1) which of the following statements is true?
a. students start school later and stay in school for a shorter period of time, compared to
past generations.
b. since 1920 the average school year has decreased from 180 to 120 days.
c. since the early 1900s there have been significant increases in the percentage of
children attending school.
d. graduation rates have decreased in the last 50 years.
2) currently, attention is defined as:
a. a general mental capacity.
b. a set of behaviors and processes used to extract information from events.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
3) as a future teacher of second graders, at which level of social perspective taking
would you expect your students to be?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
4) jane was very athletic in school. she also studied dance for many years and has now
become a professional dancer and choreographer. howard gardner would suggest that
jane has ______ intelligence.
a. spatial
b. musical
c. bodily-kinesthetic
d. linguistic
5) as a new teacher hoping to foster a development-driven achievement culture in your
classroom, you are likely to do all the following except:
a. groups students together on the basis of their demonstrated ability.
b. emphasize complex thinking skills.
c. group students together on the basis of their interests.
d. hold high expectations of all your students.
6) debbie, who is above average in intelligence, has difficulty composing complete,
grammatical sentences. additionally, she has problems spelling and learning vocabulary
words. what type of specific learning disability does debbie have?
a. developmental mathematics disability
b. developmental reading disability
c. developmental writing disability
d. none of these
7) lewis was a participant in the high/scope perry preschool project. compared to
children who did not participate, lewis:
a. had a lower chance of being a chronic juvenile offender.
b. had a lower chance of dropping out of school.
c. is likely to have higher monthly earnings and more likely to own a home.
d. all of these
8) which of the following is an implication of eriksons theory for your future role as a
teacher?
a. you should provide a secure, caring environment for your students to help them
maintain the sense of trust necessary for personal development.
b. you should provide opportunities for students to initiate activities and feel a sense of
accomplishment for a job well done.
c. you should provide opportunities for your students to learn about different viewpoints
as well as various career options.
d. all of these
9) dr. gladstone is using the visual cliff to conduct an experiment on infant perceptual
development. which area of development is dr. gladstone studying?
a. depth perception
b. auditory perception
c. taste perception
d. touch sensitivity
10) which of the following statements regarding learning disabilities is true?
a. learning disabilities are partially caused by the childs lack of motivation and effort.
b. learning disabilities can be due to temporary causes.
c. children with learning disabilities typically have below average intelligence.
d. all three statements are false.
11) dr. jones selects a research design that has the advantage of being used with large
samples. this design also can be used to test associations between different variables.
however, the disadvantage is that the design cannot be used to test cause-and-effect
relations. which design has dr. jones selected?
a. longitudinal study
b. case study
c. correlational study
d. experimental study
12) school-based self-esteem intervention programs in the 1960s and 1970s, which had
only limited success, tended to focus on:
a. cognitively based strategies for understanding the origins of students negative
self-perceptions.
b. providing social support at school.
c. helping young people feel good about themselves.
d. implementing gardners theory of multiple intelligences.
13) behaviorists suggest that children learn through:
a. classical and instrumental conditioning.
b. imitation and observation.
c. both conditioning and imitation/observation.
d. neither conditioning nor imitation/observation.
14) you are a math teacher in middle grades. if you wanted to make your own teaching
style match that of asian educators, you should do all of the following except:
a. spend more time explaining and developing new concepts in your mathematics
lessons.
b. give your students problems they have not seen before that utilize the same concepts
as problems you have been working on.
c. teach your students to solve particular problems, and then ask them to solve those
problems on their own.
d. spend more time on mathematics instruction.
15) as a future teacher, you have ______ responsibility to report suspected child abuse.
a. an ethical
b. a legal
c. both an ethical and a legal
d. neither an ethical nor a legal
16) lewis termans genetic studies of genius is a well-known example of a ______ study.
a. longitudinal
b. cross-sectional
c. cross-sequential
d. triangulation
17) compared to older elementary schoolchildren, younger schoolchildren are more
likely to:
a. say that relearning something is easier than learning it for the first time.
b. believe their memory capabilities are better than they actually are.
c. have more metacognitive knowledge.
d. understand that the longer one studies something the longer it will be remembered.
18) linda makes time each day for individual conversations with her children, tommy
and joe. linda uses books to engage them in conversations, and she shares the events of
her own life with the boys. which area of literacy development is linda attempting to
influence?
a. oral language
b. sociodramatic play
c. listening skills
d. letter and word connections
19) according to the text, the most helpful way to think about the theories presented in
the chapter is:
a. as essential truths.
b. as mutually exclusive explanations of undisputed facts.
c. as ways of thinking and talking about child development, which are best considered
in combination with each other.
d. none of these
20) shane is shy and socially withdrawn. he does not have problems at school and does
not consider himself to be lonely even though few children in his class consider him
their friend. which term best describes shanes peer status?
a. popular
b. rejected
c. unpopular
d. neglected