Question 11 ptsMs. O’Malley has a student named Tara in her second hour class. A majority of the time
Tara is quiet and withdrawn. When reviewing Tara’s permanent record, Ms. O’Malley is
surprised to see a long history of academic success. Ms. O’Malley asks herself a
number of questions about this situation, considers some possible outcomes, and plans
several strategies to attempt to draw Tara into classroom activities. Ms. O’Malley is
demonstrating her ability to:
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accept challenges and think productively about them
respect her student’s right to educational privacy
make learning interesting to students who have diverse preferences
accept the limitations of her professional position
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Question 21 pts
Ms. Sanchez is excited about teaching and eager to find more ideas that will help her
during her first year. She is disappointed to find that her colleagues are worn out from
years in the classroom and outside responsibilities. No one seems to have time for her
questions. What should Ms. Sanchez do?
Group of answer choices
Look for ways to find fulfillment outside of the classroom.
Keep her questions to herself until she meets with her mentor next month.
Seek virtual colleagues and professional development on the Web.
Discuss the problem with the principal and ask to be reassigned to a different team.
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Question 31 pts
Research-based professional development opportunities offer teachers:
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methods known to make a difference in children
traditional approaches to education
approaches to a fast-track to learning
innovative methods that have yet to be evaluated
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Question 41 pts
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the role of educational
psychology in teacher preparation?
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Educational psychology provides teachers with research-based principles to guide their
teaching.
Educational psychology provides teachers with specific actions to improve classroom
teaching.
Educational psychology is the study of learning theory as it relates to aspects of
education outside of the classroom.
Educational psychology aims to improve teacher candidates’ subject matter knowledge.
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Question 51 pts
Teaching with intentionality involves which of the following?
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Thinking about the outcomes students need to achieve
Having an analytical mindset for numeric problem solving
Covering the material in the textbook
Covering material students want to learn
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Question 61 pts
Teacher efficacy is the degree to which teachers do what?
Group of answer choices
Make effective decisions regarding student learning outcomes
Believe they are able to build rapport with colleagues
Believe their own efforts determine their students’ success
Believe the efficacy of student outcomes is curriculum based
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Question 71 pts
Research finds that one of the most powerful predictors of a teacher’s impact on
students is:
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the teacher’s belief that what he or she does makes a difference
the teacher’s academic success in high school and college
the teacher’s ability to use technology effectively
the teacher’s skill in working collaboratively with other teachers
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Question 81 pts
What do intentional teachers do to achieve a sense of efficacy?
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Conduct research to determine what classroom management practices to use
Assess their teaching, try new strategies if initial instruction doesn’t work
Review students’ IQ scores and make predictions about their success or failure
Focus on home life factors that impact the student at school
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Question 91 pts
Mr. Chen wants to be an effective middle school math teacher. He just completed all
requirements and obtained his teaching license. His head is full of knowledge he
learned in his classes and information he gleaned from educational research. What
formula should he keep in mind as he launches his teaching career with the goal of
effective teaching?
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Technology + research = effective teaching
Book knowledge + experience = effective teaching
Research + common sense = effective teaching
Experience = effective teaching
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Question 101 pts
The goal of research in educational psychology is:
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to identify learning styles and preferences exhibited by students
to improve the efficiency of teaching strategies
to assess student behaviors that interfere with learning
to test theories that guide teachers’ actions
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Question 111 pts
You are teaching a tenth-grade class of average ability students. Your lesson involves
abstract ideas. Which of the following would be the most accurate supposition you could
make about your class as you plan activities?
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All of your students are ready to apply formal thought to the different aspects of your
lesson.
Most of your students have not progressed beyond the concrete operational stage.
All of the students should have mastered hypothetical reasoning at this stage and
should be able to handle the abstract concepts of the lesson.
Although many students may have reached the formal operational stage of
development, you can’t be sure those who have will be able to apply it to your lesson.
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Question 121 pts
Transitivity involves the ability to:
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change direction
arrange objects in sequence
move bilaterally
infer relationships
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Question 131 pts
Based on Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory, a child’s teacher influences
development at what level?
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Microsystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Mesosystem
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Question 141 pts
Based on Piaget’s theories, when does assimilation occur?
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After a developmental dilemma has been successfully resolved
When a baby is using a favorite scheme to explore the environment
When a new object does not fit the existing scheme
When a baby incorporates new objects into a scheme
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Question 151 pts
The importance of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological view of development is in
emphasizing:
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the child as a unique individual during development rather than a miniature adult
nested levels of social and institutional influence on a child’s development
the environmental influences that impact the developmental process
the social and moral aspects of children’s learning and development
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Question 161 pts
Seriation, an important task children learn during the concrete operational stage, is
characterized by which ability?
Group of answer choices
Thinking abstractly about problems
Arranging items with automaticity
Arranging things in a logical progression
Understanding that objects exist even if they are out of sight
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Question 171 pts
Emma knows that if 2 + 5 = 7, then 7 – 5 = 2. This requires which of the following
cognitive characteristics?
Group of answer choices
Formal thought
Transitivity
Seriation
Reversibility
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Question 181 pts
Ramona is a first year teacher. She prepared tirelessly all summer for a fifth-grade
position. As school approached she learned the fifth-grade position was eliminated and
instead she would fill a first-grade position. Ramona knows in order to be an effective
teacher at any level she will most need to:
Group of answer choices
take student physical development into account when arranging the classroom
design instruction to meet the district grade level objectives
be careful to model traditional gender roles for such young learners
take into account her students’ ages and stages of development
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Question 191 pts
Mr. Walton gave a pretest before beginning the unit on equations and learned that none
of his students could define equations or solve the simplest equations. What should he
do if he wants students to work in their zone of proximal development?
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Teach a lesson that assumes students understand how to work basic equations.
Skip the unit about equations.
Teach the definition and guide students to work basic equations.
Choose a few students to begin learning about equations.
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Question 201 pts
Brody’s toy is covered by a blanket, but he does not remove the blanket to look for the
toy. He believes the toy is gone when his sister hides it under the blanket. This scenario
shows an infant’s inability to grasp which idea?
Group of answer choices
Object stability
Object permanence
Conservation
Seriation
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Question 211 pts
When children enter middle school or junior high school, self-esteem is:
Group of answer choices
holding steady
at its lowest
not as important as academic achievement
at its peak
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Question 221 pts
A criticism of both Piaget’s and Kohlberg’s work is that they did not observe that young
children can often reason about moral situations in:
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abstract terms
hypothetical dilemmas
ways similar to adults
more sophisticated ways than the theories would suggest
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Question 231 pts
The stages of personal and social development are played out in constant interaction
with others and with society as a whole. During the initial stage of personal and social
development, the interactions are primarily with:
Group of answer choices
the school
social networks
another baby
parents and other family members
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Question 241 pts
If individuals do not grow during the generativity stage, Erikson believes a sense of
stagnation and interpersonal impoverishment develops. This leads to:
Group of answer choices
self-absorption or self-indulgence
confusion
intimacy or competition
doubt
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Question 251 pts
The most important limitation of Kohlberg’s theory is that it:
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deals only with actual behavior rather than perceived behavior
deals with moral reasoning rather than actual behavior
focuses on moral development but not moral reasoning
addresses only individual rights
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Question 261 pts
Based on identity statuses proposed by James Marcia, what identity status is
characterized by prematurely establishing an identity on the basis of parents’ choices for
them?
Group of answer choices
Diffusion
Foreclosure
Moratorium
Achievement
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Question 271 pts
The students in Ms. Romano’s third grade class have developed ideas about their
strengths and weaknesses. Their perception of these qualities is referred to as:
Group of answer choices
self-absorption
self-concept
self-actualization
decentered thought
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Question 281 pts
Pregnancy and childbirth are major concerns for all groups of female adolescents, but
particularly among those from:
Group of answer choices
Black middle class families
white families of all socio-economic levels
lower-income families
Hispanic middle class families
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Question 291 pts
By middle childhood, peer acceptance is an important aspect of peer relations. A child
who, according to peers, is considered to be controversial, is one who is:
Group of answer choices
not named as either liked or disliked
named more often as someone who is liked and usually not named as disliked
someone often named as disliked and rarely named as liked
named equally as someone who is liked and someone who is disliked
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Question 301 pts
According to Piaget, between the ages of six and ten years, children believe that the
rules of a game:
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are flexible
can be altered by older children in the group, but not by younger ones
can be altered with the consent of all players
are set by a higher authority and cannot be altered
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Question 11 pts
According to James Marcia’s identity statuses that reflect the degree to which
adolescents have made firm commitments to religious and political values as well as to a
future occupation, which one is associated with the highest degree of anxiety for
adolescents?
Group of answer choices
Foreclosure status
Moratorium status
Identity achievement status
Identity diffusion status
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Question 21 pts
Based on Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning, which of the following statements best
reflects the conventional level of moral reasoning?
Group of answer choices
Sometimes it is right to break the law if it benefits others.
I can get away with breaking the rules, so why not?
What’s in it for me?
I do not want to break any traffic laws.
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Question 31 pts
The ability for young adults to find a partner in friendship, sex, competition, and
cooperation demonstrates which of Erikson’s conflicts?
Group of answer choices
Generativity versus self-absorption
Initiative versus guilt
Integrity versus despair
Intimacy versus isolation
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Question 41 pts
Brianna and Grayson each have a bucket of blocks and each is building a tower with the
blocks on the floor. Brianna runs out of square shapes and sees that Grayson has some
left. She asks Grayson for one, offering to trade a triangle in return. Grayson makes the
trade and asks Brianna if she will trade another triangle for a square. Brianna and
Grayson are engaged in:
Group of answer choices
cooperative play
parallel play
solitary play
associative play
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Question 51 pts
The second stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development is the stage where an
individual understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
This stage is called:
Group of answer choices
heteronomous morality
postconventional
autonomous morality
preconventional
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Question 61 pts
Many programs are designed to reduce the risk of pregnancy and delay intercourse.
Based on research, which programs are most effective?
Group of answer choices
Programs that emphasize abstinence and birth control
Programs that emphasize early marriage
Programs that emphasize birth control only
Programs that emphasize abstinence only
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Question 71 pts
According to James Marcia’s identity statuses, what status is characterized by an inability
to resolve an identity crisis?
Group of answer choices
Reflectivity
Identity diffusion
Identity dispersion
Foreclosure
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Question 81 pts
According to developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, a psychosocial crisis is:
Group of answer choices
critical issues individuals must resolve as they pass through life stages
an imaginary set of problems created by media exposure
a crisis of faith
a crisis brought on by adolescent changes in hormones
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Question 91 pts
According to Kohlberg, children at the preconventional level of moral reasoning typically
concentrate on:
Group of answer choices
how to adapt rules to fit the condition of their situations
respecting the laws of society
how to further their own interests and avoid being punished
understanding the meaning of rules for a group
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Question 101 pts
One student sees another cheat on a test. The first student reasons that cheating is
acceptable because the teacher wasn’t looking. What level of moral reasoning is the
student exhibiting?
Group of answer choices
Conventional
Unconventional
Postconventional
Preconventional