Which of the following characteristics is MOST LIKELY true to all teenagers or adolescence?
A. Hormonal changes
B. Last splurge of dependence
C. Unruly behavior
D. Defiance of peer group
A. The characteristics mentioned in all of the options may be experienced by an adolescent but only Option A is true to all teenagers or adolescents as the onset of puberty would being along hormonal changes and growths spurts.
When children experience difficulties in specific cognitive processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations, these children are said to have special condition, known as ___________.
A. ADHD
B. Learning disabilities
C. Intellectual disabilities
D. Speech and communication disorders
B. Learning disabilities is a category of disability in which only specific cognitive skills of children are affected like reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), arithmetic (dyscalculia), etc.
Mrs. Mendoza is the homeroom adviser of Grade IV-Service. Of the following choices, which is generally or typically expected of grade IV pupils?
A. Being Independent of parents
B. Displaying a male or feminine social role
C. Getting along with classmates
D. Showing class leadership
C. Basing on Robert Havighurst’s Development Tasks, children between 6-12 yrs. old are expected to get along with their peers and classmates. Options A, B, and D are Developmental Tasks under Adolescence stage.
“A child’s brain is unique and vastly different from one another”. Which of the following teaching practices below clearly violates the said principle of child development?
A. Jessica is given the opportunity to explore the lesson more rather than being spoonfed with information.
B. Neil’s talent in music is tapped for the lesson in Math.
C. Teacher Ken conducted an open dialogue among students of various cultural backgrounds.
D. Sofia, a left-handed pupil, was asked to write using her right hand.
D. Option A gives the student freedom to be responsible of her learning. Option B utilizes multiple intelligences principle. Option C adheres to multicultural education. All the three options clearly respect students’ uniqueness and individuality. Only D violates the principle since it does not respect the child’s biological nature.
Araling Panlipunan Teacher Nilda wanted to increase the students’ learning recall on the stories of our national patriots and heroes, so she discussed the socio-political and cultural background of the Philippines during the Spanish Colonial Era. What method for memory retrieval did Teacher Nida use?
A. Context
B. Elaboration
C. Meaningful learning
D. Visual Imagery
B. Elaboration is adding additional ideas to new information based on what one already knows. Adding additional info like socio-political and cultural background help Teacher Nida’s students remember better their lesson.
To increase appreciation of the patriotism of the Filipinos during the People Power Revolution or 1986 EDSA Revolution, Teacher Romeo related the event to the student’s parents and grandparents who lived at the time. What memory retrieval method did teacher Romeo use?
A. Context
B. Elaboration
C. Generation
D. Personalization
D. Personalization is one of the methods for increasing retrieval of information. Teacher Minny used personalization because the information became more relevant to the students by relating it to the experiences of their family members.
After former Pres. Marcos burial in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, there were a number of citizens who railed against it and sought for justice, even if the burial had legal approval. Following Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, these social activists belong to which level?
A. Law and Order
B. Mutual benefit
C. Social contract
D. Universal principles
C. Under Social Contract stage, the person understands that “not all legal are moral”. Thus, if the person thinks that the rules is against his morality, he protests. He thinks rules can still be changed especially when they are no longer applicable to the present society.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta is a model of humility and service to mankind. She pledged her entire life to serving the sick and the very old. What level in Kohlberg’s Moral Developmental did St. Teresa achieve?
A. Law and Order
B. Obedience and punishment
C. Social contract
D. Universal principles
D. In Universal Ethical Principles or Principled Conscience (Stage 6), people deliberately and consistently live out their self-chosen principles. People at this stage never give up their principles no matter what the price and they show genuine moral interest in the will-being of others, regardless of who they are.
Based on Attribution Theory, “people tend to attribute successes to internal causes and their failures to external causes. What then is a potent key to success?
A. Application
B. Imagination
C. Motivation
D. Reasoning
C. Attribution Theory is a theory on human motivation. A sense of motivation increases the rate of the person to succeed.
Under people-first language, words with negative meaning must be avoided when referring to people with disabilities. Which of the following phrases is acceptable and respectable when addressing to a person with polio?
A. “has polio”
B. “is polio stricken”
C. “is polio victim”
D. “suffers from polio”
A. Options B, C, and D contain words such as “stricken”, “victim”, and “suffers” which all imply negativity. Option A does not connote any negative meaning.
