Educational Psychology Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of human learning processes and psychological principles that underpin effective teaching and educational practice. The course examines cognitive, emotional, and social development, as well as theories of motivation, learning, and instruction. Students will analyze individual differences, assessment methods, classroom management strategies, and the impact of culture and environment on education. Through case studies and practical applications, the course prepares future educators and professionals to understand learners needs and optimize educational outcomes.
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Children and Their Development 4th Canadian Edition by Robert V. Kail
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Chapter 1: The Science of Child Development
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Q1) A major event that set the stage for the new science of child development was the publication of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A strength of laboratory work is that the behaviour of interest is not studied in its natural setting.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Seth failed to put away his bicycle at night as he was supposed to do.His father told him that he would not be allowed to ride his bicycle for one week.Seth's father tried to change Seth's behaviour by using
A)negative punishment.
B)positive punishment.
C)positive reinforcement.
D)negative reinforcement.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Genetic Bases of Child Development
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Q1) Why are African Canadians more likely to inherit sickle-cell disease?
Answer: African Canadians are more likely to inherit sickle-cell disease because the sickle cell has a benefit: Individuals with this allele are more resistant to malaria.Therefore,in parts of the world (such as Africa) where malaria is found you are also more likely to find individuals carrying this trait.Having two alleles for sickle-cell disease has devastating consequences to the carrier.However,having only one sickle cell allele results in a person who is more resistant to malaria and yet suffers from the disorder only when put under extreme conditions (in instances of low oxygen).Therefore,having sickle-cell trait is quite adaptive in Africa.However,it has no adaptive value in Canada and accordingly we are seeing fewer and fewer individuals with sickle-cell trait in successive generations of African Canadians.
Q2) The incidence of Down syndrome
A)increases as the mother gets older.
B)decreases as the mother gets older.
C)decreases as the father gets older.
D)is unrelated to parental age.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
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Q1) In the ________,the blood vessels from the umbilical cord run close to the mother's blood vessels,but aren't actually connected to them.
A)amnion
B)placenta
C)zygote
D)germ disc
Answer: B
Q2) Cheri is 28 weeks pregnant,has gone into labour,and is worried about what will happen if her baby is born now.Cheri's baby
A)is unlikely to survive.
B)has a chance to survive but may have difficulty breathing and regulating his body temperature.
C)has a chance to survive but will not yet be able to hear.
D)is sufficiently developed that he has an excellent chance of survival with little risk of developmental problems.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Growth and Health
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Q1) Peers seem to have a large influence on boys' satisfaction with their appearance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your friend Dorothy is upset because her adopted 13-year-old daughter is overweight,and she is worried about the impact of the extra weight on her daughter's health.No one else in the family has a weight problem.What can you tell Dorothy about the influence of heredity and environment on one's weight? What advice can you give Dorothy about weight loss in children?
Q3) Who is most likely to have just reached their full adult stature?
A)Ann,who is 13
B)Scott,who is 13
C)Diane,who is 15
D)Clyde,who is 15
Q4) A(n) ________ is a cell that specializes in receiving and transmitting information.
A)dendrite
B)axon
C)corpus callosum
D)neuron
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Chapter 5: Perceptual and Motor Development
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Q1) Carla has trouble keeping her attention on a task.What might help Carla improve her attention?
A)Remove all objects that are not necessary for the task.
B)Try to create a more pleasant work environment by playing some music while Carla is working on her task.
C)Stop nagging her about staying on task and expect her to be responsible for paying attention on her own.
D)Invite some other children to sit at the table and keep her company while she works.
Q2) Older preschoolers show more focused attention than do younger preschoolers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Infants best hear sounds with pitches that are in the range of human speech.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the symptoms,causes,and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Q5) Discuss Bahrick and Lickliter's intersensory redundancy theory.
Q6) Discuss what is known about infant visual acuity and colour perception.
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Chapter 6: Theories of Cognitive Development
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Q1) The sensorimotor stage spans birth to four years of age.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Scaffolding matches the amount of assistance to the learner's needs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe three characteristics of preoperational thinking.
Q4) Comments that are not intended for others but are used by children to regulate their own behaviour are known as private speech.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How is the cognitive functioning of Rachel,an eight-year-old,likely to compare with Bethany,a 16-year-old?
A)Rachel will use less efficient strategies.
B)Rachel and Bethany will have the same amount of working memory.
C)Rachel will use more automatic processes.
D)Bethany will process information more slowly.
Q6) According to Piaget,cognitive development occurs in eight stages.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills
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Q1) With maturation in the _____________________ over the first 24 months,children's memory skills gradually improve.
A)amygdala and prefrontal cortex
B)hippocampus and prefrontal cortex
C)thalamus
D)amygdala
Q2) As a general rule,as children get older,they solve problems
A)more often and more effectively.
B)more often but less effectively.
C)less often but more effectively.
D)less often and less effectively
Q3) Infantile amnesia
A)means that adults can remember many events that occurred in their lives before the age of three years.
B)means that infants are not able to form memories.
C)may be related to the young child's well-developed sense of self.
D)may be related to an individual's changing language ability.
Q4) Name and briefly describe the three basic principles of counting.
Q5) Explain what is meant by a memory strategy and discuss how memory strategy use changes with age.
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Chapter 8: Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition
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Q1) Hal has an intellectual disability.He goes to school and is learning some academic skills but learns them more slowly than a typical child his age.He is expected to be able to work to support himself and live independently as an adult.Hal would most likely be classified as having a ________ intellectual disability.
A)mild
B)moderate
C)severe
D)profound
Q2) Your friends Bernie and Miriam have a six-month-old daughter,Rachel.Rachel was tested using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and she received a very high score.Bernie and Miriam are convinced that this means Rachel will be gifted when she is older.What can you tell your friends about the relation between infant intelligence test scores and later IQ that might contradict their beliefs?
Q3) The results of the Canadian Aboriginal Head Start program indicate that intervention does not improve disadvantaged children's cognitive development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe the three components that define a "learning disability."
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Chapter 9: Language and Communication
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Q1) Languages across the world all have the same phonemes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A child who says "I am eating my lunch" instead of "Me eat" is using A)telegraphic speech.
B)overextension.
C)overregularization.
D)grammatical morphemes.
Q3) Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on A)learning individual words.
B)the use of rules.
C)inflection.
D)telegraphic speech.
Q4) Defining a word too narrowly is known as A)an overextension.
B)an underextension.
C)fast mapping.
D)overregularization.
Q5) Discuss how a sign language such as ASL fulfills the criteria for language.
Q6) Name and briefly describe the five different elements of language.
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Chapter 10: Emotional Development
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Q1) A secure attachment is most likely when parents respond to infants predictably and appropriately.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Modern theories emphasize the ____________ value of emotion.
A)functional
B)persuasive
C)comfort
D)physiological
Q3) Discuss cultural differences in emotional expression.
Q4) Results of the New York Longitudinal Study indicated that the largest group of babies was categorized as
A)easy babies.
B)difficult babies.
C)slow-to-warm-up babies.
D)average babies.
Q5) Chinese 11-month-olds have been found to cry and smile more than European American 11-month-olds.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Understanding Self and Others
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Q1) Nikolai has achieved a distinct ethnic self-concept.He is in the ________ phase of achieving an ethnic identity.
A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth
Q2) Children with low self-esteem are more likely to suffer from psychological disorders such as depression.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Individuals who have explored alternatives and have deliberately chosen a specific identity are in Marcia's ________ identity status.
A)diffusion
B)achievement
C)moratorium
D)foreclosure
Q4) Discuss acculturation and the research by John W.Berry.
Q5) Briefly describe how preschoolers,school-aged children,and adolescents are likely to describe themselves.
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Chapter 12: Moral Understanding and Behaviour
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Q1) A parental discipline style called _________________ induces the child to reason,to think for him or herself about the situation.
A)inductive reasoning
B)disciplinary control
C)deductive reasoning
D)authoritative control
Q2) Aggressive and antisocial behaviour is less common among people living in poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Preschoolers
A)are incapable of altruistic behaviour.
B)show limited altruistic behaviour because they don't always know what they can do to help others.
C)show limited altruistic behaviour because even though they usually know what they could do to help,they do not usually want to help other people.
D)typically show adult-like levels of altruistic behaviour.
Q4) Discuss the idea that there is an evolutionary basis to moral judgments.
Q5) Critique Kohlberg's theory.
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Chapter 13: Gender and Development
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Q1) Gender stereotypes are more extreme in North America than in many other countries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who is likely to have the most extreme gender stereotypes?
A)Michael,who lives in Canada
B)Ibrahim,who lives in Nigeria
C)Dayana,who lives in Venezuela
D)Nawaz,who lives in Pakistan
Q3) Expressive traits
A)describe individuals who value interpersonal relationships.
B)describe individuals who act on the world and influence it.
C)describe individuals who are independent and aggressive.
D)are typically used equally to describe males and females.
Q4) Children who watch a lot of television have more stereotyped views of males and females.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe gender differences in mathematics during the elementary school years and during high school and college.
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Chapter 14: Social Influences
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Q1) Dominic is well-liked by many of his classmates.Dominic would best be described as A)average.
B)controversial.
C)popular.
D)neglected.
Q2) In joint custody,
A)mothers have custody of the children.
B)fathers have custody of the children.
C)both parents have custody of the children.
D)mothers have custody of daughters,and fathers have custody of sons.
Q3) Countries that accept physical punishment have lower rates of child abuse. A)True
B)False
Q4) Your sister-in-law recently announced that she is a lesbian,and she is divorcing your brother.Your sister-in-law would like to have custody of their two children,but your brother does not want his children raised by a lesbian.What can you tell your brother about the development of children whose parents are gay or lesbian that might make him feel better about the situation?
Q5) Discuss ways that parents can get involved in their preschool children's play.
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