Course Introduction
Educational Psychology Exam Preparation Guide
Educational Psychology explores the scientific principles underlying how people learn and develop within educational settings. The course examines theories of cognitive, emotional, and social development, motivation, classroom management, assessment, and individual differences among learners. Through analysis of research and case studies, students gain insights into how psychological principles can be applied to optimize teaching strategies, learning environments, and educational outcomes for diverse student populations.
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Essentials of Human Development A Life Span View 2nd Edition by Robert V. Kail
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) Which research study would you most expect to see from a researcher with a life-course perspective?
A) the effect of smoking on neurotransmitter systems and memory
B) how memory processes change from infancy to old age
C) growing up in the 1960s, and its influence on drug use in adulthood
D) sex differences in marital satisfaction
Answer: C
Q2) The independent variable in an experiment is the condition that is observed by the researcher, while the dependent variable in an experiment is the condition that is manipulated by the researcher.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to your text, the most influential developmental psychologist of the 20th century was
A) Lev Vygotsky.
B) Sigmund Freud.
C) Paul Baltes.
D) Jean Piaget.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical,
Perceptual, and Motor Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) Wendell can tell that the trees on the mountain are very far away, because rather than being able to see individual trees and the spaces between them, he just perceives a big green patch. Which depth cue best describes this?
A) linear perspective
B) visual expansion
C) texture gradient
D) motion parallax
Answer: C
Q2) Conway is an angry, fearful, and shy infant and is not easily soothed. Conway would score high on Rothbart's ____ dimension of temperament.
A) effortful control
B) surgency/extroversion
C) introversion
D) negative affect
Answer: D
Q3) The stepping reflex is a precursor to walking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language:
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) When there is an imbalance between assimilation and accommodation processes, children reorganize their schemes to a state of equilibrium in a process called equilibration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When Maurice's father is teaching him to play racquetball, he observes that there are some strokes that Maurice can do very well, and there are others that he needs help with. The difference between these two skill sets is called the zone of _______________ development.
Q3) The fact that the last number name differs from the previous ones in a counting sequence by denoting the number of objects is called the ____ principle.
A) nominal-ordinal-interval
B) stable-order
C) one-to-one
D) cardinality
Q4) Piaget hypothesized that children use two complementary processes to allow their experiences and schemes to work with each other. They are _______________ and _______________.
Q5) A(n) _______________ is an early infant vowel-like sound.
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Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional
Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) ____ refers to an enduring socioemotional relationship between a child and his or her caregivers.
A) Affectivity
B) Bonding
C) Attachment
D) Industry
Q2) Research has consistently found that approximately ____ percent of American babies have secure attachment relationships.
A) 60-65
B) 40-45
C) 80-85
D) 25-30
Q3) Young Jean observes that her mother often cooks dinner, while her father is responsible for taking out the trash and mowing the lawn. She is learning ____ that are associated with men and women.
A) gender identities
B) social roles
C) functional expectations
D) social stereotypes
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Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) One factor that seems to explain group differences in intelligence test scores related to race and ethnicity is
A) number of years of education.
B) socioeconomic status.
C) religious devoutness.
D) physical health.
Q2) ____ psychologists focus on the means by which children store information in memory and retrieve it when it is needed at a later time.
A) Piagetian
B) Biopsychosocial
C) Ethological
D) Information-processing
Q3) Lewis Terman, of ____ University, revised Binet and Simon's test and re-released it in the United States in 1916.
A) Stanford
B) Harvard
C) Yale
D) Tulane
Q4) Compare and contrast metacognitive knowledge and metamemory.
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Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Of the nearly three-quarters of a million children who suffer from maltreatment or neglect, about _____ percent of them are maltreated psychologically.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 75
Q2) Surprisingly, research has found that some children who are chronic victims of aggression or bullying by peers tend to have higher levels of _____ themselves.
A) boredom
B) aggression
C) hostility
D) self-esteem
Q3) Most American children and adolescents have a computer in their home, and they use them primarily to access the Internet.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _______________ is the teaching of values, roles, and behaviors of a given culture to that culture's children.
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Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive
Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Adolescents are better at _______________ reasoning which makes them better skilled at finding weaknesses in arguments.
Q2) The average age of the onset of puberty in girls is ____, while the average age of onset of puberty in boys is ____.
A) 13 years, 11 years
B) 11 years, 13 years
C) 12 years, 10 years
D) 10 years, 12 years
Q3) ____ refers to a collection of physical changes that marks the onset of adolescence, including changes height, weight and body composition, and transitions in sexual maturation.
A) Adolescence
B) Climacteric
C) Puberty
D) Menarche
Q4) Children often rely on _______________, or "rules of thumb" to solve problems.
Q5) Most deaths among adolescent males in the U.S. are due to natural causes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World:
Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) About ___% of teenage boys and girls identify themselves as gay or lesbian.
A) 2
B) 5
C) 8
D) 12
Q2) "Overwhelmed" is to identity ____ as "completed" is to identity ____.
A) moratorium; foreclosure
B) diffusion; achievement
C) achievement; moratorium
D) foreclosure; diffusion
Q3) Teenagers are more likely to engage in sexual activity when parents
A) actively discourage sexual activity.
B) encourage dependence.
C) remain emotionally attached.
D) fail to monitor their activities.
Q4) Which of the following 15-year-olds is LEAST LIKELY to drink alcohol?
A) Tony, who is experiencing a lot of family problems
B) Jeannie, whose mother and father are uninvolved in her life
C) Larry, whose friends all drink when they get together
D) Barbara, whose parents sometimes drink small amounts with meals
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Chapter 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood
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Q1) Your authors note that cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of many different types of cancer. Which of the following body parts is NOT one they identified?
A) cervical
B) stomach
C) brain
D) blood (leukemia)
Q2) Which best describes the relationship between LDLs and HDLs?
A) LDLs break down HDLs
B) HDLs break down LDLs
C) LDLs transform into HDLs
D) HDLs transform into LDLs
Q3) Young adult men between the ages of 25 and 34 are ____ times as likely to die as women of the same age.
A) 2.5
B) 2.0
C) 4.0
D) 1.5
Q4) A bar or bat mitzvah, graduating from high school, and getting married are all examples of rites of ________________.
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Chapter 11: Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) One important predictor of successful marriage is ____, or the similarity of values and interests a couple shares.
A) quality
B) satisfaction
C) cohesion
D) homogamy
Q2) The greatest worry of most adoptive, foster, and step-parents is that the adoptive child in their life will
A) not physically resemble them.
B) fail to bond with them.
C) lack intelligence.
D) be carrying some undetected genetic disorder.
Q3) Friendship relationships differ from love relationships in that they are
A) less emotionally intense and involve less sexual energy and contact.
B) less emotionally intense and involve more sexual energy and contact.
C) more emotionally intense and involve less sexual energy and contact.
D) more emotionally intense and involve more sexual energy and contact.
Q4) One important predictor of marital success is _______________, or the extent to which the couple shares similar values and interests.
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Chapter 12: Work: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Women who are appointed to precarious leadership positions within a company are experiencing a glass _______________.
Q2) A worker experiencing _______________ is depleted of energy, motivation, and a loss of occupational idealism.
Q3) Of the following individuals, who has been affected by a glass cliff?
A) Marvin, who has been put in charge of revitalizing a pharmaceutical company after a large-scale, public recall of its primary product
B) Yolanda, who has been given a department to run that has an employee who is known to be somewhat difficult to get along with
C) Helen, who has been named CEO of a company just as it is entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy
D) Lonnie, whose colleagues have written letters to his boss insisting that he be given a promotion, even though he has not caused a conflict over having been passed over the job
Q4) In a study conducted in India, both men and women gave higher "_______________" ratings to males than females working in the same job.
Q5) According to Kahlil Gibran, "_______________ is love made visible."
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Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Unique Challenges of Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Which of the following statements BEST describes research relating to grandparenting styles?
A) Grandparenting styles are most like parenting styles.
B) Styles change as grandparents and grandchildren age
C) Grandparenting styles are far more important than functions.
D) Regardless of grandparenting style, grandchildren provide little in return.
Q2) Bobby is an expert at chess. Peter is a novice at chess. Which of the following differences in their chess-playing would you expect to see?
A) Bobby will take less time to select a move than Peter.
B) Bobby will bypass steps that Peter needs when selecting his individual moves.
C) Bobby will play to the goal of being stable and "autonomous," while Peter will not.
D) Bobby will rely more on intuition and less on experience than Peter.
Q3) An individual who is very willing to work with others and who is viewed as very caring would score high on the five-factor dimension of _______________.
Q4) Osteoarthritis is an example of a(n) _______________ disease, a degenerative condition caused by injury and/or overuse.
Q5) List and give a brief description of each of the Big Five personality traits.
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Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
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Q1) Which of the following does NOT belong?
A) MRI
B) PET
C) x-rays
D) CT scan
Q2) The longevity of women tends to be higher than that of men in most developed countries, but that advantage is not found in developing countries. Which of the following is a reason for this loss of extra female longevity?
A) Women are more susceptible to fatal infections in developing countries, because they do not work outside of the home and are not physiologically able to develop natural immunities.
B) Women are not provided with health care in many developing countries, and thus often die before the age of 30 years.
C) There are higher rates of death in childbirth in developing countries, which partially explains the loss of female longevity advantage.
D) The rates of honor killings of women are so high in developing countries that the longevity advantage is eliminated.
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Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial,
Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
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Q1) Felicia has recently lost her husband to a fast and unexpected illness. According to research, Felicia is most likely to have increased
A) social support.
B) self-esteem.
C) family support.
D) feelings of loneliness.
Q2) Erikson proposed that the psychosocial crisis adults face as life nears its end is integrity versus despair.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following factors is NOT a component of the principle of socioemotional selectivity?
A) cognitive equilibrium
B) information seeking
C) self-concept
D) emotional regulation
Q4) When the environmental press a person experiences slightly exceeds his or her level of competence, the zone of maximum ________ potential has been reached.
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Chapter 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement
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Q1) In the dual process model of coping with bereavement, loss-oriented stressors concern the loss itself, such as the grief work that needs to be done.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Grief is a passive process that one must simply wait to overcome.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Many people believe that the death of one's _______________ is the worst type of loss.
Q4) The Patient Self-Determination Act (1990) requires most health care facilities to provide information to patients in writing that they have several rights. Which of the following is included in these rights?
A) to create a durable power of attorney for health care
B) to accept or refuse medical treatment
C) to have their physician create an advance directive
D) to assign conservatorship
Q5) _______________ is the practice of ending a person's life for reasons of mercy.
Q6) The first physician-assisted suicide law in the United States was passed by voters in _______________in 1994.
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