CALBIGA WESTERN SAMAR COLLEGE

MIDTERM EXAM IN CHILD and ADOLESCENT LEARNER AND LEARNING PRINCIPLES

Name: __________________________________ Course, Year and Section: _____________ Date: __________

TEST 1. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions. Choose the correct answer and write it on the space provided before the number.

___1. This is a research design which is an in-depth look at an individual.

a. longitudinal b. experimental c. case study d. correlational

___2. This research design is a reflective process of progressive problem-solving led by individuals working with
others in teams or as part of a “community of practice” to improve the way they address issues and solve
problems.
a. action research b. correlational c. sequential d. naturalistic observation

___3. These are records of information about a lifetime chronology of events and activities. They often involve a
combination of data records on education, work, family, and residence.
a. life-history records b. observation c. sequential d. physiological records

___4. This is fifth stage of psychosexual development which begins at the start of puberty when sexual urges are
once again awakened.
a. phallic stage b. genital stage c. latency stage d. anal stage

___5. This is the process of creating a new schema.

a. accommodation b. assimilation c. schemata d. Piagetian tasks

___6. This is a research design that focuses on children’s experiences in natural settings.
a. Cross-sectional b. sequential c. case study d. naturalistic observation

___7. These are prepared tests that assess individuals’ performance in different domains. These are administered in
a consistent manner.
a. observation b. interviews c. standardized tests d. physiological measures
___8. This component of personality operates the pleasure principle which plays a vital role because as a baby, it
works so that the baby’s essential needs are met.
a. ego b. id c. superego d. none of the above
___9. This refers to the ability of the child to know that certain properties of objects like number, mass, volume, or
area do not change even if there is a change in appearance.
a. conservation b. irreversibility c. object permanence d. egocentrism

___10. This data-gathering technique uses certain indicators of children’s development such as, among others, heart
rate, hormone levels, bone growth, body weight, and brain activity are measured.
a. life-history b. sequential c. physiological d. interviews and questionnaires

___11. This is the ability to perceive the relationship in one instance and then use that relationship to narrow down
possible answers in another similar situation or problem
a. deductive reasoning b. analogical reasoning c. inductive reasoning d. hypothetical reasoning

___12. This refers to the tendency of the child to only focus on one aspect of a thing or event and exclude other
aspects.
a. centration b. symbolic function c. irreversibility d. animism

___13. Another term for “pleasure areas” that become the focal points for the particular stage.
a. fixation b. erogenous zones c. oral receptive d. anal expulsive

___14. This personality component operates the reality principle.

a. superego b. id c. ego d. conscious

___15. He gave us the five (5) steps of the scientific method.

a. Jean Piaget b. John Dewey c. Laurence Kohlberg d. Sigmund Freud
___16. This is the combined cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches to learn about life-span development.
a. Cross-sectional b. experimental c. correlational study d. sequential
___17. Teacher researchers are subject to these in order to serve the purposes of research, to strive to protect the
subjects of the study, and to maintain the integrity of the research.
a. procedures b. ethical standards c. respect for privacy d. professional dispositions

___18. This refers to the development of unconscious sexual attraction of girls toward their fathers.
a. Oedipus Complex b. anal Stage c. oral Stage d. Electra Complex

___19. This refers to the ability of the child to perceive the different features of objects and situations.
a. decentering b. seriation c. reversibility d. assimilation

___20. This stage is characterized by the ability of the child to solve abstract problems and can hypothesize.
a. concrete-operational stage c. sensory-motor stage
b. formal-operational stage d. pre-operational stage

TEST II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE.

Directions. Write TRUE if the statement is correct but if it is false change the underlined word or group of words to
make the whole statement true.

_________________ 21. The conscious topographical model refers to all that we are aware of.

_________________ 22. Sigmund Freud is the proponent of cognitive development theory.

_________________ 23. Object permanence is the ability of the child to know that an object still exists even when
out of sight.

_________________ 24. Symbolic Function is the tendency of children to attribute human like traits or
characteristics to inanimate objects.

_________________ 25. The unconscious is the last part of topographical model which we can reach when
prompted, but still not in our active conscious.

_________________ 26. The correlational study is a research design that determines associations.

_________________ 27. Hypothesis means uneducated guess.

_________________ 28. In phallic stage, the child’s focus of pleasure is the genitals.

_________________ 29. Fixation occurs when there is a result of failure in psychosexual development.

_________________ 30. Jean Piaget developed the psychoanalytic and psychosexual theory of development.

_________________ 31. Too little satisfaction during the oral stage can lead to oral fixation wherein the type of
personality is called oral receptive, that is, the tendency to bite nails, use curse words,
and even gossip.

_________________ 32. In personality components, the superego embodies a person’s moral aspect which is
likened to conscience because it exerts influence on what one considers right and wrong.

_________________ 33. One (1) kilogram of nails is equivalent to 1 kilogram of cotton is an example of conservation.

_________________ 34. Schema is referred to the cognitive structures by which individuals intellectually adapt to
and organize their environment.

_________________ 35. Pre-operational stage corresponds from birth to infancy in which this is the stage when a
child is initially reflexive in grasping, sucking and reaching becomes more organized in his
movement and activity.
TEST III. ENUMERATION.
Directions. Enumerate the following:
NOTE: CANNOT BE INTERCHANGED

FREUD’s STAGES of PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT PIAGET’S STAGES of COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

36. 42.
37. 43.
38. 44.
39. 45.
40.
41.

STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

46.
47.
48.
49.
50.