Board Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers Reviewer

Part II. Professional Education:

A. Found Courses: Sociology, Philosophy, and General Psychology

Direction: For each below there are four or five sentences A, B, C, D, E. these sentences, when properly arranged in correct order, will make a well-organized paragraph. Read each sentence carefully and choose which one should be the first sentence, the second, and so on.

Example:

1.                 A. The teacher should know the relation of biological sciences, the social             sciences and the humanistic discipline.

B. This knowledge places him in a position where he can relate             anthropology with other sciences.

C. He can do an evaluative analysis of the government program.

D. And he will be able to analyze whether educational programs are             geared towards the right direction.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1.     A the first in the paragraph?

2.     D the last in the paragraph?

3.     B the second in the paragraph?

4.     C the third in the paragraph?

Answers: A, B, C, D

1.                 A. Eventually, the dog salivated merely at the sound of the bell as it had             been conditioned to correlate the bell with the food.

B. A bell is rung every time food was offered.

C. An unconditioned response takes place when the dog salivates at the             sight of food; while, a conditioned response results when salivation takes             place at the sound of the bell.

D. In the early 1900’s Ivan Pavlov, the Russian psychologist conducted a             series of experiments with dogs to illustrate the principles of conditioned             response type of learning.

If the preceding sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should be:

1)    _____ the third statement in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the last statement in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first statement in the paragraph?

4)    _____ the fourth statement in the paragraph?

2.                 A. Through our sense organs information is gathered about the world             around us.

B. The eyes send a signal to the brain telling the stimulus is present.

C. The brain then screens out the information so that we are able to             understand it.

D. Human beings perceive things through the help of the following senses:           tastes, sight, touch, hearing, and smell.

E. When one sees a fire with his eyes, he perceives it.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

3.                 A. Likewise, when we think of a test, we are to take for what we are not             ready to take, and we feel a sense of defeat.

B. The other one is when information comes to us through our senses.

C. Emotional reactions can be aroused in two separate ways.

D. We hear a squeaky sound in a dark room, and we become afraid.

E. One way of arousing reaction is by thoughts.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

4)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

5)    _____ the fifth in the paragraph?

4.                 A. Through psychoanalysis, and individual can be made to remember his             repressed thoughts and feeling and later change his behavior to solve a             problem.

B. He believed that one tends to suppress thoughts or memories that             other people seem to disapprove of.

C. Psychoanalysis started with the work of Sigmund Freud, an Austrian             doctor who explored the way the human mind worked.

D. Freud believed that these repressed thoughts greatly affect a person’s             behavior.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

5.                 A. If a whale faces danger, it communicates with other whales for help.

B. Whales can even work together to get over a complicated job which             one what may fail to do.

C. Some animals act in very intelligent and extraordinary ways.

D. they are capable of telling each other what to do merely by talking to             each other in their language.

E. Whales can “talk” to each other by whistling and clicking sounds.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

6.                 A. If the answer given the learner is wrong, the information is taught             again, and then the question is repeated.

B. It utilizes one of several kinds of teaching machines that provides a             question for the learner to answer.

C. In this way, the student is helped by giving him another chance if he is             wrong in his first attempt.

D. Programmed learning is one new teaching method.

E. But if the answer is correct, another question is given by the machine.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

7.                 A. Suddenly the rain comes.

B. He makes preparations for it and is looking forward to the occasion             with eagerness.

C. He disappointed and experiences displeasures.

D. Carlos is going to a party.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

8.                 A. And the world passes away.

B. For all that is in the world is not of the Father, but is of the world.

C. If any man had the world, the love of the Father is not him.

D. But he who does the will of God abides forever.

e. “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the worlsd.

Source: John 4: 31-34

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

9.                 A. Logic can help one think more clearly

B. Logic is the science of reasoning.

C. Fallacies are incorrect, unreasonable arguments, but they can be             persuasive although they are not correct.

D. It can help one find or resist arguments, but they can persuasive             although they are not correct.

E. It is a way of separating sound arguments form the unsound ones.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

10.            A. Surgery can be performed to a person even without anesthetics             thought hypnosis.

B. Not everyone can be hypnotized against his will.

C. Today, hypnotism is often used to help doctors and dentists in their             work.

D. A patient will not cooperate, though he is under hypnosis, if he is made             to do something against his will.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

11.            A. Thereon you may dislike people with a moustache and not know why.

B. For instance, in the past, you may have been hurt or embarrassed by             someone with a moustache.

C. Unconsciousness thoughts are thoughts you are not aware of which             bring out emotional reactions.

D. Thus, your hatred of bemoustached-people is triggered by             unconsciousness thoughts.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

12.            A. For thousands of years, people who had mental illness were feared at             or ignored.

B.  But while doctors were trying to help people with body illness, those             people with mental illness were not so luckily.

C. Mentally ill people then were punished for they were regarded as             witches and were controlled by devil spirits.

D. Like all sorts of sicknesses of body, mental illness has been plaguing             man since the beginning.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

13.            A. Educational psychologists are people who study nature of learning.

B. Most psychologists agree that people learn faster if they have some             kind of motivations to learn.

C. A high grade or a good pay is one kind of motivation.

D. Oftentimes, the satisfaction one gets from learning is a kind of             motivation.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

14.            A. There is a surge of anger within Carla.

B. Carla is all dressed-up for a party, waiting for her escort to pick her up.

C. Her heart beats faster, blood rushes to her head as she lifts her hand             and strikes her brother with her fist.

D. Suddenly, her young brother rushes in with a glass of chocolate and             bumps against her, spilling of the contents of the glass on her new dress.

e. This is a sign of extreme anger.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

4)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

15.            A. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

B. “Lay not up yourselves treasure upon the earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal.”

C. You cannot serve God and mammon.

D. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor             rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through not steal.

E. No man can serve two master: for neither will he hate the one, nor love             the other or love one, and despise the other.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fifth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

4)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

16.            A. Watch a child grabs his toy and pull it toward him if he sees it. But when hidden under a blanket, the toy might not be seen by the baby.

B. Reasoning is dependent on memory in that one remembers things from those he drwas conclusions form.

C. A person’s ability to reason out develops and increases as he grows up in a good environment.

D. This shows that a baby’s reasoning ability has not developed far enough for him to figure out a way of getting back his toy.

E. Reasoning is the mental process of making conclusions from gathered facts and observations that one has made.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

17.            A. Unlike those whose eyes are on-the sides of their heads, such as the fishes, horses, and most insects, they see all of their surroundings.

B. In the latter type, the fields of vision.

C. Each eye covers a different field of vision.

D. Animals’ differ in the way see things around.

E. Animals with eyes towards the front of their head, like the men and predatory, birds, can only see about half of its surrounding.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

18.            A. The tears “wash” the irritating substance.

B. Onion gives off a volatile substance when it’s sliced.

C. This volatile substance is irritating to the eyes.

D. have you noticed how onions make us cry without our feeling sad at             all?

E. We “cry” automatically in order to protect and cleanse our eyes.

F. When the irritation reaches our eyes, they are protected by the tears             flow.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

19.            A. He wanted to run but he could not move.

B. He was petrified and shivered with fear.

C. This is an instant paralyzing fear.

D. He wanted to shout for help but felt a constricting band around his             throat.

E. Juan, while taking a stroll in the rice fields, saw unexpectedly a snake             on       his path, slithering toward him.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

20.            A. In the desert, a person parched with thirst, may see something             glistering, like a pool of water.

B. The mirage is caused by the rays of the sun striking the sand and the             refraction of these rays.

C. This is optical illusion.

D. Illusion is a false perception where the imagination gives to an object             qualities which do not really belong to it.

E. Take a thirsty traveler who rushes to a will (mirage) and discovers that             there is no water in it.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should     be:

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the fourth in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

21.            A. For human beings, the gestation period is more or less 280 days or nine    months.

B. They are able to survive only when given special care or placed in the             incubator.

C. A full-term infant is one who is born when the gestation is completed.

D. Premature babies are those before the full term of their mother’s             pregnancy.

E. At the termination of the nine months, the infant is fully prepared to be             outside of his mother’s womb.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

22.            A. In case of earthquake keep calm.

B. After the main earthquake, stay away from unstable objects.

C. Earthquake drill must be conducted in schools and places of work.

D. Location of exits and entrances must be familiar to everybody.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

23.            A. A new typhoon reclassification has been given by PAGASA.

B. If any damage is found, turn off main switch or valve.

C. Classes in elementary and secondary level are automatically suspended             when Signal #3 is raised.

D. However, school heads can call off classes at any time when flooding or        any danger in school area is eminent.

Arranging the above sentence in the best order to form a good paragraph,

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

24.            A. Since falling objects cause injuries place heavy objects in low places.

B. Know the locations of first aid and fire extinguisher.

C. Planning for action is key to effective disaster control.

D. When you are in tha topmost floor, stay put.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the first in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

4)    _____ the third in the paragraph?

25.            A. Jesus is the role model.

B. Repentance and forgiveness are essential to marriage.

C. Practicing those virtues daily is difficult.

D. We need the divine help to do this.

If the above sentences are to be arranged in the best order, which should             be:

1)    _____ the second in the paragraph?

2)    _____ the last in the paragraph?

3)    _____ the third in the paragraph?