Educational Psychology Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Educational Psychology explores the psychological principles and theories that underpin teaching and learning processes within educational settings. The course examines cognitive, emotional, and social development as they relate to learners of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Students will study topics such as motivation, classroom management, assessment strategies, individual differences, and the impact of culture on learning. Emphasis is placed on applying psychological research to design effective instructional strategies and to foster environments that support students intellectual and personal growth.
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A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom 6th Edition by Dan Gartrell
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Chapter 1: The Guidance Tradition
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Q1) Who was best known for work in the area of "positive discipline"?
A)Johann Pestalozzi
B)Maslow
C)Haim Ginott
D)Rudolph Dreikurs
Answer: D
Q2) Which of these individuals is NOT a pioneer of the guidance tradition?
A)Maria Montessori
B)Jean Piaget
C)Friedrich Froebel
D)John Comenius
Answer: B
Q3) Maria Montessori started schools known as "casa del bambini" that were
A)Designed for the children of factory workers
B)Provided a model for the elevation of child care from custodial care to educational care.
C)Both a and be
D)Neither a nor b
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Child Development and Guidance
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Q1) Why is guidance important for healthy development in a diverse society?
Answer: Going beyond the generalities associated with ethnic groups,each family has its own microculture comprised of the family's particular traditions,values,religious practices,work-orientations,social expectations,and inter-personal dynamics.Teachers who use guidance recognize that the child is the extension of the family unit and build partnerships with families to bridge cultural differences between home and classroom.Children who see evidence of their family's microcultures in the educational program and perceive harmony in relations between family and the teacher see the world as a trustworthy place and are more able to learn democratic life skills.
Q2) The self-talk that children engage in during play is known as
A)zone of proximanl development
B)the problem of the match
C)separation anxiety
D)private speech
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Mistaken Behaviorchallenging Behavior
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a source of physiological difficulty that has been shown to make children vulnerable for Level Three mistaken behavior according to Kaiser and Sklar-Raminisky?
A)heredity personality
B)malnutrition during infancy
C)premature alcohol and drug exposure
D)pregnancy complications
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is the most immature and least open of the relational patterns identified by Harlow?
A)adjustment
B)survival
C)encountering
D)conflict
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Guidance: The Bottom Line
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Q1) How does guidance reduce the need for mistaken behavior?
Q2) Occasionally the teacher needs to rescue children from their own behavior.In order to assist children in difficult situations,which of the following is best for the teacher to use?
A)corporal punishment
B)crisis intervention
C)assertive discipline
D)none of these answers
Q3) Which of the following is NOT an example of a practice used in the guidance classroom?
A)involvement of parents
B)teacher as professional
C)liberation teaching
D)corporal punishment
Q4) Which of the following does the professional teacher utilize in the guidance classroom?
A)isolation of children from one another to maintain control
B)hasty decisions
C)skills to assess situations
D)punishment according to the severity of the child's offense
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Chapter 5: Organizing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the most important considerations when planning the environment within the guidance classroom?
A)teacher planning space
B)traffic patterns
C)noise levels
D)accommodations for the active nature of children
Q2) Which of the following regarding learning centers is manifest in guidance classrooms?
A)They are a distraction to teacher.
B)They are a distraction to the students.
C)They are the physical embodiment of developmentally appropriate practice.
D)Parents object to the use of the learning center in the guidance classroom.
Q3) Health studies confirm that vigorous activity
A)that is competitive in nature consistently shows benefits for stress reduction
B)that is competitive shows strong positive impact on healthy development
C)that is noncompetitive increases student anxiety in a competitive world
D)that is noncompetitive assists in stress reduction,hormone balance,and enhancement of the body's major systems
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Chapter 6: Managing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) Which of the following parents might the teacher want to encourage to volunteer in the classroom?
A)the parent who has contributed to the funding programs within the school
B)the parent who has a child with many mistaken behaviors and who needs to witness the classroom activity.
C)the parent who has volunteered before on a regular basis
D)the parent who complains most to the school about concerns and issues
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a reason why large-group instruction may fail?
A)Children are "over taught and under practiced ".
B)Children are mischievous and will not sit still long enough to hear instructions.
C)Children absorb the information but do not have the opportunity to construct their own knowledge from it.
D)Children are not fully able to "own" the learning,make sense of it and value it.
Q3) Which of the following best engages young children to learn?
A)frequent small group activities
B)many independent activities
C)limited large-group activities
D)all of these answers
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Chapter 7: Leadership Communication With the Group
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Q1) The use of class meetings in the classroom
A)work against the resolution of children's problems
B)should be avoided in favor of more conciliatory means of resolving student concerns.
C)supports the concepts of an encouraging classroom
D)are inappropriate with young children in early childhood settings
Q2) Use of which of the following is deemed MOST appropriate when encouraging young children?
A)stickers
B)personal encouragement
C)certificate of merit
D)yelling
Q3) Why is encouragement more appropriate than praise?
Q4) A basic different between encouragement and praise is that
A)praise is a more effective tool for long-term changes in behavior
B)encouragement empowers the efforts of the child
C)encouragement gives approval to achievement
D)praise empowers the efforts of the child
Q5) How do class meetings build the encouraging classroom?
Q6) Why are guidelines,not rules,important in the encouraging classroom?
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Chapter 8: Leadership Communication With the Individual
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Q1) Which of the following is a way to convey warmth to children in the classroom as discussed in this chapter?
A)friendly touch
B)a party
C)frequent parental visits
D)bringing a clown to entertain the classroom
Q2) Which of the following methods does this chapter stress that teachers can use to
A)interviewing previous teachers that children have had
B)teachers can listen to and greet children
C)holding frequent parent meetings to detect unhappiness in children
D)videotaping daily classroom activities
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a recommended method of avoiding burnout?
A)setting personal limits
B)counseling
C)exercising
D)taking a leave of absence from the duties in the classroom
Q4) How do teachers use effective communication in the guardian-teacher conference?
Q5) How do teachers' listening skills encourage young learners?
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Chapter 9: Using Conflict Management
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for working with custodial grandparents?
A)Collaborate with other agencies to line up services and service-advocacy for grandparents.
B)Discourage grandparents from reading children's books about family relationships to share with grandchildren.
C)Provide information about your program in "grandparent-friendly" ways.
D)Introduce grandparents to others in similar circumstances
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the recommended guidelines for using conflict management?
A)The teacher intervenes firmly as a moral authority.
B)The teacher calms down all parties before starting.
C)The teacher need not mediate perfectly for children to learn social problem-solving skills.
D)The teacher supports the right of personal expression and the skill of effective communication.
Q3) Why can't teachers prevent all conflicts?
Q4) How does violence affect children's social problem-solving approach?
Q5) What do teachers need to know about two trends in family diversity?
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Chapter 10: Problem-Solving Mistaken Behavior
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Q1) When putting choices to a child,the teacher should make which one the most attractive?
A)last choice
B)out-choice
C)first choice
D)in-choice
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a follow-up strategy?
A)reflective listening
B)report box
C)guidance talks
D)reconciliation
Q3) Which of the following questions does NOT help empower children to work things out?
A)Which of you is at fault here?
B)How could you solve this differently?
C)What are your choices in this situation?
D)What words could you use next time?
Q4) How does the teacher respond to mistaken behaviors reported by children?
Q5) Why should teachers take the time to problem-solve mistaken behavior?
Q6) How do nonverbal techniques act as a quick intervention strategy?
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Chapter 11: Guidance Through Intervention
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Q1) When should conflict management give way to crisis management?
A)when children are not sure how to best resolve their differences
B)any time children experience conflict
C)when the conflict gets out of hand
D)if a child does not feel that he or she is being treated fairly
Q2) When making the decision to remove a child from a group,the guidance professional asks which of these questions?
A)Should I physically punish the child or permanently isolate him or her from the other children?
B)Am I removing the child because of what he did or because the other children asked me to?
C)Am I reacting appropriately or inappropriately?
D)Will the child calm down more easily if I am near,or will my proximity reward the child and reinforce the mistaken behavior?
Q3) Why is physical restraint the method of last resort when dealing with mistaken behavior?
Q4) Why is it important for the teacher to manage anger?
Q5) How does commanding cooperation differ from issuing an ultimatum?
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Chapter 12: Liberation Teaching: A Guidance Response
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Q1) A liberating response does NOT
A)show clear acceptance of the child.
B)insensitively incorporate elements of the child's family background.
C)alter the environment for inclusion.
D)facilitate cooperative and individual activities
Q2) Which of the following is a teacher behavior that stigmatizes?
A)establishing psychological distance from a child
B)establishing close ties with all children in the classroom
C)treating children inclusively
D)treating children equally
Q3) According to the violence pyramid,the greatest number of children are affected by which type of violence?
A)entertainment violence
B)violence in the home and/or the community
C)real world violence shown in the media
D)isolated traumatic direct exposure to violence in the home and community
Q4) What does Levin's continuum of violence in children's lives tell us?
Q5) How does anti-bias education differ from the tourist curriculum?
Q6) What are the four progressions suggested for increasing parent involvement in the practice of liberation teaching?
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