Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

Region V
Province of Masbate
Municipality of Aroroy
AROROY MUNICIPAL COLLEGE
Lubigan Hills, Ambolong, Aroroy, Masbate

THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS AND LEARNING PRINCIPLES

Professional Education 1
TEST NUMBER 4

Topic: Issues on Human Development

Direction: Please read, analyze, and understand the questions carefully. Then, choose the correct answer.
Write the full answer on your answer sheets.

1. Heredity exerts a greater influence on human development than the environment.

a. True b. False

2. What has been experienced in the earlier stages of development can no longer be changed.
a. True b. False

3. From the perspective of a life-span developmental, later experiences are the key determinants of a
person’s development.
a. True b. False

4. These are 2 theories competing in developmental psychology that attempt to explain how people
change through the course of their lives.
a. Stability vs. Change c. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
b. Nature vs. Nurture d. Continuity vs. Change

5. Deals with the issue of whether or not personality traits present during infancy endure throughout
the lifespan.
a. Stability vs. Change c. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
b. Nature vs. Nurture d. Continuity vs. Change

6. The degree to which human behavior is determined by genetics or learned through interacting
with the environment.
a. Stability vs. Change c. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
b. Nature vs. Nurture d. Continuity vs. Change

7. This theory examines the way someone changes in quantitative and continuous respect.
a. Change c. Continuity
b. Nature d. Stability

8. _______________ believes that changes through the lens of quantitative analysis with an
emphasis on the discontinuous nature of how someone changes.
a. Discontinuity c. Change
b. Nurture d. Stability
 9. According to this theory, personalities are modified by interactions with family experiences at
school and acculturation.
a. Change c. Continuity
b. Nurture d. Stability

10. What theory believes that change debate describes the developmental psychology discussion
about whether personality traits present in an individual at birth remain constant or change
throughout the lifespan?
a. Change c. Continuity
b. Nurture d. Stability

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Prepared by:

ROGER C. CABARLES III

Instructor