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Educational Psychology explores the principles of psychology as they apply to teaching and learning processes within educational settings. The course examines topics such as cognitive development, motivation, classroom management, individual differences, assessment techniques, and effective instructional strategies. Through analyzing how students learn and retain information, future educators will gain insights into supporting diverse learners and creating optimal learning environments. Students will also consider the impact of social, emotional, and cultural factors on academic achievement, preparing them to apply psychological theories and research to real-world classroom scenarios.
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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) A study in which people of different ages are all measured at the same time in order to assess developmental differences is called a
A) longitudinal study.
B) convergent study.
C) sequential study.
D) cross-sectional study.
Answer: D
Q2) Emotional, personality, and perceptual factors are all examples of ____ forces. A) psychological B) biological
C) life-cycle
D) sociocultural
Answer: A
Q3) Interviews and questionnaires are two different types of _______________ measures.
Answer: self-report
Q4) An investigation into the relationship between two variables that does not allow for the drawing of cause-and-effect conclusions is a(n) _______________ study.
Answer: correlational
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal
Development, and Birth
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Q1) An embryo rests in a sac called the placenta, which is filled with amniotic fluid that cushions the embryo and maintains a constant temperature.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) When a phenotype reflects the combined activity and influence of many separate genes, the pattern is known as _______________ inheritance.
Answer: polygenic
Q3) Of the three types of prenatal screenings discussed in the textbook, ________ requires the longest wait for results because the genetic material cannot be evaluated until enough cells have reproduced for analysis.
Answer: amniocentesis
Q4) A child who weighs less than 1,000 grams at birth would be described as being a "low birth weight" baby.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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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) According to ____ systems theory, learning to walk involves many distinct skills that are organized and reorganized over time to meet specific goals.
A) teratogenic
B) dynamic
C) fluid
D) static
Answer: B
Q2) At about the age of four, children begin to realize that a person's actions are often connected to the thoughts that he or she has. What kind of study is often used to determine when children grasp this concept?
A) intersensory redundancy tasks
B) synaptic pruning tasks
C) dynamic systems theory tasks
D) false-belief tasks
Answer: D
Q3) The visual _______________ is an apparatus that was designed by Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk to assess depth perception in babies. Answer: cliff
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Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language:
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) When a child applies rules to words that are exceptions, the error is referred to as a(n) _______________.
Q2) Preschool children may have difficulty providing reliable testimony about events, particularly abuse, because children at this age _____. A) have not yet developed a hippocampus B) are particularly suggestible C) have an inactive amygdala D) are overly skilled at monitoring
Q3) 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.
Q4) The fourth stage of cognitive development in Piaget's model is the _______________ period.
Q5) _______________ speech involves comments that are not intended for others but are designed to help children regulate their own behavior.
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Q6) A(n) _______________ is an early infant vowel-like sound.
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Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional
Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
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Q1) According to a research study described in your textbook, parents are more likely to encourage
A) daughters when they're mildly aggressive.
B) daughters when they're playing with dolls.
C) sons when they're playing dress up.
D) sons when they're helping an adult.
Q2) When one's actions or remarks support others and sustain interactions, they can be described as engaging in ____ exchange.
A) enabling
B) constricting
C) detracting
D) centrating
Q3) Research has consistently found that approximately ____ percent of American babies have secure attachment relationships.
A) 60-65
B) 40-45
C) 80-85
D) 25-30
Q4) _______________ is the actual experiencing of another's feelings.
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Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following best summarizes what must be done with exceptional talent in a child if that talent is to blossom and grow?
A) It must be nurtured.
B) It must be allowed to flourish without intervention.
C) It must be validated with appropriately standardized measures of aptitude.
D) It must be challenged.
Q2) Exceptional talent leads to extraordinary achievement, irrespective of the types of instruction that are received.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Excellent teachers value and promote tutoring, particularly peer tutoring. A)True
B)False
Q4) Intelligence tests have been found to be very poor predictors of both school and workplace success.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe any six of Gardner's types of intelligences. How did he feel about a person's ability to excel in one or more of these areas?
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Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) What kind of parenting intervention focuses on two different sets of skills-building warm relationships with a child and developing reasonable expectations and using appropriate discipline with the child?
A) Correct Parenting Counseling
B) Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
C) Adaptive Parenting Psychoeducational Meetings
D) Meta-analytic Parenting Schemata Sessions
Q2) A child who is disliked by many of her classmates is known as a controversial child. A)True
B)False
Q3) A mixed-sex group of older children and adolescents who share similar values and attitudes and are known by a common label such as "jocks" or "nerds" is called a crowd. A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe the five stages of perspective taking, according to Robert Selman. Make sure that your answer includes the approximate ages of each of these stages.
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Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive
Development in Adolescence
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Q1) LaTanya has refused to eat more than a few hundred calories a day for the past several months in an attempt to become more slender. As a result, she has lost an enormous amount of weight and she is now severely underweight. She has an intense fear of putting that weight back on. In addition, she continues to see herself as being somewhat overweight. LaTanya's symptoms are most consistent with A) orthorexia nervosa.
B) anorexia nervosa.
C) bulimia nervosa.
D) binge-eating disorder.
Q2) According to Carol Gilligan, Kohlberg's theory of moral development places so much emphasis on justice that it is far more applicable to A) teenagers than it is to toddlers.
B) children than it is to adults.
C) males than it is to females.
D) females than it is to males.
Q3) Most high school students who are enrolled in physical education classes do not attend on a daily basis.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World:
Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Making threats of physical or other harm is considered to be a form of _____ violence.
A) emotional
B) physical
C) sexual
D) domestic
Q2) Marvin started by stealing toys and candy from his classmates' backpacks when he was 7. When he was 13 he stole a car to go for a joy ride. When he was 17 he was found guilty of setting fire to the school he attended because he was angry about being given detention by the principal. Marvin is demonstrating _______________ persistent antisocial behavior.
Q3) Romantic relationships in adolescence tend to diverge markedly from friendships, as the two types of bonds are so different that they bear almost no resemblance to each other.
A)True B)False
Q4) Marijuana and cigarettes are the most widely used drugs among adolescents in the United States.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood
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Q1) Colleges usually refer to students over the age of ____ as returning adult students, which implies that these individuals have already reached adulthood.
A) 32
B) 28
C) 35
D) 25
Q2) Of the following individuals, how many are in the period called emerging adulthood?Matthias, who is a 18-year-old college student; Toby, who is a 35-year-old businessman and single father of one daughter; Gunther, who is a 25-year-old law student; Liesl, who is a 13-year-old girl from a Jewish family and has recently celebrated her bat mitzvah.
A) two
B) one
C) three
D) four
Q3) Nonsmokers who breathe ________________ smoke are at considerably higher risk for smoking-related diseases; each year, about 49,000 individuals die from exposure to it.
Q4) Describe the concept of personal control beliefs, both primary and secondary.
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Chapter 11: Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Fatimah is a Muslim woman who lives in Malaysia. She is in her early twenties, and has not yet married. This has led to her losing status in her community. Which of the following is Fatimah likely to cite as a reason for her status as a single woman?
A) jodoh
B) nervios
C) koro
D) namaste
Q2) In a population of college students, ____ percent of them reported experiencing abuse in a dating relationship at some point.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Q3) A covenant marriage is one where there will be very few acceptable grounds for divorce.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The "A" in the ABCDE model of adult friendship development stands for
13
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Chapter 12: Work: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Q1) Ernest has been working in the same job for just over six years. Lately he has come to understand that he will not be able to become a senior executive in his firm because he lacks the educational requirements to do so. What is Ernest most likely do in this situation?
A) He will stay in the same position, recognizing that he is lucky to have a job.
B) He will modify his career goals.
C) He will petition his superiors to change their requirements.
D) He will reduce his work productivity to "balance" his perception of unfairness.
Q2) Beatrice is an elementary school principle, a job she has held for four years. She was born in 1971, and relates very well to the parents of most of the children in her school. Beatrice is
A) a member of the Lost generation.
B) a Millennial.
C) a Baby Boomer.
D) a member of Generation X.
Q3) What is age discrimination, and how can it manifest itself in the workplace?
Q4) The _______________ limits women's promotional opportunities within a company.
Q5) According to Kahlil Gibran, "_______________ is love made visible."
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Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Unique Challenges of Middle Adulthood
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Q1) "I just don't seem to matter," Rufus thinks to himself on his way home from work. The divorced, 47-year-old father of two feels like his job doesn't accomplish anything that he isn't doing a good job of parenting his sons, and that he doesn't have any real impact on the world around him. In Erik Erikson's theory, Rufus is experiencing a sense of A) stagnation.
B) egocentrism.
C) despair.
D) isolation.
Q2) As a result of the Women's Health Initiative and the Million Women Study, physicians began recommending that women over the age of ____ years should not begin menopausal hormone therapy to relieve menopausal symptoms or protect their health because the risks significantly outweighed the potential benefits.
A) 40
B) 50
C) 60
D) 70
Q3) Reevaluating one's roles and dreams and making the necessary corrections is considered a(n) _______________ correction.
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Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
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Q1) Of countries examined, _______________ has the highest average life expectancy at just over 83 years.
Q2) An age-related loss of the ability to see objects close up is called presbycusis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following does NOT belong?
A) MRI
B) PET
C) x-rays
D) CT scan
Q4) The most common approach to understanding how people process information involves the use of a ____neuroimaging technique, such as functional MRI.
A) task-related
B) structural
C) dynamic contract
D) lucid on-demand
Q5) The _______________ theory of aging focuses on proteins that interact randomly with body tissues like muscles and arteries.
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Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial,
Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
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Q1) Dennis is preparing for his retirement. How much savings will he need to be comfortable in his retirement?
A) 35% to 50% of his current income.
B) 50% to 65% of his current income
C) 65% to 75% of his current income
D) 75% to 90% of his current income
Q2) Most people have not saved anything close to what they will need in retirement.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A person's ability to perform the ADLs and IADLs that are required in their lives is their ________ health.
Q4) When you are at your "adaptation level," your
A) behavior and affect are abnormal.
B) behavior and affect are normal.
C) behavior is abnormal and your affect is normal.
D) behavior is normal and your affect is abnormal.
Q5) According to ____ theory, people tend to cope with daily life in later adulthood by applying familiar strategies based upon past experiences.
Q6) ________ is the most commonly reported form of elder abuse.
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Chapter 16: The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement
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Q1) Klaus is a physician who practices in the Netherlands. He has recently assisted a patient in committing suicide. According to a 1984 Dutch Supreme Court ruling, Klaus will not be prosecuted for this action if several different criteria are met. Which of the following is NOT one of those conditions?
A) There was no relief available for this patient.
B) The patient was competent to make this decision.
C) The patient experienced at least moderate pain.
D) The patient made the request repeatedly over time.
Q2) After the death of his mother, Srulik covers the mirrors in his home, makes a cut in his necktie to symbolize the loss he has experienced, and holds a small religious service in his house every night for a week. These actions best describe Srulik's ____ process.
A) bereavement
B) mourning
C) grieving
D) reactive
Q3) Preschoolers tend to believe that death is temporary and magical.
A)True
B)False
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