1. Which situation best illustrates the concept of growth?

Select one:

a. An elementary grader has learned to play piano

b. A high school student gets a score of 85 in a mental ability test

c. An education student has gained knowledge on approaches and strategies in teaching different subjects

d. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months – This is the best answer because it refers to the progressive increase
and continuous advancement of the child from birth to maturity. Having a score of 85 in a mental ability test does not refer
to any increment or increase in human beings. Gaining knowledge on approaches and strategies in teaching different
subjects refers to the development of learning as result of experience. Learning to play piano is a skill.

2. Which is not a provision for the development of each learner in a good curriculum?

Select one:

a. The program provides a wide range of opportunities for individuals with same abilities, needs, and interests. - While it
mentions a program which provides a wide range of opportunities for individuals, it only focuses on individuals with the
same level of abilities, needs and interests. It fails to consider individual differences. The provision of extensive
educational diagnosis of learners will really help address the specific needs of children. Self-directed, independent study
and self-motivation and evaluation highlight the ability of the children to construct and direct their own learning. These
enable them to develop their potentials to the fullest.

b. Self-directed, independent study is encouraged wherever possible and advisable

c. Self-motivation and self-evaluation is encouraged wherever possible and advisable

d. Extensive arrangements are made for the educational diagnosis of individual learners

3. The Department of Education giver greater emphasis on the development of basic skills. What is the philosophical
basis for this?

Select one:

a. Essentialism - Essentialism focuses on basic skills and knowledge. Existentialism focuses on self/individual.
Perennialism focuses on unchanging truth. Pragmatism emphasizes the needs and interests of the children

b. Existentialism

c. Pragmatism

d. Perennialism

4. With reference to Kohlberg's theory of development, in which stage is a man who needs to steal medicine
because if his wife dies, he coud neger forgive himself.

Select one:

a. Universal ethics stage - In universal ethical principle orientation, moral decisions should be made in terms of self
chosen ethical principles. Once principles are chosen, they should be applied in a consistent way

b. Punishment and obedience stage

c. Law and order stage

d. Social contract stage

5. What concept best describes Francisco’s ability to walk without support at an age of 12 months because of the
“internal ripening” that occurred in his muscles, bones, and nervous system development?
Select one:

a. Maturation - Maturation refers to the state of the body and its readiness for the behavior. Development refers to the
qualitative increase in human functioning throughout the life span. Growth refers to the easily measurable and sometimes
obvious features of human beings. Learning is the acquisition of knowledge, emotions, values, and skills.

b. Development

c. Learning

d. Growth

6. Which statement describes closes the development of boys and girls

Select one:

a. The growth of boys continue longer than girls - Boys are differentiated from girls in terms of physical development. It is
also observed that males/boys usually undergo changes until about 21 years old while females/girls experience changes
until age 18

b. Boys experience growth spurts earlier than girls do

c. Girls value interpersonal relationships

d. Boys mature earlier than girls

7. Which group of technologies has the highest degree of concreteness?

Select one:

a. Realia and computer - Realias and computers are multisensory. Videos, pictures, TV, films, and versatile compact
discs provide iconic experiences which involve hearing and seeing only. The types of technologies in books, imaginative
literature, and programmed instructions present verbal symbols which are abstract and far from reality. For instance, a
student who is reading a material without pictures or listening to lecture that is nothing that words will learn less. Thus, the
more sensory channels possible in interacting with a resource, the better the chance that many students can learn from it.

b. Digital video, film, versatile compact disc

c. Book, imaginative literature, programmed instruction

d. Video, picture, and television

8. Some psychologists were for waiting until the child is "ready" but one believed that a child can be prepared by
developing the pre-requisite skills in an interesting and meaningful way. Who was this person?

Select one:

a. Gagne

b. Bruner

c. Ebbinghaus

d. Kohler

9. With reference to Jung's psychological theory, a shy student who prefers to be alone falls under which
classification?

Select one:

a. Paranoid

b. Ambivert
c. Extrovert

d. Introvert - Shyness and preferring to be alone are characteristics of introvert children

10. Sarah chanced upon family picture taken before she was born. Seeing she is not in the picture, she cried despite
being explained to. Wha does Sarah's behavior show?

Select one:

a. Semi-logica reasoning

b. Rigidity of thought

c. Egocentrism - Sarah believed that since she is not in the family picture, then there is no such thing as a family yet.
Thus, her sadness. This is known as egocentrism, which occurs when a child is unable to distinguish between their own
perspective and that of another person

d. Limited social cognition

11. Which of the following is a limitation of models and real objects in teaching and learning?

Select one:

a. The provide hands-on learning experiences

b. They make learning more concrete

c. They pose problems on storage - This is the only option that points on the limitation of these objects. All the other
options are advantages of model and real objects in teaching and learning.

d. They are readily available in the environment, around school, and in the home.

12. By which process do children become participating and functioning member of society?

Select one:

a. Accommodation

b. Assimilation

c. Socialization - The focus of the question is on how a member of a society acts and works within it. This is also known
as socialization

d. Acculturation

13. According to _______, children learn language easily because each one of us has a Language Acquisition Device
which gears us to acquire language

Select one:

a. Piaget

b. Gardner

c. Watson

d. Chomsky - Language Acquisition Device was espoused by Noam Chomsky.

14. Here is what a teacher did in her lesson on child labor. Which technique did she use? I. First, she presented and
discussed the reasons in favor and against child labor II. Next, she took a stand in favor of child labor and came
up with all justification she can think of for utilizing child labor III. Before the class ended, however, she clarified
that she is in fact against child labor
Select one:

a. Contrived incident

b. Value clarifying discussion - Value clarification is a complex structure of behavioral modification involving various
concepts, ideas, and application. It helps students become aware of the belief and behavior they prize and would be
willing to stand up for. Although the teacher presented the favorable and antagonistic views of abortion, she still made a
stand and clarified her real belief

c. Simulation

d. Devil's advocate

15. With reference to Lewin's Topological Field theory, which claims that "internal and external forces" operating
simultaneously may cause tension in a person, what can a teacher do to help students lessen their learning-
related tension?

Select one:

a. Tailor the lesson goals and activities to the learners' nature - Shows a proactive approach to lessen the tenion related
to learning

b. Demand perfection from the learners

c. Advise the students on how to solve ther problems

d. Conduct remediation to help students with difficulties

16. Which statement below describes development?

Select one:

a. A high school student’s height increased from 5’2” to 5’4”

b. A student’s enlargement of hips

c. A high school student’s change in weight from 110 lbs. to 125 lbs.

d. A student had learned to operate the computer - Development is the process in the life of a human being by which the
individual’s potentialities unfold and appear. The other options refer to the process of growth.

17. Where are planned ignoring, signal interference, and proximity control used?

Select one:

a. Managing temper tantrums

b. Life spacing interviewing

c. Operant conditioning

d. Managing surface behavior - Surface behaviors are usually managed by these techniques.

18. What does the principle of individual differences requires teachers to do?

Select one:

a. Prepare extra materials for slow learners

b. Give greater attention to gifted students

c. Provide for a variety of learning activities - To satisfy the individual differences, the best action is to provide for a variety
of learning activities. Other options are not good strategies as these brands and categorize students in terms of cognitive
activity, which may develop either positive or negative view

d. Treat all students alike

19. On whose theory is computer-assisted instruction based?

Select one:

a. Skinner - CAI software presents learning by having students engage and be rewarded in terms of quick assessment.
this qualifies under (stimulus-response) that is a popular attribute of operant conditioning by BF Skinner.

b. Bruner

c. Watson

d. Piaget

20. Which principle in cognitive development is used by a teacher when she asks her students to describe how
people they know celebrate Christmas in order to realize that people celebrate Christmas differently?

Select one:

a. Children actively construct their knowledge

b. Cognitive development involves relating new information to previous knowledge

c. Children think in different ways at different ages

d. Social interaction is important for cognitive development - Learning presented there is a consequence of inputs from
other people or members of the community, which may lead to a new concept.

21. A research showed that about a third of a group of children who had inhibitions when they were 2 years old were
not noticeably shy when they turned 4. What is the implication?

Select one:

a. Latter experiences are invariably affected by early experiences

b. The development of people is solely determined by earlier experiences

c. Development terminates after infancy

d. Development goes on after infancy - Development goes through stages and different behaviors are observed in
different stages.

22. According to Freud and his psychoanalytic theory, which component(s) of personality is(are) concernred with a
sense of right and wrond?

Select one:

a. Super ego and ego

b. Id

c. Ego

d. Super ego - Sense of right and wrong belongs to the super ego component. Ego is the component of personality that is
responsible for dealing with reality while Id is the component of personality that is entirely unconscious and includes the
instrucive and primitive behavior
 23. Which role of teachers is highlighted given the increase in the number of school children with OFW parents?

Select one:

a. Guidance counselors

b. Substitute parents - The legal duty of a teacher is being the second parent of the child (in loco parentis). Thus, in the
absence of parents, teachers do become the substitute parents.

c. Students' friends

d. Facilitators of learning

24. A teacher plays meditative music in class to help the students reflect. To which theory is she subscribing?

Select one:

a. Humanistic psychology

b. Gestalt psychology

c. Psychoanalysis

d. Behaviorism - Use of meditative music is extrinsic motivation. This can be categorized as a stimulus that is qualified
under behaviorism.

25. Which activity characterized by formal operational stage of Piaget's theory

Select one:

a. Activities with hypothesis testing - The formal operational stage is characterized by hypothesis testing. Before drawing
conclusions, things must be tested with logical pieces of evidences. Possibilities are considered to proceed systematically
in search of truth

b. Activities that involve problems of classification and ordering

c. Physical activities like games to develop their motor skills

d. Stimulating environment with enough objects to play with

26. In which moral development stage a person is when he does not follow himself or others, but rather the
comprehensive existing system of the society?

Select one:

a. Pre-operational

b. Post conventional

c. Universal

d. Conventional - Conventional stage is one wherein a person pleases by conforming to social roles and makes decision
according to established rules and laws where one lives

27. A student has been trying to solve a certain science problem. Suddenly he "saw" how to solve the problem. What
does this mean?

Select one:
a. Insight - The phrase "suddenly he saw" suggests that the solution came to the student's mind by intuition, which is also
known as insight. A person arrives at this tate without having established a connection between new stimulus and a
previous learning as is done in memory and retention

b. Retention

c. Memory

d. Recall

28. To which theory does a teacher subscribe when she tries to convince her students to study not only for the grades
but more importantly for self-actualization?

Select one:

a. Skinner

b. Freud

c. Thorndike

d. Maslow - Self-actualization is the highest level in the hierarchy of needs by Maslow.

29. Ana is very attached to her father. With reference to Freudian psychological theory, in what developmental stage
is she?

Select one:

a. Latent stage

b. Anal stage

c. Oedipal stage - The presented situation in under the oedipal stage which is experirnced by children aged 3-6.

d. Pre-genital stage

30. With reference to Bruner's theory on intellectual development, cognitive development moves from enactive to
iconic to symbolic stage. In which stage(s) are diagrams accompanying verbal information are helpful?

Select one:

a. Enactive and iconic

b. Enactive and symbolic

c. Iconic - Jerome Bruner has three modes of representation: enactive (action-based), iconic (image-based), symbolic
(language-based). With the iconic mode, it is helpful to have diagrams and illustrations to accompany verbal information

d. Symbolic

31. Which of the following does not belong to Erikson's eight stages of development?

Select one:

a. Basic trust vs. Mistrust

b. Initiative vs. Guilt

c. Intimacy vs. Isolation

d. Parenteral dependence vs. Individuality - The eight stages of growth by Erikson are: Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs.
Shame and doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Role confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation,
Generativity vs. Stagnation, Ego integrity vs. Despair

32. In the elementary level, English literature and Social studies relate well. While history is being studied, different
literary pieces during the historical period is being studied as well. What curriculum design is shown here?

Select one:

a. Broad field design

b. Discipline design

c. Separate subject design

d. Correlation design - Subjects are related to one another but individual subject maintains its identity. In the question
above, English literature and social studies correlate well. The literary pieces being studied in English literature reflect the
culture, social activities even the problems and issues in each historical period. Both separate subject design and
discipline design are compartmentalized. They stress so much on cluster of topic, content and academic disciplines. Like
correlation design, broadfield field was made to prevent compartmentalization of subjects. However, unlike correlation
design, broad field considers wider integration of subjects that are fused into one subject. Thus, the identity of each
subject combined is lost.

33. A goal-oriented curriculum culminates in __________

Select one:

a. Evaluation - To culminate means to end. Evaluation is a good culminating activity to determine if set goals are
achieved.

b. Brainstorming for creative thinking

c. The planning of activities

d. The formulation of objectives

34. How does hereditary affect the development of the learner?

Select one:

a. Some acquired traits become hereditary (or passed on to children)

b. We now realize that there are limits beyond which the learner cannot develop anymore - This means that although
behaviorist believe that learning is stimulated by the environment, processing of information is limited by hereditary
constructs

c. Hereditary provides everybody with the same potential

d. Hereditary compensates for what the environment fails to develop

35. Ms. Gomez is planning to integrate technology in her Mathematics class. Which of the following would be the
logical steps in doing this? I. Set the objectives II. Analyze the learners III. Utilize the materials with showmanship
IV. Evaluate the performance of the students

Select one:

a. II, I, IV, III

b. II, I, III, IV - Base on the assure model, this choice has the logical step in integrating technology.

c. I, II, IV, III

d. I, II, III, IV

36. Which of the following is the basis for the following statements: Behavior followed by pleasant consequences is
strengthened and is more likely to occur in the future. On the other hand, behavior followed by unpleasant
consequences is weakened and is less likely to be repeated in the future.

Select one:

a. Thorndike's Law of Effect

b. Freud's psychoanalytic theory

c. B.F. Skinner's Operant conditioning theory - The situation exhibits an action-response process which is an attribute of
BF Skinner's Operant Conditioning.

d. Bandura's social learning theory

37. Affective objectives typically target awareness and growth in attitudes, emotions, feelings and ________

Select one:

a. Intelligence

b. Obligations

c. Values - Affective always refer to behaviors, attitudes and values

d. Skills

38. Which of the following statements has a very limited definition of educational technology?

Select one:

a. It includes audiovisual materials, interactive multimedia and self-instructional materials

b. It refers to the computers used for teaching and learning - This statement is confined to computers only. All the other
options are more encompassing and they describe the different dimensions of educational technology.

c. It is a profession composed of various job categories

d. It is the development, application, and evaluation of systems, techniques and aids to improve human learning

39. All of the following are functions of the right hemisphere of the brain, except:

Select one:

a. Visual functions

b. Detail-oriented function - Right-brained people are believed to be artistic. Thus, they are nonverbal, visual and intuitive
in nature.

c. Intuitive functions

d. Nonverbal functions

40. Teacher Lily would like to take part in developing a subject-centered curriculum because she believes that all
subjects in this type of curriculum are geared towards the holistic development of the learner. Is her belief about
the subject-centered curriculum true?

Select one:
 a. No, because it is the experience-centered and not the subject-centered curriculum that emphasizes the integration of
habits and skills in learning the knowledge component of a subject areas. - The belief of Teacher Lily about the subject-
centered curriculum is not acceptable. Holistic development covers physical, socio-emotional, mental and moral
development of learners. This is possible under an experience-centered curriculum. It is the subject-centered curriculum,
not experience-centered curriculum, which emphasizes the teaching of facts and knowledge. The consideration of
learners’ needs, interests, and abilities including cooperative practices in the classroom are some of the important traits of
experience-centered curriculum.

b. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum involves cooperative control

c. Yes, because the subject-centered curriculum focuses on the learners need, interest, and abilities

d. No, because it is the experience-centered curriculum that emphasizes the teaching of facts and knowledge for future
use

41. Which guidance service helps the students secure the most effective relationship to a job or to the next step in his
educational or personal goals?

Select one:

a. Research service

b. Research evidence

c. Placement service - This provides graduating students career orientation and assists them in determining which
options are available to them as well as which ones closely match the education that they got

d. Individual inventory service

42. A teacher is teaching a student how to open a word processor. She might give her some reward for switching on
the computer, another for logging into the operating system, and then for starting the word processor application.
What do you call this technique?

Select one:

a. Reinforcement

b. Chaining - The situation being presented is a series of action-reward process. This is better known as chaining.

c. Fading

d. Conditioning

43. Which of the following is not necessary for counseling to be successful?

Select one:

a. Guaranteed confidentiality

b. Student's willingness to participate

c. Buddy-buddy relation between counselor and student - Professionalism, confidentiality and student's willingness are
key ingredients of successful counseling

d. Professionalism

44. With reference to Piaget's theory, what should a teacher make available to children who are in the concrete
operational stage?

Select one:

a. Physical activities like games to develop their motor skills

b. Activities with hypothesis testing

c. Stimulating environment with enough objects to play with

d. Activities that involve problems of classification and ordering - In Piaget's theory, concrete operational is characterized
by the child's ability to solve concrete problems in a logical manner.

45. According to Freud, the primary motivation for human behavior is sexual in nature. But for Erikson, it is _____ in
nature.

Select one:

a. Biological

b. Social - The question is presented as an analogy. Freud: Sexual, Social: Erikson

c. Intellectual

d. Emotional

46. Which of the following statements is correct about the domains of educational technology?

Select one:

a. Both the design and development are the planning stage

b. Utilization is the action phase - Utilization refers to the actual use of an educational technology. Design is the planning
stage while development is the production stage. Evaluation is not synonymous with implementation

c. Design is the production stage while development is the planning stage

d. Evaluation is synonymous with implementation

47. This phase of curriculum development involves decisions, among other things, on grade placement sequencing of
content. Which phase is this?

Select one:

a. Curriculum evaluation

b. Curriculum implementation

c. Curriculum planning

d. Curriculum organization - Decisions on sequencing of content and grade placement are done on the level of curriculum
organization/design. In this level, the curriculum developer determines the scope and sequence of content in each subject
based on the design of the curriculum. Planning involves, among others, diagnosis of needs and social demands which
will make up the goals/objectives of the curriculum. This is done at the initial phase of curriculum development process.
Implementation is more concern on the actual delivery of the curriculum in the school/classrooms. This process is
conducted after the content, grade placement, etc. had been finalized. Evaluation is the terminal part of the curriculum
development process where the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the curriculum are measured.

48. Which of the following is the strength of a person who has a high level of awareness, always reflects on his
strengths and weaknesses, and is able to find ways to improve himself?

Select one:

a. Existential intelligence - Development of the self is a good attribute of existential intelligence.

b. Emotional intelligence

c. Intrapersonal intelligence
d. Interpersonal intelligence

49. 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 the learners in terms of height and weight?

Select one:

a. Learning

b. Growth - Growth refers to the quantitative changes or the observable changes in humans. Development refers to the
systematic and orderly changes in organism’s experiences. Learning refers to the portion of development that it is the
result of experience and the interaction with the environment. Maturation refers to the unfolding of traits potentially present
in the individual because of heredity.

c. Maturation

d. Development

50. One example of this design of subject-centered curriculum is that which shows social studies being combined with
geography, civics, and culture, and history to comprise one subject area. Which design is this?

Select one:

a. Core

b. Correlated

c. Separate subject

d. Broadfields - Broadfield design was made to prevent the compartmentalization of subjects and integrate the contents
that are related to each other. Thus geography, civics and culture, and history are fused into one subject called social
studies. Eventually, the identity of each subject is lost. Broad field draws around themes and integration. Correlated
design relates the content of two subjects in order to reduce fragmentation. However, the identity of each subject is
maintained. Separate subjects design is highly compartmentalized and fragmented. Core design revolves around general
education and the problems are based on common human activities.