1) eleanor is the type of parent who sets rules, disciplines harshly, and expects her
children to follow the rules. she demonstrates little warmth with her children. eleanors
style would best be described as:
a. authoritarian.
b. authoritative.
c. permissive-indulgent.
d. permissive-indifferent.
2) an evaluation of ones traits, abilities, and characteristics is called:
a. self-concept.
b. self-esteem.
c. self-efficacy.
d. self-control.
3) at a recent party, 15-year-old toby drank seven beers in a row. tobys behavior is best
described as:
a. alcoholism.
b. substance abuse.
c. binge drinking.
d. bulimia.
4) ______ involves adults helping children perform some task they could not perform
without help, and then gradually withdrawing help as the children become more
proficient.
a. guided participation
b. scaffolding
c. seriation
d. internalization
5) as a third-grade teacher, you decide to reward students with a sticker for each
desirable behavior. which method of conditioning have you selected?
a. operant/instrumental conditioning
b. critical conditioning
c. classical conditioning
d. observational conditioning
6) piaget suggests that ______ are the two basic principles that guide childrens
intellectual development.
a. assimilation and accommodation
b. reflective abstraction and equilibration
c. organization and adaptation
d. scaffolding and zone of proximal development
7) which of the following measures was recommended by a 2004 panel of experts on
high school reform?
a. adjusting academic standard to correspond with demonstrated levels of student ability
b. abolishing formal and informal tracking
c. increasing the number of tests that evaluate students factual knowledge
d. all of these
8) ______ created the first intelligence test.
a. lewis terman
b. alfred binet
c. howard gardner
d. david wechsler
9) as a preschool teacher, you are required to provide more supervision for your
students than the fifth- and sixth-grade teachers. this is because:
a. there is a higher chance of injury for the age group you teach.
b. preschool teachers typically get assigned more difficult tasks than teachers of older
children.
c. younger children are more likely to bicker and fight than older children.
d. younger children are more easily distracted.
10) as a high school teacher, your best strategy for reducing conflict between you and
your students is to:
a. establish stricter rules and guidelines.
b. be their friend.
c. use humor to deflect conflicts.
d. allow them some independence and control in the classroom.
11) ms. vickers, a fifth-grade teacher, uses the analogy of a hamburger and its parts to
help her students memorize the components of a good paragraph. ms. vickers is
utilizing the ______ memory strategy.
a. organization
b. rehearsal
c. elaboration
d. creativity
12) according to the national center of educational statistics, what percentage of young
people (ages 3-21) are served by federally supported programs for the disabled?
a. 42.7
b. 21.7
c. 14
d. 8.9
13) as children progress through piagets stages, they:
a. increase in their ability to use complex and abstract schemes.
b. construct new schemes and reorganize existing schemes.
c. both of these
d. neither of these