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Psychology for Educators explores fundamental psychological theories and principles as they relate to teaching and learning in educational settings. This course examines topics such as cognitive development, motivation, classroom management, learning styles, and assessment methods, focusing on how educators can apply psychological insights to create effective, inclusive, and supportive learning environments. Through case studies, practical examples, and discussion, students will learn to understand student behavior, address diverse learning needs, and foster positive educational outcomes for all learners.
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Essentials of Life Span Development 2nd Edition by
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John W. Santrock
Chapter 1: Introduction-Chapter
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Q1) As defined by Erik Erikson,a __________ is not a catastrophe but a turning point of increased vulnerability and potential.
A)complex
B)crossroad
C)calamity
D)crisis
Answer: D
Q2) All of the following are contributions of the psychoanalytic perspective,EXCEPT:
A)this perspective includes child,adolescent,and adult developmental stages.
B)family relationships are a central aspect of development.
C)an emphasis on a developmental framework.
D)emphasizing unconscious aspects of the mind.
Answer: A
Q3) Kyesha is 80 years old and is typical of a growing number of older adults.Kyesha MOST LIKELY lives:
A)with a spouse.
B)with children.
C)alone.
D)in a nursing home.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
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Q1) The interaction of many different genes to produce an inherited characteristic. Answer: polygenic inheritance.
Q2) Pat's 23<sup>rd</sup> chromosome pair contains one X and one Y chromosome.This indicates that Pat: A)has Down syndrome. B)is male.
C)likely had a mother who used drugs and/or alcohol during her pregnancy. D)may develop PKU if his/her diet is not carefully monitored.
Answer: B
Q3) Gisela is having her first baby and has received a drug that will numb the entire lower area of her body during labor.Gisela has been given a(n): A)epidural block.
B)oxytocic.
C)analgesic.
D)hormone.
Answer: A
Q4) Drugs that act on the nervous system to alter states of consciousness,modify perceptions,and change moods.
Answer: psychoactive drugs
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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) The risk of SIDS is highest in which of the following age groups?
A)birth to 4 weeks
B)2 months to 4 months
C)6 months to 1 year
D)1 year to 1½ years
Answer: B
Q2) Kara is 18 months old.Kyle is 24 months old.Kara is probably able to use about __________ words;Kyle is probably able to speak about __________ words.
A)25;100
B)50;200
C)75;300
D)100;400
Answer: B
Q3) Two or more short word utterances that children use at about age 1½ to 2 years old.The word combination is short and precise without grammatical markers such as articles and auxiliary verbs (e.g. ,ball mine).
Answer: telegraphic speech
Q4) Skills that involve large-muscle activities such as walking and running.
Answer: gross motor skills
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Chapter 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
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Q1) A close emotional bond between an infant and a caregiver.
Q2) The ability to inhibit,or minimize,the intensity and duration of emotional reactions.
Q3) This theorist was interested in individual differences in attachment and developed the observational measure called the Strange Situation in order to formulate and test his/her theories.
Q4) At what age do children first show fear when a new person enters their environment?
A)at birth
B)by 3 months of age
C)by 6 months of age
D)by 9 months of age
Q5) Little Katie runs up to her mother and says,"Me scared." Katie is at least:
A)1 year old
B)18 months old
C)2 years old
D)3 years old
Q6) This theorist stressed the importance of "contact comfort" in the development of attachment between an infant and his or her caregiver.
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Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) _________ refers to the rules that apply to forming correct words or sentences in a language.
A)Semantics
B)Morphology
C)Syntax
D)Phonemics
Q2) Which of the following is the best descriptor of how children's brains grow during early childhood?
A)an even and continuous process
B)rapid distinct spurts of growth
C)virtually no growth at all
D)the highest level of growth of any developmental period
Q3) The knowledge that superficial changes in appearance in objects do not change the basic properties of those objects (such as mass or volume).
Q4) An Italian physician who in the beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century crafted a revolutionary approach to young children's education in Rome.Using her nontraditional methods,she was able to teach children with mental retardation to read and write.
Q5) Define conservation.
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) What does a child get from peers that he or she typically cannot get from siblings?
A)a same-sex friend
B)a chance to share intimate feelings
C)an idea of how the child compares with other children the same age
D)a view of what the world looks like from another person's perspective
Q2) Using props,plots,and roles in play is characteristic of:
A)associative play.
B)constructive play.
C)pretense/symbolic play.
D)sensorimotor/practice play.
Q3) Ursula just brought home her report card.She earned Cs and Ds in all of her classes.Ursula's mom's first response was "Oh,you must be very disappointed." Then,the two of them sat down and tried to determine why she was having difficulty and what they could do to help her get her grades up.They decided that Ursula would start seeing a tutor after school.Ursula's mom is most likely a(n):
A)authoritarian parent.
B)authoritative parent.
C)indulgent parent.
D)neglectful parent.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is a strategy that helps us remember information by making it more personally meaningful?
A)Visualizing
B)Elaboration
C)Rehearsing
D)Chunking
Q2) Discuss what IDEA does.
Q3) What is the best way to determine the relative influence of genetics in the development of a person's intelligence?
A)examining identical and fraternal twins
B)examining parents and their children
C)doing genetic testing on fetuses
D)studying those who have exceptional or deficient IQs
Q4) On average,children grow _______ inches per year during middle and late childhood.
A)1 to 2
B)2 to 3
C)5 to 7
D)7 to 10
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Q5) Deliberate mental activities designed to improve the processing of information.
Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) Androgynous individuals are often thought to be more mentally healthy than nonandrogynous people.This statement is TRUE in:
A)all contexts.
B)contexts that value androgyny.
C)contexts that value femininity.
D)contexts that value masculinity.
Q2) Children have the highest self-esteem when:
A)they are emotionally supported for their efforts.
B)they perform competently in domains that are important to them.
C)they are extrinsically rewarded by role models.
D)their peers acknowledge their achievements.
Q3) _______ percent of children in stepfamilies show adjustment problems.
A)Fifty
B)Forty
C)Twenty-five
D)Twenty
Q4) This theorist formulated a well-known theory of moral development based on the work of Jean Piaget.
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Q5) The belief that one can master a situation and produce favorable outcomes.
Q6) How does Kohlberg's theory of moral development differ from Gilligan's theory?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the physical benefits of regular exercise in adolescence?
A)lower triglyceride levels
B)lower blood pressure
C)lower incidence of type I diabetes
D)lower incidence of drug use
Q2) Lizette is 16 years old,and gets an average of 8½ hours of sleep per night.According to research by Carskadon and colleagues,which of the following is TRUE regarding Lizette's sleeping habits?
A)Lizette is getting too little sleep.
B)Lizette is getting too much sleep.
C)Lizette is getting just the right amount of sleep.
D)Lizette is probably taking sleeping pills to help her sleep so much.
Q3) In 2003,this researcher suggested that adolescents have difficulty controlling their emotions,because their prefrontal cortex has not yet fully developed.
Q4) In 1904,this famous theorist proposed that adolescence was a turbulent time of "storm and stress."
Q5) An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Juvenile delinquency is negatively correlated with:
A)income.
B)parental monitoring.
C)having older siblings and friends who are not delinquent.
D)all of the above.
Q2) Define rite of passage and give an example of a rite of passage an American adolescent may experience.
Q3) What is "co-rumination"?
A)excessive discussion of problems with friends
B)going on a double-date in early adolescence
C)living with a roommate in college
D)the use of two or more psychoactive substances at the same time
Q4) How early should intervention occur to prevent juvenile delinquency?
A)preschool
B)elementary school
C)junior high school
D)high school
Q5) An adolescent "group" consisting of about five individuals who are about the same age and gender.
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Q6) This identity status is characterized by high commitment but no crisis.
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Which of the following statements about creativity is most accurate?
A)Creativity declines with age.
B)Older people are more creative than younger people.
C)The peak of creativity is reached by the 20s.
D)Relative to age,creativity is based on the field in which it is demonstrated.
Q2) Coercive sexual activity directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted.
Q3) This theorist suggested that adults are more likely to engage in reflective,relativistic thinking,whereas adolescents are more likely to use absolute,dualistic thinking.
Q4) This theorist coined the term "emerging adulthood" to describe the transition from adolescence to adulthood in the United States.
Q5) Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not give consent.
Q6) Troy wants to reduce his risk of heart attack.His doctor recommends that he:
A)exercise several times a week.
B)increase his dose of vitamin
C)D.sleep at least 8 hours per night.
D)eat more leafy green vegetables.
Q7) Explain the postformal stage of thought.
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) Since the early 1900s,the goal of maintaining a stable marriage has:
A)become even more important than ever.
B)decreased in its level of relative importance.
C)replaced self-fulfillment as the most important life goal.
D)been replaced by self-fulfillment as the most important life goal.
Q2) According to Erik Erikson,achievement of intimacy requires that an individual:
A)has achieved identity.
B)significantly revise his or her sense of identity.
C)go through an extended solo period.
D)psychologically identify with and surrender his or her identity to a leader figure.
Q3) What is Erik Erikson's psychosocial crisis for the person in early adulthood?
A)identity versus identity confusion
B)generativity versus stagnation
C)integrity versus despair
D)intimacy versus isolation
Q4) This theorist proposed a triarchic theory of love.
Q5) A type of love that has strong sexual and infatuation components and often predominates in the early period of a romantic relationship.
Q6) Discuss how men and women differ in their communication styles.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of the following strategies would be most helpful in improving memory in middle age?
A)Avoid using vivid imagery to keep from becoming distracted.
B)Use a recall rather than recognition strategy whenever possible.
C)Use organization and imagery to assist the remembering of specific information.
D)Avoid using the information to be remembered so that it does not become confused with other information.
Q2) The midlife transition,for both men and women,in which fertility declines.
Q3) As your author points out,middle age is a very difficult time to quantify.Experts are now starting to refer to the ages of __________ as "late midlife" in an attempt to create more distinction between age periods.
A)40-60
B)45-55
C)50-60
D)55-65
Q4) A kind of (adult)intelligence that consists of one's accumulated knowledge base and verbal skills.
Q5) The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina.
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) In a survey conducted by AARP (2004),divorced adults reported that they had generally stayed in their marriages and postponed their divorces because of:
A)their children.
B)financial problems.
C)religious beliefs.
D)cultural norms.
Q2) Chuck,who is in his late 50s,is less ________ than his son,who is 20 years younger.
A)flexible
B)nurturing
C)neurotic
D)hard-working
Q3) There are many problems associated with being a full-time grandparent caregiver of a child.Which of the following is NOT one of the problems noted by your author?
A)being handicapped
B)low income
C)being a minority
D)being unmarried
Q4) Discuss the differing reasons for divorce among the young and old.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) What does "use it or lose it" mean?
Q2) Life expectancy would be increased the most if ________ could be eliminated.
A)cancer
B)influenza
C)lung disease
D)kidney diseases
Q3) As we get older:
A)both men and women get shorter.
B)men get shorter,but women do not get shorter.
C)women get shorter,but men do not get shorter.
D)only individuals with osteoporosis,men or women,get shorter.
Q4) Which of the following has remained virtually unchanged through most of history?
A)life expectancy
B)life span
C)life development
D)life experience
Q5) What is the difference between life span and life expectancy?
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Q6) A disease of the eye that is characterized by the thickening of the lens of the eye,causing vision to become cloudy,opaque,and distorted.
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Late
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Q1) Evidence offered by Turner suggests that as men reach late adulthood,they become more:
A)stubborn.
B)feminine.
C)masculine.
D)apathetic.
Q2) As a minister conscientious about the welfare of her parishioners,the Reverend Douglas creates many roles in her church for retired church members.Pastor Douglas appears to be applying:
A)disengagement theory.
B)socioemotional selectivity theory.
C)evangelical theory.
D)activity theory.
Q3) Research has found that older adults are the group most likely to volunteer their time,giving an average of ____ hours in volunteer services per year.
A)25
B)50
C)80
D)100
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Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) A person born today will most likely live until about age: A)58.
B)68. C)78. D)88.
Q2) A person born in 1900 would most likely live until about age: A)37. B)47. C)57. D)67.
Q3) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross believed that when a person is dying,depression is:
A)a temporary phase that friends and family should help the person through as quickly as possible.
B)the first phase that a person goes through upon learning that death is imminent. C)part of the normal process of disconnecting oneself from love objects.
D)an unusual reaction signaling that the person needs professional counseling to cope with death.
Q4) A program committed to making the end of life as free from pain,anxiety,and depression as possible.
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