THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS AND

LEARNING PRINCIPLES

GENERAL INSTRUCTION

1. This test questions contains 50 multiple-choice. Examinees shall manage to use

30 minutes.
2. Read and understand the following questions and instructions carefully.
3. Do not write anything on the test questionnaire, write your answers on the
separate answer sheet. 4. Shade only one (1) rectangle for each questions on your
answer sheet. Two or more rectangles shaded will invalidate your answer.
5. Any form of cheating is prohibited while taking the examination, if you're caught
then your score will be automatically zero.
6. Avoid erasures

1. The process by which certain potentials are inherited from the parents for his
development
A. Life
B. Birth
C. Heredity
D. Character
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
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
B. Adolescence
C. Early adulthood
D. Stage V
4. Modifying an existing scheme after an individual’s interaction with the
environment, resulting in the creation of a new scheme.
A. Assimilation
B. Interaction
C. Recognition
D. Accommodation
5. The ability of a child to conceptualize the retention and preservation of the
same quantity under various changes.
A. Recognition
B. Reversibility
C. Assimilation
D. Conservation
6. In Piaget’s concrete operational stage, a teacher should provide _______.
A. Activities for hypothesis formulation
B. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and order
 C. Activities for evaluation purposes
D. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with
7. Interpersonal intelligence is best shown by a student who _________.
A. Works on his/her own
B. Keeps interest to himself/herself
C. Seeks out a classmate for help when problem occurs
D. Spends time meditating
8. 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?
A. Emotional factors
B. Poor teaching
C. Neurological factors
D. Immaturity
9. 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__________.
A. Punishment strengthens a response
B. Punishment removes response
C. Punishment doesn’t remove a response
D. Punishment weakens a response
10. According to Erickson, identity and role confusion occurs during
A. Elementary Years
B. High school
C. College years
D. Preschool years
11. “Men are built not born.” This quotation by John Watson states that_________.
A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development
B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s development
C. The absence of genetic influence on a person
D. The effect of heredity
12. A boy is closer to his mother and a girl is close to her father. These instances
are under ______.
A. Oedipal Complex C. Latent Stage
B. Phallic Stage D. Pre-genital Stage
13. Which rights that cannot be renounced because they needed for a person to
fulfil his/her primordial obligations.
A. Perfect rights
B. Alienable rights
C. Acquired rights
D. Inalienable rights
14. A grade 1 pupil likes to play with his friends, but gets angry when defeated.
Piaget’s theory states that this pupil is under what developmental stage?
A. Concrete operate
B. Sensor motor
C. Formal Operation
D. Pre-operation
15. Based on Freud’s theory, which operates when a person is in the height of
anger?
A. Superego C. Ego
B. Id D. None of the above
16. 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
17. When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be
expected, he is in so-called
A. Development Crisis C. Regression
B. Learning Plateau D. Depression
18. 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
19. He is responsible for the theory which recognizes the importance of
developing multiple intelligence
A. Jean Piaget C. Frederick Froebel
B. Howard Gardner D. Sigmund Freud
20. This constitutional provision is the full and partial integration of the capable
deaf and blind students in the classroom.
A. Creating scholarship for poor and deserving students.
B. Academic freedom
C. Providing citizenship and vocational training to adult citizens and out-of-
school-youths.
D. Protecting and promoting the right of all citizens to quality education.
21. 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.
A. visual intelligence C. feelings sensitivity
B. linguistic intelligence D. Jargon
22. The sensitivity to tone and pitch, allowing one to produce musical scoring is
intelligence in?
A. Musical C. Quantitative Exercises
B. Verbal Ability D. Qualitative Analysis
23. 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?
A. visual-spatial intelligence C. language
B. musical D. logical reasoning
24. The capacity to analyze one’s feelings and thus be able to understand and be
able to know the motives of other people’s actions.
A. spatial C. logical
B. Personal D. diametric
25. The type of intelligence which enables a person to understand other person’s
feelings, behavior and motivation.
A. Emotional
B. Spatial
C. Social Intelligence
 D. Quantitative and Qualitative

26. 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?
A. Development
B. Growth
C. Learning
D. Maturation

27. A newborn infant moves his whole body at one time, instead of moving a part of it.
Which of the following principles is illustrated by his behavior?
A. Development proceeds from specific to general
B. Development proceeds from general to specific
C. Development follows an orderly pattern
D. Development follows a general pattern

28. Teacher Albert is now 50 years old and has been observing changes in himself
such as the aging process. Which term refers to the development change in the
individual?
A. Development
B. Growth
C. Learning
D. Maturation

29. 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?
A. Sigmund Freud
b. Erick Ericson
c. John Bowlly
d. Urie Bronfrenbenner

30. 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?
a. Development proceeds from specific to general.
b. Development proceeds from general to specific.
c. Development follows an orderly pattern.
d. Development follows a general pattern.

31. Train up a child in the way he should be; when he grows up, he will not depart
from it. Which principle supports this?
a. Development is determined by his heredity
b. Development is determined by the environment
c. Early development is more critical than the late development
d. Early development is less critical than late development.

32. Which of the following is likely to be developed if infants are shown genuine
affection?
a. Trust b. Autonomy
c. Initiative d. Industry

33. 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?
a. Initiative
b. Identity and Role Confusion
c. Intimacy
d. Autonomy

34. 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?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operation
d. Formal operation

35. 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?
a. Infancy and early childhood
b. Middle childhood
c. Adolescence
d. Early adulthood

36. Some children are more active than others, as everyone knows-extremely
high levels of activity or hyperactivity are considered problematic. How may a
teacher help a child who is hyperactive?

a. Make him the leader of the class

b. Transfer him to another class
c. Give him challenging activities that are appropriate to his ability level and
interests.
d. Allow him to spend longer at the playground until he gets tired.

37. Mrs. Gomez conducts research on the psychosocial domain of development. In

what particular area of the child’s development is Mrs. Gomez most likely to be
interested with?
a. Perceptual abilities
b. Brain-wave patterns
c. Emotions
d. Use of language

38. Which of the following is the correct order of psychosexual stages proposed by
Sigmund Freud?
a. Oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
b. Anal stage, oral stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
c. Oral stage, anal stage, genital stage, latency stage, phallic stage
d. Anal stage, oral stage, genital stage, latency stage, phallic stage
39. What is the best description of Erickson’s psychosocial theory of human
development?
a. Eight crises all people are thought to lace
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

40. 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
b. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
c. Intimacy vs. Isolation
d. Trust vs. Mistrust

41. 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?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operational
d. Formal operational

42.They are physically, cognitively, and socioemotionally more advanced than

children but prone to behave in ways that are inconsistent with adult values and norms.
a.Youngsters
b. Minors
c. Adolescents
d. None of the above

43. 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?
a. Complex b. Phallic
c. Electra Complex d. Oedipus Complex

44. In Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, which of the following statements

would illustrate Edward who is 11 years old?
a. Able to see relationships and to reason in the abstract.
b. Unable to breakdown a whole into separate parts.
c. Differentiates goals and goal-directed activities.
d. Experiments with methods to reach goals.

45. 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?
a. Transfer her to a different school
b. Help their daughter improve her motor skills
c. Help their daughter learn to accept more responsibility for her academic failures
d. Help their daughter improve her skills in relating to peers

46. What is the most accurate definition of puberty stage?

a. Rapid physical growth that occurs during adolescence
b. Stage when sexual maturation is attained.
c. Rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that ends childhood
d. Stage when adolescents establish identifies separate from their parents.

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. 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

50. 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 group
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