TCAP Practice Test 1

Question 1

1. The following are the recurring issues that pervade modern research on human development, except:
   A. continuity vs discontinuity
   B. universal vs. context specific
   C. nature vs nurture
   D. positive vs. negative

Answer 1

D. positive vs. negative

Question 2

Team A in a class informal debate believes that our genetic traits handed down from parents influence the individual differences that make each person unique. Team B on the other hand, believes that everything in us and all of our knowledge is determined by our experience. Which issue on human development is the topic of debate?
A. continuity vs discontinuity
B. universal vs. context specific
C. nature vs nurture
D. positive vs. negative

Answer 2

C. nature vs nurture

Question 3

Infants who have satisfying emotional relationships with their parents typically become children with satisfying peer relationships. This statement best illustrates a great deal of what concept in human development?
A. discontinuity
B. universal
C. continuity
D. context-specific

Answer 3

C. continuity

Question 4

Which of the following forces below include all the internal cognitive, perceptual, emotional, and personality factors that affect one’s behavior?
A. biological
B. psychological
C. sociocultural
D. life cycle

Answer 4

B. psychological

Question 5

Filipinos are known for having a strong family ties and they place high regard in the importance of their family before anything else. This statement best illustrates what basic force in human development?
A. biological
B. psychological
C. sociocultural
D. life cycle

Answer 5

C. sociocultural

Question 6

Which of the following statements conveys that the basic forces in human development interact with each other?
A. a person who has mental health problems working in a toxic environment
B. a person who overthink things around him and develops poor coping skills.
C. a person who has family history of lung cancer and always partying and drinking after school
D. a person who has predisposition for depression, a perfectionist who suffers from stress in work and family.

Answer 6

D. a person who has predisposition for depression, a perfectionist who suffers from stress in work and family.

Question 7

This force on human development states that same event can have different effects depending on when it happens in a person’s life.
A. Life-cycle forces
B. psychological forces
C. biological forces
D. Sociocultural forces

Answer 7

A. Life-cycle forces

Question 8

Some advocates argue that despite what look like differences in development, there is really one fundamental developmental process to everyone. On the other hand, some argue that human development is inextricably related with the conditions within which it occurs. The statement claims what issue in human development?
A. positive vs. negative development issue
B. universal vs. context specific development issue
C. continuity vs. discontinuity issue
D. nature vs. nurture issue

Answer 8

B. universal vs. context specific development issue

Question 9

Which of the following is true about human development?
A. development refers to the series of changes of an orderly coherent type toward the goal of maturity
B. development is the gradual and orderly unfolding of the characteristics of the individuals as they go through the successive stages of growth
C. human development considers both maturation and learning
D. all of these statements

Answer 9

D. all of these statements

Question 10

Azar remarked that her 16-year-old son is incredibly shy but has been active and sporty when he was a little boy. This illustrates the __________ of development.
A. context-specific
B. discontinuity
C. continuity
D. universal

Answer 10

B. discontinuity

Question 11

How do information-processing psychologists explain developmental changes in thinking and how it develops
A. development influenced by the sociocultural context in which children grow up
B. the developing person is embedded in a series of complex and interactive systems
C. just as computers consist of both hardware and software
D. that there are four stages that children must undergo

Answer 11

C. just as computers consist of both hardware and software

Question 12

Among the following psychologists listed below, who viewed that development is like an apprenticeship in which children develops as they worked with skilled adults?
A. Jean Piaget
B. Urie Bronfenbrenner
C. Albert Bandura
D. Lev Vygotsky

Answer 12

D. Lev Vygotsky

Question 13

Ms. Ocampo begins a lesson on tumbling in the P.E. subject, demonstrating front and back somersaults in slow motion and physically guiding her students through the correct movements. As her students become more skillful, she stands back from the mat and gives verbal feedback about to improve. With Vygotsky’s theory in mind, what did Ms. Ocampo did?
A. apprenticeship
B. scaffolding
C. peer interaction
D. guided participation

Answer 13

B. scaffolding

Question 14

This theory based on idea that human development is inseparable from the environmental contexts in which a person develops.
A. competence-environmental press theory
B. cognitive-developmental theory
C. information-processing theory
D. ecological theory

Answer 14

D. ecological theory

Question 15

Ricco’s mother is a teacher and he wants to go with his mother in school everyday. He is enjoying the workplace because he loves seeing many students around him. From the given situation, which of the following ecological theories is illustrated?
A. microsystem
B. mesosystem
C. exosystem
D. macrosystem

Answer 15

C. exosystem

Question 16

Among the different systems of ecological approach, ________ strongly influenced development.
A. microsystem
B. mesosystem
C. exosystem
D. macrosystem

Answer 16

A. microsystem

Question 17

Being born to a poor family, it makes Aira work harder everyday to sustain family’s everyday needs. This situation describes what system of ecological approach?
A. microsystem
B. mesosystem
C. exosystem
D. macrosystem

Answer 17

D. macrosystem

Question 18

Although Piaget’s theory gives a complete account of cognitive development, it has numerous shortcomings. The following statements are the shortcomings of Piaget’s theory, except
A. is vague concerning processes of change
B. it undervalues cognitive competence in adolescents
C. undervalues the influence of the sociocultural environment
D. does not account for variability in children’s performance

Answer 18

D. does not account for variability in children’s performance

Question 19

Jaya, while growing up in the States is realizing that she is different with that of her classmates, she has brown skin and black hair, while others have fair skin. At home, her mom cooks adobo instead of steak and speaking in Ilocano dialect. This realization is brought about by…
A. Biological
B. Psychological
C. Socio-cultural
D. Life-cycle

Answer 19

C. Socio-cultural

Question 20

These developmental theories would give emphasis on satisfying the needs in each stage of development otherwise, the child could develop behaviors or personality which may not be adaptive to the environment.
A. Psychodynamic
B. Learning
C. Cognitive-behavioral
E. Ecological
F. Life-span

Answer 20

A. Psychodynamic

Question 21

The infant learns to imitate how to use cutlery and eventually learn how to hold pencils when he starts schooling. This development describes….
A. Psychodynamic
B. Learning
C. Cognitive-behavioral
D. Ecological
E. Life-span

Answer 21

B. Learning

Question 22

With no talented parents to inherit a skill, Raymond learns how to play the guitar as his music teacher encourages them to play musical instruments.
A. Nature vs. nurture
B. Continuity vs discontinuity
C. universal vs. context specific.

Answer 22

A. Nature vs. nurture

Question 23

At age 47, Janet observed that she is getting impatient on little things, to be lethargic rather than active in sports whom she loves when she was in her 30s.
A. biological
B. Psychological
C. socio-cultural
D. life cycle

Answer 23

A. biological

Question 24

The difference between experimental and correlational method is..
A. participants in the experimental can be assigned to groups while in participants in correlation cannot be assigned to groups.
B. experimental can control extraneous variable but correlational tends to no control
C. experimental cannot be subjected to ethical reasons while correlational can be subjected to ethical reasons.

Answer 24

B. experimental can control extraneous variable but correlational tends to no control

Question 25

In a longitudinal research, results/responses of participants may vary as the person grows old. The variation in response may be caused by….
A. maturation effects
B. cohort effects
C. age effects

Answer 25

C. age effects

Question 26

Latency period of Freud is comparable to Erikson’s..
A. initiative vs. guilt
B. Identity vs. confusion
C. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
D. Industry vs. inferiority

Answer 26

D. Industry vs. inferiority

Question 27

A stage in Piaget’s cognitive development wherein the child uses symbolic thought to develop language.
A. Preoperational stage
B. Concrete operational stage
C. Post formal thought
D. Formal operational stage

Answer 27

A. Preoperational stage

Question 28

Arnold decided to take up Psychology as a course, even if persuaded by his family to take up Nursing. He sees the course Psychology as a stepping stone to become management trainee in the industrial world.
A. Reorganizational stage
B. Responsible stage
C. Acquisitive stage
D. Achieving stage

Answer 28

D. Achieving stage

Question 29

Your mother decided to become a member of your church by being one of the people who assist the priest during mass. She devoted her Sunday to serve the mass by reading the gospel to church goers.
A. Reorganizational stage
B. Responsible stage
C. Acquisitive stage
D. Achieving stage

Answer 29

D. Achieving stage

Question 30

The intelligence of a child expands further due to the contribution of educators in tirelessly teaching him develop his reading and writing skills, computational skills and creativity. This lifespan approach talks about…
A. Multidimensional
B. Multidirectional
C. Contextual
D. Plastic

Answer 30

C. Contextual

Question 31

Ben, when he becomes a family man, spends shorter hours with friends after work and would go home to help his wife taking care of their child.
A. Multidimensional
B. Multidirectional
C. Contextual
D. Plastic

Answer 31

B. Multidirectional

Question 32

After graduation, you decided to pursue your career in Dubai as management trainee. It has affected your way of life from what you were accustomed to in the Philippines. You also gained multinational friends and would connect with your family online.
A. Mesosystem
B. Exosystem
C. Macrosystem
D. Chronosystem

Answer 32

D. Chronosystem

Question 33

When a student mentally tries to calculate the mathematical problem, he is using his….
A. working memory
B. critical thinking
C. metacognition
D. information processing

Answer 33

A. working memory

Question 34

Dennis is a 44 years old person, he has never admitted to his family and friends about his sexual preferences. He kept on pursuing women as pressured by traditional sex roles but still could not maintain long lasting relationship. At times, he doubted if he really wanted to have a family. Dennis could be suffering from…… according to Erikson
A. Role confusion
B. self-absorbed
C. isolation
D. generativity

Answer 34

C. isolation

Question 35

A child was asked, I wanted to be a policeman, just like my dad. This statement talks about the stage of….
A. autonomy vs. shame & doubt
B. initiative vs. guilt
C. industry vs inferiority
D. trust vs. mistrust

Answer 35

B. initiative vs. guilt

Question 36

Rita is a child who was about to enter pre-school, she waved to her parents’ goodbye and held the hand of her teacher as they trudge toward the classroom. She smiled at her classmates and said, “Hi there, I am Rita.” Rita shows…
A. easy child temperament
B. difficult child temperament
C. slow-to-warm up temperament.

Answer 36

A. easy child temperament

Question 37

One social psychologist mentioned that we are a product of our interaction with our environment, it influences as we grow. Our interaction allows us to select which behaviors are beneficial and not, and which values are we going to retain or discard.
A. Psychological
B. socio-cultural
C. life cycle
D. life course

Answer 37

B. socio-cultural

Question 38

William grows up to be a responsible person. He can be depended upon on work, he delivers outputs on time. He is quite irritated when others are lazy and appear not to care about deadlines. He also tidies up his desk before leaving work. He exhibits what kind of stage based on psychodynamic approach…
A. Oral
B. Anal
C. conscientiousness
D. agreeableness

Answer 38

B. Anal

Question 39

What stage of development is parallel to Freud’s Anal stage?
A. Trust vs. mistrust
B. Initiative vs. guild
C. Autonomy vs. shame or doubt
D. Identity vs. role confusion

Answer 39

C. Autonomy vs. shame or doubt