St. Louis Review Center, 10.

These statements imply that children at the early

Inc. learning stage consider parents and teachers as
3RD Flr. La Suerte Bldg., Rizal Ave., San Pablo City authorities and models.
Tel. no. (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 a. Parents and teachers should always coordinate
children’s activities
HUMAN GROWTH AND b. Parents should enforce strict discipline at home
DEVELOPMENT and teachers in school
POST-TEST April 2010 c. Parents and teachers should be the role models
at all times
Multiple Choices: d. Parents and teachers should always consult each
other with regards the child’s intellectual
1. The process by which certain potentials are inherited development
from the parents for his development 11. Any change in the behavior of an individual
a. Life c. Heredity a. Learning c. Change
b. Birth d. Character b. Response d. Development
2. This theory states that there are 8 basic 12. Which of the following principles IS NOT considered
development stages that the individual has to pass under Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov?
through his life a. Excitation
a. Learning Theory b. Adhesive Principle
b. Psychoanalytic Theory c. Stimulus Generalization
c. Psychosocial Theory d. None of the above
d. Cognitive Development 13. The reinforcement of a person’s responses by
3. Transition age from childhood to adulthood where presentation or removal of rewards and punishment.
rapid physical changes and sex maturity occur a. Operant conditioning c. Feedback Principle
resulting in changes in ways of feelings, thinking and b. Transfer of learning d. Discipline
acting. 14. This stimulation of action best explains the behavior
a. Puberty c. Early adulthood of an individual to take what he perceives to be the
b. Adolescence d. Stage V shortest route to his goals.
4. Modifying an existing scheme after an individual’s a. Recognition c. Response
interaction with the environment, resulting in the b. Assimilation d. Motivation
creation of a new scheme. 15. The process by which an individual acquires the
a. Assimilation c. Recognition social and cultural heritage o the society where he
b. Interaction d. Accommodation belongs.
5. Theory stating that a person’s behavior can be a. Socialization c. Integration
motivated by urges towards self satisfaction. b. Internalization d. Acquisition
a. Psychoanalytic Theory 16. Philosophy of education’s main function.
b. Cognitive development theory a. Aid the leaner to build his own personal
c. Psychosocial Theory philosophy
d. Moral development theory b. Definition o goals and setting of directions from
6. The ability of a child to conceptualize the retention which education
and preservation of the same quantity under various c. Educations carries on a lifetime cycle
changes. d. Provision of academic background prerequisite
a. Recognition c. Assimilation to learning
b. Reversibility d. Conservation 17. According to Froebel, kindergarten is also known as
7. Refers to the idea that no individual are exactly the “____________?
same or alike. a. children have fun and enjoyment
a. Cognitive theory c. Individual differences b. Garden where children could grow
b. Exclusivity theory d. Emotional quotient c. He learning Center for Life
8. He is known as the Father of Modern I.Q. Test d. Where new beginnings begin
a. Lewis Terman c. Laurence Kohlberg 18. Which of the following statements is given emphasis
b. Erick Erickson d. Martin Lesley by “humanistic education?”
9. “Intellectual appreciative Experience” is … a. The great works of man such as the classics
a. base on the premise that all learning has should be enjoyed.
emotional correlates b. Man should learn the different philosophies of
b. obtained in the field of music, art and literature education
c. the acquisition and retention o acts and c. “Build a man who is distinctly civilized,
information educations and refined”
d. assumes that human activities are based on d. Develop man into a thinking individual
stimulus and response 19. A teacher who advocates the pragmatic philosophy
of education believes that experience should follow
learning, thus, she has to?
a. require her student mastery of the lessons

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 1
 b. encourage her students to memorize facts b. it measures the accomplishments of the
c. equip her students with basic skills and abilities individual
d. provide her student with opportunities to apply c. it concentrates on the scholastic performance of
their skills and abilities the individual
20. How are institutions of learning encouraged to set d. it investigates the educational background of the
higher standards over and above the minimum individual
requirement for state recognition? 31. Which of the following is a continuous variable?
a. Scholastic achievement a. weight c. nationality
b. Faculty development b. sex d. race
c. Academic freedom 32. Which of the following is true about one’s IQ?
d. Voluntary accreditation a. it remains fairly constant
21. The period of physical, especially sexual, and mental b. it is highly changeable
maturation which is characterized by rapid somatic c. it is affected by attitude
growth is known as d. it is never constant
a. infancy c. puberty 33. Transfer of training easily takes place if the activities
b. early childhood d. adulthood involved
22. Claustrophobia is an irrational fear of a. Are different
a. Darkness c. closed space b. Have identical element
b. strangers d. height c. Occur in the same place
23. An eye defect characterized by clear vision in one d. Vary in difficulty
dimension but unfocused vision on the other is 34. When the learner is well-motivated, he performs his
called task
a. myopia c. hyperopia a. with indifference c. with arrogance
b. astigmatism d. presbyopia b. with disinterest d. with enthusiasm
24. Which of the following statements does not apply to 35. A six-year-old child who has a mental age of eight
adolescents? years has an IQ of
a. they desire the approval of their peers a. 120 b. 130 c. 132 d. 133
b. they seek dependence on their parents 36. The ratio obtained by dividing mental age by
c. they have a marked sex development chronological age times 100 is called
d. none of the above a. derived quotient
25. As young people mature, society expects them to b. deviation
develop competencies and assume social roles in a c. intelligence quotient or IQ
conventional manner. d. intelligence ratio
a. expectation of parents 37. Which of the following was written by Plato?
b. influence of peers groups a. Sic et Non c. The Republic
c. influence of formal education b. The School and Society d. Emile
d. cultural demands 38. Who among those below asserted that “Education is
26. The founder of the theory of psychology called for complete living”
psychoanalysis was a. Dewey c. Kant
a. Lock c. Freud b. Spencer d. Froebel
b. Hume d. leibnitz 39. The right of an educational institution and its faculty
27. When the learner reaches a point where no further to prescribe the methods/strategies of teaching
improvement can be expected, he is in a so-called refers to:
a. development crisis c. regression a. building style
b. learning plateau d. depression b. choice of curriculum
28. Regarding the sexual maturation o boys and girls, c. academic freedom
teachers should bear in mind that: d. co and extra curricular program
a. girls mature at a late stage than boys 40. The 1987 Constitution provides that religious
b. girls mature at an earlier stage than boys institution can be given
c. boys and girls mature at the same time a. with the students’ consent
d. there are no marked differences in heir time of b. with the parent/guardian approval
maturity c. with mayor’s permit
29. Rationalization is used by student who d. with the school’s support
a. always give explanation or reason for their 41. Public schools in the Philippines are the contribution
failures rather than own their faults of which colonizer?
b. like to take the blame for their faults a. American c. Japanese
c. bribe their elders with promises b. British d. Spanish
d. substitute words for deeds 42. Hardship allowance is given to a teacher when
30. Which of the following is true of Abnormal a. he’s assigned in a depressed area
Psychology? b. he’s given additional teaching load
a. it studies the cause of personality defects c. he’s in lahar area
d. he’s assigned in a hazardous area

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 2
43. The ability for quantitative learning of the relations b. linguistic intelligence d. jargon
of facts taken from newspaper readings, letter 53. The sensitivity to tone and pitch, allowing one to
writing and the like is called: produce musical scoring is intelligence in?
a. functional literacy c. Knowledge outcome a. musical c. quantitative exercises
b. adjustment learning d. Social competence b. verbal ability d. qualitative analysis
44. A teacher who gives a uniform assignment to be 54. One’s ability to do abstract reasoning and
worked out by all learners in Arithmetic is not manipulate symbols refers to what type of
observing a characteristic of a good assignment. intelligence?
Which characteristic is overlooked? a. musical
a. It should be definite b. personality identification
b. It should be stimulating c. mental ability
c. It should emphasize the essential d. mathematical-logical
d. It should provide for individual differences 55. The ability to perceive how objects are related in
45. If a student ask a question which the teacher does order to mentally perceive what is seen, thus
not have a ready answer, the latter should: creating concrete visual images from memory refers
a. dismiss the question as irrelevant to?
b. offer a bluff a. visual-spatial intelligence
c. admit the fact that he doesn’t know the answer b. musical
d. ask volunteers to answer the question and do c. language
research on it later. d. logical reasoning
46. The heredity traits acquired by a person in his 56. The capacity to analyze one’s feelings and thus be
lifetime; able to understand and be able to know the motives
a. are transmissible to his offspring of other people’s actions.
b. reappear in his future grandparent a. spatial c. logical
c. Have no influence on the offspring b. personal d. diametric
d. Become recessive traits 57. The type of intelligence which enables a person to
47. When student are given a chance to settle understand other person’s feelings, behavior and
differences of opinion by discussion, they develop: motivation.
a. fair play c. irritants a. emotional c. social intelligence
b. tolerance d. sociability b. spatial d. quantitative and qualitative
48. The school’s responsibility towards teenagers “gang 58. The type of intelligence which characterizes actress,
age” is: actors, mimes, dancers and people of the Arts?
a. provide the gang all the freedom it needs a. bodily-kinesthetic c. research
b. gives classroom activities to give direction to out- b. scientific d. emotions
of-school youth activities 59. An emerging thrust in determining one’s personality,
c. supervise gang activities whether pleasant or unwholesome, this type of
d. set up norms of conduct or the member of the personality measurement is the wholesomeness of
gang one’s virtues, i.e., values, relationships with other,
49. In an intelligence test, a 13-year old girl got a score adjustments to varying situations, behavior an
equivalent to that of a 15-year old. This means: motivations
a. that the girl must be accelerated a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)
b. that the girl is 2-years older mentally b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)
c. that the girl has a chronological age of 15 c. maladjustment personality
d. that she has a mental age of 13 d. anticipated behavior
50. Which statement is not necessary to achieve the 60. It is a measurement of personality which is the result
learner’s interest in a learning activity? by dividing the mental age by the chronological age.
a. the activity must lead to a practical end a. emotional quotient (E.Q.)
b. the activity must be within the ability of the b. intelligence quotient (I.Q.)
learner c. multiple Intelligence
c. the activity must fill a need recognized by the d. forecasted behavior quotient
learner 61. The teacher must be aware that both heredity and
d. the learner must have the experience that will environment represent complex factors, exerting
furnish the background for the activity many specific influences on an individual’s growth.
51. He is responsible for the theory which recognizes the Which of the following statements best represents
importance of developing multiple intelligence the influence of heredity and environment?
a. Jean Piaget c. Frederick Freobel a. Heredity counts; environment is less important.
b. Howard Gardner d. Sigmund Freud b. If the environment is changed, heredity becomes
52. The need to recognize and develop special sensitivity less important.
to language, thus helping the learners to use the c. The relative influences of heredity and
right word, phrase and/ or graph to grasp new environment can vary widely in an individual’s
meaning refers to growth.
a. visual intelligence c. feelings sensitivity

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 3
 d. In the long run, both tend to cancel each other’s 71. If a teacher accepts Maslow’s theory on the
influences hierarchy of needs, he or she will probably structure
e. None of the above objectives to:
62. The best possible way to measure the influence of a. meet both the physiological and intellectual
heredity is by: needs of students
a. keeping the environment constant. b. eliminate testing
b. Ignoring the environment c. eliminate extrinsic motivations
c. Studying only fraternal o normal capability d. maintain a certain anxiety level for increased
d. Studying only identical twins of normal capability competition
e. Doing none of the above 72. The knowledge explosion has led to crowding more
63. Educators who contributed to the “open education” and more information into curriculum courses. A
movement includes: likely result is that:
a. Neill and piaget c. Bruner and Silberman a. the textbook will no longer be the main
b. Kohl and kozol d. All of the above instructional medium in many classes
64. A child’s social skills can be measured by: b. the child may spend more time in school
a. direct observation and parent-teacher c. the teacher may have to rely more on the se of
conferences multimedia materials
b. psychological test d. all of the above
c. adaptive behavior scales 73. During the learning process the teacher has most
d. A and C above control over:
65. A teacher uses behavioral modification techniques in a. the learners
his classes. Which of the following student behaviors b. the learning environment
would he find most difficult to change? c. the learning process
a. Aggressive tendencies toward classmates d. the behavior of the learners
b. Poor habits in organizing work materials 74. Which of the following conditions does NOT
c. Interrupting a speaker contribute to a climate psychologically suited to
d. Abandoning a project before it is finished learning?
66. Learning-disabled children most characteristically a. The teacher acts like a “real person.”
have: b. The teacher makes all of the decisions about
a. low IQ students’ learning activities.
b. poor socio-economic backgrounds c. The teacher accepts students as they are
c. an average level of intelligence d. The teacher shows trust in students’ decisions
d. minimal brain damage 75. William Glasser advocates the frequent use of
67. Which of the following is true about educable classroom meetings, with teacher and students
mentally retarded children? sitting in a small circle. Which one of the following
a. Their IQ range between 50 and 70 types of discussion would NOT be appropriate in
b. They have short attention spans and experience such a setting?
difficulty in generalizing a. An educational-diagnostic conference on the
c. Their reading, writing, and arithmetic skills learning weaknesses of individual students.
cannot be improved b. An open-ended meeting for the purpose of
d. A and B above exploring and discussing student’s ideas about
68. Which of the following is characteristics of a dyslexic the curriculum
child c. A social-problem-solving meeting to resolve
a. Mirror writing teacher or student problems elating to the
b. listlessness school, the class, or any individual member.
c. Below-average intelligence d. A sensitivity-training meeting for the purpose of
d. Hyperactivity helping students ace their school-related
69. Primary reading retardation is presumed to be problems and learn how their actions can affect
neurologically based, related to parietal lobe others
dysfunction? 76. Which of the following does NOT represent a
a. Inability to relate sound to letter symbols teacher’s contribution to the emotional environment
b. Inadequate auditory information processing of the classroom?
c. Left-right directional confusion a. A strident, compelling voice.
d. Speech aphasia b. A sustained sense of expectation where student
70. Students with secondary reading problems have achievement is concerned
capacity to read, but are non-readers because of: c. A well-written lesson plan
a. auditory problems d. A sense of humor in a tense situation
b. congenital defects 77. According to Jones, student commitment to
c. visual-acuity impairment accomplishing a learning goal depends on all of the
d. environmental or emotional actors following EXCEPT:
a. how interesting the goal is

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 4
 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
78. The teacher who understands the adolescent’s need
to conform will:
a. use sarcasm as a disciplinary device
b. disregard unique responses in discussion and on
examinations
c. establish a learning climate that fosters feelings
of security
d. lecture students on their weakness o character
79. The best public relations agents for a school are the:
a. pupils c. PTA members
b. Teachers and pupils d. principals
80. The structured curriculum is in decided contrast to
the child-centered curriculum, which:
a. emphasizes fundamental education
b. is changeable and is built around student
interest and needs
c. is oriented to the needs of a democratic society.
d. Utilizes the theory of mental discipline
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
b. describes levels of goals for learner development
c. suggest evaluation measure for teacher use
d. Classifies learning outcomes
84. A mathematics teacher following Gagne’s theory of
learning believes that:
a. learning can take place under all conditions
b. learning is mainly a mater of accurate
discrimination
c. learning takes place only when the student is in a
receptive state
d. learning is reinforced chiefly by classical
conditioning
85. Under which of the following conditions is a child’s
IQ more likely to increase?
a. If the emotional climate in the classroom
improves
b. If the child is given a large “research” project.
c. If the child enjoys problem solving and is given
ample opportunity for it
d. If A and C are true
St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348
86. Intelligence is the basis of education. Education is
the effective means for national development,
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
b. Individual differences is an important
consideration in guiding the learner
c. The above paragraph focuses on teacher-pupil
relationship
d. It takes about the nature of the learning process
88. Robert Craig, et al, wrote of the phase of steps in
every learning process. These include: 1.) the
focusing of attention to the stimulation at hand, 2.)
the interplay of the learner and the social factors
that surround him, 3.) the acquisition of a new
response or behavior he gives to the new learning
and 4.) Retention which presupposes that the new
learning is acquired.
The above paragraph emphasizes
a. the learning process
b. the steps/phase of how individuals learn
c. the manifestations of learning
d. why learning is a difficult process
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
effective. Other are easily carried away to use
modern approaches in imparting new subject matter.
It maybe safe to conclude that once results are
realized in teaching, no specific method can be
considered the one-and-only method to use.
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
5
 help the learner master the lesson, since it is simply 99. To develop the capacity of man only for war was the
to understand the frame of the lessons. No test o educational aim of the ancient
mastery of the units are done because the purpose is a. Romans c. Athenians
to provide information on certain subject matter b. Spartans d. Chinese
Would you as a teacher use programmed 100. To produce a young man who would be
instruction if you handle a subject on Values charming in person and graceful in manner, e.g. a
Education? beautiful soul in a beautiful body is the educational
a. yes, definitely aim of education of the
b. no, not important for the subject matter a. Romans c. Spartans
c. I don’t know b. Athens d. Italians
d. Why not if the subject matter calls for it
91. The data/subject matter to teach are gathered in
***** THE END *****
different ways, These include historical sources like
surveys, systematic observations, experimentation, WORK HARD, DREAM HARDER
interviews, etc. to be reliable and valid, the data
collected must be organized, properly analyzed and
interpreted. From these processes, some conclusion
or generalization are done to reveal certain
relationships like cause & effect. Data gathering
involves:
a. tedious and serious study
b. easy does it
c. data gathered are tested and filed, then verified
before being used
d. no follow-up needed
92. Heredity and environment play important roles in
the function of human beings. DNA or
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.
If heredity and environment affect the individual,
thus, we can conclude that
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
b. Athens d. Chinese
96. Invented the first system of writing in the orient
a. Phoenicians c. Greeks
b. Chinese d. Romans
97. first to introduce the use of printing press in the
Philippines
a. Romans c. Greeks
b. Chinese d. Japanese
98. conducted the world’s first civil service test
a. Greeks c. Chinese
b. Romans d. English

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 6
human growth and development 1 c 51 c
2 c 52 b
3 b 53 a
4 d 54 d
5 a 55 a
6 d 56 b
7 c 57 c
8 a 58 a
9 a 59 a
10 c 60 b
11 a 61 c
12 d 62 d
13 c 63 d
14 d 64 d
15 a 65 a
16 b 66 c
17 a 67 d
18 c 68 a
19 d 69 d
20 d 70 d
21 c 71 a
22 c 72 d
23 b 73 b
24 b 74 b
25 d 75 a
26 c 76 c
27 b 77 e
28 b 78 c
29 a 79 b
30 a 80 b
31 a 81 c
32 a 82 a
33 b 83 b
34 d 84 c
35 d 85 d
36 c 86 d
37 c 87 b
38 b 88 b
39 c 89 c
40 b 90 b
41 a 91 a
42 c 92 a
43 d 93 c
44 d 94 b
45 a 95 c
46 a 96 b
47 b 97 b
48 b 98 c
49 b 99 b
50 a 100 b

St. Louis Review Center, Inc-San Pablo City Tel. no (049) 562-2239/0929-688-4348 7