Educational Psychology
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Educational Psychology explores the foundational theories and principles underlying how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course examines cognitive, emotional, and social factors that influence learning, including motivation, memory, learning styles, and classroom dynamics. Students will analyze the role of psychological assessment and measurement in education, consider the impact of culture and diversity, and explore strategies for fostering effective teaching and positive learning environments. Through case studies and research-based practices, the course prepares future educators and professionals to apply psychological concepts to improve educational outcomes and support student development.
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Lifespan Development 6th Canadian Edition by Denise Boyd
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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods
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Q1) The concept of the critical period would explain why many kindergartners are distressed during the first week of their kindergarten experience.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Scientists who study age-related changes in development use three broad categories called ______ to classify developmental changes.
A) "stages"
B) "spheres"
C) "zones"
D) "domains"
Answer: D
Q3) Darwin's baby biographies were the first scientific studies of child development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theories of Development
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Q1) Gene expression is controlled through dominant-recessive patterns of inheritance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Alexia,Sasha,and Derek have each inherited curly hair from their father.Alexia has wavy hair,Sasha has medium coils,and Derek has tight curls.The variance in the amount and type of curly hair among the children is an example of ________ in genetic inheritance.
A) recessive gene
B) homozygous gene carriers
C) gene expressivity
D) polygenetic influences
Answer: C
Q3) People take less time to learn a new behaviour under partial reinforcement conditions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
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Q1) A preterm infant is an infant born before the ______ week of gestation.
A) 40<sup>th</sup>
B) 42<sup>nd</sup>
C) 39<sup>th</sup>
D) 38<sup>th</sup>
Answer: D
Q2) How are infants affected by birth medications?
A) Infants are not affected by birth medications because the placenta effectively filters such medications.
B) Infants whose mothers received birth medications are usually more sluggish, spend more time sleeping, and gain a little less weight during the first weeks after birth.
C) Birth medications typically have no observable short- or long-term effects on an infant.
D) Birth medications significantly depress infant respiration and heart rate and pose considerable risk to infant mortality.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
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Q1) Improved lung efficiency and increased heart muscle strength mean that children have increased
A) reticular activation.
B) intersensory integration.
C) ossification.
D) stamina.
Q2) Synaptic pruning is a period in which unnecessary pathways and connections are eliminated.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement about breast-feeding is correct?
A) It is not nutritionally superior to bottle-feeding.
B) It promotes rapid weight and size gain.
C) It cannot transmit viruses.
D) It contributes to diarrhea, gastroenteritis, bronchitis, ear infections, and colic.
Q4) Describe 3 important changes in the brain that take place during infancy.
Q5) Compare and contrast the processes of pruning and myelinization that occur in an infant's brain.
Q6) Define the term "marasmus," and describe the effect it has on an infant.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) Summarize the research findings on infants and television exposure.What are the implications for infant development?
Q2) Piaget's most fundamental theoretical proposal was that a child constructed an understanding of the world based on ______________________.
A) nature
B) genetics
C) experience
D) maturation
Q3) Compare and contrast the behaviourist and nativist views of language development.
Q4) A 7-month-old baby is showing interest in a toy and has begun to reach for it.If you partially cover the toy with a blanket,the baby will successfully uncover the toy.If you completely cover the toy with the blanket,the baby will
A) search for the toy in several locations.
B) lose interest and cease looking or searching for the toy.
C) signal you to search for the toy.
D) search for the toy in the location of the blanket.
Q5) Describe the findings of Mavis Gunther's research on breast-feeding.
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Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
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Q1) A 2-year-old pointing to the window to redirect her mother's attention from the television to the birds outside is a form of ________ awareness.
A) egocentric
B) re-direction of C) joint attention
D) interactional
Q2) Between 5 and 7 months,babies are able to comprehend the emotions of others through
A) individual cues such as voice tone alone.
B) combined multisensory cues like facial expressions, voice tones, etc.
C) mirror neurons activated in the brain.
D) imitating emotional expression.
Q3) Researchers have found that the levels of cortisol,a stress hormone,_____________ from morning to afternoon in infants who are enrolled in centre-based care.
A) increased
B) decreased C) remained unchanged
D) were minimal
Q4) Describe the process of niche-picking.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) How could you test a 2-year-old child's understanding of appearance and reality? How might you test a 5-year-old child's understanding?
Q2) Children whose IQ scores are below ________ may be referred to as intellectually delayed or having a developmental disability,and those who score above ________ are often called gifted.
A) 70; 130
B) 70; 130 and are creative
C) 100; 200
D) 70; 130.
Q3) The children who live on Yonge Street are playing "store" today.They use empty cans,boxes,and bags as groceries,and they stack the items on shelves formed from cardboard boxes.Susie is the store-owner,Muhammed delivers ice cream,and Shelly brings her baby to the store.What is the most developmentally advanced level of play represented in this scenario?
A) sensorimotor play
B) sociodramatic play
C) constructive play
D) first pretend play
Q4) Describe how egocentrism is related to conservation.
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Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) The parenting style that is quite militant,where there are high levels of demand and control,and low levels of warmth and communication,is the ________ type.
A) permissive
B) authoritarian
C) authoritative
D) uninvolved
Q2) By the age of 2 or 3,children seem to understand that violating a social convention,such as failing to say "thank you," is less serious than violating a moral rule,such as taking another child's toy without permission.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When 4-year-old Muhammed thinks of activities,behaviours,or personal characteristics as being "for mommy" or "for daddy," he is using A) gender schema.
B) gender concepts.
C) gender stereotypes.
D) sex-typing.
Q4) What are the mechanisms or processes by which divorce affects children?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Researchers believe that the general problem that underlies poor reading skills is difficulty with sound-letter combinations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Two major growth spurts take place during middle childhood.The first takes place between the ages of 6 and 8,and the second growth spurt takes place between the ages of 10 and 12.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the primary changes that take place in the brain and central nervous system in middle childhood.
Q4) According to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences,the ability to be sensitive to the behaviour,moods,and needs of others is an example of the ________ type of intelligence.
A) naturalist
B) intrapersonal
C) bodily kinesthetic
D) interpersonal
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Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) What types of shifts or changes occur in children's descriptions of others across middle childhood?
Q2) Describe self-concept in middle childhood.What role do traits,cognitive advances,and self-efficacy play in the development of a self-concept?
Q3) Relational aggression tends to increase among boys and girls during the 6-to 12-year-old period.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The child who says,"My friend is very smart and he is more helpful than I am" is most likely _______ than the child who describes his best friend by saying,"My friend has a fast bike."
A) smarter
B) more observant
C) more socially adaptive
D) older
Q5) Canadian children between ages 2 and 11 spend an average of 21 hours/week watching television.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) What statement best represents current trends in adolescent sexual behaviour in Canada?
A) The rate of teens who report having sexual intercourse before age 15 has decreased.
B) The rate of 15- to 19-year-old females who reported ever having intercourse has declined.
C) The rates of sexual activity are higher among teens who are involved in sports or after-school pursuits.
D) The rate of condom use with sexual intercourse among teens of both sexes increases with age.
Q2) You have been asked to make a presentation to a local community group about teen sexuality and pregnancy.In preparation for your presentation,develop responses to the following questions: What factors or circumstances predict adolescent sexual activity and teenage pregnancy? What factors or circumstances reduce the likelihood of adolescent sexual behaviour and pregnancy? What are health risks associated with sexual activity among teens?
Q3) Describe the experience of transgendered teens.What issues do they cope with? What options are available to help them cope,once they accept their transgendered status?
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Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
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Q1) As teenagers proceed through adolescence,
A) they have more rigid ideas about sex-role behaviours or sex-role identity behaviours.
B) they increasingly define themselves in terms of enduring traits, beliefs, moral standards, or personal philosophies.
C) their self-concepts are increasingly tied to their physical characteristics.
D) their self-concepts become more concrete.
Q2) According to Freud,adolescence occurs during the ________ stage when psychosexual maturity is reached.
A) libidinous
B) identity confirmation
C) genital
D) latent
Q3) Among adolescents,peer-group pressures are most likely to be
A) more powerful than parental values and mandated behaviours.
B) toward positive activities, such as school involvement.
C) toward misconduct, such as vandalism or delinquency.
D) negative and destructive.
Q4) How does sex-role identity evolve or change across the years of adolescence?
Q5) How can moral reasoning be encouraged or developed?
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) According to researchers,which of the following factors is NOT identified as causing a negative effect upon immune system functioning across adulthood?
A) psychological stress and depression
B) life experiences that demand high levels of change and adaptation
C) excessive exercise and physical exertion
D) chronic stress
Q2) What are the most prominent mental health risks in early adulthood?What are the causes and possible treatment options?
Q3) Discuss the social problem known as sexual assault.What is the prevalence in Canada? What are the effects?
Q4) The major cycle of brain development that begins just prior to puberty involves a surge in white matter production in areas of the brain associated with higher mental processes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the relationship between the distribution of wealth and the health of Canadians? What factors mediate the relationship for Canadians? Compare Canadian outcomes with U.S.outcomes.
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Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early
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Q1) Psychologist Jeffrey Arnett suggests that the educational,social,and economic demands that modern cultures make on individuals age 17 to 22 has given rise to the need to create a new developmental period he calls
A) transitional adulthood.
B) emerging adulthood.
C) prolonged adolescence.
D) extended adolescence.
Q2) Of the following couples,which would most likely report the highest level of marital satisfaction?
A) Mario and Ansuya have been married 20 years and have a daughter who is a junior in college.
B) Michelle, a lawyer, and Pierre, a banker, have been married a year and have no children.
C) Antonio and Maria own and manage a small grocery store with assistance from their 16-year-old sons.
D) Ling and Guan have been married eight years and have two children in elementary school.
Q3) Identify what factors influence an individuals' occupation choices.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Studies have proven that dietary fat is a significant risk factor for both heart disease and cancer.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Alexander,age 55,believes there is something wrong with the telephone because he is experiencing difficulty hearing his 3-year-old granddaughter's voice when she calls.Alexander should be examined for
A) neuropathy
B) auricularis
C) presbycusis
D) presbyopia
Q3) Osteoporosis could best be described as
A) a porous bone condition that affects only menopausal women.
B) the loss of bone mass and density that is accelerated with age.
C) a secondary aging bone condition that is negatively linked to hormone replacement therapy.
D) a degenerative bone disease of aging that is uncontrollable, inevitable, and irreversible.
Q4) Summarize the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy.
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Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle
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Q1) How are Baby Boomers preparing for retirement? How do Baby Boomers compare to their parents as they enter retirement?
Q2) Neuroticism is the personality trait associated with the need for order in the environment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An essential step in the stage of generativity requires the individual to reflect and conduct a personal evaluation to unearth her difficulties so she can begin to make a positive contribution to society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Summarize the research evidence for continuity in personality across adulthood.What is the evidence for change in our personality? What are the possible sources or causes of personality change in adulthood?
Q5) How did Erikson characterize the developmental task of middle adulthood?
A) intimacy versus isolation
B) generativity versus stagnation
C) dialectical thought versus problem-finding
D) ego integrity versus despair
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) Age-related physical changes that cause a general slowing down are responsible for diverse behavioural effects,such as taking longer to tie one's shoes,decrements in word skills,or driving problems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences the accurate diagnosis of depression among older adults?
A) Since depression is not common among older adults, reliable clinical diagnostic criteria have not been developed.
B) Elders may be misdiagnosed as being depressed because they are likely to report symptoms that are common both to older adults and to depressed adults, such as loss of sleep and lack of energy.
C) Depression may be mistaken for dementia because depression may also cause confusion and memory loss.
D) Symptoms of depression may be dismissed erroneously as "old-age grumpiness."
Q3) Discuss Cohen's stages of creativity in later life.What steps could you take to foster creativity?
Q4) Identify how older and younger adults differ in memory function.
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Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late
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Q1) When you visit a former co-worker who recently retired,you are astonished at his list of activities and projects,and he says,"Staying busy keeps me young!" Your former co-worker's philosophy is most consistent with which of the following perspectives on aging?
A) activity theory
B) adaptation theory
C) programmed senescence theory
D) ego integrity
Q2) According to research,what is the most common effect of activity upon later life?
A) greater life satisfaction and morale
B) increased mortality because the effects of disabling conditions such as diabetes may be magnified
C) fatigue and depression from overwhelming roles and responsibilities
D) more rewarding relationships with members of the social support network
Q3) Identify gender differences in the social networks of late adulthood.
Q4) Older adults typically are most often abused by their children.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Describe the meaning of the term "activity theory."
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Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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Q1) Discuss the process of grieving as it pertains to the needs and responses of differing developmental stages from childhood through to older adulthood.How does mode of death impact grieving? What role do grief rituals play?
Q2) A living will that asks a physician not to use life-support systems or resuscitation techniques is essentially asking the physician to participate in passive euthanasia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In Canada and other industrialized countries,where do most adults die?
A) at home
B) in a hospital
C) in a hospice
D) in a nursing home
Q4) Older adults tend to be more anxious about the process of dying rather than of death itself.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the role that religion can play with respect to people's attitudes towards death.
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