1) Only one of the following is a true statement regarding the nature of knowledge in
long-term memory. Which one?
a.It is always better to learn a little bit about many topics than to learn a lot about a few
topics.
b.Interconnected pieces of information are usually more useful than isolated pieces.
c.Most of our knowledge about the world is probably in episodic memory rather than in
semantic memory.
d.Any single piece of information is stored in only one way.
2) For the concept nurse, female can best be classified as:
a.a defining feature
b.a correlational feature
c.an irrelevant feature
d.a rule
3) Which one of the following common sayings best reflects the basic premise
underlying social learning theory?
a.Monkey see, monkey do.
b.Spare the rod and spoil the child.
c.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
d.A rolling stone gathers no moss.
4) Three of the following statements are examples of possible advance organizers for a
geometry lesson. Which statement is not an advance organizer as the term is typically
defined?
a.Today we will be studying three different kinds of triangles: acute, right, and obtuse.
b.Okay, class, its time to put your reading assignment away so that we can begin todays
geometry lesson.
c.Calculating the volume of a sphere is similar to a procedure you learned last
monthcalculating the area of a circle.
d.Do you know how many square feet you have in your bedroom? After learning how
to calculate the area of a rectangle today, you will know how to figure out exactly how
big your bedroom is.
5) On the average, self-regulated learners tend to:
a.Perform better on a continuous reinforcement schedule than on an intermittent
reinforcement schedule
b.Require more of a teachers time and attention than do other students, but this time and
attention is a good investment over the long run
c.Be less interested in extracurricular activities than their classmates
d.Achieve at higher levels in the classroom
6) Which one of the following examples best illustrates social cognitive theorists
concept of personal agency in learning and behavior?
a.After once being bitten by a German shepherd, Seth becomes extremely anxious
every time he sees a large dog.
b.Norah sits quietly in her history class, hoping that her teachers lecture will somehow
sink in and stick in her brain.
c.In order to enhance his roller skating skills, Marvin enrolls in a roller skating class.
d.Linda gets increasingly frustrated when she cant solve a complex math problem.
7) Three of the following statements are accurate descriptions of how competition
affects motivation and affect. Which statement is not accurate?
a.On average, competition leads to more negative attitudes toward school.
b.People in a competitive situation focus more on looking good than on learning
something.
c.Losers in a competitive situation suffer a loss of self-efficacy.
d.Losers in a competitive situation are likely to attribute their losses to their own lack of
effort.
8) Which one of the following is an accurate statement about the dual-store model of
memory?
a.All information that reaches the sensory register also reaches short-term memory, but
only a small percentage of this information is stored in long-term memory.
b.Information that must be remembered for a long time goes directly from the sensory
register to long-term memory; less important information is stored in short-term
memory.
c.All information that enters long-term memory must first pass through the sensory
register and short-term memory.
d.The three components of memory are used to store different kinds of information:
visual images are stored in the sensory register, most numerical information is stored in
short-term memory, and verbal information is stored in long-term memory.
9) Which one of the following girls is most likely to attribute a low exam grade to an
external cause?
a.Annas teacher encourages her to seek his help if she needs it.
b.Betsy knows that other students in her class all did well on the exam.
c.Carol has gotten low grades on most previous exams.
d.Donna thought she knew the material even though she really didnt.
10) Three of the following behaviors reflect a social goal. Which behavior does not
necessarily reflect a social goal?
a.Learning as much as one can about European history
b.Helping a person who has been hurt in an accident
c.Bullying a clumsy and unpopular classmate
d.Seeking a teachers approval
11) The following four junior high school science teachers are teaching the concept
molecule to their students. In each classroom, some of the students are at Piagets formal
operations stage and others are at the concrete operations stage. In which classroom are
the concrete operational students most likely to have difficulty understanding?
a.Mr. Armani lets students touch and manipulate concrete models of various molecules.
b.Mr. Bendetti lets students look at the same concrete models that Mr. Armani has used.
c.Mr. Carmen verbally describes how different elements are made up of different
numbers of neutrons, protons, and electrons.
d.Mr. Davidson has students role-play being neutrons, protons, and electrons. The
neutron and proton students huddle together in the middle of the room, and the
electrons move around them.
12) If we consider factors that promote interest, three of the following teaching
strategies should be beneficial. Which one will not be beneficial?
a.Intersperse boring material with entertaining jokes about your personal life.
b.Assign works of fiction that feature a character with whom students can identify.
c.Make some classroom tasks challenging but accomplishable.
d.Choose a textbook that presents information in a clear, coherent fashion.
13) When Judy becomes verbally aggressive toward her peers, she is placed in a quiet
and boring room for five minutes. The procedure being used here is most commonly
known as:
a.time-out
b.systematic desensitization
c.response cost
d.in-house suspension