Adolescence Psychology Module 6

Which has a greater effect on students' scholastic achievement: school size or class size?

school size

Ms. Adamson believes that junior high school students are daydreamers at best and disrespectful at worst. Her students notice her attitude and therefore do not work that hard in her class, figuring that there is little chance of pleasing her. Their grades are lower than the grades of comparable students who have other teachers. What would a psychologist call this phenomenon?

self-fulfilling prophecy

High expectation teachers are considered teachers who:

Have high expectations for everyone

According to research, what are the signs that a student will commit an act of lethal violence?

The tendency toward lethal violence is almost impossible to detect in adolescents.

According to Dr. Siedel in the video on good schools, two questions need to be asked and answered by students. One question is What are you doing? The second question is:

*Why are you doing it?

According to a national survey, how many students in American public schools have been victims of violence?

1 out of 4

Michelle has been placed in a school program for gifted children. What is the minimum IQ score that she would need to have in order for most psychologists to consider her gifted?

130

Which adolescent would be expected to have the most positive academic self-concept?

Adna, a gifted student who is integrated into the regular classroom

Which of the following statements is true?

As school size increases, academic achievement decreases.

Most experts believe that the most effective policy for eliminating lethal violence in schools is:

Limiting access to guns and increasing mental health treatment

The issue of violence in schools is most common in

Middle school

All of the following are dimensions of school climate EXCEPT:

Parental involvement

Subdivisions of the student body within large schools created to foster feelings of belongingness is called:

Schools within schools

Which boy is most likely to commit an act of lethal violence?

While there are some common characteristics, researchers have not identified a reliable mechanism for identifying which individual students will commit a lethal crime.

An effective general strategy for creating positive classrooms is using

an authoritative strategy.

Mr. Delaney encourages his students to be independent thinkers and doers, but he still monitors them and provides clear rules and regulations for his classroom. He engages his students in considerable verbal exchanges about the subject matter and displays a caring attitude towards them. Mr. Delaney has which of the following classroom management strategies?

authoritative

The major characteristics of good schools include which of the following?

being integrated into the community (with local colleges or businesses, for example)

Jillian's family moved to another town. Even though Jillian had a high level of social competence, she was anxious about starting at a new school. However, she made friends easily, joined a sports team, and excelled in her classwork. She feels even more self-assured and confident now than she did before the move. How would a psychologist describe Jillian's transition to a new environment?

cascade effect

In general, students perform best when their teachers emphasize

cooperation

Individuals who have a severe impairment in their ability to read and spell have a type of learning disability known as

dyslexia

Individuals who have motor skill difficulty and may have difficulty with handwriting, buttoning, or balance have:

dyspraxia

One study indicated that among Black and Latino students, transitioning to a school where the proportion of students from the same ethnic background is lower than it had been at their previous school is associated with

greater disengagement from school.

Research suggests that creating "schools within schools" in larger high schools can be associated with which of these outcomes?

inadvertently creating "schools" that differ in their educational quality

Which of the following characteristics must be present for a diagnosis of ADHD?

inattention

Even though Scott has some difficulty in English, his school places him in the highest track for that subject. Scott's school follows which type of tracking system?

inclusive

Educating a child or adolescent with special education needs in the regular classroom full-time is called

mainstreaming

Being placed in a more advanced track generally has a

positive influence on subsequent course selection.

Annie is an adolescent enrolled in Mr. Love's science class. Annie will most likely do best in class when Mr. Love

spends a high proportion of classroom time teaching lessons.

You are designing a study of students who are making the transition from elementary school to middle school or junior high school. Which of these factors is likely to have a negative effect on these students?

stereotypes about teenagers

The extent to which students are psychologically committed to learning and mastering the material, rather than simply completing the assigned work is called

student engagement.

The get-tough approach to dealing with violence in schools that has been hotly debated among researchers is known as the

zero-tolerance approach.