Personal DEVELOPMENT

Assessment: Post-Test

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is shaped from a variety of factors like beliefs, thoughts, expressions,

associations and external influence

A. Aspirations C. Belief
B. Attitude D. Moral

2. Which of the following statement showed is most likely not a good habit?
A. Adventure Maniac C. Computer geeks
B. Chain smokers D. Early riser

3. It is a dynamic concept and you tend to imbibe things, which you learn out of your
daily experiences.
A. Appearance C. Personality
B. Hobbies D. Self-Concept

4. It is the first thing that people would visualize when they think of you. 

A. Appearance C. Habits
B. Attitude D. Signature Style

5. Which of the following does NOT describe a NAÏVE persona?

A. They talk little about themselves and may spend a significant amount of
time ensconced in their own private world.
B. They know relatively little about themselves, they may be of lower
intelligence, not being able to relate either to themselves or to others.
C. They are so comfortable with themselves they are not ashamed or troubled
with the notion of other people seeing themselves as they really are.
D. They hide little about themselves and are typically considered as harmless
by others, who either treat them in kind, and perhaps patronizing ways (that
go unnoticed) or take unkind advantage of their naivety.

6. It is a simple and useful tool for understanding and training self-awareness,

personal development, improving communications, interpersonal relationships,
group dynamics, team development and intergroup relationships.
A. Johari Window C. Self-Concept
B. Self-Assessment D. Self-Image
7. In Johari Window, it is the quadrant where others know about you and you know
too.
A. Blind Self C. Open Self
B. Hidden Self D. Unknown Self

8. There are often parts of our selves that are too private to share with others
wherein we hide these away and refuse to discuss them with other people or even
expose them in any way.
A. Blind Self C. Open Self
B. Hidden Self D. Unknown Self

9. This is part of yourself where what others know about you, but you don’t.
A. Blind Self C. Open Self
B. Hidden Self D. Unknown Self

10. This is part of yourself that others don’t know about you and you don’t either.
A. Blind Self C. Open Self
B. Hidden Self D. Unknown Self

11. Which of the following refers to your awareness of yourself?

A. Actual self C. Self-Concept
B. Ideal self D. Self-Image

12. Which statement pertains to Self-knowledge?

A. It is the self that you aspire to be.
B. It is the self that you actually see.
C. It is derived from social interactions that provide insight into how others
react to you.
D. It is an idealized image that we developed over time, based on what we
have learned and experienced.

13. It is the one that you hope will possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor
or some other worldly figure.
A. Actual self C. Self-Concept
B. Ideal self D. Self-Image

14. It is the self that has characteristics that you were nurtured or, or in some cases,
born to have.
A. Actual self C. Self-Concept
B. Ideal self D. Self-Image

15. It is the union of elements, namely: body, thoughts, feelings or emotions, and
sensations that constitute the individuality and identity of a person.
A. Habit C. Self-Concept
B. Self D. Self-Image

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 1. These are things you do or the way you behave.
A. Actions C. Feelings
B. Emotions D. Thoughts

2. Which of the following statements is considered a coping thought?

A. I’m going to fail.
B. My average grade is going to go way down.
A. My parents are going to be so pissed.
B. I should go talk to my teacher about the test.

3. Which of the following statements represents feelings?

A. Emma must be mad at me
B. I feel sad and hurt.
C. I ignored Emma and avoided her at school
D. My friend Emma hasn’t spoken to me over the past week

4. Which of the following statements is NOT an important concept/s or idea/s

implied in the story of the two wolves?
A. The mind seems to be a unitary entity
B. The “you” has the ability to decide which wolf it will feed.
C. The two wolves fight for dominance over our mind and behavior.
D. Having made a choice, “you” can decide specifically how to “feed” or
nurture the selected wolf.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Feelings can be described in one word and come from inside you
B. Thoughts are the words or pictures that go through your mind
C. You can change the way you feel by changing the way you think.
D. Automatic thoughts help you cope with difficult events and emotions.

6. These descriptions of your self could be in the areas of maintenance of your

living environment: reaction to light, temperature, space, weather, colors,
sound and seasons, and your impact on the environment.
A. Contextual Self C. Intellectual Self
B. Emotional Self D. Spiritual Self

7. This could include your feelings about yourself and organized religion,
reactions about your spiritual connections to others, feelings about your
spiritual development and history, and thought about your metaphysical self
A. Contextual Self C. Intellectual Self
B. Emotional Self D. Spiritual Self

For numbers 8-10 refer to this situation. One Saturday night, I’m alone. I was sad. I
isolated myself. I did not call my friends. I did not pick up my phone either.

8. Which of the following statements best represents your thought?

A. I feel alone.
B. I feel sad.

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D. I do not call my friends.

9. Which part of the situation represents your feelings?

A. I feel alone.
B. I feel sad.
C. I isolate myself.
D. I do not call my friends.

10. Which of the statements does NOT represent an action?

A. I isolate myself
B. I do not call my friends
C. One Saturday night, I’m alone
D. I do not pick up my phone either

11. It Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate

relationships and relationships to friends, family, co-students and strangers in
social settings
A. Interactional Self C. Nutritional Self
B. Intellectual Self D. Sensual Self

12. It is about typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try
to avoid, feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and
feelings which are associated with each other.
A. Emotional Self C. Physical Self
B. Intellectual Self D. Spiritual Self

13. These are words that run through you mind.

A. Actions C. Thoughts
B. Feelings D. Behavior

14. Which of the following is NOT an example of feelings?

A. Anger C. Happiness
B. Fear D. Playing

15. It is a description of yourself, which include your height, weight, facial

appearance, and quality of skin, hair and descriptions of body areas such as
your neck, chest, waist, and legs.
A. Emotional Self C. Physical Self
B. Intellectual Self D. Spiritual Self

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Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. At what stage that one needs to adjust to the happenings of his life and one
understand everything especially in death?
A. Adolescence C. Late Maturity

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 B. Early Adulthood D. Middle Age

2. The following are developmental tasks in early childhood EXCEPT _______.

A. Learning to talk C. Learning to get along with age mates
B. Learning to take solid foods D. Learning to control elimination of
wastes

3. The following are developmental task of early adulthood EXCEPT ______.

A. Rearing children C. Starting an occupation
B. Managing a home D. Adjusting to aging parent

4. A developmental task where an adolescent learns through interacting with

others in more adult ways and physical maturity plays an important role
in peer relations is ______.
A. Achieving mature relations with both sexes
B. Achieving masculine or feminine social role
C. Accepting one’s physique
D. Achieving emotional independence of adults

5. The following statements described the developmental task of late adulthood

EXCEPT _______.
A. Adjusting to death of spouse
B. Meeting social and civic obligations
C. Establishing satisfactory living quarters
D. Helping teenage children to become happy and responsible adults

6. The developmental stage where it begins with rapid physical changes like
dramatic gains in height, in weight, changes in body contour, and
development of sexual characteristics such as enlargement of breasts,
development of pubic and facial hair, deepening of voice.
A. Adolescence C. Middle Childhood
B. Infancy D. Late Adulthood

7. It is the time for adjustment to decreasing strength and health, life review,
retirement and adjustment to new social roles.
A. Adolescence C. Middle Childhood
B. Infancy D. Late Adulthood

8. It is the stage of establishing personal & economic independence, career

development, selecting a mate, learning to live with someone in an intimate
way, starting a family & rearing children.
A. Adolescence C. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood D. Late Adulthood

9. It is the developmental stage wherein fundamental skills of reading, writing,

and arithmetic are mastered.
A. Early Childhood C. Middle Childhood
B. Middle Adulthood D. Late Adulthood

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10.He defines developmental tasks as one that arises at certain period in our
life, the successful achievement of which leads to happiness and success
with later tasks while failure leads to unhappiness, social disapproval, and
difficulty with later task.
A. Erick Ericson C. John Locke
B. John Santrosk D. Robert Havighurt

11.Which of following statements is NOT true about adolescence

developmental task?
A. Adolescents have one foot in childhood and one foot in adulthood.
B. Parents and adults have an important role to play with and can give a
positive impact on the lives of adolescents.
C. A developmental task represents our culture's definition of normal
development at different points in the life span.
D. Adults should not provide adolescents a space to make their own
decisions and be accountable for the consequences of their actions.

12.The following statements will help you become a responsible adolescent

EXCEPT________.
A. Take care of your health and hygiene.
B. Give in to temptations.
C. Focus on your studies and do well in all your endeavors.
D. Establish open and good communication with parents and guardians.

13.Accepting one’s physique, achieving emotional independence of adults and

preparing for marriage and family life and preparing for an economic career
are examples of what developmental stage?
A. Adolescence C. Middle Adulthood
B. Early Adulthood D. Late Adulthood

14.Which of the following statements is an act of a responsible adolescent?

A. Think many times before you act on something.
B. Identify the probable consequences of the actions that you will make.
C. Forget to self-control and self-discipline.
D. Let your teenage hormones get into you.

15.As an adolescent becoming more self-sufficient means _______.

A. To learn to work with others for a common purpose.
B. To develop an outlook toward life based on what is important.
C. To develop affection for parents without dependence upon them.
D. To develop career/vocational goals and ways to reach these goals.

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Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of the following is an Unhealthy coping strategy?

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 A. Procrastination
B. Healthy eating
C. Relaxation technique
D. Using social Support

2. Which of the following statement is NOT true about Mental Health?

A. Mental health can affect many areas of your life.
B. Mental health affects how we think, feel, and act.
C. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-
being.
D. Mental health can’t determine how we handle stress, relate to others,
and make choices.

3. Stressors include
A. Daily hassles
B. Major life changes
C. life circumstances
D. all of the above

4. These are the ways you act and respond to your environment
A. Behavior C. Thoughts
B. Body Actions D. Emotions

5. Mental health can influence__________________

A. How you feel about yourself, the world and your life
B. Your ability to solve problems and overcome challenges
C. Your ability to achieve your goals
D. All of the above

6. They have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being,

behaviour, and health.
A. Mental Health C. Well-Being
B. Stress D. Stressor

7. It refers to a positive and healthy response of the body from a stressor. It

produces good feelings to one’s well-being.
A. Distress C. Stress
D. Eustress D. Depressed

8. It refers to a negative reaction of the body towards a given stressor.

A. Distress C. Stress
B. Eustress D. Depressed
9. Which of the following situations develop eustress?
A. Attending a birthday party
B. Arguing with a classmate
C. Losing a cellphone
D. Getting a failing mark

10. Which of the following may help teens in coping with stress EXCEPT?
A. Get enough rest

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 B. Focus on your weaknesses
C. Engage in physical activity 
D. Do things that make you happy  

11. It is a positive concept related to the social and emotional wellbeing of

individuals and communities.
A. Mental disorder C. Mental illness
B. Mental health D. Psychological well being

12. It is quite similar to other terms that refer to positive mental states, such
as happiness or satisfaction, and in many ways it is not necessary, or
helpful to worry about fine distinctions between such terms.
A. Mental disorder C. Mental illness
B. Mental health D. Psychological well being

13. It can affect your mental health in some areas of life.

A. Appetite C. Relationships with other
B. Energy levels D. All of the about

14. It is a physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension resulting from

adverse or very demanding circumstances. It is the body’s response to a
threatening situation or to change.
A. Mental Health C. Well-Being
B. Stress D. Stressor

15. Why should mental health matter to you and your family?
A. When your mental health suffers, it can become hard to enjoy life.
B. Many of these changes can make it harder to enjoy a balanced and
rewarding life.
C. Everyone can benefit from learning how to enhance and protect their
mental health.
D. All of the above

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