1) which of the following is not a typical element of emotional development in
adolescence?
a. declines in happiness and pride
b. increases in moodiness, anxiety, and loneliness
c. increased ability to engage in self-reflection
d. decreases in self-consciousness and self-criticism
2) according to erikson, ______ lay(s) a foundation for the development of self-esteem
and self-efficacy.
a. infancy
b. the elementary years
c. early childhood
d. prenatal development
3) ______ is the ability to construct and express meaning through reading, writing, and
discussing texts.
a. language
b. syntax
c. literacy
d. dialect
4) jenny has just found out that her pregnancy involves two fertilized ova that are not
genetically identical. jennys babies will be:
a. born with down syndrome.
b. monozygotic twins.
c. dizygotic twins.
d. born with hemophilia.
5) carla is participating in a conflict resolution program at her high school where she is
learning about win-win. which aspect of conflict resolution is carla learning about?
a. identifying possible solutions
b. choosing solutions that benefit both sides in a conflict
c. accurately defining conflict
d. evaluating consequences of solutions for herself and others
6) five-year-old leigha has just been given the digit-span task by her teacher. if leigha is
like the average child her age, how many digits will she remember?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 7
d. 9
7) as a teacher, you can help promote your students moral development by:
a. modeling moral and prosocial behavior at school.
b. using inductive discipline practices in your classroom.
c. providing opportunities for your students to participate in democratic processes.
d. all of these
8) differences in performance on the timss between children from the united states and
children from asian cultures are best explained by:
a. asians superior math and science abilities.
b. superior science and math abilities of children in the u.s.
c. the fact that asians have higher iq scores than children from the u.s.
d. different instructional practices of teachers in the u.s. and asian cultures.
9) melody, age 13, understands that the space occupied by an object remains unchanged
regardless of a change in shape. melody has developed which conservation skill?
a. length
b. volume
c. area
d. weight
10) in 2000, about what percentage of children under 18 years of age lived with one
parent?
a. 11 percent
b. 27 percent
c. 35 percent
d. 41 percent
11) as children get older, their perceptions of other people become:
a. less differentiated.
b. more focused on physical traits.
c. both less differentiated and more focused on physical traits.
d. neither less differentiated nor more focused on physical traits.
12) academic abilities like planning, goal-setting, organizing, self-monitoring, and
self-evaluation are called:
a. metacognition.
b. practical intelligence.
c. self-regulated learning.
d. multiple intelligences.
13) compared to those who entered the teaching field 30 years ago, you should expect
to find:
a. an increasingly diverse group of children in your classroom.
b. educational progress complicated by language barriers for some of your students.
c. both increased diversity and language barriers.
d. neither increased diversity nor language barriers.
14) ______ consists of words or expressions that develop in special contexts and have
particular meaning.
a. syntax
b. bilingualism
c. communicative competence
d. slang
15) which of the following is a criticism of piagets findings on object permanence?
a. mental representation of objects occurs earlier than piaget suggested.
b. babies may not lack object permanence but rather lack the memory skills or motor
skills to demonstrate their understanding.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
16) mr. gower focuses on the following instructional methods in his teaching:
scaffolding, mastery learning, direct instruction, and learning centers. gowers teaching
activities would be classified as primarily:
a. teacher-directed.
b. self-directed.
c. peer directed.
d. inclusive.
17) students in child-centered classrooms significantly outperform their counterparts in
didactic classrooms in which of the following areas?
a. problem solving
b. conceptual grouping
c. mathematics
d. both problem solving and conceptual grouping