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How long does puberty generally last?

4 years

Ethnic identity usually begins to develop during _____.

Adolescence

According to Social-Cognitive theorists, all of the following statements are correct, EXCEPT:

As people develop, they become more competitive

B.F. Skinner is best known for his contributions to the _____ perspective of educational psychology.

Behaviorist

How is Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated?

By figuring out a person's body fat-to-height ratio

A neurotransmitter is a type of _____.

Chemical signal

The part of the neuron that receives signals is called a _____.

Dendrite

The _____ perspective studies change that occurs in learners over the course of a long period of time and encompasses theories that are continuous and discontinuous in nature.

Developmental

Leo is 10 months old and he just learned how to wave goodbye. This an example of a _____.

Developmental milestone

During middle childhood, which of the following is TRUE?

Differences in size of children are more marked

Which of the following lists the four stages James Marcia outlined for identity status, in the correct order?

Diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, acheivement

Miss Tanaka wants to know how parenting style affects children's personalities. To complete her study, she observes children in their own homes, doing what they would naturally be doing anyway. Which type of research design is Miss Tanaka using?

Field study

How do boys and girls compare with regard to physical development?

Girls develop before boys do

After doing well in several AP Biology classes and performing a lot of research, Juan has decided he wants to become a doctor. Juan is most likely in what stage of development?

Identity achievement

When someone struggles to find out who they are, psychologists refer to it as _____.

Identity crisis

Many children begin to develop _____ during middle childhood.

Insecurities about their body

According to Vygotsky, what is the process of students constructing an internal representation of processes they use in social contexts and using them independently?

Internalization

How is puberty different from the other changes experienced during adolescence?

It's physical

Dr. Yang does a study in which she observes one hundred children over a period of six years, noting changes over time. Which type of research design is Dr. Yang using?

Longitudinal

The time between ages seven and twelve is called _____.

Middle childhood

The issue in developmental psychology that involves debate over the contributions of heredity and the environment is known as the _____.

Nature vs nurture debate

An action potential occurs when a _____.

Neural impulse travels along an axon

During a refractory period, _____.

Neurons remove sodium ions

Nancy is recovering from anorexia nervosa. In order to ensure that she stays on her path to good health, her therapist recommended that she seek advice from _____, a professional who provides guidance on healthy eating.

A dietician

Which phrase below is the best definition for the field of educational psychology?

A field that studies and applies theories and concepts from all of psychology in educational settings

Samantha's parents have noticed that she has been very interested in cooking shows lately, although she doesn't want to join the family for eating in restaurants. They worry she may have an eating disorder. What other warning signs should they be looking out for?

A growing attention to her weight and/or visits to the bathroom right after eating

What is a self concept?

A set of abilities and opinions by which we describe and categorize ourselves

A cornerstone of Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development is that society and culture play a key role in promoting development. What type of perspective is this considered to be?

A sociocultural perspective

An identity crisis is most likely to take place during the _____

Adolescent stage

The concept of _____ is characterized by environmental influences, such as beliefs and values.

Nuture

Ms. Olsen decides to study differences in her classroom between children who have an identified learning disability and children who do not. Which type of research design is Ms. Olsen using?

Quasi-experiment

Which part of the brain is composed of nerve cells that filter stimuli and runs from the spinal cord through the brainstem and thalamus?

Reticular formation

In which setting would the theories from educational psychology be most likely applied?

An elementary school classroom

According to Vygotsky, a child's use of the word 'da' for daddy is indicative of which stage of speech development?

Autonomous speech

A person who has parents who identify as belonging to two different ethnic groups might consider themselves _____.

Biracial

The oldest parts of the brain are the _____.

Brainstem, thalamus, reticular formation, and cerebellum

Maria struggles with a distorted body image and an irrational fear of becoming overweight. In her attempt to control her weight, she consumes large amounts of food and abuses laxatives to purge the calories from her body. Maria is showing some of the warning signs of _____.

Bulimia nervosa

Dr. Goldberg does a study in which he observes Jerome, a child who has been identified as having a rare disorder. Jerome is the only subject in the study. Which type of research design is Dr. Goldberg using?

Case study

Bandura's study involving young children and a Bobo doll revealed that:

Children exposed to a model treating a doll aggressively learned aggressive behavior through imitation

Which of the following statements about the cognitive development of children is correct?

Children may go through periods of rapid development followed by periods of stagnant to little growth

Emily is in middle school and tries to imitate her sister, who plays volleyball really well. Which characteristic of effective models does this behavior fit under?

Competence

Which of the following areas of thinking is NOT included in concrete operational structure?

Conceptualization

The _____ stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory is characterized by the development of logical operations, classification, and conservation.

Concrete operational

Mr. Zee claps his hands and tells his students to be quiet. After a period of time, he just has to clap his hands and the children become quiet. What is the clap?

Conditioned stimulus

On the first day of kindergarten Mrs. Rose's class appears nervous. Mrs. Rose allows the children to have free time to color and play with clay. Each day during the first week of school, Mrs. Rose allows the children free time. By the end of the first week, the children appear calm and enter the room with happy faces. For the children, the kindergarten classroom has become the

Conditioned stimulus

Knowing that a sandwich contains the same amount of food whether it is cut into two pieces or four pieces represents the concept of _____.

Conservation

Which educational perspective proposes that the responsibility of learning falls on the learner rather than the teacher?

Constructivist

The part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres is called the _____.

Corpus callosum

Jenna had an eating disorder when she was younger and hopes to help her own daughters avoid going through what she went through. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate measure for her to take in order to help prevent eating disorders in her daughters?

Criticize her daughter who's overweight

Why do adolescents go through puberty?

So that they will be able to reproduce

Albert Bandura is famous for his contributions to the _____ perspective of educational psychology.

Social-cognitive

The temporal lobe processes information about _____, the parietal lobe processes information about _____ and the occipital lobe of the brain process information about _____ respectively.

Sound, touch, and sight

Which general perspective used in educational psychology studies the tendency to modify our behavior due to consequences, such as after receiving a reward or punishment?

The behavioral perspective

A child who shares her lunch snack with a classmate she wants to make friends with is in _____ of moral development.

The first conventional stage (stage three)

How does the prefrontal lobe affect a child's development?

The prefrontal lobe is the part of the brain responsible for planning and problem solving, so these capacities improve

Which of the following is part of a child's microsystem?

The relationship with his or her teachers

A child who refuses to help a classmate cheat because the rules say cheating is wrong is in _____ of moral development.

The second conventional stage (stage four)

A person who demonstrates against a law that they perceive as unjust, such as civil-rights advocates did in the 1960s, is in _____ of moral development.

The second post conventional stage (stage six)

The struggle between intimacy and isolation is most common during the _____

Young adulthood stage

Early childhood is a very important time of change and growth that occurs between the ages of _____ and _____.

Zero; eight

Bandura's reciprocal causation model focuses on continuous interaction between the following three factors:

behavior, environment, person

In Watson's experiment, the baby initially _____.

didn't fear the rat

Watson was able to condition the baby to _____

fear the rat without the loud noise

All of the following statements regarding the microsystem are correct, EXCEPT:

Each child has only one microsystem.

The _____ stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory is characterized by the development of abstract systems of thought that allow learners to solve complex problems with multiple factors.

Formal operational

Sara feels anxious about solving fraction problems. Soon, Sara becomes anxious about attempting any mathematical problems. This is a phenomenon known as:

Generalization

Why is it important for adolescents to have supportive friends?

It influences their identity by giving them a sense of self-esteem and belonging

Why is the development of fine motor coordination in early childhood so important?

It is involved in countless activities that children and adults may take for granted , such as playing sports, drawing, and writing

How does an adolescent's self concept differ from a child's self-concept?

It is more descriptive, complex, and realistic

Why is an increase in balance so important to a child's physical development in early childhood?

It makes additional exploration of the child's environment possible, which leads to learning

According to Vygotsky, which of the following is true about the acquisition of meaning and understanding?

Meaning is acquired as people interact

How would Mrs. Purdue implement learning by observation in her class?

Mrs. Purdue can use demonstrations in class to help her students better understand the concepts that she is teaching

A person who has parents from at least three different ethnic groups might consider themselves _____.

Multiracial

The all-or-none law states that _____.

Neurons must fire a signal once it starts

Which of the following describes a way in which modeling affects behavior?

Observational learning occurs when the observer acquires a new behavior demonstrated by the model

While working with patients with snake phobias, Bandura found that _____ were more effective in treating phobias than persuasion.

Observations

An instructor was doing a demonstration with her class. She had the students form pairs and look in each other's eyes. She then suddenly turned off the lights and blew a whistle. She repeated this process several times. Finally, she blew the whistle but left the lights on. To the amazement of the students as they watched, the pupils of their eyes began to dilate. Seeing the eyes dilate after the whistle blew with the lights on is an example of:

Observing a classically conditioned response

Self-efficacy is a term that refers to which of the following?

People's expectations that they are capable of performing a behavior that will produce desired outcomes in any particular situation

Many children in kindergarten enjoy playing 'house.' How does the value of play benefit young children, according to Vygotsky?

Play should be encouraged because it promotes new cognitive skills

Peter observes Stephanie texting in class. Peter approaches Stephanie after class and states 'Don't you know texting is against school policy? You are going to get your phone confiscated.' Stephanie replies that she has been texting all year and none of the teachers have ever noticed. The next day, Peter brings his phone to class and starts texting. Which of the following effects of modeling does this situation illustrate?

Response facilitation

Which educational psychology perspective proposes that learning occurs through observation?

Social-cognitive

The two processes that allow children's brains to learn more in less time and become overall more functional during early childhood are _____ and _____.

Synaptic growth; synaptic pruning

Jose is in a casino. He sees his friends Amy and Sandra win money at a nearby slot machine. Amy and Sandra cheer and clap. Jose wants to feel the same excitement, so he sits down at a slot machine and begins to gamble. This is an example of _____.

Vicarious reinforcement

Classical conditioning involves _____.

creating a paired association between unrelated stimuli

John Watson's experiments involved the unconditioned stimulus of _____ with the conditioned stimulus of _____.

loud noises; a rat

The conflict between trust and mistrust defines the _____

oral-sensory stage

According to the ecological systems theory, a child's development is best understood by examining _____/

the context of the child's environmental influences

An elderly adult who feels content about her life is experiencing _____

Ego integrity

According to Piaget, children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. They are demonstrating _____.

Egocentrism

According to Erik Erikson, psychosocial identities involve the interplay between our _____.

Emotional lives and our social circumstances

One's ethnic identity is based on _____.

Ethnicity

Mr. Freeman randomly gives half of the children in his class an extra dessert over the lunch hour; the other half gets no dessert. After lunch, he tests the children's levels of resentment toward each other. Which type of research design is Mr. Freeman using?

Experiment

When the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus, what occurs?

Extinction

Adaptation is _____.

The ways in which children learn about and categorize the world

Which general perspective used in educational psychology studies how people acquire, perceive, remember, and communicate information (for example, how memory works)?

The cognitive perspective

Which of the following is a part of the chronosystem?

The environmental events and transitions over the life course

A child not stealing a cookie for fear of being punished is in _____ of moral development.

The first pre-conventional stage (stage one)

How do the roles of the hippocampus and the hypothalamus differ?

The hippocampus processes long-term memory while the hypothalamus regulates hunger

A child hiding a cookie so he doesn't have to share it with the other kids is in _____ of moral development.

The second pre-conventional stage (stage two)

The period of development in which children are more susceptible to environmental influences is referred to as _____.

The sensitive period