Educational Psychology 2242 Quizzes

Which adult seems to be well informed and have the right idea about children's handedness?

"Stop trying to make Aden right-handed. Handedness is genetic."

Nearly 15 million or 22% of children in America in poverty. How does the wealth in typical Black households compare to the wealth in typical White households?

6% as much wealth in typical Black households

Which of the following is most likely to struggle and fail to meet challenges of teaching in a culturally diverse classroom?

A teacher who gives significantly more positive feedback to struggling students than to privileged students

Mr. Crompton wants to implement the best strategies of teaching to help students rebuild robust knowledge and move from novice to expert skill level. Which of the following strategies is likely to the most successful?

Ask the students to provide self-explanation of their work on problems in class

Ayo's parents are from NIgeria

Ayo's cultural ties are Nigerian American upper class and basketball

In Courtney's elementary school, more than 30% of the students speak Spanish as a first language. Courtney is an English speaker, bit she is learning Spanish in the two-way immersion program in her school. What is the purpose of such a program

Balanced bilingualism

Chet the seven-year-old son of Thai Parents Based on statistics why is Chet less likely than children from wealthier families to succeed academically.

Because he more than children from wealthier families is likely to lose ground academically during the summers

Chet the seven year old son of Thai parents is growing up in a Thais community in a large U.S. metro area. His family is poor and most of his friends come from poor families. Based on statistics why is Chet less likely than children from wealthier families to succeed academically?

Because he more than other children from wealthier families is likely to lose ground academically during the summers

Based on general statistics, which one of the following students is most likely to have fewer problems associated with timing of maturation?

Claire, who experiences menarche just before her 15th birthday

Bethany has taught language arts at Mann Middle School for two years. As she reflects and plans for the coming year, she reads a note she made to herself when she taught the persuasive writing unit. The students struggles with persuasion, and Bethany wants to find a better way to teach the unit. She has two ideas and wants to put them to the test to see which is more effective. What do you recommend?

Conduct action research to answer her question

Which of the following children has most likely reached the concrete operational stage of cognitive development according to Piaget's four stages?

Cori places the six colorful containers in order of size from smallest to largest.

Why do some researchers question the applicability of Diane Baumrind's descriptions of parenting styles?

Cultural differences in parenting

Among the following students, which one is most likely to reach maximum height at the earlier age?

Darla, an African American girl

Based on what you know about critical thinking which of the following students seems to be thinking critically?

Emma evaluated the writer's argument and recognized the false assumption the writer was making

Mrs. Bollar created four centers in her classroom that related to sea life. Children accessed books, photographs, charts and posters, computer programs, mini-movies, and models. At the end of the unit, the students visited an aquarium. What type of synaptic production takes place as a child accesses such a rich learning environment?

Experience-dependant

As an adult Sanya wants to learn Spanish and become a Spanish teacher. She is having trouble trilling the r and does not sound like a native speaker. What kind of synapse overproduction and pruning process is associated with Sanya's difficulty?

Experience-expectant

Which of the following teachers is using cueing?

First remember to put your heading on your paper. Here's the reminder of the proper paper heading on the board

Colton is almost four years old and has an expressive vocabulary Based on milestones what should Colton's parents be doing to encourage Colton's language development?

Help him tell stories and encourage him to play with other children

Mr. Gloster teachers high school and observes long term effects of stereotype threat various groups of students in his classes. He wants to prevent their dis identification with academics and help them overcome this threat. Which of the following actions on his part is most liekly to help him reach his goal?

Help students see academic achievement as part of their ethnic, racial and gender identity by introducing role models

Based on information about genderelects which of the following statements is most likely made by Calli a middle school girl and not one of the boys in her class

I saw your sister at the ball game and she seemed to be getting around on her crutches without a problem

Based on the information about genderelects which of the following statements is most likely made by Calli a middle school girl and not one of the boys in her class

I saw your sister at the ball game and she seemed to be getting around on her crutches without a problem

The following students are engaged in learning. Which student's processing is metacognitive?

I think I need to focus my attention on the overarching point about the cause of the conflict rather than being distracted by unrelated events

Which of the following teachers seems to have the most appropriate understanding of learning styles?

I try to present instruction in multiple modalities. For example, I use pictures, charts, and maps along with printed text and verbal instruction

In her small reading group, Mrs. Casey discussed new vocabulary words with the students. She explained the new word dugout is used to describe a place in the hillside that was dug out by the pioneer family in the story and used for shelter. She asked students to draw a picture to represent the new vocabulary word dugout to help them remember the meaning. Which of the following students used divergent thinking to represent the word's meaning?

Julio drew a bear curled up in a dugout at the side of rocky mountain

Based on the following descriptions, which of these students seems to exhibit the highest degree of creativity?

Leo often uses metaphors to explain things during class discussions and is curious about everything-construction of his desk, how a ball bounces on different surfaces, how vibrations make sounds.

Based on the guidelines for gaining and maintaining students attention which of the following teachers is using an effective strategy?

Lets read out lesson objectives on the board. This lesson is important because it helps us count money

In creating culturally compatible classrooms, which of the following teaching practices is LEAST effective?

Make sure students avoid the use of culturally specific language and traditions in classroom learning applications.

Mr. Benet gives his students an assignment that prepares them for their upcoming debate. The assignment involves the analysis of divergent perspectives on the issue, development of arguments to support the diverse perspectives, and efficient recall of resources and persuasive points during the debate. What part or parts of the brain are most likely functioning to complete this assignment effectively?

Many parts working simultaneously

Fluid intelligence increases until late adolescence and then decreased with age. What brain functions are associated with fluid intelligence?

Mental efficiency

Which of the following is an example of the invisible influence of culture?

Mike is a Native American girl who shows respect by avoiding eye contact with her teacher

In Jonathan Haidt's research, he identified three key principles that comprise his Social Intuitionist Model. Which of the following statements represents one of his key principles.

Moral values include loyalty, authority, sanctity, and liberty

In which of the following situations does Mr. Cannon scaffold learning?

Mr. Cannon showed a brief video with close-up demonstration of the detailed steps he had explained to the class

Mrs. Harper has three ELL students in her fourth-grade class. She wants to help her ELLs progress with language skills and succeed academically. Which of the following strategies is LEAST likely to help?

Mrs. Harper corrects grammar errors as the ELL students answer questions and present reports

Which of the following teachers uses language that perpetuates gender bias?

Mrs. Woodson asks her students if any of them know a policeofficer

Mr. Thomas has noticed that one of his students shows signs of anorexia and another shows signs of bulimia. If Mr. Thomas follows the guidelines for supporting positive body image, which of the following is he most likely to do?

Pose questions to these students privately about their eating habits and health and listen attentively to their answers

Mason grew one inch between sixth grade and seventh grade. What type of developmental change is this?

Quantitative

Ms. Moreno works with students at the upper elementary school level who are struggling to comprehend what they read in the content areas. Today, a group of her students is reading a passage in geography. After reading, one student pretends to be the teacher and asks the other three to summarize the passage. Next, the students generate questions to ask one another about the main idea. Then they clarify anything that was confusing and make predictions about what they will learn in the next section of the text. What procedure are these students using?

Reciprocal teaching

All but one of the followinf students is part of the large group often called Generation 1.5. Based on the characteristics of Generation 1.5 which student does NOT fit.

Rico was born in the U.S. and lives with his grandmother who immigrated to the U.S. as a child`

Mr. Torrence teaches high school English in a typical urban area. About one-fourth of his students speak a language other than English at home, and their immigrant parents maintain the values and traditions of their heritage cultures. Which of the following metaphors most appropriately applies to these students and their families today?

Salad bowl

The Measures of Teaching Effectiveness Project identified three measures used together as a valid and reliable way of assessing teaching that leads to student learning. The three measures include surveys of students perceptions of their teachers and classroom observation from the Danielson Framework for Teaching. What is the other measure?

Student scores on national standardized tests

In which of the following lessons does Mr. Carpenter incorporates several of the multiple intelligences?

Students created clay models and made presentations to the class about their topic

When Mr. Condrad's high school students asked him to allow them to get into their groups and talk about the upcoming field trip rather than discussing the chapter, Mr. Conrad said "I'm going to involve the Premack principle. What did he most likely do?

Tell students they must discuss the chapter first and then get into the groups to talk about this field trip

What facts about brain development during adolescence explain their risk-taking impulsivity?

The limbic system develops earlier than the prefrontal lobe.

A subgroup of Native American children in Carson Elementary consistently scores lower than other students on state standardized tests. According to the Every Student Succeeds Act how must this under performance be addressed?

The state must provide evidence-based interventions

If Rhonda wants to use maintenance rehearsal to keep information in working memory, which of the following will she do?

The tracking number is 805589 805589 805589 805589

Katie was watching a movie and heard the main character say, "You only use 10% of your brain, and you're either right-brained or left-brained. Stop working at it. Your brain can't change. Drink up. At least we know your drinking isn't killing your brain cells." What part of the character's statement is true?

Your drink isn't killing your brain cells

Lily does not like conflict. When her parents argue and raise their voices Lily feels frightened. She has seen her dad strike her mom after telling at her. At school Mr. Nash raises his voice and Lily begins to tremble Lily's trembling is

a conditioned response

Mr. Grant is a reflective teacher who is always trying to improve his teaching practices to increase student learning. He has conducted several research projects and changed teaching strategies on the basis of the results. In his latest reflections, he predicted that his low-achieving students would complete their spelling tasks in less time and score higher on spelling tests if he began using a buddy system. In the research cycle, Mr. Grant has developed:

a hypothesis

Jerita and her friends

a resistance culture

Ms. Markham is conducting a study in her classroom. She want to determine whether students perform better on a concepts test after using a mini-lecture approach or after engaging in a group activity. Which type of research is she conducting.

action research

Alonso is a student in Ms. Carmike's kindergarten class. She has noticed that Alonso avoids eye contact, and she tells him to look at her when she talks to him. She also notices that he seems uninterested in the other children, always closes the classroom door when it is left open, and uses unusual speech patterns. She suspects that Alonso has:

an autism spectrum disorder

In his research Dr. Benton examines change in children's performance of skills with and without the external support of the teacher. His research seems to be based on

behavioral learning theories

Ken is reading his notes from science class. He wants to organize information the teacher presented about erosion—the causes, the effects, and relationships between weather conditions and erosion. He needs an effective learning strategy. Which of the following tools seems most likely to help Ken meet his goal?

concept map

Ms. Cicardo wants her students to remember the material they are covering in language arts. What is Ms. Cicardo using to help students learn and store the information and retrieve it later?

dual coding

What part of the brain has the information processing capacity of a small computer

each neuron

A child listens to the sound of the letter k and watches the teacher write the letter k on the chart paper. Which of the following best describes the element or process of working memory being used?

episodic buffer

Which of the following terms related to shared cultural characteristics such as common history religion traditions and language

ethnicity

Which of the following terms related to shared cultural characteristics such as common history religion traditions and religion

ethnicity

As an adult, Sanya wants to learn Spanish and become a Spanish teacher. What kind of synapse overproduction and pruning process is associated with Sanya's difficulty?

experience-expectant

Marisa Campala is conducting research for one semester with fifth grade teachers in diverse classrooms. One group of teachers uses English and Spanish to greet students each morning and other teachers maintain their regular greetings in English. What type of research is Marisa most likely conducting?

experimental

Daniela is in the first grade. Her family left Mexico and moves to Texas one year ago. Daniela is having difficulty learning to speak and read in English. Based on bilingual emergent literacy research what should her teachers prioritize to help Daniela at this stage of literacy?

focus on language growth in receptive vocabulary

As a new teacher you are eager to meet your 24 students. You are interested in the ethnic and cultural diversity of your students and their range of abilities and needs. If the diversity among your students matches national standards how many children will you have with mild to severe developmental disabilities?

four

As a new teacher you are eager to meet your 24 students. You are interested in the ethnic and cultural diversity of your students and their range of abilities and needs. If the diversity among your students matches national statistical norms, how many children will you have with mild to severe developmental disabilities.

four

Mr. Karnes schedules individual meetings with parents of each of his immigrant students and asked them about the jobs skills religion and other information that was important to them in their heritage countries. Later Mr. Karnes used this information in teaching to help students relate their new learning to things they were familiar. Mr. Karnes is using which of the following

funds of knowledge

Mrs. Kahn's science text includes numerous references to male scientists and their contributions to scientific knowledge, but very few female scientists. For each unit of study in her curriculum, Mrs. Kahn researches and identifies female scientists to highlight in her teaching. This illustration about Mrs. Kahn's text most directly demonstrates:

gender bias

There are different kinds of knowledge in the cognitive perspective. Marcelo using the knowledge that reminds him to focus his attention block out distractions and think about what the is reading if he wants to understand any of his high school subjects

general knowledge

Colton is almost four years old and has an expressive vocabulary of about 1000 words. Based on milestones in early childhood language, what should Colton's parents be doing to encourage Colton's language development?

help him tell stories and encourage him to play with other children

As the teacher asks questions about the story the students just finished reading Kylie thinks in pictures and uses visual information. Based on the facets of the visualizer-verbalizer dimension what might we conclude about Kylie.

her cognitive style is visualizer

DeWayna a ninth-grade student has a learning disability. The team that develops his individualized education program is most likely made up of

his parents, teachers, school psychologist, and assistant principal

Amanda has been interesting in political parties during the election year and has decided her ideas align with one part and its platform. According to Erikson's psychological model Amanda is in what stage of psychosocial development?

identity versus role confusion

Mrs. Frasier describes her classroom. "I have 21 students. Seven are English learners. Four stay in my class only part of the time. One has a hearing impairment and works with a signer, and one has an autism spectrum disorder." Which of the following terms best fits Mrs. Frasier's description of her class?

inclusion classroom

In science class, the teacher posed the question, "Can photosynthetic plants live without sunlight?" Students planted seeds, provided water and sunlight, and watched them grow. Now they are formulating hypotheses about the teacher's question, denying sunlight to their plants and collecting data day by day. At this point they are ready to discuss their evidence and draw conclusions. What teaching approach is being used in this classroom?

inquiry learning

Devin watches TV several hours a day. In his favorite shows, key characters model aggressive behavior. Devin imitates the actions of these characters on the playground and in the classroom to get what he wants. He pushes other children aside to get the toy he wants or to claim the chair he wants. Devin demonstrates what type of aggression?

instrumental

As one of the few African American females at her high school, Rhonda is quite comfortable talking about race, enjoys inviting friends of other races to her house and has dated boys of different races. She feels confident in her ability to make friends and maintain relationships without regard for racial differences. For her racial differences are not a big deal. What state of nigrescence does Rhonda's story illustrate?

internalization

Kele has a history assignment that requires her to recall the events of World War II Which kind of cognitive load is unavoidable if she is to complete he learning task

intrinsic

Dr. Casey studied the effects of a particular after-school tutoring program on the academic achievement of children in extreme poverty in his state from preschool through fifth grade. What type of research is involved in such a study?

longitudinal

Nine-year-old Connor is curious about technology and wants to become an engineer. Due to changes in federal legislation his school received a large grant that funds a special technology program. Connor is particularly excited to be one of the participants in the program. According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model the legislative changes took place in which social/cultural ecosystems?

macrosystem

Fluid intelligence increases until late adolescence and then decreases with age. What brain functions are associated with fluid intelligence?

mental efficency

Selena's parents divorced recently, and Selena is having difficulty adjusting to the changes in her life. According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, which of Selena's social/cultural systems is most directly affected?

microsystem

In her fifth-grade classroom Ms. Latimer has several students who don't cooperate when she tells the class to get into group formation. Mr. Latimer is using which of the following methods to get her students to cooperate?

negative reinforcement

Students are faced with a new type of problem in a specific domain or area of learning. Which student approaches the problem with expert domain-specific knowledge?

one student focuses on underlying principles and long-term memory of critical details

Mr. Lytle called Brenna's mother to discuss Brenna's classroom behavior and get parental support to help Brenna learn self-control. Brenna uses aggressive behavior to get her way, and today she pushed Liam and caused him to fall. Mr. Lytle instructed Brenna to take time out from the group, and he talked to her privately. Brenna's mother responded to Mr. Lytle by saying, "Brenna's that way. She doesn't realize how strong she is. She's really a sweet girl. She'll grow out of it." The parenting style in Brenna's microsystem is most likely:

permissive

Alexa screamed to her mother in the grocery store Alexa shows that she does not yet understand

pragmatics of language

Ms. Gromberg taught her students how to use the CAPS strategy for reading literature. Teo learned the strategy, but it takes extra time. As he reads the assignment for tomorrow, Teo wants to hurry and decides to skip the strategy. He hopes Ms. Gromberg doesn't give a quiz tomorrow. Teo's situation is an example of:

production deficiency

Dr. Sullivan conducts research that involves measuring the amount of change in student scores on state math tests at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year for students in top teachers' classrooms. What type of research is Dr. Sullivan conducting?

quantitative

Why are behavior methods criticized?

reinforcement and punishment are often used irresponsibly

Students in Mr. Lester's class are practicing the strategy of organizing lecture information by using Cornell notes. Mr. Lester is circulating in the classroom and giving students feedback about their notes. Some of the students have used the strategy effectively, and the feedback from Mr.Lester is positive. Others are struggling and the feedback provides additional instruction. Mr. Lester's class is at what stage of transfer of this strategy?

retention phase

As a ten-year-old girl Kate likes the catch butterflies and moths WHat is her knowledge structure for organizing all of this information

schema

Skye got into a habit of watching TV and using social media to keep up with all of her friends before starting homework. She set a goal of doing her homeowrk as soon as she gets home from school every day/ What system is most likely to help her change her behavior?

self-management

Ken believes reading is very important and is teaching his four-year-old son the letters of the alphabet. Knowing the letters of the alphabet is what type of foundational skill for reading?

skill in understanding codes

Carmen is a gifted student in Mrs. Warner's class. Mrs. Warner uses the following approached in her teaching. For Carmen which approach is most likely INEFFECTIVE

step-by-step instruction for assignments in the grade-level curriculum

Dana is nervous about an upcoming physics exam. She is the only girl in the class and has achieved higher scores on the assignments than most of the boys in class. She knows the boys thunk they're smarter and better at applying principles of physics. In this situation. Dana's nervousness is an example of:

stereotype threat

Mr.Mills instructs his students to practice the steps in the process over and over. As a result of students' practice, what is happening in their brains

strengthening of connections between neurons

A subgroup of Native American children in Carson Elementary consistently scores lower than other students on state standardized tests. According to the Every Student Succeeds Act, how must this underperformance be addressed?

the state must provide evidence-based interventions

In the following classrooms which teacher's plan illustrates assumptions behind the design of powerful learning environments?

the teacher opens the lesson with a KWL activity to see what students already know about the topic of the upcoming unit

Javier emigrated from Mexico with his family and is starting third grade with minimal ability to speak English. Mrs. Foster has worked with other students like Javier and can't wait to see how much progress Javier will make in her class this year. Mrs. Foster's attitude seems to be evidence of:

the teacher's sense of sense of efficacy

The debate about critical periods and sensitive periods of development is not completely resolved. What is the predominant belief about the critical period for language learning?

there is a critical period for learning accurate language pronunciations

Cass has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She and two of the boys in her class have ADHD. Which of the following strategies should the teacher use to help these students in the classroom? A. Avoid giving them choices and eliminate recess to reduce their level of activity. B. Increase the amount of homework and decrease the amount of seatwork for these students. C. Explain to the class that these students are taking Ritalin and need to be allowed to walk around the classroom. D. Use visual cues to help them focus and teach them self-monitoring skills.

use visual cues to help them focus and teach them self-monitoring skills

Which of the following groups is most likely to be over identified for special services

white students

BY definition self-esteem is associated with

your value judgment about your self-worth.