Educational Psychology Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of how people learn within educational settings, examining the cognitive, emotional, and social processes that influence learning and motivation. This course covers key theories of development, learning, and instruction, delves into topics such as individual differences, assessment, classroom management, and the impact of culture and environment on student achievement. Through analysis of research and practical applications, students will develop insight into effective teaching strategies and interventions that support diverse learners and foster positive educational outcomes.
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Human Development 3rd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) What term describes a variety of aspects of a group that includes cultural origin, cultural traditions, race, religion, and language?
A)gender
B)race
C)ethnicity
D)age
Answer: C
Q2) One disadvantage of the case study method is that the results are __________.
A)not valid
B)difficult to generalize
C)usually exaggerated by the participant
D)too difficult to analyze
Answer: B
Q3) Compare and contrast features related to developed and developing countries.
Answer: Developed countries are economically developed, affluent, and have high median levels of income and education.Developing countries have lower levels of income and education but may be experiencing economic growth.
Q4) What are the components of socioeconomic status (SES)?
Answer: education level, income level, and occupational status
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) Which statement accurately reflects sex ratios of boys to girls across the world?
A)The natural human ratio is 105 boys per 100 girls.
B)South Korea's ratio has declined to 100 boys per 110 girls.
C)China remains the country with the most skewed ratio of 120 boys per 100 girls.
D)The natural human ratio favors girls over boys to ensure that enough females exist to carry offspring.
Answer: A
Q2) Infertility is defined as __________.
A)the presence of endometriosis
B)when the male has a low sperm count
C)the inability to conceive after at least 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse
D)no desire to have children
Answer: C
Q3) Briefly describe the risks and effectiveness of amniocentesis.
Answer: Although amniocentesis carries a small risk of miscarriage, it has the potential to identify 40 different defects in fetal development with 100% accuracy.
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Born at 32 weeks after conception, Sasha weighs in at 900 grams (about 2 pounds).Sasha is best defined as __________.
A)full-term and normal birth weight
B)preterm and low birth weight
C)preterm and extremely low birth weight
D)overdue and normal birth weight
Answer: C
Q2) Compared to other animals, the birth process for human beings is complicated by
A)the size of the infant's head
B)the infant's muscle-to-fat ratio
C)the amount of amniotic fluid expelled
D)the mother's expectation of the birthing process
Answer: A
Q3) According to the text, oxytocin is released by the __________.
A)fetus's liver
B)mother's uterus
C)fetus's placenta
D)mother's pituitary gland
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) Why do infants need more fat in their diets than at any other time in life?
A)to provide them with insulation from the elements
B)to fuel brain growth
C)to fuel bone density
D)to create an extra layer of body that that helps cushion their falls when learning to walk
Q2) Which babies in the Thomas and Chess study were at high risk for problems in children, including aggressive behavior, anxiety, and social withdrawal?
A)easy
B)difficult
C)slow-to-warm-up
D)unengaged
Q3) Throughout history, various cultural groups have attempted to protect infants from disease and illness; however, they know very little of the true causes.As a common practice, many cultural groups developed __________.
A)vaccinations and immunizations to protect their infants
B)practices to protect their infants
C)laws and codes to protect their infants
D)mechanical tools and safety devices to protect their infants
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) What allows humans to communicate about not just what is observable in the present but about an infinite range of things beyond the present moment?
A)gestures
B)thinking
C)cognition
D)language
Q2) Your nephew Tanner loves cats.You have a large black cat that you named Midnight.Tanner readily learned your cat's name but now calls all cats Midnight.Surely he does not think that every cat's name is Midnight.Why is this happening? Tanner's behavior is an example of __________.
A)overextension
B)underextension
C)telegraphic speech
D)holophrases
Q3) Describe a fine motor skill that a 3-year-old can do but a 1-year old would not yet be able to do.
Q4) Describe the language environment of a country other than the United States.
Q5) Describe two milestones of gross motor development in toddlerhood.
Q6) Explain how Infant Directed (ID) speech can benefit language development.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) Rates of early childhood injury among 1- to 14-year-olds due to accidents are __________ than in developed countries.
A)six times higher in Vietnam
B)five times higher in South Africa
C)two times higher in India
D)four times higher in China
Q2) __________ involves using aggressive behaviors to get an item that is wanted, whereas __________ is aggressive behavior that is intended to inflict pain or harm on others.
A)Relational aggression; physical aggression
B)Physical aggression; relational aggression
C)Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression
D)Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression
Q3) Although intense academic instruction is not a criterion for high-quality preschools, most childhood scholars concur that preschool teaching should be based on
A)developmentally appropriate educational practice
B)the Socratic method
C)an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand
D)Piaget's model of readiness, as strictly as possible
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) Hogan, an 8-year-old boy, has a difficult time staying focused during the school day.He often blurts out responses to his teacher's questions rather than waiting to be called on and has a difficult time staying still at his desk.Hogan has the classic symptoms of __________.
A)attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
B)attention deficit disorder (ADD)
C)attention displacement disorder (ADD)
D)attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)
Q2) Sibling conflicts are the highest when one sibling perceives the other as
A)thinking he or she is smarter and cooler because he or she is older
B)receiving more affection and material resources from the parents
C)having better looks and intelligence
D)being more popular at school and having more friends
Q3) People tend to prefer being around others who are like themselves, a principle called
A)matching hypothesis
B)selective segregation
C)selective association
D)psychosocial discretion
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Perhaps the most notable change in family relationships that occurs from middle childhood to adolescence in American society is __________.
A)the decline in the amount of time spent with family members
B)the increase in the amount of homework that adolescents are assigned in school
C)the increase in the number of friends teenagers add to their social network
D)the decline in purchasing power of adolescents, as a whole
Q2) Adolescents send an average of 30 texts per day with __________ for girls and __________ for boys.
A)20; 40
B)40; 20
C)50; 10
D)10; 50
Q3) Approximately __________ of American adolescents believe in God or a universal spirit, but only about __________ attend religious services at least twice a month.
A)65%; 38%
B)84%; 52%
C)63%; 18%
D)38%; 10%
Q4) Briefly describe the four features common to apprenticeship programs.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) How has financial aid shifted in the United States?
A)Financial aid is only offered to those from low SES families.
B)Financial aid is offered as loans rather than grants.
C)The requirements to qualify for financial aid have become much less restrictive.
D)Scholarships are being offered to a majority of first-year students.
Q2) Cardiac output peaks at age __________.
A)15
B)21
C)25
D)30
Q3) What is one of the key reasons that African Americans are less likely to obtain a college degree than Asian Americans or Whites are?
A)lack of transportation
B)lack of academic preparedness
C)lack of funding
D)lack of interest
Q4) Is emerging adulthood a universal period of human development? Why or why not?
Q5) Are Americans who cohabit before marriage more or less likely to get divorced? Explain.
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Chapter 10: Young Adulthood
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Q1) Alicia and Avada are a lesbian couple who have been together for a few years, as long as their friends Caitlin and Justin, a heterosexual couple.All four are out for dinner, discussing the things that cause conflict in their relationships.Listening in on the conversation, what is a likely conclusion one can draw about homosexual relationships versus heterosexual relationships?
A)Heterosexual relationships are much simpler.
B)Heterosexual relationships are considerably more complex.
C)Couples experience similar areas of conflict regardless of whether they are gay or straight.
D)Lesbian relationships are more complicated than gay relationships.
Q2) According to researchers, why does creativity tend to peak in young adulthood rather than continue to increase throughout the life span?
Q3) David Buss (1990 and 2003) conducted a massive study of more than 10,000 young people in 37 countries.What ranked as the first criterion for marriage?
A)bride's/groom's family income
B)mutual attraction and love
C)likelihood of becoming a good mother/father
D)sexual ability
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Some researchers have proposed that during middle adulthood, many married couples maintain a relationship of companionate love.According to Sternberg's theory, companionate love is best described as a relationship that is __________.
A)high in intimacy and commitment, and low in passion
B)low in intimacy and commitment, and high in passion
C)high in intimacy, low in commitment, and high in passion
D)low in passion, high in commitment, and low in intimacy
Q2) What percentage of Americans ages 42 to 61 years have a parent living in their household?
A)8%
B)16%
C)24%
D)32%
Q3) Discuss one health problem that is more likely to occur in middle adulthood than in early points in the life span.Is there anything that can be done to prevent it? Explain.
Q4) What are two risk factors for osteoporosis?
Q5) What are two critiques of Levinson's research on the midlife crisis?
Q6) Discuss two variables that influence the timing of menopause.
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) In terms of medical interventions for Alzheimer's disease, current medications seek to limit the loss of __________.
A)norepinephrine
B)serotonin
C)dopamine
D)acetylcholine
Q2) Your roommate is from China.He was discussing his home life with you, and part of that discussion centered around his grandparents, who are in late adulthood.Most likely, where do his grandparents live?
A)in a state-sponsored assisted living center
B)in a state-sponsored nursing home
C)with his parents
D)with your grandparents' sister
Q3) The ability to keep track of more than one information source simultaneously is referred to as __________.
A)selective attention
B)divided attention
C)sustained attention
D)on-task attention
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) Intense, prolonged symptoms of grief, coupled with some form of functional impairment beyond 6 months post-loss, is called __________.
A)post-loss disorder
B)prolonged grief disorder
C)graded grief dysfunction
D)extended grief dysfunction
Q2) What type of genes repair mistakes in DNA replication during cell replacement?
A)stability genes
B)oncogenes
C)tumor suppressor genes
D)cancer genes
Q3) Describe at least one characteristic of individuals who have the highest death anxiety.What is the reason for the strong correlation?
Q4) Some physicians admit to providing assisted suicide to elderly persons who
A)do not have a terminal illness
B)do not want to die
C)are weary of life
D)have no family
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