Diagnostic TEST Perdev
BS Psychology (Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
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Personal Development
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
S.Y. 2021-2022
Directions: Read and analyze each question carefully and select the letter that best
represents your answer.
1.
It is the one that you hope you possess that has characteristics similar to that of
a mentor or some other worldly figure.
A. Actual self
C. Self-Concept
B. Ideal self
D. Self-Image
2. Why is knowing yourself so important?
A. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you easily get along
with others.
B. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help your future becomes
Better.
C. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you understand
What life is.
D. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you make better
decisions and living more productively.
3. Which of the following statements is most likely not a good habit?
A. Adventure Maniac
C. Computer geek
B. Chain smokers
D. Early riser
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 comfortable with themselves and are not ashamed nor troubled with
the notion of other people seeing them for who they really are.
D. They hide little about themselves and are typically considered as harmless by
others, who either treat them with kindness. These people are often taken
advantage of because of their simple mindedness.
6. Which of following statements is NOT true about adolescence developmental tasks?
A. Adolescents have one foot in childhood and one foot in adulthood.
B. Parents and adults have an important role to play in. These roles 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 some room to make their own
decisions and to be accountable for the consequences of those decisions.
7. Which of the following statement is not an important concepts or ideas 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.
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8. These are things you do or the way you behave.
A. Actions
C. Feelings
B. Emotions
D. Thoughts.
9. It is the time for adjustment to decreasing strength and health, life review, retirement
and new social roles.
A. Adolescence
C. Middle Childhood
B. Infancy
D. Late Adulthood
10. In your perception, how can encouragement helps one’s person?
A. It helps in becoming a person able to set his goals whatever it takes.
B. It focuses on mistakes as way to motivate, change or improved
behavior.
C. It dominates others by being overly helpful, implying that they are unable to do
it as well.
D. It develops psychological hardiness and social interest in a way that one has
the ability to function when things aren’t going their way.
11. When a person knew who he is, he is likely to be as the following except,
A. He can express his emotions, live life to the fullest and did not even care for
others.
B. He develops understanding of himself, he would be happier because he can
express who he is.
C. He makes better decision and better choices about everything and
understands
what motivates him.
D. He understands his strengths and weaknesses, his passions and fears, his
life’s
desires and dreams.
12. The following statements will help a teenager to become a responsible adolescent
prepared for adult life except
A. Take care of your health and hygiene.
B. Give in to temptations and do bad things.
C. Focus on your studies and do well in all your endeavors.
D. Establish open and good communication with parents and guardians
13. Which of the following statements is an act of a responsible adolescent?
A. Forget to self-control and self-discipline.
B. Let your teenage hormones get into you.
C. Think many times before you act on something.
D. Identify the probable consequences of the action that you will make.
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. 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
B. Eustress
D. Depressed
16. Which of the following may help teens in coping with stress EXCEPT?
A. Get enough rest
C. Engage in physical activity
B. Focus on your weaknesses
D. Do things that make you happy
17. Which of the following situations develop eustress?
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A. Attending a birthday party
B. Arguing with a classmate
C. Losing a cellphone
D. Getting a failing mark
Mary considered her failed grade in Math during the first grading period as a challenge.
Thus, she studied harder and improved her time management skills to perform better in
the next grading periods. Grace, on the other hand, got angry with her teacher, dislike
the subject and became demotivated to study math, eventually cut classes and worsen
her situation.
18. What do you think is the coping strategy and approach done by Mary?
A. Mary instill the values her parents taught her.
B. Mary exerted effort so that she will pass the next grading period.
C. Mary symbolizes a good student who wants to achieve her future.
D. Mary takes her failed Math grade as a challenge and still pursue to do better
the next time.
19. What do you think is the coping strategy done by Grace?
A. Grace acted wrongly as she became motivated to study.
B. Grace is a loser who never tried after she failed in her Math subject.
C. Grace does not want to try again her luck and contented in her failing grades.
D. Grace takes her failing grades negatively and eventually engage to cutting
classes as scapegoat of her stressful situation.
20. Which part of the brain is responsible for reasoning, planning, speech and
movement,
emotions and problem-solving?
A. Frontal lobe
C. Parietal lobe
B. Occipital lobe
D. Temporal lobe
21. Which of the following is not a major layer of the brain?
A. Stem brain
C. Hindbrain
B. Forebrain
D. Midbrain
22. How can you enhance your brain functions?
A. I will sleep from time to time.
B. I will play mind games on the computer overtime.
C. I will read books continuously from morning until evening.
D. I will routinely exercise and eat healthy fruits and vegetables
23. It enables people to be aware of what is happening around them and helps people
become more aware of their as well as other people’s emotions.
A. Emotional Alchemy
C. Emotional Fitness
B. Emotional Domain
D. Emotional Literacy
24. Being angry is described as
A. Feeling full of energy
B. Feeling alone and nobody cares
C. Feeling upset with a person, act or idea
D. Feeling sad, blue, discouraged and unhappy
25. These are methods of managing emotions physically EXCEPT
A. Learn how to meditate.
B. Develop relaxation techniques.
C. Exercise to help deal with depression.
D. Be open with whoever is willing to help you.
26. Identifying your emotions involves
A. Learning how to change your mood.
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B. Knowing why you feel the way you do.
C. Thinking about the best way to express your emotion.
D. Talking to a school counselor, parent, trusted adult, or therapist.
27. Which of the following Ancient Greek types of love is recommended for friendship?
A. Storge, Agape, Philia
C. Pragma Eros, Ludus
B. Storge, Eros, Philia
D. Storge, Philia, Philautia
28. Which of the following influences the person to get attracted to others who like them
back?
A. Physical Attractiveness
C. Similarity
B. Proximity
D. Reciprocity
29. What act refers to deciding to consistently fulfill and live by agreements made with
another person, entity, or cause, and where the values of integrity and respect serve
as a guide to one’s behavior and thinking?
A. Passion
C. Commitment
B. Attraction
D. Attachment
30. Which of the following is NOT a sign that you may be in an abusive relationship?
A. Avoiding friends
B. Apologizing for your partner`s behavior
C. Giving gifts during special occasions.
D. Bruises, scratches and other signs of injuries.
31. Which of the following is an element of a healthy relationship?
A. One person makes all the decisions
C. Be disrespectful
B. Trust one another
D. You are threatened
32. Who among the individuals below creates and implements the laws of the land?
A. celebrities
C. children
B. political leaders
D. religious leaders
33. What do you think will happen if people will not obey the rules implemented by the
people in authority?
A. They will enjoy the perks of being a member of society.
B. They will be sanctioned for violating the law or rules.
C. They can continue to do anything they want to do.
D. They can shrug shoulders as if nothing happened.
34. It is where we adopt attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one source or
another.
A. Social Legacy
C. Spiritual Legacy
B. Emotional legacy
D. Attitudes and beliefs
35. Which type of family below where it only consists of one adult with one child in a
household because the couple may be separated, divorced, widowed, or never
married?
A. Foster Family
C. Extended Family
B. Nuclear Family
D. Single-Parent Family
36. What particular part of the planning procedure should be definite, clear, and direct to
the point?
A. Specific
C. Attainable
B. Measurable
D. Relevant
37. What specific career pathing requires self-analysis and self-assessment to know
your
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full potential as an individual?
A. Personal Plan
C. Decision Making
B. Self-awareness
D. Opportunity and Awareness
38. How do you call a certain perception to which you prepare and intensify a design at
present because you believed that it will become purposeful in the future?
A. Personal Plan
C. Long-Term Goals
B. Short Term Goal
D. Personal Development
39. What factor consists of the nervous system, glands, and blood chemistry which
determine our characteristics and habitual modes of behavior?
A. Environmental Factor
C. Heredity
B. Biological Factor
D. Cultural Factor
40. Which among the factors below, refers to customs and traditions, ideas and values
of
the society?
A. Environmental Factor
C. Heredity
B. Cultural Environment
D. School Environment
41. Who among the Brazilian authors below, wrote the book entitled “The Alchemist”,
which introduces the idea of one’s Personal Legend that reflects the desire of an
individual to accomplish something?
A. Pablo Coelho
C. Paolo Coelho
B. Paolo Cervantez
D. Pablo Cervantez
42. What are the three distinguishing factors of personality development that are
responsible for total human formation?
A. Physical, Heredity and Personal
B. Heredity, Environment and Psychology
C. Cultural, Physical and Hereditary
D. School, Heredity, Physical
43. 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
44. 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
45. At what stage does one need to adjust to the happenings of his life and understand
everything especially death?
A. Adolescence
C. Late Maturity
B. Early Adulthood
D. Middle Age
46. The following are developmental tasks in early childhood EXCEPT
A. Learning to talk
B. Learning to take solid foods
C. Learning to get along with age mates
D. Learning to control elimination of wastes
47. Which is false about the brain stem?
A. It’s responsible for the brain’s highest level of thinking and perception.
B. It controls the flow of messages between the brain and the body.
C. It consists of three parts: the medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain.
D. It is the oldest and innermost region of the brain.
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48. A family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents,
grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
A. Nuclear Family
C. Extended Family
B. Step Family
D. Adoptive Family
49. A family where the parents are members of different racial identity groups.
A. Conditionally separated families
C. Bi-racial or multi-racial family
B. Immigrant family
D. Trans-racial adoptive family
50. Neglect of responsibilities is one of the behavioral manifestations of stress. Which
of the following illustrates neglect of responsibility?
A. Sleeping too little
B. Not doing your homework
C. Eating less nutritious food
D. Become easily irritated
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