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Educational Psychology explores the scientific study of how people learn and develop within educational settings. This course examines foundational theories of learning, cognitive development, motivation, individual differences, and classroom management. Students will analyze psychological principles that influence teaching strategies and learner outcomes, as well as the impact of social, cultural, and emotional factors on education. Through research, case studies, and practical applications, students gain insights into effective instructional practices and develop skills to foster positive learning environments.
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HDEV 5th Edition by Spencer A. Rathus
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Chapter 1: History, Theories, and Methods
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Q1) Extinction results from repeated performance of operant behavior without reinforcement
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to Erikson, which of the following is true of early experiences?
A) They are more challenging than later experiences.
B) They continue to affect future development.
C) They exert very little influence on who we become.
D) They only predict future development once we reach six to eight years of age.
Answer: B
Q3) Robbie is a four-year-old who goes to a play school when his mother goes to work. He spends his weekdays in this school, and he gets to play with other children who are his age and also listen to rhymes and stories from his teacher. Which of the following systems is represented by Robbie's play school?
A) The mesosystem
B) The exosystem
C) The microsystem
D) The macrosystem
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Heredity and Prenatal Development
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Q1) The _____ is the central layer of the embryo from which the bones and muscles develop.
A) neural tube
B) mesoderm
C) ectoderm
D) umbilical cord
Answer: B
Q2) Jill bears the genetic code for Von Willebrand disease, but she has never developed the illness herself. Jill would be considered:
A) a carrier of the recessive gene that causes the disease.
B) susceptible to the disease after adolescence.
C) an acceptor of the recessive gene that causes the disease.
D) susceptible to the disease at late adulthood.
Answer: A
Q3) The embryo and fetus develop within a protective_________in the uterus.
A) amniotic sac
B) umbilical cord
C) neural tube
D) embryonic disk
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World
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Q1) During childbirth, with a(n) _________, anesthesia is injected into the mother's spinal canal, temporarily numbing the body below the waist.
A) pineal block
B) epidural block
C) pudendal block
D) ventrolateral medullary lesions block
Answer: B
Q2) The Apgar scale is a measure used to assess the health of a mother after she has given birth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Depression with perinatal onset is caused by:
A) a sudden drop in estrogen levels.
B) a decrease in metabolism levels.
C) an increase in dopamine levels.
D) the use of anesthetics during delivery.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Infancy: Physical Development
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Q1) Infants' brains are different from adults' brains in that infants' brains:
A) have more connections among neurons than adults' brains do.
B) comprise a significantly smaller percentage of the body size.
C) completely comprise non-myelinated neurons.
D) have around 300 billion neurons.
Q2) Which of the following is true of an infant's brain?
A) At birth, an infant's brain is fully developed.
B) An infant's brain reaches nearly 70 percent of its adult weight by the age of one year.
C) An infant's brain is not myelinated at birth.
D) Infants have lesser connections among neurons than adults do.
Q3) Discuss the changes that take place when an infant becomes a toddler.
Q4) Which of the following is true of growth in infancy?
A) Infants grow in spurts.
B) Infants grow constantly during the first year of life.
C) Growth during prenatal development is less dramatic than growth during infancy.
D) The growth rates of taller-than-average infants, as a group, always tend to speed up after the second year of life.
Q5) Briefly describe myelination.
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Chapter 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development
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Q1) In the context of the human brain, Broca's area is located near the section of the motor cortex that controls the muscles of the _____.
A) tongue and throat
B) eyes and ears
C) hands and fingers
D) heart and lungs
Q2) Which of the following is a criticism of Piaget's theory on cognitive development?
A) It did not focus on adult and peer influences on cognitive development.
B) It focused almost exclusively on learning processes.
C) It did not explain the cognitive development of infants aged 12 months and above.
D) It did not estimate the abilities of infants.
Q3) Around the sixth month, an infant searches for an object that has rolled out of sight. In the context of Piaget's stages of development, this is evidence of _________.
A) canalization
B) habituation
C) object permanence
D) object representation
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Chapter 6: Infancy: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) Graham is slow to accept new people and situations, takes a long time to adjust to new routines, and responds to frustrations with tantrums and crying. Graham is a(n) _____ child.
A) secure
B) extrovert
C) difficult
D) easy
Q2) Which of the following statements would a person who propagates the behavioral view of attachment most likely support?
A) Infants associate their caregivers with gratification and learn to approach them to meet their needs.
B) A caregiver becomes not just a reinforcer but also a love object who forms the basis for all later attachments.
C) Infants become emotionally attached to their mothers during the first year because they share genetic similarities.
D) If caregivers are to be missed when absent, infants must perceive that they continue to exist.
Q3) Why is it important for children to have a stable temperament?
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Chapter 7: Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) The ability to pretend involves:
A) the use and recollection of symbols.
B) the ability to use language.
C) concrete operational thought.
D) mental representation of things that children have never heard of.
Q2) Which of the following is true of imaginary friends?
A) They are a sign of serious cognitive problems.
B) They are an indication of the child having problems with real relationships.
C) They are companions for 95% of preschoolers.
D) They are most commonly found among firstborn and only children.
Q3) Somnambulism is also known as _____.
A) bed-wetting
B) sleepwalking
C) soiling
D) sleep apnea
Q4) Provide a brief account of enuresis.
Q5) Young children are able to use retrieval cues provided to them by adults to remember things.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) Solitary play is an example of _____.
A) cooperative play
B) nonsocial play
C) symbolic play
D) associative play
Q2) Christine and Julia study in a kindergarten. They play "hospital" at the kindergarten, wherein Christine assumes the role of a doctor and Julia assumes the role of a nurse. It is evident that Christine and Julia are engaged in _____.
A) onlooker play
B) dramatic play
C) nonsocial play
D) solitary play
Q3) Which of the following best describes prosocial behavior?
A) It refers to the participation in illegal behavior by minors.
B) It is behavior that is intended to hurt or injure another person.
C) It is behavior that is intended to benefit other people without expectation of reward.
D) It is behavior that is intended to inhibit aggressive thoughts and behavior amongst other people.
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Chapter 9: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true regarding the grammatical abilities of children?
A) By seven to nine years of age, most children realize that words can have different meanings.
B) By ten years of age, children find it extremely difficult to interpret passive sentences.
C) By eight years of age, children make dramatic advances in articulation and in the capacity to use complex grammar.
D) By the age of six, children lack the ability to form indirect object-direct object constructions.
Q2) The following children understand one concept each. In this context, who among the following children understands the principle of transitivity?
A) Kathy understands that the symbols used in a language are arbitrary.
B) Berry understands that if George is taller than Tina and Tina is taller than Gia, then George is taller than Gia.
C) Winny understands that the quantity of water does not change even when it is filled in containers of different shapes.
D) Sam understands that tulips belong to the category of flowers.
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Chapter 10: Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) Rashida, an 11-year-old girl, has not completed her math homework. She anticipates a reprimand from the teacher but believes that if she told the teacher that she was busy playing with her new toy and forgot all about her homework, the teacher would understand and forgive her. According to Robert Selman, this scenario illustrates _____.
A) level 0 of perspective-taking skills in childhood
B) the phallic stage
C) the latency stage
D) level 1 of perspective-taking skills in childhood
Q2) _____ refers to the development of children's understanding of the relationship between the self and others.
A) Coregulation
B) Social stratification
C) Resocialization
D) Social cognition
Q3) Separation anxiety disorder usually becomes a significant problem in middle childhood because that is when children are expected to adjust to school.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) Which of the following is the first noticeable sign of puberty in boys?
A) Development of pubic hair
B) Development of acne
C) Deepening of the voice
D) Accelerated growth of the testes
Q2) Legs reach their peak growth before the shoulders and chest.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Late-maturing boys are more poised, relaxed, and good-natured than early-maturing boys.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the context of moral development, in adolescence, many-not all-individuals:
A) become capable of formal-operational thinking.
B) judge right and wrong in terms of social conventions, rules, and laws.
C) tend to view right and wrong in terms of rewards and punishments.
D) tend to make preconventional judgments.
Q5) Discuss the gender differences in mathematical ability among adolescents.
Q6) Discuss the pros and cons of adolescent employment.
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Chapter 12: Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) In comparison to adolescent girls, adolescent boys are:
A) more likely to share personal feelings with friends.
B) less likely to interact with those of similar status.
C) more likely to engage in organized group activities.
D) less likely to have large friendship networks.
Q2) Teenagers have more conflicts with their fathers, yet they view their fathers as being more supportive and knowing them better.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Girls are much more likely than boys to engage in delinquent behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The development of self-identity is less complicated for adolescents who belong to ethnic minority groups.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss status offenses with examples.
Q6) Discuss gender and adolescent identity development.
Q7) Discuss the consequences of sexting.
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Chapter 13: Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) Discuss the motives that inspire people to pursue careers and employment.
Q2) _________is a sexually transmitted disease.
A) Multiple sclerosis
B) Tetanus
C) Amenorrhea
D) Gonorrhea
Q3) Which of the following is an extrinsic motive for working?
A) To engage in stimulating activities
B) To extend one's social contacts
C) To avoid a sense of aimlessness
D) To earn money
Q4) Sandy is concerned as she has not menstruated for a really long time. She tested negative for a pregnancy test. She is only in her mid-20s and is far too young for menopause. Sandy is suffering from _____.
A) amenorrhea
B) premenstrual syndrome
C) premenstrual dysphoric disorder
D) dysmenorrhea
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Q5) Briefly describe the stages in Donald Super's theory of career development.
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Chapter 14: Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) In Levinson's theory, _________refers to the underlying pattern of a person's life at a given stage, as defined by relationships, career, race, religion, economic status, and the like.
A) self-image
B) life stance
C) ego identity
D) life structure
Q2) Sumeet has had four girlfriends at different stages of life, and he had an exclusive sexual relationship with each of them. However, none of the relationships resulted in marriage. Sumeet's pattern of relationships can be termed _____.
A) polyandry
B) celibacy
C) serial monogamy
D) serial polygamy
Q3) A difference between cohabitors and noncohabitors is that cohabitors tend to:
A) have higher self-esteem and feelings of empathy.
B) be more committed to the values associated with the institution of marriage. C) be more religious.
D) be less traditional.
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Chapter 15: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) The _________refers to the research finding that IQ scores increased some 18 points in the United States between the years of 1947 and 2002.
A) Matthew effect
B) Flynn effect
C) Cohort effect
D) Streisand effect
Q2) In the context of intelligence, which of the following statements is true?
A) Researchers theorize a strong role for neurological factors in fluid intelligence.
B) Crystallized intelligence is influenced exclusively by neurological factors.
C) Fluid intelligence is influenced exclusively by environmental factors.
D) Studies show that crystallized intelligence tends to decrease with age through middle adulthood.
Q3) Which of the following tests is used to screen women for breast cancer?
A) An electrocardiogram
B) A mammogram
C) An electroencephalogram
D) A lymphogram
Q4) Describe the human immune system.
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Chapter 16: Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) _____ refers to a syndrome wherein some children fail to leave home even by age 30.
A) Failure to thrive
B) Midlife transition
C) The empty nest syndrome
D) Failure to launch
Q2) Which of the following is true of theories of development during middle adulthood?
A) They debate whether or not middle adulthood is a distinct stage of life.
B) They all include the concept of a midlife crisis.
C) They agree that middle adulthood begins at age 35.
D) They suggest that one's age is the primary determinant of when middle adulthood begins.
Q3) In the context of scales used to assess development of personality in women from young adulthood through late adulthood, which of the following themes assesses the feeling that "I am my own person"?
A) Identity certainty
B) Confident power
C) Generativity
D) Concern with aging
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Chapter 17: Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development
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Q1) Brain infections such as meningitis, HIV, and encephalitis; chronic alcoholism, strokes, and tumors are some of the causes of _____.
A) diabetes
B) tuberculosis
C) dementia
D) diphtheria
Q2) Which of the following happens each time human cells divide?
A) Telomeres shrink
B) Corticosteroids are released into the bloodstream
C) Chromosomes shrink
D) Adrenaline is released into the bloodstream
Q3) _________tend to see aging as a result of genetic instructions.
A) Free radical theories of aging
B) Programmed theories of aging
C) Cross-linking theories of aging
D) Cellular damage theories of aging
Q4) What are the common changes observed in people who suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD)?
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Q5) Is substance abuse by adults a major problem in America?
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Chapter 18: Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development
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Q1) Widowhood in late adulthood is associated with:
A) increased levels of stress hormones.
B) a lowered risk of suicide.
C) a higher chance of obtaining ego integrity.
D) decreased mortality.
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of retirement planning?
A) In married couples, control of retirement plans is unrelated to a partner's workload and income level.
B) Women in same-gender couples who do retirement planning are less likely to do it collaboratively as compared to men in same-gender couples.
C) Men in same-gender couples are more likely than women in same-gender couples to do retirement planning.
D) In married couples, wives more often than husbands tend to be in control of retirement plans.
Q3) Inability to bounce back from a state of sadness is a symptom of _____.
A) dementia
B) Crohn's disease
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) depression
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Chapter 19: Lifes
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Q1) Discuss ways of helping a child cope with grief.
Q2) Which of the following accurately defines the term whole brain death?
A) It is absence of activity of the cerebral cortex alone.
B) It is the cessation of activity of the cerebral cortex and brain stem.
C) It is the end stage of life in which bodily processes decline, leading to death.
D) It is the irreversible cessation of vital life functions.
Q3) The stage theory of grief is inapplicable to hospital staffs' responses to the death of an inpatient.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is the purpose of Death with Dignity Acts enacted in specific states of the United States?
A) They enable terminally ill patients to ask physicians to prescribe lethal doses of medication.
B) They make the practice of euthanasia illegal in case of terminal illnesses.
C) They regulate the practice of passive euthanasia.
D) They prohibit the practice of terminal sedation.
Q5) What advice is given to a person coping with the loss of a loved one?
Q6) How do funerals allow people to respond to death?
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