Educational Psychology
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Course Introduction
Educational Psychology explores the foundational theories and principles of how individuals learn and develop within educational settings. The course examines cognitive, emotional, and social processes affecting student learning and motivation, with an emphasis on applying psychological concepts to classroom instruction, assessment, and classroom management. Students will analyze the impact of diversity, developmental stages, and learning differences on instructional strategies, and will develop skills to foster inclusive and effective learning environments for diverse student populations.
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Educational Psychology 6th Canadian Edition by Anita Woolfolk
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Chapter 1: Learning, teaching, and Educational Psychology
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Q1) If researchers wanted to study the development of students over many years as change occurs,they would likely be conducting a ______________ study.
Answer: longitudinal
Q2) When beginning teachers confront everyday classroom life,they often experience ________________.
Answer: reality shock.
Q3) Which of the following statements are TRUE of longitudinal studies?
A)They are time consuming and expensive.
B)They are more commonly used than experimental and cross-sectional studies.
C)They involve researchers following students over the course of a few days.
D)They utilize teachers directly in the research process.
Answer: A
Q4) When a correlation coefficient of -0.80 is found between factor A and factor B,the most accurate interpretation is that
A)a decrease in factor A is strongly related to a decrease in factor B.
B)a decrease in factor A is strongly related to an increase in factor B.
C)there is NO significant relationship between the two factors.
D)there is a very weak relationship between the two factors.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Cognitive Development and Language
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Q1) When we try a particular strategy and it does not work,the discomfort we experience is called
A)assimilation.
B)centration.
C)disequilibrium.
D)non-adaptation.
Answer: C
Q2) Which one of the following is the clearest example of Piaget's concept of assimilation?
A)Learning that a green light means "go" and a red light means "stop."
B)Learning to paint with a new type of brush.
C)Looking at teachers as they lecture.
D)Looking at a worm and thinking that it is a snake.
Answer: D
Q3) The zone of proximal development is the area where students may solve a problem
A)by themselves.
B)with no disequilibrium.
C)with support.
D)without frustration.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Self and Social and Moral Development
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Q1) The way that children resolve the autonomy vs.shame and doubt crisis influences their later sense of
A)attachment to the family.
B)confidence in their own abilities.
C)cooperation in groups.
D)evaluation of new ideas.
Answer: B
Q2) Which one of the following students is expected to have the highest self-esteem?
A)Charlene,who won the tennis tournament after the number one seed was injured
B)Jennifer,who scored highest in her class on the physics exam even though she hated physics
C)Richard,who won Best-of-Class in a statewide modelling competition
D)Terry,who became class president after the elected president moved to a new school
Answer: C
Q3) Adolescents who fail to develop a strong identity are likely to experience ________. Answer: role confusion
Q4) Erikson interprets development based on the perspective of the ________ theory. Answer: psychosocial
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Chapter 4: Learner Differences and Learning Needs
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Q1) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding stuttering?
A)If persisting for 1-2 months,a referral to a speech therapist should be made
B)It is more likely to occur in preschool than in adolescence.
C)It is not classified as a speech impairment.
D)The causes are well known,but treatments are not.
Q2) Gifted children are typically,above average in general ability,highly creative,and have high levels of ________.
Q3) All children in Ms.Gray's math class can now solve subtraction problems,but Larry does them much more quickly and efficiently than most of his classmates.Sternberg would call this
A)automaticity.
B)flexibility.
C)insight.
D)meta-components.
Q4) Many children with hyperactivity are made more manageable by being given stimulant drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Having the ability to apply culturally accepted problem-solving methods is referred to as ________.
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Chapter 5: Language, language Diversity, and Immigrant Education
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Q1) According to your textbook,the most desirable approach to the bilingualism in today's schools is to
A)divide students into separate language classes according to the primary language that they speak.
B)try to make students fluent in both languages.
C)employ monolingual educational strategies.
D)try to make students at least semi-lingual in their second language.
Q2) Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A)According to Woolfolk and other researchers,emerging readers use both decoding skills and oral language skills.
B)By age 3 most children should be able to create sentences with an average of 5 words. C)Teachers should encourage students not to use their Heritage language during school hours.
D)Pragmatics refers to overusing a grammatical rule in appropriate situations.
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Chapter 6: Culture and Diversity
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Q1) Which one of the following quotations \(\bold{MOST}\) clearly represents the concept of stereotyping?
A)"Boys should line up to the right and girls to the left."
B)"If he's one of your friends,tell him not to apply."
C)"Matthew just doesn't seem interested in spelling."
D)"People from that region just aren't ambitious."
Q2) Define gender bias and describe how it has been expressed in school.
Q3) Gender discrimination practices in classrooms foster _________.
Q4) Cindy is feeling anxiety because she did poorly on her math test.She worries that her teacher might not be surprised that she did poorly since "Asians are better in math."
Cindy is White.This is an example of
A)learned helplessness.
B)a stereotype threat.
C)confirmation bias.
D)racism.
Q5) Ricardo Garcia (1991)compares culture to a(n)
A)melting pot.
B)mosaic.
C)iceberg.
D)rainbow.
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Chapter 7: Behavioural Views of Learning
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Q1) According to the above case study.Positive reinforcement/negative reinforcement
Q2) Lionel was humiliated when he forgot his lines in a play.Now he refuses to take part in any function of the speech class.Based on the behavioural principles discussed by Woolfolk,the best strategy for Lionel's teacher would be to
A)assign Lionel jobs that do not involve any speaking.
B)assign Lionel to work with another student until the feeling becomes extinguished.
C)bring Lionel back into class participation in small steps.
D)help Lionel regain his confidence by assigning him a major role in a play.
Q3) In using the Premack Principle,it is important that the higher frequency behaviour happens first.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Slot machines that pay off after an indeterminate number of uses illustrate what schedule of reinforcement?
A)Fixed-interval
B)Fixed-ratio
C)Variable-interval
D)Variable-ratio
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Chapter 8: Cognitive Views of Learning
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Q1) The process that occurs when remembering certain information is hampered by the presence of other information is called ________.
Q2) Knowledge stored in long-term memory that \(\bold{CANNOT}\) be recalled upon demand is referred to as ________.
Q3) Only about 14 items may be stored in short-term memory at any given time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The memory system that initially receives stimuli from the environment is the ________.
Q5) "I before e except after c" is an example of the chain-method approach to memorization.
A)True B)False
Q6) Knowing specific facts or knowing how to do something is called verbal information or ________ knowledge.
Q7) The "spread of activation" phenomenon is basically a short-term memory process. A)True B)False
Q8) Information may be lost from working memory by decay or ________.
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Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes
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Q1) An exhaustive,step-by-step approach for solving a problem,in which a solution is virtually guaranteed is a(n)________.
Q2) Roberto,an eleventh grade student,rereads his poem for the third time and asks himself again "is this poem finished?" Roberto is engaging in _______________ thinking.
Q3) In order to encourage student creativity,teachers are advised to
A)enhance each student's reliance on authorities for response accuracy.
B)promote convergent thinking and problem-solving skills.
C)reinforce unusual solutions,even if the product is not perfect.
D)work on increasing the speed with which students can identify solutions to problems.
Q4) What heuristic is Felita most likely applying when she assumes her husband will be late to pick her up since he has been late the last three evenings?
A)Belief perseverance
B)Confirmation bias
C)Availability heuristic
D)Representation heuristic
Q5) An important part of becoming an expert in a field is ________ knowledge.
Q6) Knowledge about out own thinking processes is _________.
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Chapter 10: The Learning Sciences and Constructivism
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Q1) The way that we think about and represent information reflects that fact that we need to interact with the world.This theme is referred to the theory of _____________ within the field of cognitive sciences
Q2) In cooperative learning groups,the primary role of the materials monitor is to select the material to be studied.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a cooperative learning situation,the role of the encourager is to
A)encourage all students to participate.
B)encourage the group to monitor its progress.
C)encourage the group to use all of its resource materials.
D)encourage the group to develop a concrete plan.
Q4) Vygotsky's notion that learning is inherently social and embedded in a particular cultural setting is consistent with A)guided learning.
B)relativistic learning.
C)situated learning.
D)sociological learning.
Q5) When all students are required to participate,this is referred to as ________.
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Chapter 11: Social Cognitive Views of Learning and Motivation
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Q1) The capacity to exercise influence over life events through coordination of learning skills,motivation and emotions is known as
A)self-efficacy.
B)self-esteem.
C)human agency.
D)social learning.
Q2) Which of the following is a danger associated with students' underestimating their abilities?
A)Students are more likely to put in a weak effort and give up easily.
B)Students do not discover that they did not really understanding the material until it is too late.
C)Students are unlikely to go back and review sources of their misunderstandings.
D)Students are more likely to put forth greater effort and persist longer.
Q3) According to the above case study.What might be the sources of Annie's low self-efficacy beliefs related to her writing beliefs?
Q4) According to the above case study.How does Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory help us to understand Annie's comment "I just can't do this writing stuff"?
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Chapter 12: Motivation in Learning and Teaching
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Q1) Maslow's approach to motivation is a humanistic view.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Pat believes that the reason for her success in reading is the effort she puts into it.Pat is reflecting what type of locus of control?
A)External
B)Internal
C)Stable
D)Transitional
Q3) As Jim looks at his report card,he remarks to Judy,"I got that B because I really didn't work hard in Mr.Wedell's calculus class." According to Weiner,Jim is attributing the cause of his grade to causes that are
A)external,stable,controllable.
B)external,unstable,uncontrollable.
C)internal,stable,controllable.
D)internal,unstable,uncontrollable.
Q4) The need to experience choice and control in what we do and how we do it is called ________.
Q5) The interest state that arouses,directs,and maintains behaviour is ________.
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Chapter 13: Creating Learning Environments
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Q1) An adolescent student approaches a teacher and says,"I can't sleep very well at night and worry about all the mess in my life." Gordon would identify this situation as a(n)
A)external-stable crisis.
B)identity crisis.
C)student-owned problem.
D)teacher-owned problem.
Q2) Effective managers communicate rules over time rather than primarily during the beginning weeks of school.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Doyle discussed the following six characteristics of classrooms: (1)Multidimensional (2)simultaneity; (3)immediacy; (4)unpredictability; (5)publicness; and (6)history.Describe each and indicate what,in your opinion,the implications of these characteristics are for classroom management.
Q4) Movement management means propelling the class lesson at an appropriate and flexible pace and avoiding abrupt transitions and slowdowns.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: Teaching Every Student
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Q1) Mrs.Savage is hoping that her students will really appreciate the importance of earthquakes following the unit that she is about to teach.The type of affective objective that she should expect to occur FIRST for this outcome is A)organizing.
B)receiving.
C)responding.
D)valuing.
Q2) Demonstrate your understanding of Bloom's taxonomy for the cognitive domain by listing and describing each level.Be sure to list the levels in order and explain the significance of the sequence.
Q3) Which one of the following objectives is complete according to Mager's guidelines?
A)Given coloured pictures of fruits and vegetables,students will correctly classify them with a high degree of accuracy.
B)Students will correctly identify the function of the four major organs in the digestive system without using notes.
C)Students will correctly recall the major bones of the human body.
D)Using a calculator,students will solve division problems containing fractions.
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Chapter 15: Classroom Assessment,grading,and Testing
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Q1) Which one of the following strategies does NOT tend to increase the reliability of essay test grades?
A)Base your ratings on a model answer that you have constructed.
B)Grade all essay items for each student in turn based on a pre-established point system.
C)Have students place their names on the back of their test papers.
D)Score all responses to one essay item before moving on to the next item.
Q2) A typical criterion-referenced report card that reports student learning tends to be A)complex and time-consuming for teachers.
B)constructive for group comparisons.
C)convenient but not helpful for many students.
D)practical for elementary grades but not for high school.
Q3) Which one of the following sources would be the LEAST likely product to be found in a student's portfolio?
A)Artistic products
B)Peer comments
C)Standardized test results
D)Written products
Q4) The spread of scores around the mean is the ________.
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