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PED3701 EXAM PREPARATION
The following two criteria must be presented to describe an adolescent as resilient,
namely significant adversity and:
1. Negative adjustment
2. Positive adjustment (page 237)
3. Negative support
4. Positive support
A learner who repeatedly scores low marks in tests, and attribute this to the teacher who
is seen as being against them, is using the following defence mechanism
1. Denial
2. Depression
3. Projection (page 105)
4. Regression
According to Erikson, adolescents experience a crisis characterised by:
1. Intimacy versus isolation
2. Identity versus identity diffusion (page 109)
3. Generativity versus stagnation
4. Initiative versus guilt
Which statement is true with regard to the peer group?
1. The values of the peer group always differ from those of the parents
2. The peer group offers the adolescent an opportunity to compete with others on an equal footing
(page 92)
3. Peer groups always consist of members of the same sex and culture
4. Conformity to the peer groups identity is essential and individual identity is rejected
Parents who encourage communication with their adolescent children are
1. Permissive
2. Authoritarian
3. Authoritative (page 84)
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4. Over-involved
Constructivism means that the
1. Learner constructs knowledge for themselves (page 224)
2. Teacher constructs the knowledge for the learner
3. Learner and the teacher together construct the knowledge
4. Learner constructs knowledge with the help of other learners
There are three steps in the memory processing process namely, working/short-term
memory, long-term memory and
1. Sensory register (page 226)
2. Central executive
3. Memory register
4. Memory executive
A stimulant that is used to treat children and adolescents who have attention-deficit and
hyperactivity disorder is called:
1. Codeine
2. Rohypnol
3. Ritalin
4. Mandrax
Which one is not one of the three body structure types that can be distinguished?
1. Ectomorph
2. Endomorph
3. Mesomorph
4. Intromorph (page 26)
The microsystem of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model for understanding social influences
includes:
1. The school, mass media and workplaces
2. Family, the school and peers (page 79)
3. The neighbours, school and family
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4. Peers, family and extended family
Sternberg proposes that intelligence comprises three aspects. Which of the following is not one
of the aspects?
1. Practical intelligence
2. Creative intelligence
3. Existential intelligence (page 56)
4. Analytical intelligence
The whole process of adolescent sexual functioning and reproductive maturity takes about _____
years
1. three
2. four (page 19)
3. five
4. six
A new drug that seems to be causing serious concern in South African townships, is a deadly
drug named:
1. Tik
2. Kwape
3. Nyaope (page 195)
4. Popeyes
Scaffolding forms part of:
1. Erickson’s theory
2. Vygotsky’s theory (page 55)
3. Piaget’s theory
4. Sternberg’s theory
Using excuses to justify what may be considered unacceptable behaviour is called:
1. Projection
2. Suppression
3. Rationalisation (pag 121)
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PED3701 EXAM PREPARATION
The following two criteria must be presented to describe an adolescent as resilient,
namely significant adversity and:
1. Negative adjustment
2. Positive adjustment (page 237)
3. Negative support
4. Positive support
A learner who repeatedly scores low marks in tests, and attribute this to the teacher who
is seen as being against them, is using the following defence mechanism
1. Denial
2. Depression
3. Projection (page 105)
4. Regression
According to Erikson, adolescents experience a crisis characterised by:
1. Intimacy versus isolation
2. Identity versus identity diffusion (page 109)
3. Generativity versus stagnation
4. Initiative versus guilt
Which statement is true with regard to the peer group?
1. The values of the peer group always differ from those of the parents
2. The peer group offers the adolescent an opportunity to compete with others on an equal footing
(page 92)
3. Peer groups always consist of members of the same sex and culture
4. Conformity to the peer groups identity is essential and individual identity is rejected
Parents who encourage communication with their adolescent children are
1. Permissive
2. Authoritarian
3. Authoritative (page 84)
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4. Over-involved
Constructivism means that the
1. Learner constructs knowledge for themselves (page 224)
2. Teacher constructs the knowledge for the learner
3. Learner and the teacher together construct the knowledge
4. Learner constructs knowledge with the help of other learners
There are three steps in the memory processing process namely, working/short-term
memory, long-term memory and
1. Sensory register (page 226)
2. Central executive
3. Memory register
4. Memory executive
A stimulant that is used to treat children and adolescents who have attention-deficit and
hyperactivity disorder is called:
1. Codeine
2. Rohypnol
3. Ritalin
4. Mandrax
Which one is not one of the three body structure types that can be distinguished?
1. Ectomorph
2. Endomorph
3. Mesomorph
4. Intromorph (page 26)
The microsystem of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model for understanding social influences
includes:
1. The school, mass media and workplaces
2. Family, the school and peers (page 79)
3. The neighbours, school and family
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4. Peers, family and extended family
Sternberg proposes that intelligence comprises three aspects. Which of the following is not one
of the aspects?
1. Practical intelligence
2. Creative intelligence
3. Existential intelligence (page 56)
4. Analytical intelligence
The whole process of adolescent sexual functioning and reproductive maturity takes about _____
years
1. three
2. four (page 19)
3. five
4. six
A new drug that seems to be causing serious concern in South African townships, is a deadly
drug named:
1. Tik
2. Kwape
3. Nyaope (page 195)
4. Popeyes
Scaffolding forms part of:
1. Erickson’s theory
2. Vygotsky’s theory (page 55)
3. Piaget’s theory
4. Sternberg’s theory
Using excuses to justify what may be considered unacceptable behaviour is called:
1. Projection
2. Suppression
3. Rationalisation (pag 121)
