Child and Adolescent Development Part 1 c.

Learning
1. Dr. Escoto, the school physician conducted a d. Maturation
physical examination in Ms. Manuel's class. What
concept best describes the quantitative increase 7. Which of the following theory can help Miss
observed by Dr. Escoto among learners in terms Samson determine the readiness of her learners by
of height and weight? administering a readiness test?
a. Development a. Conditioning Theories
b. Growth b. Cognitive Development Theory
c. Learning c. Maturation Theory
d. Maturation d. Ethological Theory
8. Mr. Francisco was very much worried about the
2. Which situation best illustrates the concept of thumb sucking of his son. A friend of him says
growth? that certain behavior among infants. Who
a. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two presented that notion that certain behavior like
months. thumb-sucking is normal behavior?
b. A high school student gets a score of 85 in A. Sigmund Freud
mental ability test. b. Erick Ericson
c. An education student has gained knowledge on c. John Bowlly
approaches and strategies in teaching different d. Urie Bronfrenbenner
subjects
d. An elementary grader has learned to play piano. 9. A newborn infant move his whole body at one
time, instead of moving a part of it. Which of the
3. Which statements below best describes following principles is illustrated by his behavior?
development? a. Development proceeds from specific to general.
a. A high school student's height increased by 5'2" b. Development proceeds from general to specific.
to 5'4" c. Development follows an orderly pattern.
b. A high school student's change in weight from d. Development follows a general pattern.
110 lbs. to 125 lbs.
c. A student had learned to operate the computer 10. Train up a child in the way he should be; when
d. A student's enlargement of hips he grows up, he will not depart from it. Which
principle supports this?
4. What concept can best describes Francisco's a. Development is determined by his heredity
ability to walk without a support at age of 12 b. Development is determined by the environment
months because of the "internal ripening" that c. Early development is more critical than the late
occured in his muscles, bones and nervous system development
development? d. Early development is less critical than late
a. Development development.
b. Growth
c. Learning 11. Which state of the psycho-sexual theory does
d. Maturation young boys experience rivalry with their father for
their mother's attention and affection?
5. Teacher Jesus in now 69 years old has been a. Oral
observing changes in himself such as the aging b. Anal
process. Which term refers to the development c. Phallic
change in the individual? d. Latency
a. Development
b. Growth 12. Angela focuses her attention on the school
c. Learning work and vigorous play that consume most of her
d. Maturation physical energy. Which stage of psychosexual
theory illustrates her behavior?
6. Manuel, a five-year old boy can hold his pen a. Oral
and write his name with his right hand. Which b. Anal
term describes Manuel's action/ behavior? c. Phallic
a. Development d. Latency
b. Growth
13. Which of the following is likely to be 19. In Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development,
developed if infants are shown genuine affection? which of the following statements would illustrate
a. Trust Edward who is 11 years old?
b. Autonomy a. Able to see relationships and to reason in the
c. Initiative abstract.
d. Industry b. Unable to breakdown a whole into separate
parts.
14. Christian develops an integral and coherent c. Differentiates goals and goal-directed activities.
sense of self. He seeks answers to the question. d. Experiments with methods to reach goals.
"Who am I"? Which of the following is Christian
likely to develop? 20. Trisha goes with her mother in school. She
a. Initiative enjoys the workplace of her mother. Which of the
b. Identity and Role Confusion following ecological theories is illustrated by the
c. Intimacy situation?
d. Autonomy a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
15. Ms. Reyes uses images and language to c. Exosystem
represent and understand her various lessons to d. Macrosystem
preschool learners. What stage in the cognitive
theory of development explains this? 21. Lito, a student in secondary level tends to
a. Sensorimotor spend more time with his friends and his family,
b. Preoperational thus, his behavior is greatly affected by them. In
c. Concrete operation which stage in the Psychosocial Stages of
d. Formal operation Development does Lito belong?
a. Autonomous vs Shame and Doubt
16. Connie develops concepts necessary for b. Identity vs. Role Confusion
everyday living, builds healthy attitudes towards c. Intimacy vs. Isolation
oneself, and achieve personal independence. d. Initiative vs. Guilt
These are among the attributes of an individual in
what particular stage? 22. Anna believes that authority is respected. She
a. Infancy and early childhood is now in what particular level in moral
b. Middle childhood development theory of Lawrence Kholberg?
c. Adolescence a. Social contract
d. Early adulthood b. Law and order orientation
c. Interpersonal concordance
17. Some children are more active than others, as d. Universal ethics orientation
everyone knows-extremely highlevels of activity
or hyperactivity are considered problematic. How 23. What level has a four year old learner like
may a teacher help a child who is hyperactive? Maryann reached when she acquired new skills
a. Make him the leader of the class such as putting the same shapes and the same
b. Transfer him to another class colors together?
c. Give him challenging activities that are a. Development
appropriate to his ability level and interests. b. Maturation
d. Allow him to spend longer at the playground c. Zone of Proximal Development
until he gets tired. d. Learning

18. Tessa gets jealous whenever she sees her 24. Which of the following principles can be the
father showing love and affection to her mother. basis of the growing realization of the significance
Which of the following is she showing according of the early childhood education?
to Freud? a. The young children are capable of doing many
a. Complex things at an early stage.
b. Phallic b. The child should be seen and should learn.
c. Electra Complex c. The first five years of life are the formative
d. Oedipus Complex years of the child.
d. Early childhood experiences can be interesting
and challenging. a. Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency
stage, genital stage
25. Which of the following learner's b. Anal stage, oral stage, phallic stage, latency
characteristics will affect most of the learners stage, genital stage
learning in the academic class? c. Oral stage, anal stage, genital stage, latency
a. His affective characteristics stage, phallic stage
b. His cognitive characteristics d. Anal stage, oral stage, genital stage, latency
c. His psychomotor characteristics stage, phallic stage
d. His socio-emotional characteristics
5. What is the best description of Erickson's
Answers: 1B 2A 3C 4D 5D 6A 7C 8A 9B 10B psychosocial theory of human development?
11C 12D 13A 14B 15B 16B 17C 18C 19A 20C a. Eight crises all people are thought to lace
21D 22A 23C 24B 25 b. Four psychosocial stages in latency period
c. The same number of stages as Freud's, but with
different names
d. A stage theory that is not psychoanalytic

6. In Erickson's theory, what is the unresolved

crisis of an adult who has difficulty establishing a
secure, mutual relationship with a life partner?
a. Initiative vs. Guilt
Child and Adolescent Development Part 2 b. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
1. Which of the following is true about human c. Intimacy vs. Isolation
development? d. Trust vs. Mistrust
a. Human development considers both maturation
and learning. 7. Alyssa is eight years old, and although she
b. Development refers to the progressive series of understands some logical principles, she still has
changes of an orderly coherent type toward the troubles in understanding hypothetical concepts.
goal of maturity. According to Piaget, Alyssa belongs to what
c. Development is the gradual and orderly particular stage of cognitive development?
unfolding of the characteristics of the individuals a. Sensorimotor
as they go through the successive stages of b. Preoperational
growth. c. Concrete operational
d. All of the above d. Formal operational
8. Which of the following provides the best broad
2. What do you call the quantitative increase in description of the relationship between heredity
terms of height and weight as observed by the and environment in determining height?
school physician during the physical examination a. Heredity is the primary influence, with
of the students? environment affecting development only in severe
a. Development situations.
b. Growth b. Heredity and environment contribute equally to
c. Learning development
d. Maturation c. Environment is the major influence on physical
characteristics.
3. Mrs. Gomez conducts research on the d. Heredity directs the individual's potential and
psychosocial domain of development. In what environment determines whether and to what
particular area of the child's development is Mrs. degree the individual reaches the potential.
Gomez most likely to be interested with?
a. Perceptual abilities 9. What is the correct sequence of prenatal stages
b. Brain-wave patterns of development?
c. Emotions a. Embryo, germinal, fetus
d. Use of language b. Germinal, fetus, embryo
c. Germinal, embryo, fetus
4. Which of the following is the correct order of d. Embryo, fetus, germinal
psychosexual stages proposed by Sigmund Freud?
10. When a baby realized that a rubber duck a. Preoperational thought
which has fallen out of the tub must be b. Operational thought
somewhere on the floor, he is likely to achieved c. Create operational thought
what aspect of cognitive development? d. Formal operational thought
a. Object permanence
b. Deferred imitation 17. What is the best explanation of Piaget's
c. Mental combinations concrete operational thought to describe the
d. Goal-directed behavior school-age child's mental ability?
a. A child can reason logically about things and
11. Which of the following will be Freud's events he or she perceives.
description of the child's behavior if he he has b. A child's ability to think about how he thinks
biting, sarcastic manner? c. Can understand that certain characteristics of an
a. Anally expulsive object remain the same when other characteristics
b. Anally retentive are changed
c. Fixated in the oral stage d. Can understand that moral principles may
d. Experiencing the crisis of trust vs. mistrust supersede the standards of society.

12. What is Freud's idea about a young boy's guilt 18. Elisa who is in between 9 and 11 years of age
feelings brought about by jealousy of his father's are most likely to demonstrate moral reasoning at
relationship with his mother? which Kohlberg's stage?
a. Electra complex a. Pre-conventional
b. Oedipus complex b. Conventional
c. Phallic complex c. Post-conventional
d. Penis envy complex d. None of the above

13. When a little girl who says she wants her 19. According to Kohlberg, a dutiful citizen who
mother to go on vacation so that she can marry her obeys the laws set down by society is at which
father, Freud believes that he is voicing a fantasy level of moral reasoning?
consistent with? a. Pre-conventional Stage One
a. Oedipus complex b. Pre-conventional Stage Two
b. Electra complex c. Conventional
c. Theory of mind d. Post-conventional
d. Crisis of initiative vs. Guilt
20. Ana, who is low-achieving, shy and
14. Which of the following can best describe the withdrawn, is rejected by most of her peers. her
preschooler's readiness to learn new task and teacher wants to help Ana increase her self-esteem
play activities? and social acceptance. What can Joy's teacher
a. Emerging competency and self-awareness suggest to her parents?
b. Theory of the Mind a. Transfer her to a different school
c. Relationship with parents b. Help their daughter improve her motor skills
d. Growing identification with others c. Help their daughter learn to accept more
responsibility for her academic failures
15. James noted that when the preschoolers d. Help their daughter improve her skills in
eagerly begin many new activities but are relating to peers
vulnerable to criticism and feelings of failure, they
are experiencing what particular crisis? 21. What is the most accurate definition of
a. Identity vs. Role Confusion puberty stage?
b. Initiative vs. Guilt a. Rapid physical growth that occurs
c. Basic trust vs. mistrust during adolescence
d. Efficacy vs. Helplessness b. Stage when sexual maturation is attained.
c. Rapid physical growth and sexual maturation
16. What stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development that ends childhood
does a person belong to when he can understand d. Stage when adolescents establish identifies
specific logical ideas and apply them to concrete separate from their parents.
problems?
22. 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 self-preoccupation because their
attention would only reinforce it.
b. Encourage to "shape up" and not give in the
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 clothing
suggestions, to improve her body image.

23. What can be the best comparison of the

behavior of a 17 year old girl to that of her 13
year old brother?
a. She is more likely critical about herself
b. She tends to be more egocentric.
c. She had less confidence in her abilities.
d. She is more capable of reasoning
hypothetically.

24. According to Erikson, what is the primary task

of adolescent?
a. To establish trust
b. To search for his identity
c. To be more intimate with others
d. To establish integrity

25. What is the main source of emotional support

for most young people who are establishing
independence from their parents?
a. Older adolescents of the opposite sex
b. Older sibling
c. Teachers
d. Peer groups

Answers: 1D 2B 3C 4A 5A 6C 7C 8A 9C 10A
11C 12B 13B 14A 15B 16C 17C 18B 19C 20D
21C 22D 23D 24B 25D

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