THEO 1

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
Answer: B
2. Which situation best illustrates the concept of growth?
a. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.
b. A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental ability test.
c. An education student has gained knowledge on approaches and strategies in teaching different
subjects
d. An elementary grader has learned to play piano.
Answer: A
3.Which statements below best describes development?
a. A high school student's height increased by 5'2" to 5'4"
b. A high school student's change in weight from 110 lbs. to 125 lbs.
c. A student had learned to operate the computer
d. A student's enlargement of hips
Answer: C
4.What concept can best describes Francisco's ability to walk without a support at age of 12 months
because of the "internal ripening" that occured in his muscles, bones and nervous system
development?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
Answer: D
5.Teacher Jesus in now 69 years old 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
Answer: D
6. Manuel, a five-year old boy can hold his pen and write his name with his right hand. Which term
describes Manuel's action/ behavior?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
Answer: A
7. Which of the following theory can help Miss Samson determine the readiness of her learners by
administering a readiness test?
a. Conditioning Theories
b. Cognitive Development Theory
c. Maturation Theory
d. Ethological Theory
Answer: C
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
Answer: A
9. 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.
Answer: B
10. 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.
Answer: B
11. Which state of the psycho-sexual theory does young boys experience rivalry with their father for
their mother's attention and affection?
a. Oral
b. Anal
c. Phallic
d. Latency
Answer: C
12. Angela focuses her attention on the school work and vigorous play that consume most of her
physical energy. Which stage of psychosexual theory illustrates her behavior?
a. Oral
b. Anal
c. Phallic
d. Latency
Answer: D
13. Which of the following is likely to be developed if infants are shown genuine affection?
a. Trust
b. Autonomy
c. Initiative
d. Industry
Answer: A
14. 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
Answer: B
15. 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
Answer: B
16. 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
Answer: B
17. Some children are more active than others, as everyone knows-extremely highlevels 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.
Answer: C
18. 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
Answer: C
19. 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.
Answer: A
20. Trisha goes with her mother in school. She enjoys the workplace of her mother. Which of the
following ecological theories is illustrated by the situation?
a. Microsystem
b. Mesosystem
c. Exosystem
d. Macrosystem
Answer: C
21. Lito, a student in secondary level tends to spend more time with his friends and his family, thus,
his behavior is greatly affected by them. In which stage in the Psychosocial Stages of Development
does Lito belong?
a. Autonomous vs Shame and Doubt
b. Identity vs. Role Confusion
c. Intimacy vs. Isolation
d. Initiative vs. Guilt
Answer: D
22. Anna believes that authority is respected. She is now in what particular level in moral
development theory of Lawrence Kholberg?
a. Social contract
b. Law and order orientation
c. Interpersonal concordance
d. Universal ethics orientation
Answer: A
23. What level has a four year old learner like Maryann reached when she acquired new skills such
as putting the same shapes and the same colors together?
a. Development
b. Maturation
c. Zone of Proximal Development
d. Learning
Answer: C
24. Which of the following principles can be the basis of the growing realization of the significance of
the early childhood education?
a. The young children are capable of doing many things at an early stage.
b. The child should be seen and should learn.
c. The first five years of life are the formative years of the child.
d. Early childhood experiences can be interesting and challenging.
Answer: B
25. Which of the following learner's characteristics will affect most of the learners learning in the
academic class?
a. His affective characteristics
b. His cognitive characteristics
c. His psychomotor characteristics
d. His socio-emotional characteristics
Answer: B
26.Which of the following is true about human development?
a. Human development considers both maturation and learning.
b. Development refers to the progressive series of changes of an orderly coherent type toward the
goal of maturity.
c. Development is the gradual and orderly unfolding of the characteristics of the individuals as they
go through the successive stages of growth.
d. All of the above
Answer: D
27. What do you call the quantitative increase in terms of height and weight as observed by the
school physician during the physical examination of the students?
a. Development
b. Growth
c. Learning
d. Maturation
Answer: B
28. 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
Answer: C
29. 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
Answer: A
30. 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
Answer: A
31. 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
Answer: C
32. 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
Answer: C
33.Which of the following provides the best broad description of the relationship between heredity
and environment in determining height?
a. Heredity is the primary influence, with environment affecting development only in severe
situations.
b. Heredity and environment contribute equally to development
c. Environment is the major influence on physical characteristics.
d. Heredity directs the individual's potential and environment determines whether and to what degree
the individual reaches the potential.
Answer: A
34. What is the correct sequence of prenatal stages of development?
a. Embryo, germinal, fetus
b. Germinal, fetus, embryo
c. Germinal, embryo, fetus
d. Embryo, fetus, germinal
Answer: C
35. When a baby realized that a rubber duck which has fallen out of the tub must be somewhere on
the floor, he is likely to achieved what aspect of cognitive development?
a. Object permanence
b. Deferred imitation
c. Mental combinations
d. Goal-directed behavior
Answer: A
36. Which of the following will be Freud's description of the child's behavior if he he has biting,
sarcastic manner?
a. Anally expulsive
b. Anally retentive
c. Fixated in the oral stage
d. Experiencing the crisis of trust vs. mistrust
Answer: C
37. What is Freud's idea about a young boy's guilt feelings brought about by jealousy of his father's
relationship with his mother?
a. Electra complex
b. Oedipus complex
c. Phallic complex
d. Penis envy complex
Answer: B
38. When a little girl who says she wants her mother to go on vacation so that she can marry her
father, Freud believes that he is voicing a fantasy consistent with?
a. Oedipus complex
b. Electra complex
c. Theory of mind
d. Crisis of initiative vs. Guilt
Answer: B
39. Which of the following can best describe the preschooler's readiness to learn new task and play
activities?
a. Emerging competency and self-awareness
b. Theory of the Mind
c. Relationship with parents
d. Growing identification with others
Answer: A
40. James noted that when the preschoolers eagerly begin many new activities but are vulnerable to
criticism and feelings of failure, they are experiencing what particular crisis?
a. Identity vs. Role Confusion
b. Initiative vs. Guilt
c. Basic trust vs. mistrust
d. Efficacy vs. Helplessness
Answer: B
41. What stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development does a person belong to when he can understand
specific logical ideas and apply them to concrete problems?
a. Preoperational thought
b. Operational thought
c. Create operational thought
d. Formal operational thought
Answer: C
42. What is the best explanation of Piaget's concrete operational thought to describe the school-age
child's mental ability?
a. A child can reason logically about things and events he or she perceives.
b. A child's ability to think about how he thinks
c. Can understand that certain characteristics of an object remain the same when other
characteristics are changed
d. Can understand that moral principles may supersede the standards of society.
Answer: C
43. Elisa who is in between 9 and 11 years of age are most likely to demonstrate moral reasoning at
which Kohlberg's stage?
a. Pre-conventional
b. Conventional
c. Post-conventional
d. None of the above
Answer: B
44. According to Kohlberg, a dutiful citizen who obeys the laws set down by society is at which level
of moral reasoning?
a. Pre-conventional Stage One
b. Pre-conventional Stage Two
c. Conventional
d. Post-conventional
Answer: C
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
Answer: D
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.
Answer: C
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.
Answer: D
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.
Answer: D
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
Answer: B
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 groups
Answer: D
Theo 2

True or False
False 1. B. F. Skinner is considered the father of behaviorism.
False 2. In the original classical conditioning experiments, the sound of the bell is considered
the conditioned response.
True 3. In the original classical conditioning experiments, the salivation after being presented
with food is considered an unconditioned response.
False4. In Operant conditioning, the response comes after the consequence.
True5. Positive reinforcement refers to adding something positive in order to increase the
probability of a behavior occurring.
False6. Negative reinforcement refers to the adding of something negative in order to reduce the
probability of a behavior occurring.
True7. Slot machines work well because they are based on a variable ratio schedule of
reinforcement.
False8. Not using a candy machine again after losing money one time represents a major
problem with variable interval schedules of reinforcement.
True9. The experiments in classical conditioning were originally developed by Ivan Pavlov after
accidentally stumbling on the phenomenon.
True10. Conditioning could be considered synonymous with learning in that a conditioned
response occurs only after it has been learned.
Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided for:
___D__11. Which of the following is a law of learning?
(a) Law of readiness (b) Law of exercise (c) Law of effect (d) All
the above.
___B__12. Mental development includes
(a) External and internal organs (b) reasoning and thinking (c) Ethical and moral (d)
emotional maturity.
___C__13. Through which of the following methods, desirable channels are provided for the
release of emotional energy?
(a) Inhibition (b) Sublimation (c) Catharsis (d)
Repression.
___A__14. The rate of progress in learning slows down and reaches a limit beyond which further
improvement seems impossible. It is known as
(a) Plateau (b) loss of interest (c) Boredom (d)
difficult stage.
___B__15. The therapy of psychoanalysis was developed by
(a) Skinner (b) Sigmund Freud (c) Plato (d)
Darwin.
___C__16. Sports performance is the bi-product of
(a) Skill (b) conditional ability (c) Total personality (d)
tactical ability.
___A__17. The first metamorphosis falls between the ages of
(a) 7-10 years (b) 3-5 years (c) 11-14 years (d) 2-4
years.
___C__18. Which is the most effective method for encouraging self learning?
(a) Demonstration method (b) Lecture method (c) Observation method (d)
Task method.
___C__19. Which one is the simplest form of cognition?
(a) Conception (b) Perception (c) Sensation (d)
Affection.
___B__20. The functional division of spinal cord are
(a) somatic-motor (b) somatic-sensory (c) visceral-motor (d)
none of the above.
___C__21. The response defined as a result of training is called
(a) Conditioned stimulus (b) unconditioned reflex (c) Conditioned reflex
(d) conation.
___A__22. Which need is on top of the Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
(a) Self-actualization (b) Esteem (c) Belongingness (d)
Safety.
___B__23. ERG theory was given by
(a) Maslow (b) Alderfer (c) Jung (d)
Mcclellan
___C__24. Alderfer's theory categorizes needs into three categories. The most important is
(a) Growth needs (b) ralatedness need (c) Existence need (d)
none of the above.
___D__25. Which of the following is an intrinsic motivator?
(a) Pay (b) Promotion (c) Feedback (d)
Interest of play.
___D__26. The two factor theory of motivation is given by
(a) Maslow (b) Jung (c) Alderfer (d)
Harzberg.
___C__27. Reinforcement theory of motivation is given by
(a) Jung (b) Herzberg (c) Skinner (d)
Maslow.
___A__28. Achievement motivation relates to
(a) Need of the person (b) Knowledge of the person (c) experience of the person (d)
aptitude of the person.
___C__29. Terminal feedback is the information provided to the learner
(a) Before the activity (b) During the activity (c) After the activity
(d) none of the above.

___B__30. The initial steep rise in the learning graph is an indication of quick progress and is
technically known as
(a) 'End spurt' (b) 'Initial spurt' (c) Saturation point (d)
None of the above.
___A__31. What type of motivation is not applicable to young children?
(a) Intrinsic motivation (b) Extrinsic motivation (c) Achievement motivation (d)
none of the above.
___C__32. The 'trial and error' theory of learning was propounded by
(a) Newton (b) Pavlov (c) Thorndike (d)
Homer.
___D__33. In the childhood, individual's behaviour is most influenced by
(a) Community (b) School (c) Peer group (d) family.
___B__34. The cause of frustration among sports person is
(a) Result of own performance
(b) Normally due to mismatched level of aspiration and ability
(c) Result of good performance
(d) Natural outcome of competitive sports.
___D__35. Which is the description of the methods of personality measurement?
(a) Rating scale (b) Interviews & observations(c) Paper & pencil test (d) All
the above.
___B__36. Trial & Error learning is also known as
(a) Conditioning (b) connectionism (c) Insight (d)
none of the above.
___C__37. 'Exercise for the body and music for the soul, in which country the common adage
was used?
(a) Italy (b) France (c) Greece (d)
Germany.
___D__38. What aspect of movement refers to body awareness?
(a) To identify the parts of the body and the whole
(b) To establish the relationship of the body parts
(c) Able to identify the body parts
(d) All the above.
___B__39. Law of effect in learning was started by
(a) Pavlov (b) Thomdike (c) Skinner (d)
Gestalt.
___D__40. What is the population that psychologists usually study?
(a) Cats & Dogs (b) Monkeys (c) People (d)
Pigeons and rats.
___C__41. Which of the following is a basic assumption of behaviorism?
a.Age is a factor in learning.
b.Behavior precedes cognitive change.
c.Learning is defined as behavioral change.
d.Research should investigate behavior in natural settings.
___A__42. According to Watson, the adult’s complex repertory of emotional responses is the
result of conditioning the
a.basic emotional responses to many different situations.
b.child’s inclination to please adults.
c.infant’s early habits to new responses.
d.parent’s actions to develop certain infant behaviors.
___B__43. The procedure of gradually introducing a feared object to a child while he/she is
eating is an example of
a.classical conditioning.
b.counter conditioning.
c.extinction.
d.stimulus generalization.
___A__44. In classical conditioning, stimulus generalization refers to
a.the tendency of a secondary stimulus to elicit a reflex.
b.the tendency for similar reflexes to respond to the same stimulus.
c.training a reflex to respond in different situations.
d.training a reflex to be resistant to an original stimulus.
___B__45. According to Watson, emotional reactions that are instinctual include all of the
following except
a.fear. b.hate. c.love. d.rage.
___B__46. The major law of learning according to Thorndike, is the presence of
a.a response to partial stimulus elements.
b.a satisfying state following a response.
c.the repeated practice of all responses.
d.the transfer to responses to similar stimuli.
___D__47. According to Thorndike, attaining food produces behavioral change because it is
a/an
a.consequence for responses.
b.example of the repeated practice of responses.
c.primary reinforcer.
d.satisfying state following a response.

___B__48. According to Thorndike, knowledge is accounted for by

a.a triggering stimulus and a response.
b.established links between ideas.
c.the presence of the practice effect.
d. the phenomenon of associative shifting.
___A__49. Pairing a product with pleasant images and/or sounds in a commercial is an example
of
a.classical conditioning.
b.habit - formation theory.
c.Hull’s hypothetico - deductive method.
d. Thorndike’s connectionism.
___A__50. The major assumption of Gestalt psychology is that
a. learners respond to meaningful wholes.
b. perception is the only learning process.
c. problem solving is essential to learning.
d. simplicity of elements is essential to learning.
___A__51. According to Gestalt theory, all of the following influence one’s perception
organization of a visual field except
a.experience. b.proximity. c.similarity.
d.simplicity.
___C__52. According to the law of Prägnanz, the characteristics of a stimulus array that
influence perception are
a.causal and arbitrary. b.comprehensive and causal. c.comprehensive and stable. d.stable and
causal.
___C__53. According to Gestalt psychology, learning depends upon the learner’s
a.analysis of the stimulus elements.
b.analysis of the skill to be learned.
c.structuring of the stimulus situation.
d.synthesis of prior similar problems.
___D__54. According to the Gestalt psychologists, insight refers to
a.perception of a dynamic visual field.
b.perception of disparate stimulus elements.
c.recognition of stimuli as organized wholes.
d.reorganization of the perceptual field.
___B__55. Recommendations of Gestalt psychology for classroom instruction of problem
solving include all of the following except
a.develop problems that reflect substance in the subject area.
b.present problems isolated from other information.
c.provide cues or hints to overcome students’ inadequate problem representations.
d.use problems that have broadly applicable