PED 101 (THE CHILD

AND ADOLESCENT
LEARNERS AND
LEARNING
PRINCIPLES)
40. According to Hurlock, studies of children’s play
revealed that toy play reaches its peak during the

d. Late childhood
41. Which stage according to Erickson is the
stage of trust and mistrust?

d. Infancy
42. According to Piaget, by adolescence boys
and girls must have reached what stage?

c. Formal operations stage

43. Which periods in the life span of an
individual are characterized by growth spurt?

a. Early childhood and adolescence

44. Babyhood is often referred to as a “
Critical period” in the development of
personality because:

a. At this time the foundations are laid upon which the adult personality
structure will be built
45. Which of the following behavior indicates that a
child has developed conventional maturity? The
behavior is based on _________

c. The expectations of the group or society in

general to gain approval
46. This is the stage when the learner become
confused and starts to experience identity crisis.
This is the ____________

d. Adolescent stage
47. Which Piagetian term refers to one’s
inability to distinguish between one’s own
perspective and someone else’s?

d. Egocentrism
48. Two identical balls of clay are shown to the
child. The child agrees that they are equal. Teacher
changes the shape of one of the balls and asks the
child whether they still contain equal amounts of
clay. The child answer, “ No the longer one has
more”. What skill does the child lack?

b. CONSERVATION
49. For Freud, the primary motivation for
human behavior is sexual in nature while for
Erikson it is _________ in nature.

a. Social
50. Two identical beakers A & B are presented to the child.
Teacher pours the liquid from B into C., which is taller,
and thinner than A & B has equal capacity with B. teacher
asks if the beakers A: C have the same amount of liquid.
The child says “ No” and points to C as the beaker that
has more liquid.
In what cognitive developmental stage is the
child?

c. PRE operational stage

51. To make sense of our world we organize
our experiences. We also change our thinking to
include new ideas and additional information.
The process of changing our thinking as a result
of new ideas is termed by Piaget as________.

b. Assimilation
52. A pre-school child says: “ That tree pushed
the leaf off, and it fell down”. This show that the
pre-school child believes that inanimate objects
have lifelike qualities and are capable of action.
This belief is called___________.

d. Animism
53. The theory on life-span development
advocates that sensitive care giving in later
life is a important as sensitive care giving in
early life. What statement goes with this?

a. Experiments in the first 3 years are as important as later

experiences
54. Based on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
which component(s) of personality is (are)
concerned with a sense of right and wrong

a. Super-ego
55. Two sticks are aligned in front of the child.
The child agrees that they are the same length.
Teacher moves on stick to the right, then asks
the child if they are equal in length. The child
answer, “no, the one on top is longer”.

CONSERVATION
56. Which conception of age is wrong?

d. Chronological age is the same psychological age

57. As humans we walk at about one year,
engage in fantasy play as a young child, and
become more independent as a youth. What
does this prove? Each of us develops partly.

c. Like all other individuals

58. Which one is Piaget’s Freud’s and
Eriksson’s thought about children’s play?

b. Makes a child’s life so enjoyable that he will tend to hate school life
later
59. In Piaget’s theory an individual’s adjustment
to new information is called___________.

a. ACCOMODATION