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WorksheetsChild and Adolescent Development Worksheet Questions
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Which of the following situation manifests a balance between teachers responsibility and accountability?
She entertains her students with personal stories until the end of the period.
She spends most of the time on the latest gossips in showbiz.
She teaches as much as she could for duration of the period.
She teaches as well as entertains the students with per personal stories.
Dr. Escoto, the school physician conducted a physical examination in Ms. Manuel's class. What concept best describes the quantitative increase observed by Dr. Escoto among learners in terms of height and weight?
Development
Growth
Learning
Maturation
Which situation best illustrates the concept of growth?
A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.
A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental ability test.
An education student has gained knowledge on approaches and strategies in teaching different subjects.
An elementary grader has learned to play piano.
Which statements below best describes development?
A high school student's height increased by 5'2" to 5'4"
A high school student's change in weight from 110 lbs. to 125 lbs.
A student had learned to operate the computer
A student's enlargement of hips
What concept can best describes Francisco's ability to walk without a support at age of 12 months because of the "internal ripening" that occured in his muscles, bones and nervous system development?
Development
Growth
Learning
Maturation
Teacher Jesus in now 69 years old has been observing changes in himself such as the aging process. Which term refers to the development change in the individual?
Development
Growth
Learning
Maturation
Manuel, a five-year old boy can hold his pen and write his name with his right hand. Which term describes Manuel's action/ behavior?
Development
Growth
Learning
Maturation
Which of the following theory can help Miss Samson determine the readiness of her learners by administering a readiness test?
Conditioning Theories
Cognitive Development Theory
Maturation Theory
Ethological Theory
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 Bowlby
Urie Bronfrenbenner
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 his behavior?
Development proceeds from specific to general.
Development proceeds from general to specific.
Development follows an orderly pattern.
Development follows a general pattern.
Train up a child in the way he should be; when he grows up, he will not depart from it. Which principle supports this?
Development is determined by his heredity
Development is determined by the environment
Early development is more critical than the late development
Early development is less critical than late development.
Which state of the psycho-sexual theory does young boys experience rivalry with their father for their mother's attention and affection?
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
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 behavior?
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Which of the following is likely to be developed if infants are shown genuine affection?
Trust
Autonomy
Initiative
Industry
Christian develops an integral and coherent sense of self. He seeks answers to the question, "Who am I"? Which of the following is Christian likely to develop?
Initiative
Identity and Role Confusion
Intimacy
Autonomy
Ms. Reyes uses images and language to represent and understand her various lessons to preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive theory of development explains this?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operation
Formal operation
Connie develops concepts necessary for everyday living, builds healthy attitudes towards oneself, and achieve personal independence. These are among the attributes of an individual in what particular stage?
Infancy and early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Some children are more active than others, as everyone knows—extremely highlevels of activity or hyperactivity are considered problematic. How may a teacher help a child who is hyperactive?
Make him the leader of the class
Transfer him to another class
Give him challenging activities that are appropriate to his ability level and interests.
Allow him to spend longer at the playground until he gets tired.
Tessa gets jealous whenever she sees her father showing love and affection to her mother. Which of the following is she showing according to Freud?
Complex
Phallic
Electra Complex
Oedipus Complex
In Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, which of the following statements would illustrate Edward who is 11 years old?
Able to see relationships and to reason in the abstract.
Unable to breakdown a whole into separate parts.
Differentiates goals and goal-directed activities.
Experiments with methods to reach goals.
Trisha goes with her mother in school. She enjoys the workplace of her mother. Which of the following ecological theories is illustrated by the situation?
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Lito, a student in secondary level tends to spend more time with his friends and his family, thus, his behavior is greatly affected by them. In which stage in the Psychosocial Stages of Development does Lito belong?
Autonomous vs Shame and Doubt
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Initiative vs. Guilt
Anna believes that authority is respected. She is now in what particular level in moral development theory of Lawrence Kholberg?
Social contract
Law and order orientation
Interpersonal concordance
Universal ethics orientation
What level has a four year old learner like Maryann reached when she acquired new skills such as putting the same shapes and the same colors together?
Development
Maturation
Zone of Proximal Development
Learning
Which of the following principles can be the basis of the growing realization of the significance of the early childhood education?
The young children are capable of doing many things at an early stage.
The child should be seen and should learn.
The first five years of life are the formative years of the child.
Early childhood experiences can be interesting and challenging.
Which of the following learner's characteristics will affect most of the learners learning in the academic class?
His affective characteristics
His cognitive characteristics
His psychomotor characteristics
His socio-emotional characteristics
Which of the following is true about human development?
Human development considers both maturation and learning.
Development refers to the progressive series of changes of an orderly coherent type toward the goal of maturity.
Development is the gradual and orderly unfolding of the characteristics of the individuals as they go through the successive stages of growth.
All of the above
What do you call the quantitative increase in terms of height and weight as observed by the school physician during the physical examination of the students?
Development
Growth
Learning
Maturation
Which of the following is the correct order of psychosexual stages proposed by Sigmund Freud?
Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
Anal stage, oral stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
Oral stage, anal stage, genital stage, latency stage, phallic stage
Anal stage, oral stage, genital stage, latency stage, phallic stage
What is the best description of Erickson's psychosocial theory of human development?
Eight crises all people are thought to lace
Four psychosocial stages in latency period
The same number of stages as Freud's, but with different names
A stage theory that is not psychoanalytic
In Erickson's theory, what is the unresolved crisis of an adult who has difficulty establishing a secure, mutual relationship with a life partner?
Initiative vs. Guilt
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Trust vs. Mistrust
Alyssa is eight years old, and although she understands some logical principles, she still has troubles in understanding hypothetical concepts. According to Piaget, Alyssa belongs to what particular stage of cognitive development?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Which of the following provides the best broad description of the relationship between heredity and environment in determining height?
Heredity is the primary influence, with environment affecting development only in severe situations.
Heredity and environment contribute equally to development
Environment is the major influence on physical characteristics.
Heredity directs the individual's potential and environment determines whether and to what degree the individual reaches the potential.
What is the correct sequence of prenatal stages of development?
Embryo, germinal, fetus
Germinal, fetus, embryo
Germinal, embryo, fetus
Embryo, fetus, germinal
When a baby realized that a rubber duck which has fallen out of the tub must be somewhere on the floor, he is likely to achieved what aspect of cognitive development?
Object permanence
Deferred imitation
Mental combinations
Goal-directed behavior
Which of the following will be Freud's description of the child's behavior if he he has biting, sarcastic manner?
Anally expulsive
Anally retentive
Fixated in the oral stage
Experiencing the crisis of trust vs. mistrust
What is Freud's idea about a young boy's guilt feelings brought about by jealousy of his father's relationship with his mother?
Electra complex
Oedipus complex
Phallic complex
Penis envy complex
When a little girl who says she wants her mother to go on vacation so that she can marry her father, Freud believes that he is voicing a fantasy consistent with?
Oedipus complex
Electra complex
Theory of mind
Crisis of initiative vs. Guilt
Which of the following can best describe the preschooler's readiness to learn new task and play activities?
Emerging competency and self-awareness
Theory of the Mind
Relationship with parents
Growing identification with others
James noted that when the preschoolers eagerly begin many new activities but are vulnerable to criticism and feelings of failure, they are experiencing what particular crisis?
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Initiative vs. Guilt
Basic trust vs. mistrust
Efficacy vs. Helplessness
What stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development does a person belong to when he can understand specific logical ideas and apply them to concrete problems?
Preoperational thought
Operational thought
Create operational thought
Formal operational thought
What is the best explanation of Piaget's concrete operational thought to describe the school-age child's mental ability?
A child can reason logically about things and events he or she perceives.
A child's ability to think about how he thinks
Can understand that certain characteristics of an object remain the same when other characteristics are changed
Can understand that moral principles may supersede the standards of society.
Elisa who is in between 9 and 11 years of age are most likely to demonstrate moral reasoning at which Kohlberg's stage?
Pre-conventional
Conventional
Post-conventional
None of the above
According to Kohlberg, a dutiful citizen who obeys the laws set down by society is at which level of moral reasoning?
Pre-conventional Stage One
Pre-conventional Stage Two
Conventional
Post-conventional
Ana, who is low-achieving, shy and withdrawn, is rejected by most of her peers. her teacher wants to help Ana increase her self-esteem and social acceptance. What can Joy's teacher suggest to her parents?
Transfer her to a different school
Help their daughter improve her motor skills
Help their daughter learn to accept more responsibility for her academic failures
Help their daughter improve her skills in relating to peers
What is the most accurate definition of puberty stage?
Rapid physical growth that occurs during adolescence
Stage when sexual maturation is attained.
Rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that ends childhood
Stage when adolescents establish identifies separate from their parents.
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?
Ignore her self-preoccupation because their attention would only reinforce it.
Encourage to "shape up" and not give in the self-pity
Kid her about her appearance in the hope that she will see how silly she is acting.
Offer practical advice, such as clothing suggestions, to improve her body image.
What can be the best comparison of the behavior of a 17 year old girl to that of her 13 year old brother?
She is more likely critical about herself
She tends to be more egocentric.
She had less confidence in her abilities.
She is more capable of reasoning hypothetically.
According to Erikson, what is the primary task of adolescent?
To establish trust
To search for his identity
To be more intimate with others
To establish integrity
What is the main source of emotional support for most young people who are establishing independence from their parents?
Older adolescents of the opposite sex
Older sibling
Teachers
Peer groups
Which theory operates on the "stimulus-response principle", which means all behaviors are caused by external stimuli?
Contextual theory
Behaviorist theory
Cognitive theory
Constructivist theory
Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids. She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images, real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?
Dual-Coding Theory
Information Processing Theory
Meaningful Reception Learning Theory
Social Cognitive Theory
Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the game. What law of learning was disregarded?
Law of Disuse
Law of Effect
Law of Exercise
Law of Readiness
Teacher jay, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is associated with the situation?
Dual-Coding Learning Theory
Information Processing
Schema Learning Theory
Social Learning
Patrice is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?
Discrimination
Extinction
Generalization
Practice
A music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?
Classical conditioning
Meaningful learning
Operant conditioning
Social learning
hierarchically arranged?
Cumulative Learning
Meaningful Learning
Social Cognitive Learning
Theory of Instruction
Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them
Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of LTM does Rita have?
Creative thinking
Critical thinking
Reflective thinking
Logical thinking
An Earth Science has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?
Discovery learning
Informative learning
Meaningful learning
Transfer learning
Which is an application of cognitive approach to motivation?
Explain the reasons for studying the topic
Create a supportive classroom climate for students
Provide clear and prompt feedback on assignments
Begin lessons with challenging questions and conflicting events
The first people power was held in February 25, 1986. What kind of knowledge is presented?
Conditional Knowledge
Cognitive Knowledge
Domain-Specific Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
The students of Mrs. Reyes were not able to learn the concepts that she presented yesterday so she taught the same concepts again but this time using a different teaching method. What principle of learning was applied?
Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways
Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
Learning by doing is more effective than just by sitting and listening
Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions
Alvin is a transferee and feels uneasy with his new school. His teacher is very accommodating, warm and caring. Alvin felt comfortable with the teacher display of genuine warmth. The teacher is consistent in his manner and Alvin began to associate school with the teacher’s warmth. Which theory is being illustrated?
Meaningful learning
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Observational learning
After just being introduced to another guest in the party, Tom cannot remember the name of the guest he was introduced to. In what memory stage was the information stored in?
Episodic memory
Semantic memory
Sensory memory
Working memory
Vygotsky claimed that social interaction is important for learning. What does this imply?
Children are independent problem solvers
Children learn from adults and other children
Children learn by passive presentation of information
Children in the crib has no learning yet, since they are not capable of interaction
How would you help a student who is intelligent but is underachieving in class?
Provide challenging activities which he/she can accomplish
Recognize his talents by asking him/her to help other students with their work
Identify the immediate causes of difficulties that cause his/her being an underachiever
Allow him/her to work with the slow learner group to cope with the academic needs of the lesson
Mrs. Corpuz always makes sure that her pre-school classroom is well organized and clean. She puts up interesting and colorful visuals on the bulletin boards. What principle of motivation was applied?
Incentives motivate learning
Internal motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than is external motivation
Motivation is enhanced by the way in which instructional material is organized
The environment can be used to focus the student’s attention on what needs to be learned
For every correct answer, the teacher would give a star to her students. What schedule of reinforcement was used?
Fixed interval
Fixed ratio
Variable interval
Variable ratio
Marga, a six year old, always asked her playmates to sit in front of her small black board and she plays teacher. Her mother is a teacher. What theory explains Marga’s behavior?
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Social Learning
Information Processing
What should the teacher do to help students learn psychomotor skills?
Teacher uses verbal explanation and description of the movements in addition to live demonstration of the movements
Teacher provides feedback to the learner about his/her progress
Teacher encourages the learner to practice, in order to maintain his/her sharpness of the movements
All of the above
The teacher presented a new lesson where in the students were asked to work on a new project which was somewhat complicated. The students showed interest while working on the project. What principle applies to the situation?
Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
Lessons should be presented in varied and different ways
Meaningful materials are readily learned than nonsense materials
Teachers should provide opportunities for meaningful and appropriate practice
Maturation should precede certain types of learning. How is this applied in the classroom?
Concepts should be taught from simple to complex
Consider the age level of students in assigning tasks
Follow the interest of students in assigning tasks
Give the same task to all students in a particular grade level
Luz easily learns a lesson when she is working with laboratory equipment but hardly remembers a lesson the teacher lectured on. What type of learner is Luz?
Auditory Learner
Kinesthetic Learner
Tactile Learner
Visual Learner
Which of the following statements about motivation is false?
External motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than internal motivation
Internal motivation is fueled by one’s goals or ambitions
Motivation is enhanced by the way in which the instructional material is organized
Motivation to perform is affected by expectancy and value
Based on Bandura’s theory, which conditions must be present for a student to learn from a model? I. Attention II. Retention III. Motor Reproduction IV. Motivation
I and II
I, II and III
I, II, III and IV
III and IV
Which of the following principles of learning applies to considering student’s age in presenting certain content and cognitive processes?
Principle of readiness
Principle of learning by doing
Principle of presenting challenging tasks
Principle of learning aided by formulating and asking questions
In classical conditioning, which are paired together in order to elicit the desired response?
UCS and NS
CS and NS
UCS and CS
UCR and NS
According to Thorndike, what law states that the strength of a connection is influenced by the consequences of the response?
Law of disuse
Law of effect
Law of exercise
Law of readiness
A burglary occurred in Jason’s neighborhood. Since then, Jason is very careful of locking their doors and closing windows. What theory best explains Jason’s behavior?
Observational learning
Imitation learning
Self-regulated learning
Vicarious learning
In observation and imitation learning, what should be the learner’s response when the teacher initially models the behavior?
Reproduce and match
Pay Attention
Imitate and practice
Shows satisfaction
What is the correct sequence of information processing?
Sensory register-STM-LTM
STM-sensory register-LTM
Sensory register-LTM-STM
LTM-sensory register- STM
What should be the hierarchy of the types of learning according to the cumulative learning theory? 1. Problem solving learning 2. Rule learning 3. Discrimination learning 4. Concept learning
2-1-3-4
2-1-4-3
2-3-4-1
2-4-3-1
Which is essential in meaningful reception learning?
Concepts are presented to learner and received by them
Concepts are discovered by the learner
Concepts are related to one another
Concepts are solicited from the learners
Grace is bilingual. She speaks both English and Filipino fluently. She begins to study Spanish and immediately recognizes many similarities between the Spanish and Filipino languages and uses this information to acquire the new language faster. What kind of transfer was Grace able to use?
Lateral Transfer
General Transfer
Cristina is almost asleep when she felt the need to go to the bathroom. She tried to sleep it off but after a while, she was forced to stand up and go to the bathroom. What theory of motivation explains Cristina's behavior?
Attribution Theory
Drive Theory
Expectancies and Values Theory
Solomon's Opponent Theory
Marko excels in adding numbers. He learned this skill in his Math class. He is now able to apply this skill in his Music class. What type of transfer was used?
Lateral transfer
General transfer
Specific transfer
Vertical transfer
Mr. Lorenzo would always give the chapter test on a Friday. What schedule of reinforcement is used by Mr. Lorenzo?
Fixed interval
Fixed ratio
Variable interval
Variable ratio
To remember the six digits, 8, 4, 3, 9, 4, 5, the Math teacher grouped the numbers in two's 84, 39, 45 or in three's 843, 945. What control process of retaining information is referred to?
Chunking
Interfering
Rehearsing
Remembering
Rob regularly practices playing the guitar so he can finish Book I. His mother promised to buy him a Nintendo when he finishes Book I. How is Rob motivated?
Extrinsically
Intrinsically
with Self-Determination
with Self-Efficacy
Lara excels in dancing and in certain sports. According to Gardner, what intelligence is dominant in Lara?
Bodily kinesthetic
Intrapersonal
Musical
Spatial
According to Bronfenbrenner, what system contains structures that have direct contact with the child?
Chronosystem
Exosystem
Mesosystem
Microsystem
Some learners like to find specific and concrete answers. What kind of learners are they?
Accomodators
Assimilators
Convergers
Divergers
Mrs. Mercado, the Home Economics teacher, constantly gives verbal guidance to her pupils while practicing a sewing skill. What is the value of giving verbal guidance in improving pupils' learning behavior?
It promotes the growth of interest in the new learning tasks
It serves as informational feedback
It facilitates perfection of skills
It directs pupils' attention to more adequate and better techniques
Why should learning be aided by formulating and asking questions?
Students will have a grade in recitation
Students will develop their self-confidence
The teacher will know who among the students can communicate very well
The teacher will not always do the talking but the students will be given a chance to do the same thing
Ms. Baquiran, the VE teacher, and her pupils, while working on the concept of honesty, agreed that no cabinets and book cases would be locked throughout the day. Which principle in affective learning is being implemented?
Provide exemplary models
Provide appropriate practice
Provide for pleasant emotional experience
Provide for independent attitude cultivation
Instead of asking her students to write about their reaction to a story, the teacher asked her students to interpret the story in dance form. What principle of learning is considered?
Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways
Effort if put forth when tasks are challenging
Learning by doing is more effective than just sitting and listening
Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions
In performing the minuet, first raise your heel, second make three steps forward, third step make a point. What kind of knowledge was exhibited?
Conditional Knowledge
Declarative Knowledge
Domain-Specific Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
Why should teachers provide positive feedback and realistic praise?
To motivate the students to study
So the students will know what to do
To be liked and loved by the students
So the students will praise him/her
Which statement does not refer to cognitive theories?
Prefer to concentrate on analyzing cognitive process
Conclusions are based on observation of external manifestations on learning
Study of the structures and components of information processing
Believe in non-observable behavior
To ensure the lesson will go smoothly, Teacher A listed down the steps she will undertake together with those of her students. This practice relates to?
Teaching style
Teaching method
Teaching strategy
Teaching technique
The class of Grade 6 - Einstein is scheduled to perform an experiment on that day. However, the chemicals are insufficient. What method may then be used?
Project
Laboratory
Lecture
Demonstration
Teacher C gives the class specific topic as assignment which they have to research and pass the following day. However, the students could not find any information about it. What method should Teacher C use to teach the assignment?
Project method
Discovery approach
Lecture method
Demonstration method
Pictures, models and the like arouse students' interest on the day's topic, in what part of the lesson should the given materials be presented?
Initiating activities
Culminating activities
Evaluation activities
Developmental activities
In Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, the domains are stated from lowest to highest level. Which of the following objectives belongs to the lowest level?
To identify the characters of the story
To differentiate active from passive voice
To give the available resources that could be recycled to useful things
To explain the procedure in changing improper fraction to mixed number
The class of IV - Kalikasan is tasked to analyze the present population of the different cities and municipalities of the National Capital Region for the last five years. How can they best present their analysis?
By means of a table
By looking for a pattern
By means of a graph
By guessing and checking
There are several reasons why problem-solving is taught in Math. Which is the least important?
It is the main goal for the study of Math
It provides the content in which concepts and skills are learned and applied
It provides an opportunity to develop critical and analytical thinking
It provides pupils an opportunity to relate Math in the real world
Teacher D teaches in a remote high school where newspapers are delivered irregularly. Knowing the importance of keeping the students aware of current affairs, what is probably the best way to keep the students updated?
Gather back issues of newspapers and let pupils compile them
Urge the pupils to listen to stories circulating in the community
Encourage the pupils to listen to daily broadcast from a transistor radio
The teacher should try all available means to get the newspaper delivered to the school
Devices can make a lecture more understandable and meaningful. What is the most important thing a teacher should consider in the selection and utilization of instructional materials?
Objectives of the lesson
Availability of instructional materials
Attractiveness of instructional materials
Degree of interest on the part of the students
Teacher E asks a student to identify and analyze events, ideas or objects in order to state their similarities and differences. In which part of the lesson does said activity take place?
Preparation
Generalization
Application
Comparison and Abstraction
Which part of the lesson is involved in the giving of situations or activities based on the concepts learned?
Preparation
Generalization
Application
Comparison and Abstraction
Teacher F wants the class to find out the effect of heat on matter. Which method will help him accomplish his objective?
Project Method
Laboratory Method
Problem Method
Expository Method
In Math, a teacher presents various examples of plane figures to the class. Afterwards, the students are asked to give the definition of each. What method was used?
Inductive
Laboratory
Deductive
Expository
