanting to get her attention and is jealous of his father. Under what psychoanalytic stage of development can Violy’s son be classified?
Latency
Genital
Phallic
Oral
Which of the following is NOT a function of education?
Understanding of the external world through the use of the senses
Formation of concepts and ideas
Acquisition of attitudes, ideals, judgment, and values
Acquisition of facts and information
Miss Gina invited Mark's parents to have serious talk about their child’s problems. But the parents refused and just told Miss Gina to do whatever is good for Mark Miss Ginadid not like the parents’ attitudes. What then should she do?
Conduct a surprise visit to Mark’s house.
Forget all about it since the parents are not interested anyway.
Tell Mark not to go to school without his parents.
Try all possible means to have Mark’s parents visit the school.
Which of the following situations best shows the teacher’s consideration of the student’s developmental patterns?
Using the best strategies for teaching
Having outdoor activities
Teaching from basic to complex
Developing the student
Jessa aged 9, was transferred from her class for frequent fights with other pupils. She also has frequent tantrums, short attention span and refusal to be disciplined. Which of the following is present in her?
Having learning disability
Having mental retardation
Physical handicap
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Which of the following is referred to by “Mainstreaming in the classroom”?
Pupils formerly enrolled in a Special Education classes are now integrated into regular classes. – children with special needs.
Teachers in Special Education (SPED) centers are now teaching in regular classrooms.
Teachers in regular classes are now teaching with disabilities in Special Education centers.
Pupils in regular classes are now accepted in Special Education centers.
In Piaget’s view, what are the two processes involved in his theory?
Assimilation and role confusion
Accommodation and self-absorption
Assimilation and accommodation
Isolation and accommodation
When an infant sees an apple and reaches to grasp it, which of the following is evident?
Assimilating
Accommodating
Both assimilating and accommodating
Questioning
According to Kohlberg’s theory, in what way do individuals progress from stage to stage?
Interacting with those whose moral reasoning is at higher level.
Resolving critical and conflicting psychosocial issues.
Exhibiting socially acceptable behavior.
Seeking approval and avoiding punishment.
All of these are tenets of psychoanalytic theory EXCEPT one. What is it?
All mental events and attitudes have unconscious antecedent causes.
A significant portion of the contents of the mind is unconscious.
Normal and pathological mental functioning are qualitatively different.
Early experience is important in the formation of individual personality.
According to Freud, which of the following contains the superego?
Conscience
Pleasurable principle
Reality principle
Ego ideal
Which statement on physical development of infants and toddlers is TRUE? The cephalocaudal growth patterns show development of ___________.
I. the upper limbs before the lower limbs.
II. the lower limbs before the upper limbs.
III. the upper and lower limbs
I only
I, II, III, and IV
II and III
I and IV
As a normal infant and toddler, which physical development did you go through?
Development of motor skills from the body outward to the center.
Development of motor skills from the center of the body outward.
Development of the lower limbs before the upper limbs.
Simultaneous development of the limbs and trunk body.
Which factor according research can impede the physical development of infants and toddlers?
Depressed environment
Early brain stimulation
Being the only child
Being a member of a big family
For healthy physical development of a toddler, which should parents do?
I. Encourage the child to sit when eating.
II. Encourage free play as much as possible to develop motor skills.
III. Check toys for loose or broken parts.
II and III
I and II
I, II
I, II, and III
How can parents ensure industry when it comes to homework?
Assign a homework time and work on their homework together.
Let the children be responsible for their homework and just make corrections when necessary.
Do the homework for them and let them figure out why are the answers are correct.
Confer with teachers and request for no homework
Which of the following is an emotional milestone for an intermediate school-age child?
Increased understanding that more than one emotion can be experienced in a single experience.
Ability to recognize one’s own feelings and actions and of other people is evident.
Self-esteem is based on what others tell him/her.
He or she is incapable of decentering.
Family support is crucial at late childhood stage. What can a high-quality adult relationship do to the socio-emotional development of an intermediate school-age child?
Makes children question and become curious about other people’s motives and actions.
Instills in the children to conform with the law which is necessary for the good of society.
Allows the children to value relationships and friendships based on loyalty, understanding and trust.
Makes children think that others cannot be totally trusted.
Children in the intermediate school age may experience early signs of puberty. How can parents BEST handle a situation like this?
Encourage them to mingle with the opposite sex.
Be on the look-out for physical changes and report them to their children’s pediatrician.
Connect with their friends and ask them to tell you what changes are happening to their children.
Provide children with accurate resources that they need to be able to gain information about sex, drugs, and changes they experience.
This theory states that there are 8 basic development stages that the individual has to pass through his life?
Learning Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychosocial Theory
Cognitive Development
In Piaget’s concrete operational stage, a teacher should provide _______.
Activities for hypothesis formulation
Learning activities that involve problems of classification and order
Activities for evaluation purposes
Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with
A student is finding it hard to read. When the guidance counselor traced the child’s history, the counselor was able to find out that the student came from a dysfunctional family, aside from that, the child was abused and neglected. What could have caused the student’s reading disability?
Emotional factors
Poor teaching
Neurological factors
Immaturity
A child was punished for cheating in an exam. For sure the child won’t cheat again in short span of time, but this does not guarantee that the child won’t cheat ever again. Based on Thorndike’s theory on punishment and learning, this shows that __________.
Punishment strengthens a response
Punishment removes response
. Punishment doesn’t remove a response
Punishment weakens a response
According to Erickson, identity and role confusion occurs during?
Elementary Years
High school
College years
Preschool years
A boy is closer to his mother and a girl is close to her father. These instances are under ______.
Oedipal Complex
Phallic Stage
Latent Stage
Pre-genital Stage
When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be expected, he is in?
Development Crisis
Learning Plateau
Regression
Depression
He is responsible for the theory which recognizes the importance of developing multiple intelligence?
Jean Piaget
Howard Gardner
Frederick Froebel
Sigmund Freud
The need to recognize and develop special sensitivity to language, thus helping the learners to use the right word, phrase and/or graph to grasp new meaning refers to.
Visual Intelligence
Linguistic Intelligence
Musical
Spatial
The ability to perceive how objects are related in order to mentally perceive what is seen, thus creating concrete visual images from memory refers to?
visual-spatial intelligence
musical
language
logical reasoning
Mr. Francisco was very much worried about the thumb sucking of his son. A friend of him says that certain behavior among infants. Who presented that notion that certain behavior like thumb-sucking is normal behavior?
Sigmund Freud
Erick Ericson
John Bowlly
Urie Bronfrenbenner
