Educational Psychology Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Educational Psychology explores the principles, theories, and research related to how people learn and develop within educational settings. The course examines topics such as cognitive development, motivation, individual differences, classroom management, assessment, and the influence of social and cultural factors on learning. Students will analyze how psychological theories can be applied to instructional strategies and educational practices, with a focus on enhancing student achievement and well-being. Emphasis is placed on understanding the needs of diverse learners and fostering inclusive and effective learning environments.
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Human Development A Cultural Approach 1st Edition by Jeffrey J. Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) Describe the types of relationships that Erikson connects to the stage of intimacy vs.isolation.
Answer: The types of relationships include friendship,love,sexual intimacy,and marriage
Q2) What term is used in the text to refer to countries which have less wealth,but are experiencing rapid economic growth?
A)impoverished countries
B)developed countries
C)developing countries
D)population-rich countries
Answer: C
Q3) It is clear that during the ____ human began to use boats and trade with others.
A)Upper Paleolithic period
B)Lower Mesozoic period
C)Middle Cenozoic period
D)Lower Jurassic period
Answer: A
Q4) What are the components of SES?
Answer: education level,income and occupational status
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) If a woman learns that her infertility problem is due to a problem with the ______________ successfully implanting,something went wrong during the germinal period.
A)zygote
B)blastocyst
C)fetus
D)trophoblast
Answer: B
Q2) Genetic counseling would be appropriate for which of the following couples?
A)JJ and Jennifer,who are in their early 30s and have just completed an unsuccessful round of artificial insemination.
B)Stephen and Kerry,who are in their early 20s and have been trying to become pregnant but have been unsuccessful for the last two months.
C)Merriam and Samir,who are in their early 40s and have a history of miscarriages and infertility.
D)Ngyuen and Pham,who are in their early 30s and both have a history of diabetes.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Your sister and brother-in-law just had a baby.There were a bit confused because they were told that their baby had a score of 7 and then a 10.At first they were joking that that meant that their baby girl was very beautiful.What would you tell them?
A)Those were scores that all doctors and nurses use to indicate attractiveness of the newborn.
B)Those scores were estimates of later intelligence and range from 1 to 10.
C)Those were scores for the Apgar scale that ranges from 1 to 10.
D)Those particular score indicate how pink a neonate is.
Answer: C
Q2) When neonates fall asleep,they almost always enter ____ instantly.
A)Stage I
B)EKG sleep
C)non-EFP
D)REM sleep
Answer: D
Q3) What are some of the advances in care that technology has provided to the NICU?
Answer: High frequency ventilator & oscillator (both are oxygenation systems),monitors to continually watch the vital signs,and developmental care (workers are more educated)are a few of the advances in technology.
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) By the end of his or her first year,the typical infant ____.
A)weighs 20% less due to the loss of baby fat
B)remains the same weight during the second six months
C)doubles his or her body weight
D)triples his or her body weight
Q2) Primary emotions are also known as ____.
A)learned emotions
B)secondary emotions
C)basic emotions
D)social emotions
Q3) Which of the following is a major criticism of Piaget's theories of cognitive development?
A)he overestimated the cognitive abilities of children
B)his theories are not supported by modern research
C)his sample size was too large and over representative
D)he underestimated the cognitive abilities of infants
Q4) Give an example of how social referencing is adaptive for babies.
Q5) What is meant by plasticity? Give an example.
Q6) Would a baby who is later considered shy be more likely to have a better "goodness of fit" with their caregiver in China or in the U.S.? Explain.
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) What is the approximate incidence of autism spectrum disorder?
A)4 in 1,000
B)4 in 500
C)4 in 200
D)4 in 100
Q2) What are biological characteristics that humans possess that allow for language?
A)strong facial muscles,predatory eyes,and bilateral ears
B)vocal apparatus,a specialized brain,and genes
C)lungs with elasticity,a strong visual cortex,and a high need for social affiliation
D)a strong sense of smell,bipedal motion,and a strong temporal lobe
Q3) ____ is the basis of human language.
A)Deferred imitation
B)Mental representation
C)Unconscious symbolism
D)Object permanence
Q4) How is Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development different from Piaget's theory?
Q5) Should parents be concerned if their child takes longer than other children to achieve a gross motor milestone,such as learning to walk? Why or why not?
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the relationship between TV violence and aggression?
A)Research has shown that watching aggression on television is only correlated with aggressive behaviors.
B)The research is indecisive because there are too many confounding,conflicting,and extraneous variables.
C)Researchers have shown that watching aggression on television causes aggressive behaviors.
D)There has been no research on watching aggression on television and how it relates to aggressive behaviors.
Q2) In the United States,what percentage of children have no siblings?
A)5%
B)10%
C)15%
D)20%
Q3) What are two explanations for the inability to remember anything before age 2?
Q4) Why is mandatory reporting so important?
Q5) How does acquiring a theory of mind impact a child's social interactions?
Q6) Describe two characteristics of children that put them at risk of being abused.
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) What were some of the reasons mentioned in this video why some children are better at certain sports than others?
Q2) IQ scores for a population-based sample usually fall into a ____ or ____ curve,in which most people fall near the middle and the proportions decrease at the low and high extremes.
A)normal distribution; bell
B)camelback; double hill
C)inverted-U; inverted-V
D)variance from the mean; absolute value
Q3) Child labor
A)has declined worldwide in the last decade.
B)is greatest in Mexico and Hawaii.
C)is considered legal in most countries.
D)statistics are not able to be monitored because no international labor organizations exist.
Q4) Agility is ____.
A)synchronization of different body parts
B)moving quickly and precisely
C)a response to changing information
D)the ability to manage equilibrium
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Carlos can be best described as a resilient adolescent.Against all odds,he has graduated from high school and is enrolled in college.He comes from a lower socioeconomic status and a harsh neighborhood,and he is the first in his family to graduate from high school and attend college.Which of the following are three protective factors we can assume Carlos possesses?
A)high intelligence,warm but controlling parents,and a social network of caring adults
B)high religious involvement,an easygoing temperament,and an insecure attachment
C)high sociability,high emotional quotient,and low intelligence
D)high parental control,a difficult temperament,and high intelligence
Q2) During adolescence neurological overproduction or exuberance occurs throughout the brain; however,it is especially pronounced in the ____.
A)frontal cortex
B)occipital lobe
C)primary motor cortex
D)hypothalamus
Q3) Name one of the types of adolescent egocentrism described by Elkind.Give a specific example.
Q4) Discuss one reason why conflict with parents rises during adolescence.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) An emerging adult who grows up in urban Mexico and combines the local culture,such as the importance of obligations to family,with elements of the global culture,such as using global media,is an example of ____.
A)a hybrid identity
B)a bicultural identity
C)a marginalized identity
D)a multi-identities
Q2) In America,which of the following time periods has the greatest degree of residential change or changing where a person lives?
A)childhood
B)emerging adulthood
C)middle adulthood
D)late adulthood
Q3) In a study of college students at six sites around the country,what percentage of young women reported viewing Internet pornography?
A)71%
B)51%
C)31%
D)11%
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Chapter 10: Young Adulthood
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Q1) What do about 30 to 50% of Western and Asian women do to their hair during young adulthood?
A)cut it very short for convenience
B)color or dye it
C)replace it with wigs and hair pieces
D)nothing
Q2) Benjamin Franklin,Alexander Graham Bell,and Thomas Edison were all great American inventors.It is clear that these individuals were highly ____.
A)creative
B)operationalized
C)conceptual
D)concrete
Q3) According to the narrator of this video,there is one common theme among all of the relationships presented in the video.What is that theme?
A)a common appreciation and desire for a large family
B)a common appreciation and desire for a wealthy lifestyle
C)a common appreciation and desire for success
D)a common appreciation and desire for long term happiness in their relationships
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) In developed countries,at what age do individuals typically become grandparents?
A)age 30 years
B)age 40 years
C)age 50 years
D)age 60 years
Q2) Until about a century ago,it was quite rare for people in middle adulthood to have
A)children who were married
B)parents who were still alive
C)a good and loving marriage
D)any wealth
Q3) Decades of research have shown that marital satisfaction follows a ____.
A)Z-shaped pattern
B)Y-shaped pattern
C)U-shaped pattern
D)X-shaped pattern
Q4) What are two risk factors for osteoporosis?
Q5) Would you expect to see differences in reaction time between emerging adults and middle-age adults? Explain using a specific example.
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Q6) Describe the cultural beliefs regarding sexuality for Indians during mid-life.
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) Osteoporosis is a result of a steep ____.
A)decline in estrogen and more prevalent in women
B)increase in estrogen and more prevalent in women
C)decline in testosterone and more prevalent in men
D)increase in testosterone and more prevalent in men
Q2) ____ is memory for how to perform tasks or activities involving motor skills,such as playing a musical instrument,typing on a keyboard,or sewing a button.
A)Procedural memory
B)Long-term memory
C)Episodic memory
D)Sensory memory
Q3) What is an increasingly common and routine treatment for arthritis pain that occurs in the hip or knee?
A)artificial joint
B)aspirin
C)marijuana
D)DSMO
Q4) Describe the risk factors mentioned in the video as well as the actual organic changes that happen with Alzheimer's disease.
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) Until the past century,____ was the life stage with the highest mortality rates.
A)the prenatal period
B)infancy
C)toddlerhood
D)early childhood
Q2) As atherosclerosis becomes more severe,a person may experience symptoms involving severe pain in the chest,neck,and left arm known as ____.
A)cardiovascular disease
B)a heart attack
C)angina pectoris
D)stress-induced fatigue
Q3) Anxiety about one's death is highest at ____.
A)emerging adulthood
B)young adulthood
C)middle adulthood
D)late adulthood
Q4) If you were a 45-year-old man living in Africa,what would be your most likely cause of death? How does this compare to the most likely cause of death for 45-year-old men living in a developed country such as Canada?
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