Educational Psychology Exam Questions
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Educational Psychology examines the principles, theories, and research related to how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course explores cognitive, motivational, and developmental processes influencing learning, the role of individual differences, and the impact of social, emotional, and cultural factors on education. Students will analyze instructional strategies, classroom management techniques, assessment methods, and the application of psychological theories to optimize teaching and learning. By understanding how students think, feel, and behave, future educators can create effective, inclusive, and supportive learning environments.
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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) The role of experience, focusing on whether actions are rewarded or punished, is a central tenet in ____theory.
A) learning
B) lifespan
C) epigenetic
D) cognitive-developmental
Answer: A
Q2) Professor Eli conducts a correlational study in which he concludes that the amount of sunlight children receive is positively correlated with the rate at which they grow. Which conclusion would Professor Eli be incorrect in drawing from his correlational data?
A) Getting more sun causes children to grow faster.
B) The more sun children get the faster they seem to grow.
C) The faster children grow, the more sun they seem to get.
D) The less sun children get, the slower their rate of growth seems to be.
Answer: A
Q3) The multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time is _______________.
Answer: human development
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal
Development, and Birth
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Q1) A standard part of prenatal care in the United States is the use of _______________, in which sound waves are used to generate a picture of the fetus.
Answer: ultrasound
Q2) Although an unborn child may be protected from many different maternal illnesses, such as colds and some strains of the flu, other illnesses can be extremely harmful to the baby. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of those illnesses?
A) toxoplasmosis
B) cytomegalovirus
C) otitis externa
D) chlamydia
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the physical changes that a woman is likely to experience after pregnancy?
A) Her breasts may begin to produce milk.
B) Her uterus becomes smaller.
C) Her levels of female hormones may drop.
D) Her weight will return to normal within a week.
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) Visual expansion and motion parallax are called kinetic cues because they both involve _______________ to help one estimate depth.
Answer: motion
Q2) The stepping reflex is a precursor to walking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A waning of newborn reflexes may be partially responsible for the fact that _______________ is most likely to occur between the ages of 2 and 4 months.
Answer: SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Q4) Roughly half of a newborn's sleep time is spent in the ____ stage.
A) rapid eye movement (REM)
B) nonREM-1
C) nonREM-2
D) nonREM-3
Answer: A
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Q5) A child's awareness of his or her own existence is usually well-established by the age of _______________ years.
Answer: two, 2
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Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language:
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) Children understand that only living things have offspring that resemble the parents, a concept of naïve biology called _______________.
Q2) If you (or your partner) were to have a baby tomorrow, you would anticipate with great spirit the progression in that child's language skills. If we were to then fast forward one year into the future, you would look back on the way those language skills had developed. In this essay, note the major linguistic milestones that you would expect to see in the first year of a typical child's life.
Q3) If a child believes that the name "cat" refers only to her own family's cat and to no other cats, she is a victim of
A) overextension.
B) fast mapping.
C) underextension.
D) overregulation.
Q4) Which of the following do you think would be MOST likely to occur first?
A) A child demonstrating underextension
B) A child going through fast mapping
C) A child understanding some words
D) A child demonstrating overextension
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Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional
Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) Mitzi is very worried about her daughter, Maya, because the bottle that she gave her had formula that was a little too hot and Maya cried when she first drank some of it. She fears that even at her early age Maya will now be afraid of her mother, and that this mistake will have detrimental consequences on Maya's development. Based on Erikson's theory, what would you say to Mitzi?
A) Children at this age cannot associate such an experience with the person who caused it, so you're in the clear.
B) The child is now unlikely to develop a basic sense of trust in you, but you will be able to overcome that in the next stages of psychosocial development.
C) A child can actually benefit from some of these experiences, because it helps them develop hope.
D) You should now switch to nursing instead of bottle feeding so that this mistake does not happen again.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a complex emotion?
A) pride
B) guilt
C) embarrassment
D) surprise
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Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Describe why the statement, "Children with 'learning disabilities' are identical to those with 'intellectual disability'" is false. In doing so, be sure to provide definitions of both cognitive categories.
Q2) Hannah is very crafty. She can adapt to different circumstances, plan ahead for situations, and knows when a course of actions she has planned is or is not likely to be successful. According to the theory of Sternberg, Hannah excels at ____ intelligence.
A) creative
B) analytical
C) fluid
D) practical
Q3) Excellent teachers value and promote tutoring, particularly peer tutoring. A)True
B)False
Q4) The formula for calculating a person's intelligence quotient, first used in the Stanford-Binet intelligence test, is ________________.
Q5) List and describe at two different changes in a child's thought processes that occur during the last two stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
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Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is one of the two components of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy?
A) Teaching parents the different methods of childbirth.
B) Teaching parents the benefits of social support.
C) Helping parents build warm and positive relationships with their children.
D) Instructing parents on the benefits of saving for their children's college costs.
Q2) Research finds that a very common use of computers, particularly for boys, is to A) search out online pornography.
B) play games online.
C) update their profiles on social networking sites.
D) conduct research for school assignments.
Q3) The two stable dimensions of parental behavior discussed in your text are level of control, and provision of needed essentials.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Use your own school experiences to provide examples of school-based cliques and crowds and the concept of dominance hierarchy. If you cannot think of a specific instance, make one up.
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Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive
Development in Adolescence
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Q1) The technical definition of "overweight" is based on the ____, which is an adjusted ratio of weight to height.
A) leptin uptake pace (LUP)
B) body mass index (BMI)
C) mean dormant metabolic output (MDMO)
D) basal metabolic rate (BMR)
Q2) Research has found that Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development is most applicable to people from _______________ cultures and those who have been shaped by _______________ religious thought.
Q3) One result of too much fast food and other unhealthy eating practices is that many teenagers consume too much/many ____ and not enough ____.
A) preservatives and minerals; lymphocytes and basophils
B) sodium and fat; iron and calcium
C) nitrates and nitriles; ketones and amino acids
D) cholesterol and vitamins; sugars and carbohydrates
Q4) In contrast to children, adolescents are more likely to solve problems
Q5) Children often rely on _______________, or "rules of thumb" to solve problems.
Q6) The _______________ level is Kohlberg's highest level of moral reasoning.
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Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World:
Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) When a 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death in 2004 in the United States, the American Psychological Association (APA) filed a brief with the court opposing this punishment. The sentence was revised and changed to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Why did the APA petition the court to prevent the adolescent from being executed?
A) They argued that because the boy had been physically and sexually abused as a child he should be found not guilty by reason of mental defect or deficit.
B) They argued that immature brain development made him more impulsive, risk-prone, and unable to maturely consider the consequences of his actions.
C) They argued that because the young man was high on a combination of drugs when he committed the crime that he was not legally responsible for his actions.
D) They argued that because there is no other country in the world that executes citizens under the age of 18, the United States should not do so either.
Q2) According to your textbook, adolescents who work more than _______________ to _______________ hours a week during the school year have a greater chance of struggling with depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem.
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Chapter 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood
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Q1) A bar or bat mitzvah, graduating from high school, and getting married are all examples of rites of ________________.
Q2) Binge drinking is defined for men as consuming ____ or more drinks in a row and for women as consuming ____ or more drinks in a row within the past two weeks.
A) 6; 5
B) 5; 4
C) 4; 3
D) 7; 5
Q3) Based on personal experiences and input from other people, young adults create a ____ that represents a unified sense of the past, present, and future.
A) life-span construct
B) comprehensive self-concept
C) personal fable
D) egocentric composite
Q4) Tagging a future event to a specific age by which it will be completed creates a social ________________.
Q5) Describe the concept of personal control beliefs, both primary and secondary.
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Q6) The amount of energy the body needs is called ________________.
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Chapter 11: Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Estimates suggest that approximately 80% of men and 70% of women between the ages of 20 and 24 are
A) married.
B) cohabitating.
C) single.
D) engaged to be married.
Q2) When they first got married, Marge and Irwin each had some individual behaviors that irritated the other. For example, Irwin would constantly leave his dirty socks on the bedroom floor, and this bothered Marge. Marge, on the other hand, always forgot to lock the front door when she came in the house. This drove Irwin up a tree! Twenty years later, however, Marge locks the door, and Irwin picks up his socks. This sort of change to accommodate a partner is called marital ____.
A) adjustment
B) satisfaction
C) quality
D) success
Q3) Define cohabitation. Discuss recent trends in cohabitation both in the United States of American and in other cultures. Finally talk about the impact of cohabiting on an eventual marriage.
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Chapter 12: Work: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) The Kiski Corporation has long been known as having excellent products, a sound business model, and a high level of concern for its employees. The CEO of Kiski notices that several of the company's veteran employees have not applied for promotion in some time, and are staying at their current level of seniority longer than would be expected. In order to overcome this, what would the CEO be well-advised to do?
A) Ignore the employees and let them figure out how to advance on their own.
B) Create a new "advance or retire" program that will encourage employees to either "move up" or "move out."
C) Leave the employees alone. As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
D) Implement retraining programs for these employees to help them develop new skills.
Q2) In the corporate world, female professionals tend to leave their jobs for one of two major reasons. Which of the following is one of them?
A) feeling overly-connected, and therefore dependent, on the workplace
B) feeling that sexual harassment is ignored and, in most cases, encouraged
C) feeling that the company idealizes and rewards masculine work values
D) feeling that their family needs them more than their career does
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Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Unique Challenges of Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Which statement between adult learners and their younger counterparts is true?
A) Adults are more willing to learn about abstract problems.
B) Adults tend to be more motivated by internal factors.
C) Younger learners tend to have a larger variety of experiences.
D) Younger learners have a higher need to know why they should learn something.
Q2) Being under chronic stress suppresses the _______________ system.
Q3) Use the research presented in your text to explain how nontraditional-aged college students are different from traditional 18- to 22-year-old college students when it comes to learning.
Q4) The basic indicators or personality _______________ tend to show stability or decline with age.
Q5) You may have noticed that some older people have a distinct "hunched over" look that is particularly noticeable when they walk. They often suffer from osteoporosis, and the stooped appearance is caused by
A) calcification of the shoulder capsules.
B) pronation of the knees and ankles.
C) supination of the hip bones.
D) the collapse of spinal vertebrae.
Q6) 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) Researchers have identified the exact mechanisms by which neurofibrillary tangles develop, and there is great hope that this will lead to the first steps in the development of a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the view of depression that focuses on psychosocial factors, one's beliefs about the causes of certain events in their life is called their ____ belief system.
A) positive
B) internal
C) attributive
D) external
Q3) A person's useful life expectancy refers to the age at which half of the people born in a particular year will have died.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Wisdom is truly "superior" knowledge, judgment, and advice.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial,
Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
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Q1) Henry is 95 years of age and lives alone since his wife died three years ago. Every morning he gets up, takes a shower, and goes for a walk. He comes home, takes his daily medication, and has a healthy breakfast. He watches a little television, takes an hour-long nap, and then sits in his yard and reads or chats with neighbors as they stroll by. He has lunch, watches sports on television for a while, and then relaxes until dinner time. Sometimes he cooks, and sometimes he goes out to dinner. Before bed he takes his evening medications, brushes his teeth, and goes to sleep. Clearly, Henry's level of ________ health is quite high!
A) appropriate
B) functional
C) daily
D) instrumental
Q2) A person's ability to perform the ADLs and IADLs that are required in their lives is their ________ health.
Q3) According to ____ theory, people tend to cope with daily life in later adulthood by applying familiar strategies based upon past experiences.
Q4) Older individuals who have physical disabilities, are very ill, and may have psychological/cognitive disorders are referred to as _____ older adults.
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Chapter 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement
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Q1) According to your authors, which of the following is NOT a necessary part of the grieving process?
A) loosening ties to the deceased person
B) acknowledging the reality of the loss that has occurred
C) learning to forget the person who died
D) working through one's emotional turmoil
Q2) One of the components of the four-component model is the continuation of the subjective meaning associated with a loss. Which of the following questions illustrates that component?
A) How am I going to get over this loss?
B) How could this person die so unexpectedly?
C) How did the person I lost really feel about me?
D) What is the meaning of life?
Q3) If you were concerned that you might become unable to express your own wishes regarding medical care, you might consider appointing a durable _______________ for health care.
Q4) One component of _______________ issues is planning what will happen with their body after they have died.
Q5) The psychological side of coming to terms with a loss is called _______________.
Q6) Hospice is best thought of as an approach and not a physical place. Explain.
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