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HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

POST-TEST April 2010

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Multiple Choices:

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1. The process by which certain potentials are inherited from the parents for his development

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a. Life c. Heredity FO
b. Birth d. Character

2. This theory states that there are 8 basic development stages that the individual has to pass
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through his life

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a. Learning Theory
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b. Psychoanalytic Theory
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c. Psychosocial Theory
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d. Cognitive Development

3. Transition age from childhood to adulthood where rapid physical changes and sex maturity
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occur resulting in changes in ways of feelings, thinking and acting.

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a. Puberty c. Early adulthood

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b. Adolescence 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 c. Recognition

b. Interaction d. Accommodation

5. Theory stating that a person’s behavior can be motivated by urges towards self satisfaction.
a. Psychoanalytic Theory

b. Cognitive development theory

c. Psychosocial Theory

d. Moral development theory

6. The ability of a child to conceptualize the retention and preservation of the same quantity under
various changes.

a. Recognition c. Assimilation

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b. Reversibility d. Conservation

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7. Refers to the idea that no individual are exactly the same or alike.

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a. Cognitive theory c. Individual differences

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b. Exclusivity theory d. Emotional quotient

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8. He is known as the Father of Modern I.Q. Test
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a. Lewis Terman c. Laurence Kohlberg
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b. Erick Erickson d. Martin Lesley

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9. “Intellectual appreciative Experience” is …

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a. base on the premise that all learning has emotional correlates

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b. obtained in the field of music, art and literature

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c. the acquisition and retention o acts and information

d. assumes that human activities are based on stimulus and response

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10. These statements imply that children at the early learning stage consider parents and teachers
as authorities and models.
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a. Parents and teachers should always coordinate children’s activities

b. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home and teachers in school

c. Parents and teachers should be the role models at all times

d. Parents and teachers should always consult each other with regards the child’s intellectual
development

11. Any change in the behavior of an individual

a. Learning c. Change

b. Response d. Development

12. Which of the following principles IS NOT considered under Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov?

a. Excitation

b. Adhesive Principle

c. Stimulus Generalization

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d. None of the above

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13. The reinforcement of a person’s responses by presentation or removal of rewards and

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punishment.

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a. Operant conditioning c. Feedback Principle

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b. Transfer of learning d. Discipline

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14. This stimulation of action best explains the behavior of an individual to take what he perceives
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to be the shortest route to his goals.
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a. Recognition c. Response

b. Assimilation d. Motivation
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15. The process by which an individual acquires the social and cultural heritage o the society where
he belongs.
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a. Socialization c. Integration
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b. Internalization d. Acquisition

16. Philosophy of education’s main function.

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a. Aid the leaner to build his own personal philosophy

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b. Definition o goals and setting of directions from which education

c. Educations carries on a lifetime cycle

d. Provision of academic background prerequisite to learning

17. According to Froebel, kindergarten is also known as “____________?

a. children have fun and enjoyment

b. Garden where children could grow

c. He learning Center for Life

d. Where new beginnings begin

18. Which of the following statements is given emphasis by “humanistic education?”

a. The great works of man such as the classics should be enjoyed.

b. Man should learn the different philosophies of education

c. “Build a man who is distinctly civilized, educations and refined”

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d. Develop man into a thinking individual

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19. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy of education believes that experience

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should follow learning, thus, she has to?

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a. require her student mastery of the lessons

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b. encourage her students to memorize facts

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c. equip her students with basic skills and abilities
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d. provide her student with opportunities to apply their skills and abilities
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20. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set higher standards over and above the
minimum requirement for state recognition?
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a. Scholastic achievement
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b. Faculty development

c. Academic freedom
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d. Voluntary accreditation
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21. The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental maturation which is characterized by rapid
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somatic growth is known as

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a. infancy c. puberty

b. early childhood d. adulthood

22. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of

a. Darkness c. closed space

b. strangers d. height
23. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one dimension but unfocused vision on the other
is called

a. myopia c. hyperopia

b. astigmatism d. presbyopia

24. Which of the following statements does not apply to adolescents?

a. they desire the approval of their peers

b. they seek dependence on their parents

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c. they have a marked sex development

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d. none of the above

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25. As young people mature, society expects them to develop competencies and assume social
roles in a conventional manner.

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a. expectation of parents FO
b. influence of peers groups
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c. influence of formal education

d. cultural demands
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26. The founder of the theory of psychology called psychoanalysis was

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a. Lock c. Freud

b. Hume d. leibnitz
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27. When the learner reaches a point where no further improvement can be expected, he is in a so-
called
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a. development crisis c. regression

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b. learning plateau d. depression

28. Regarding the sexual maturation o boys and girls, teachers should bear in mind that:

a. girls mature at a late stage than boys

b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys

c. boys and girls mature at the same time

d. there are no marked differences in heir time of maturity

29. Rationalization is used by student who

a. always give explanation or reason for their failures rather than own their faults

b. like to take the blame for their faults

c. bribe their elders with promises

d. substitute words for deeds

30. Which of the following is true of Abnormal Psychology?

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a. it studies the cause of personality defects

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b. it measures the accomplishments of the individual

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c. it concentrates on the scholastic performance of the individual

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d. it investigates the educational background of the individual

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31. Which of the following is a continuous variable? FO
a. weight c. nationality

b. sex d. race
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32. Which of the following is true about one’s IQ?

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a. it remains fairly constant

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b. it is highly changeable

c. it is affected by attitude
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d. it is never constant
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33. Transfer of training easily takes place if the activities involved

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a. Are different
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b. Have identical element

c. Occur in the same place

d. Vary in difficulty

34. When the learner is well-motivated, he performs his task

a. with indifference c. with arrogance

b. with disinterest d. with enthusiasm

35. A six-year-old child who has a mental age of eight years has an IQ of

a. 120 b. 130 c. 132 d. 133

36. The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age times 100 is called

a. derived quotient

b. deviation

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c. intelligence quotient or IQ

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d. intelligence ratio

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37. Which of the following was written by Plato?

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a. Sic et Non c. The Republic

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b. The School and Society d. Emile FO
38. Who among those below asserted that “Education is for complete living”

a. Dewey c. Kant
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b. Spencer d. Froebel
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39. The right of an educational institution and its faculty to prescribe the methods/strategies of
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teaching refers to:

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a. building style
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b. choice of curriculum

c. academic freedom
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d. co and extra curricular program

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40. The 1987 Constitution provides that religious institution can be given

a. with the students’ consent

b. with the parent/guardian approval

c. with mayor’s permit

d. with the school’s support

41. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution of which colonizer?
a. American c. Japanese

b. British d. Spanish

42. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when

a. he’s assigned in a depressed area

b. he’s given additional teaching load

c. he’s in lahar area

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d. he’s assigned in a hazardous area

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43. The ability for quantitative learning of the relations of facts taken from newspaper readings,

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letter writing and the like is called:

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a. functional literacy c. Knowledge outcome

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b. adjustment learning d. Social competence

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44. A teacher who gives a uniform assignment to be worked out by all learners in Arithmetic is not
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observing a characteristic of a good assignment. Which characteristic is overlooked?
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a. It should be definite

b. It should be stimulating
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c. It should emphasize the essential

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d. It should provide for individual differences

45. If a student ask a question which the teacher does not have a ready answer, the latter should:
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a. dismiss the question as irrelevant

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b. offer a bluff
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c. admit the fact that he doesn’t know the answer

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d. ask volunteers to answer the question and do research on it later.

46. The heredity traits acquired by a person in his lifetime;

a. are transmissible to his offspring

b. reappear in his future grandparent

c. Have no influence on the offspring

d. Become recessive traits

47. When student are given a chance to settle differences of opinion by discussion, they develop:

a. fair play c. irritants

b. tolerance d. sociability

48. The school’s responsibility towards teenagers “gang age” is:

a. provide the gang all the freedom it needs

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b. gives classroom activities to give direction to out-of-school youth activities

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c. supervise gang activities

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d. set up norms of conduct or the member of the gang

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49. In an intelligence test, a 13-year old girl got a score equivalent to that of a 15-year old. This

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means:

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a. that the girl must be accelerated
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b. that the girl is 2-years older mentally
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c. that the girl has a chronological age of 15

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d. that she has a mental age of 13

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50. Which statement is not necessary to achieve the learner’s interest in a learning activity?
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a. the activity must lead to a practical end

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b. the activity must be within the ability of the learner

c. the activity must fill a need recognized by the learner

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d. the learner must have the experience that will furnish the background for the activity
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51. He is responsible for the theory which recognizes the importance of developing multiple
intelligence

a. Jean Piaget c. Frederick Freobel

b. Howard Gardner d. Sigmund Freud

52. 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

53. 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

54. One’s ability to do abstract reasoning and manipulate symbols refers to what type of
intelligence?

a. musical

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b. personality identification

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c. mental ability

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d. mathematical-logical

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55. The ability to perceive how objects are related in order to mentally perceive what is seen, thus

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creating concrete visual images from memory refers to?FO
a. visual-spatial intelligence
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b. musical

c. language
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d. logical reasoning
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56. 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.
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a. spatial c. logical

b. personal d. diametric
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57. The type of intelligence which enables a person to understand other person’s feelings, behavior
and motivation.
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a. emotional c. social intelligence

b. spatial d. quantitative and qualitative

58. The type of intelligence which characterizes actress, actors, mimes, dancers and people of the
Arts?

a. bodily-kinesthetic c. research
b. scientific d. emotions

59. An emerging thrust in determining one’s personality, whether pleasant or unwholesome, this
type of personality measurement is the wholesomeness of one’s virtues, i.e., values, relationships with
other, adjustments to varying situations, behavior an motivations

a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)

b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)

c. maladjustment personality

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d. anticipated behavior

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60. It is a measurement of personality which is the result by dividing the mental age by the

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chronological age.

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a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)

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b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)

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c. multiple Intelligence
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d. forecasted behavior quotient
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61. The teacher must be aware that both heredity and environment represent complex factors,
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exerting many specific influences on an individual’s growth. Which of the following statements best
represents the influence of heredity and environment?
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a. Heredity counts; environment is less important.

b. If the environment is changed, heredity becomes less important.

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c. The relative influences of heredity and environment can vary widely in an individual’s growth.
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d. In the long run, both tend to cancel each other’s influences

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e. None of the above

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62. The best possible way to measure the influence of heredity is by:

a. keeping the environment constant.

b. Ignoring the environment

c. Studying only fraternal o normal capability

d. Studying only identical twins of normal capability

e. Doing none of the above

63. Educators who contributed to the “open education” movement includes:

a. Neill and piaget c. Bruner and Silberman

b. Kohl and kozol d. All of the above

64. A child’s social skills can be measured by:

a. direct observation and parent-teacher conferences

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b. psychological test

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c. adaptive behavior scales

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d. A and C above

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65. A teacher uses behavioral modification techniques in his classes. Which of the following student

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behaviors would he find most difficult to change?

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a. Aggressive tendencies toward classmates
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b. Poor habits in organizing work materials
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c. Interrupting a speaker
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d. Abandoning a project before it is finished

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66. Learning-disabled children most characteristically have:

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a. low IQ
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b. poor socio-economic backgrounds

c. an average level of intelligence

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d. minimal brain damage

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67. Which of the following is true about educable mentally retarded children?

a. Their IQ range between 50 and 70

b. They have short attention spans and experience difficulty in generalizing

c. Their reading, writing, and arithmetic skills cannot be improved

d. A and B above

68. Which of the following is characteristics of a dyslexic child

a. Mirror writing

b. listlessness

c. Below-average intelligence

d. Hyperactivity

69. Primary reading retardation is presumed to be neurologically based, related to parietal lobe
dysfunction?

a. Inability to relate sound to letter symbols

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b. Inadequate auditory information processing

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c. Left-right directional confusion

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d. Speech aphasia

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70. Students with secondary reading problems have capacity to read, but are non-readers because

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of: FO
a. auditory problems
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b. congenital defects

c. visual-acuity impairment
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d. environmental or emotional actors

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71. If a teacher accepts Maslow’s theory on the hierarchy of needs, he or she will probably
structure objectives to:
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a. meet both the physiological and intellectual needs of students

b. eliminate testing
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c. eliminate extrinsic motivations

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d. maintain a certain anxiety level for increased competition

72. The knowledge explosion has led to crowding more and more information into curriculum
courses. A likely result is that:

a. the textbook will no longer be the main instructional medium in many classes

b. the child may spend more time in school

c. the teacher may have to rely more on the se of multimedia materials

d. all of the above

73. During the learning process the teacher has most control over:

a. the learners

b. the learning environment

c. the learning process

d. the behavior of the learners

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74. Which of the following conditions does NOT contribute to a climate psychologically suited to
learning?

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a. The teacher acts like a “real person.”

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b. The teacher makes all of the decisions about students’ learning activities.

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c. The teacher accepts students as they are

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d. The teacher shows trust in students’ decisions
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75. William Glasser advocates the frequent use of classroom meetings, with teacher and students
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sitting in a small circle. Which one of the following types of discussion would NOT be appropriate in such
a setting?
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a. An educational-diagnostic conference on the learning weaknesses of individual students.

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b. An open-ended meeting for the purpose of exploring and discussing student’s ideas about the
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curriculum
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c. A social-problem-solving meeting to resolve teacher or student problems elating to the school,

the class, or any individual member.
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d. A sensitivity-training meeting for the purpose of helping students ace their school-related
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problems and learn how their actions can affect others

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76. Which of the following does NOT represent a teacher’s contribution to the emotional
environment of the classroom?

a. A strident, compelling voice.

b. A sustained sense of expectation where student achievement is concerned

c. A well-written lesson plan

d. A sense of humor in a tense situation

77. According to Jones, student commitment to accomplishing a learning goal depends on all of the
following EXCEPT:

a. how interesting the goal is

b. how likely it seems that the goal can be accomplished

c. what degree of challenge the goal presents

d. whether the learner will be able to tell if the goal has been accomplished

e. whether materials are ready assembled for undertaking the goal

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78. The teacher who understands the adolescent’s need to conform will:

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a. use sarcasm as a disciplinary device

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b. disregard unique responses in discussion and on examinations

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c. establish a learning climate that fosters feelings of security

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d. lecture students on their weakness o character
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79. The best public relations agents for a school are the:
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a. pupils c. PTA members

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b. Teachers and pupils d. principals

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80. The structured curriculum is in decided contrast to the child-centered curriculum, which:
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a. emphasizes fundamental education

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b. is changeable and is built around student interest and needs

c. is oriented to the needs of a democratic society.

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d. Utilizes the theory of mental discipline

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81. According to Bruner, teacher working with young children should

a. Push the children to maximum cognitive development as rapidly as possible

b. Present all information verbally so the children will listen well

c. Present new material from the concrete to the abstract

d. Present new information from the abstract to the concrete

82. from the educational viewpoint, intelligence is:

a. an abstract concept

b. a trait that can be manipulated

c. good judgment

d. a form of behavior

83. Every taxonomy of educational objectives:

a. describes increasingly difficult learning activities

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b. describes levels of goals for learner development

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c. suggest evaluation measure for teacher use

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d. Classifies learning outcomes

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84. A mathematics teacher following Gagne’s theory of learning believes that:

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a. learning can take place under all conditions FO
b. learning is mainly a mater of accurate discrimination

c. learning takes place only when the student is in a receptive state

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d. learning is reinforced chiefly by classical conditioning

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85. Under which of the following conditions is a child’s IQ more likely to increase?
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a. If the emotional climate in the classroom improves

b. If the child is given a large “research” project.

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c. If the child enjoys problem solving and is given ample opportunity for it
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d. If A and C are true

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86. Intelligence is the basis of education. Education is the effective means for national development,
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hence, a country spends a large portion of its budget for the systematic training of the learner to attain
full development

Why is education one major concern of every c country? Because

a. intelligence has many facets

b. intelligence is useful in testing

c. intelligence is a safe gauge for budgetary allocation

d. intelligence test when carefully conducted, can help in determining need for future facilities for
national building

87. There are no two individuals who are the same. Individual differences, when early recognize and
provided for, enable the teacher to provide different motivations and approaches in guiding the learning
process. Each pupil differs physically, mentally, socially and emotionally from other children. Unless the
teacher provides for this nature of the learner, no amount of modern approaches in teaching can elicit
favorable results.

a. The paragraph highlights the need or motivating learning

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b. Individual differences is an important consideration in guiding the learner

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c. The above paragraph focuses on teacher-pupil relationship

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d. It takes about the nature of the learning process

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88. Robert Craig, et al, wrote of the phase of steps in every learning process. These include: 1.) the

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focusing of attention to the stimulation at hand, 2.) the interplay of the learner and the social factors

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that surround him, 3.) the acquisition of a new response or behavior he gives to the new learning and 4.)
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Retention which presupposes that the new learning is acquired.

The above paragraph emphasizes

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a. the learning process

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b. the steps/phase of how individuals learn

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c. the manifestations of learning

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d. why learning is a difficult process

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89. Approaches in teaching change from time to time depending on the traditional of sophistication
attached to the course being taught. Some mentors believe that the tie tested ways to teaching is
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effective. Other are easily carried away to use modern approaches in imparting new subject matter. It
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maybe safe to conclude that once results are realized in teaching, no specific method can be considered
the one-and-only method to use.
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When teaching a subject area, it is safe to

a. stick to the traditional way

b. be modern and most recent

c. get results in teaching

d. to try any method as they are all theories after all

90. In the early 1980’s programmed teaching became popular in helping teachers to provide for
individual differences in learners. The chunks of the subject matter which are divided into units are
supposed to help the learner master the lesson, since it is simply to understand the frame of the lessons.
No test o mastery of the units are done because the purpose is to provide information on certain subject
matter

Would you as a teacher use programmed instruction if you handle a subject on Values Education?

a. yes, definitely

b. no, not important for the subject matter

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c. I don’t know

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d. Why not if the subject matter calls for it

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91. The data/subject matter to teach are gathered in different ways, These include historical
sources like surveys, systematic observations, experimentation, interviews, etc. to be reliable and valid,

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the data collected must be organized, properly analyzed and interpreted. From these processes, some

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conclusion or generalization are done to reveal certain relationships like cause & effect. Data gathering
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involves:

a. tedious and serious study

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b. easy does it
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c. data gathered are tested and filed, then verified before being used
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d. no follow-up needed
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92. Heredity and environment play important roles in the function of human beings. DNA or
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid is the biological (heredity) band of our genes. Our environment includes the
house, school and the community where we live. Whether we become successful or a failure will
depend on the interplay of both nature and nurture.
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If heredity and environment affect the individual, thus, we can conclude that
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a. both actors play equal roes in one’s life

b. one factor, either heredity or environment exerts more influence than the other

c. neither factor is important

d. nurture and nature are the same

93. The first systematic philosopher to work in the field of education was

a. Socrates c. Plato
b. Aristotle d. Rousseau

94. The first state in the world’s history where all human capabilities were allowed to develop freely

a. Rome c. Sparta

b. Athens d. Germany

95. They are the most practical, pragmatic people who absorbed themselves in the management of
their state affairs

a. Spartans c. Romans

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b. Athens d. Chinese

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96. Invented the first system of writing in the orient

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a. Phoenicians c. Greeks

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b. Chinese d. Romans

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97. first to introduce the use of printing press in the Philippines
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a. Romans c. Greeks
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b. Chinese d. Japanese
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98. conducted the world’s first civil service test

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a. Greeks c. Chinese
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b. Romans d. English
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99. To develop the capacity of man only for war was the educational aim of the ancient

a. Romans c. Athenians
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b. Spartans d. Chinese
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100. To produce a young man who would be charming in person and graceful in manner, e.g. a
beautiful soul in a beautiful body is the educational aim of education of the

a. Romans c. Spartans

b. Athens d. Italians
1 c 51 c 26 c 76 c

2 c 52 b 27 b 77 e

3 b 53 a 28 b 78 c

4 d 54 d 29 a 79 b

5 a 55 a 30 a 80 b

6 d 56 b 31 a 81 c

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7 c 57 c 32 a 82 a

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8 a 58 a 33 b 83 b

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9 a 59 a 34 d 84 c

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10 c 60 b 35 d 85 d

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11 a 61 c 36 c 86
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12 d 62 d 37 c 87 b

13 c 63 d 38 b 88 b
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14 d 64 d 39 c 89 c
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15 a 65 a 40 b 90 b
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16 b 66 c 41 a 91 a

17 a 67 d 42 c 92 a
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18 c 68 a 43 d 93 c
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19 d 69 d 44 d 94 b
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20 d 70 d 45 a 95 c
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21 c 71 a 46 a 96 b

22 c 72 d 47 b 97 b

23 b 73 b 48 b 98 c

24 b 74 b 49 b 99 b

25 d 75 a 50 a 100 b