Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III-CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF GAPAN CITY

FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Instructions: Choose the best answer and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
Write your answers on the separate worksheet or paper.

1. In what stage, your body undergoes changes like having pubic hair, gaining
muscles, and body shapes?
a. Emotional Development c. Physical Development
b. Mental Development d. Social Development
2. What kind of development when you already established your own moral
standards and beliefs in life?
a. Emotional Development c. Physical Development
b. Mental Development d. Social Development
3. Before, Cherry is very shy, but now she became too confident and talkative.
Which of the following development best explains Cherry’s development?
a. Emotional Development c. Physical Development
b. Mental Development d. Social Development
4. Aljade becomes more too self-conscious and he started to develop romantic
feelings to Kyrel. Which the following can best explain Aljade’s development?
a. Emotional Development c. Physical Development
b. Mental Development d. Social Development
5. Rolando is too confused about his identity. What could be the possible causes
of his confusion?
a. Doesn’t established clear self-identity
b. Lack of parental guidance
c. Not undergone physical development
d. None of the above
6. What is the time of life when very little is normative? It is a period of frequent
change and exploration that covers many aspects of their life: home, family,
work, school, resources, and role.
a. Early adolescence c. Middle adolescence
b. Late adolescence d. Middle late adolescence
7. When you develop firm opinions and fight for it, it means that you undergo
which type of development?
a. Emotional Development c. Physical Development
b. Mental Development d. Social Development
8. When you have strong sense of yourself, what would possibly happen to you?
a. You will be easily deceived by others.
b. You will be swayed easily by problems in life.
c. You will be properly guided and ready to accept the challenges in life
because you know yourself very well.
d. You easily give up on problems because you know your worth.
9. What is meant by “Knowing others is intelligence.”?
a. Having ideas towards identify of others is just a mental state.
b. Getting to know others is also a gift that only few are blessed.
c. Knowing how to deal with different personalities is a special talent.
d. It is not easy to know others it requires mental capability to do this.
10.Which is NOT true about self-development?
a. every people will undergo this process.
b. everybody will look for ways to understand himself/herself.
c. everyone will find it difficult to know himself/herself better.
d. every individual has the chance of knowing himself/herself better
11.What is meant by “Knowing yourself is true wisdom.”?
a. Self-concept is a great power of mind.
b. Knowing oneself is achieving a higher level of thinking.
c. Knowing oneself is a process that is developed through self-discovery.
d. Self-concept is a kind of intelligence that is developed through
education.
12.What is likely to happen when one gained complete understanding of
himself/herself?
a. he/she will seek professional help.
b. he/she will find difficult knowing others.
c. he/she will build a better life on his/her own.
d. he/she will take his/her part in the society successfully.
13.To where a person is believed to acquire his/her first and primary concept of
right and wrong?
a. from his/her family c. from his/her friends
b. from his/her school d. from his/her society
14.Which refers to "the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals
which includes the other system or organism around, as well as the physical
environment?
a. Middle adolescence Stage c. Holistic Development
b. Late adolescence Stage d. Early adolescence stage
15.Communication skills include expressive language. What does this usually
mean?
a. Talking and writing c. Writing and listening
b. Talking and reading d. Writing and Thinking
16.What does Social development means?
a. Co-operating c. How we behave in an acceptable way
b. Mixing with others d. All of these
17.Which is biologically related (hunger and thirst)?
a. Power b. Virtues c. Drives d. Values
18.What are the Independent thought and action?
a. 6 basic emotions c. Self-direction
b. Psychological d. Tradition
19.Which statement does NOT state a fact about physical growth?
a. It is noticeable.
b. It is the last stage to experience.
c. It may give negative feeling for adolescent.
d. It also involves behavioral changes among adolescents.
20.What statement defines Psychosocial Development of Erikson?
a. It is related to child’s moral and ethical concept of self.
b. It is the first noticeable changes that occur in a man’s life.
c. Conflict is the inevitable things that a man encounters in life.
d. Conflict that a child experience in life serves as a form of development.
21.What statement gives the reason why spiritual development plays a big role in
the personal growth of an adolescent?
a. It gives him/her sense of direction.
b. It gives him/her the skills in socialization.
c. It gives him/her freedom to choose his/her religion.
 d. It gives him/her ideas on why changes in his/her body occur.
22.What statement gives reason why negative behaviors are observed among
teenagers during the physiological growth?
a. Physical growth is so stressful.
b. All of kinds of physiological changes are negative.
c. Some physical changes are not pleasing for the youth.
d. Physiological changes are not observable to some people
23.What do you call the way how we feel and affects our behaviors?
a. Feelings b. Moods c. Thoughts d. Trauma
24.What is a process of what we perceived in our mind that creates mental images?
a. Actions b. Mental c. Moods d. Thoughts
25.Cindy was surprised when she received a bouquet of flowers coming from
Robert. What feelings should Cindy be showing?
a. angry b. disgust c. happy d. sad
26.The waiter was fired to his job because the restaurant should layoff some of its
staff. What do you think that the waiter feels when he heard the news that he is
one of the staff that will be laid off?
a. angry b. disgust c. happy d. sad
27.The teacher comes in the room with smiling face. What kind of emotions does
the teacher is showing to her students?
a. angry b. disgust c. happy d. sad
28.Helen is usually fetch by his boyfriend Aljade however today to her surprised
and she waited too long her boyfriend didn’t come? What do you think Helen
would be thinking?
a. She is too worried about what happen to her boyfriend that maybe he
has to do overtime for his job.
b. She will be angry and will break up with her boyfriend.
c. She will go home and ask her boyfriend why he didn’t come up and
they end up fighting to each other.
d. She will call him that she rides in a taxi and it is okay if he will not be
able to fetch her.
29.What are probably the results of your feelings and negative thoughts?
a. Attitude b. Behavior c. Tantrums d. Trauma
30.Nurses are too tired because of the number of COVID 19 victims are soaring
high. If you are a nurse handling COVID 19 cases what would you feel?
a. angry b. disgust c. happy d. sad
31.Why feelings affect human’s behaviors?
a. Because how do we feel started on our thoughts and soon affect our
behaviors.
b. Because feelings what drives our behaviors.
c. Because feelings are emotions and humans react usually based on
what they feel.
d. None of the above
32.Which statement about adolescence is accurate?
a. Adolescence is a social construction
b. The concept of adolescence has existed throughout human history
c. The concept of a period of adolescence exists in only a few societies
today
d. Adolescence is generally considered the beginning of puberty
33.The precise time for the burst of hormonal activity that triggers the onset of
puberty depends on?
a. The presence of estrogen c. Reaching a critical weight level
b. Age d. The presence of androgens.
34.The principal sign of sexual maturity in males is the?
a. Onset of acne c. Appearance of facial hair
b. Onset of menarche d. Production of sperm
35.The statement below describes Emotional development, EXCEPT.
a. Experiences of intimate relationships
b. Starts to have more intellectual interests
c. May stress over school and test scores
d. Seeks privacy and time alone
36.Which of the following is a way for adolescents to exercise their brains for better
development?
a. Long hours sending text messages to their friends
b. Vigorous hair washing twice daily
c. Frequent visits to amusement parks with thrilling rides
d. Learning to understand abstract concepts
37.Based on the research concerning adolescent sleep needs, schools could reduce
the negative effects of chronic sleep deprivation and maximize adolescents'
ability to concentrate by?
a. Providing adolescents with coffee when they arrive at school in the
morning
b. Encouraging adolescents to "sleep in" on weekends
c. Changing their schedules to start classes later
d. Encouraging adolescents to go to sleep earlier so they can wake up
earlier
38.Carolyn regularly stuffs herself with large meals, finishing them off with a couple
of rich desserts. She then makes herself vomit and follows up with two hours of
exercise. Carolyn is most likely suffering from which eating disorder?
a. Toxemia c. Bulimia nervosa
b. Obesity d. Anorexia nervosa
39.Which adolescent is LEAST likely to abuse drugs?
a. Darla, who campaigns with an organization promoting medical uses of
marijuana and other drugs
b. Brenda, who has poor impulse control
c. Carlos, who uses aggression to deal with interpersonal conflict
d. Adam, who has serious discussions with his parents about drug use
40.The key ingredient for improving your relationships with others is?
a. Encouragement c. Happiness
b. Social interest d. Joyfulness
41.Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms of the future is what kind of
personal development?
a. Social development c. Emotional development
b. Physical development d. Mental development
42.The awareness of one's own mental processes and strategies is referred to as?
a. Metamemory c. Metacognition
b. Self-efficacy d. Intuition
43.Which of the following students is MOST likely to drop out of high school?
a. Lori, whose grades have been improving since her English teacher started
calling her mom whenever she cut class
b. Jorge, who has been offered a chance to increase his work hours to full time
c. Jackson, who went to an award-winning preschool
d. Cookie, who is a cheerleader
44.Claire has high self-efficacy. As a result, she is likely to _____ in high school and
have _____ career goals.
a. Achieved moderately well; few c. Perform below average; realistic
b. Drop out; gender-stereotyped d. Do well; high
45.The adolescent's physical response to stress is _____ than that of an adult
because the part of the adolescent's brain, the _____, that assesses danger and
directs action during stress is not yet fully developed.
a. Faster, prefrontal cortex c. Coping as problem-focused
b. Coping as emotion-focused d. Coping mechanisms for stress
46.When the objective is to lessen the emotional impact caused by the stressful
situation. Lessening the emotional impact of stress through positive imagery or
thoughts.
a. Coping as emotion-focused c. Stress as stimulus, stressors
b. Coping as problem-focused d. Coping mechanisms for stress
47.The given examples such as: a high-stress job, overcrowding, and long
commutes to work are under what categories of stress.
a. stress as result c. stress as response
b. stress as stimulus d. stress as relational
48.The trouble that comes from imperfect people around us is what category of
stress?
a. stress as result c. stress as response
b. stress as stimulus d. stress as relational
49.Which is NOT true about stress?
a. If you ignore stress, it will go away.
b. Women appear more distress than men.
c. Stress is hormonal response from the body.
d. Stress can overburden your mind with incessant worries
50.What do you call activities like breathing exercise, regular physical exercise,
meditation, yoga, reading an inspirational book, or listening to relaxing music?
a. Learning to say no
b. Doing well in school
c. Learn to manage your time
d. Get into relaxation activities