Educational Psychology Overview

It is not at all unusual for children to be uninterested in things most girls are interested in at the age of eleven.

Juvenile delinquents are least likely to exhibit which of the following characteristics?

As a kindergarten teacher, you would most likely observe which of the following play behaviors?

Which of the following statements concerning children's play activity in preschool and kindergarten is generally supported by research?

Researchers who study play patterns of preschool and kindergarten children have noted that:

At what grade level do most children first begin to realize that learning and recall are governed by cognitive processes that one can control?

One way to encourage a sense of industry in an elementary school child who consistently fails to complete homework assignments is to:

Maria was administered an IQ test in fourth grade. Based on her score of 135, what can we infer?

Current research supports which of the following statements?

For the most part, IQ scores are:

It has been argued that the concept of intelligence encompasses more than the sum of one's tested abilities. Which of the following might suggest an aspect of intelligence not measured by traditional tests?

According to Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence, which statement is accurate?

Enriqué, who is in ninth grade, has a high level of logical-mathematical ability but low spatial ability. What advice would Howard Gardner give to his parents?

Learning styles are thought of as:

Which of the following statements best sums up current findings on gender differences and technology?

What conclusions can we draw from research on gender differences and computer use?

Research concerning a behavior known as loss of voice indicates that:

Significantly more males than females choose careers in math or science. The most likely reason is that:

Mrs. Leoni designed her preschool program to encourage rule following and polite social behavior. Which concept does her methodology illustrate?

If you decided to design classroom assessments consistent with learning styles research, what would you do?

To avoid disadvantaging students with specific learning styles, teachers should:

Which statement represents the most appropriate application of learning styles research to teaching practices?

Which of the following is not likely to be a characteristic that identifies someone as being from a different culture?

Which of the following is most consistent with the concept of cultural pluralism?

The concept of cultural pluralism holds that:

What can be said about the ethnic origins of the U.S. population as the 21st century begins?

You have a student who is a first-generation immigrant from Thailand. His behavior of not looking at you when you speak is likely due to:

Students from low-SES homes are more likely than those from upper-SES homes to have difficulty studying because they typically:

What is meant by the term 'achievement gap'?

Does it make sense for teachers to be concerned about students from one-parent families?

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates the teacher expectancy effect?

Bilingual programs aiming to improve non-English-speaking students' native-language competence are known as __________ programs.

Proponents of a transition approach to bilingual education advocate:

Advocates of mastery learning believe this approach:

Within ethnically diverse groups of students, cooperative learning is likely to:

Peer tutoring has been shown to improve the achievement of which groups?

Which of the following student characteristics is not likely to lead to positive teacher expectancy?

The primary focus of educational psychology is to understand how

Teaching children or adolescents is challenging because it requires

Many advancements in teaching and learning are due in large part to

Educational psychology research offers strong support for which of the following instructional practices?

One aspect of making observations and drawing inferences from those observations is that

The grade retention policies of many schools are examples of

Mr. Fradigio's inquiry about forehead bandages is an example of

Strengths of the scientific method include all of the following except

To say that teaching is an art means that teaching

Effective teachers recognize that teaching

Your response to Mateo's confusion about scientific conclusions should emphasize that

A characteristic of scientific research in educational psychology is that it

One mark of good teachers is that they

A teacher who views the discipline of teaching as both an art and a science is likely to

In your new job, it will be best to

Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development emphasizes that

The idea that personality development follows a predictable pattern with identifiable benchmarks best reflects the

Erikson uses the epigenetic principle to hypothesize that personality development is related to

Brian's situation is an example of

Which of the following is most likely to promote a sense of industry among students?

Erikson's concept of the psychosocial moratorium is most like

Eight-year-old Elizabeth is engaging in which process when she categorizes her captured creatures?

According to Piaget, the development of a system of classification of animals and plants illustrates our need to

Organized patterns of actions and thoughts are defined by Piaget as

Stella's behavior in joining an environmental group after learning the truth about wolves reflects

A four-year-old child who sees an adult dwarf and exclaims 'Look at that little boy!' is engaging in which process?

Which of the following examples best illustrates Piaget's concept of assimilation?

As part of ongoing debates about cognitive development, recent reviews concluded that

Contrary to Piaget's findings, researchers have concluded that

Attempts to validate the universality of Piaget's stages of development have found that

Why should teachers be on the lookout for students who show signs of severe depression?

Which of the following is the best explanation for why girls, more than boys, experience anxiety over same-sex friendships?

An eighth-grade male who exhibits feelings of confusion, anxiety, depression, and dramatic mood swings is

Part of your lesson plan for your seventh-grade class is to have them debate the merits of the argument: Teenagers should have strict limits on time spent on social networking websites. This idea is

An eleven-year-old girl who appears to be going through puberty is

On the basis of research summarized in the text, which group is most likely to be popular and carefree during adolescence but experience difficulties in adulthood?

The middle school student most likely to have low self-esteem and suffer from depression, yet be popular with members of the opposite sex is the

The early-maturing male middle school student is likely to draw favorable responses from adults because he