Chapter 3 – Moral, Personal, and Psychosocial Development MULTIPLE CHOICE
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Piaget examined how children understand rules and how this understanding changes with age. What was Piaget studying?
a. accommodation b. trust vs. mistrust
ANS: C
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p. 91
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Chapter 1 – The Study of Educational Psychology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Since educational psychology is a science, how is practical knowledge about educational settings
produced?
a. through research using the scientific method
b. through introspection
c. by using commonsense
c. by informal observations
ANS: A REF: p. 5 OBJ: What is Educational Psychology?
2. The advantage of using the science of psychology to study human behavior is that
a. most people give psychology lots of credibility.
b. most teachers have a course in psychology and therefore understand it.
c. psychology helps us to systematically notice and explain behavior.
d. it is completely objective.
ANS: C REF: p. 5 OBJ: What is Educational Psychology?
3. There are many behaviors and events going on in the classroom. This best describes the ______ of the
classroom environment.
a. immediacy c. diversity
b. multidimensionality d. linearity
ANS: B REF: p. 6 OBJ: What is Educational Psychology?
MSC: JoinIn NOT: WWW
4. Evan is a 12th grader. He believes that learning only happens if he works hard at memorizing content.
This belief is part of Evan’s
a. transactional model. c. psychology.
b. multidimensionality. d. epistemology.
ANS: D REF: p. 6 OBJ: What is Educational Psychology?
5. If you believe that student achievement is related to a number of factors such as student characteristics,
school policies, and teacher behavior, then you have adopted a(n)
a. behavioral view of teaching and learning.
b. epistemological view of the teaching-learning process.
c. ecological view of teaching and learning.
d. transactional model of the teaching-learning process.
ANS: D REF: p. 7 OBJ: Applying Psychology to Education
6. The transaction model of the teaching – learning process is most helpful in providing insights into
a. why teachers get burnt out
b. the factors that influence choice of classroom management strategies
c. epistemology
d. the factors that influence student achievement
ANS: D REF: p. 7 OBJ: Applying Psychology to Education
NOT: WWW
7. From a behavioral perspective, what is the best explanation of a student misbehaving in class?
a. The student expects that his behavior will lead to self-actualization.
b. His self-concept is one of a troublemaker.
c. The student gains some type of positive consequence because of the misbehavior.
d. He models the behavior of an older child who is a bully.
ANS: C REF: p. 11 OBJ: Applying Psychology to Education
8. An ed psych student is eager for the class to start in the new semester. She is excited because she
anticipates learning a formula for a successful teacher to apply in her classroom once she becomes a
teacher. Will this student be disappointed and why?
a. No – There are some specific principles that she can apply very easily to any classroom.
b. No – There is a specific formula that guarantees success if applied to the classroom.
c. Yes – The research indicates that no theory is correct.
d. Yes – There are too many variables in teaching and learning for a formula for success.
She will have to critically apply what she learns in ed psych to her own classes.
ANS: D REF: p. 12 OBJ: Ed Psych and the Role of the Teacher
9. One limitation of educational psychology is that
a. learning in the real-world differs from learning in the classroom.
b. teachers often apply the concepts and principles too rigidly to the classroom.
c. it does not adhere to the tenets of science.
d. very little research has been done in the area of teaching and learning.
ANS: A REF: p. 13 OBJ: Ed Psych and the Role of the Teacher
MSC: JoinIn NOT: WWW
10. One of your friends says that learning in school reflects how we learn in real-life settings. Since
you’re taking an Educational Psychology course you disagree. Why?
a. Learning in school tends to be group-centered; learning in real-life tends to happen in an
individualistic way.
b. Learning in school tends to be individualistic; learning in real-life tends to occur in
groups.
c. Learning in school happens because of the teacher, but in real-life there is no teacher.
d. Learning in school tends to be temporary, but learning in real-life tends to be more
permanent.
ANS: B REF: p. 13 OBJ: Ed Psych and the Role of the Teacher
11. If you want to learn how to be an effective teacher, you must study the interaction between the
characteristics of effective teachers and educational contexts. The best describes
a. the ecological approach. c. the cognitive approach.
b. epistemology. d. parsimony.
ANS: A REF: p. 15 OBJ: Characteristics of the Effective Teacher
12. What would John Dewey’s reaction be to find out that a teacher might be effective in one context but
not in another?
a. He would be shocked because effective teachers are effective teachers in all contexts.
b. He would be mildly surprised because good teachers are born.
c. Dewey would not be surprised since there is an interaction between context and teacher
characteristics.
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d. John Dewey would be not surprised because the teacher is probably teaching at different
times of the day.
ANS: C REF: p. 15 OBJ: Characteristics of the Effective Teacher
MSC: JoinIn NOT: WWW
13. A framework for understanding effective teachers includes four domains. Which of the following is
not among the four domains?
a. planning and preparation c. instruction
b. classroom environment d. counseling
ANS: D REF: p. 15-16 OBJ: Characteristics of the Effective Teacher
14. A teacher keeps a journal and writes down it every day after school, describing what went well and
went did not in class. She is practicing
a. ecology c. reflection
b. correlational research d. parsimony
ANS: C REF: p. 17-18 OBJ: Characteristics of the Effective Teacher
15. If you are an inquisitive teacher who asks questions about your teaching, then you are a practicing:
a. epistemology c. parsimony
b. reflective teaching d. the cognitive approach
ANS: B REF: p. 19 OBJ: Characteristics of the Effective Teacher
MSC: JoinIn NOT: WWW
16. ________ is based on observation, testability, replication, and parsimony.
a. Epistemology c. Theory
b. Reflection d. Science
ANS: D REF: p. 19 OBJ: Study of Human Behavior
17. Science differs from other ways of knowing because it relies upon
a. the cognitive approach. c. reflection.
b. observation. d. theory.
ANS: B REF: p. 19 OBJ: Study of Human Behavior
18. If a scientist does not phrase her research questions in a falsifiable way, the questions are not
considered
a. hypothetical. c. quantifiable .
b. testable. d. qualifiable.
ANS: B REF: p. 19 OBJ: Study of Human Behavior
NOT: WWW
19. If two different theories both do an adequate job of explaining behavior, the _______ theory is
preferred due to _________.
a. simpler; parsimony c. newer; parsimony
b. simpler; transactional model d. newer; multidimensionality
ANS: A REF: p. 20 OBJ: Study of Human Behavior
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