, CHAPTER 1
True/False Questions
1. William James is responsible for writing the first psychology textbook, Principles of Psychology, in
1890.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 2. In 1890, William James launched the first psychology textbook titled Principles of
Psychology.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
2. E. L. Thorndike opposed the idea that educational psychology must have a scientific base and should
focus strongly on measurement.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 3. E. L. Thorndike promoted the idea that educational psychology must have a
scientific base and should focus strongly on measurement. Thorndike argued that one of schooling's
most important tasks is to hone children's reasoning skills, and he excelled at conducting detailed
scientific studies of teaching and learning.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
3. In 1954, Leta Hollingworth developed the concept of programmed learning, which involved reinforcing
the student after a series of steps until the student reached a learning goal.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 4. In the 1950s, programmed learning, which involved reinforcing the student after a
series of steps until the student reached a learning goal, was developed by B. F. Skinner. Leta
Hollingworth was the first individual to use the term "gifted" to describe children who scored
exceptionally high on intelligence tests.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
4. According to a recent survey, the "best teachers" expect too much from students.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 12. The worst teachers, not the best teachers, expect too much from students
(Figure 1).
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
5. Effective teachers fail to help students become self-motivated to learn.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 8. Effective teachers have strategies for helping students become self-motivated.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
6. Effective teachers tend to be critical, aggressive, and manipulative when interacting with students.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
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, Feedback: Page: 8. Effective teachers keep criticism to a minimum and are neither aggressive nor
manipulative.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
7. Ineffective teachers possess commitment and motivation.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 12. Effective teachers possess commitment and motivation.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
8. Effective teachers set high goals for their teaching and organize plans for reaching those goals.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 7. Effective teachers set high goals for their teaching and organize plans for
reaching those goals. They spend considerable time in instructional planning, organizing their lessons
to maximize students' learning.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
9. Grade level and age tend to be good predictors of children's development.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 7. U.S. schools are organized by grade and to some degree by age, but grade level
and age are not always good predictors of children's development. There is usually a two- or three-
year span of ages with an even wider span of skills, abilities, and developmental stages at any grade
level.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
10. Today, one of every five children in the United States is from an immigrant family.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 9. Today, one of every five children in the United States is from an immigrant family,
and by 2040 one of every three U.S. children is projected to fit this description.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
11. Effective teachers only use assessment to document their students' performance after instruction.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Pages: 9–10. Effective teachers not only use assessment to document student
performance after instruction but also before and during instruction.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
12. Good interviews and surveys involve concrete, specific, and unambiguous questions.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 17. Good interviews and surveys involve concrete, specific, and unambiguous
questions.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
, 13. A standardized test often allows a student's performance to be compared with that of other students
at the same age or grade level, in many cases on a national basis.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 18. A student's performance can be compared with that of other students nationally
(or locally) when a standardized test is used.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
14. Case studies are typically used when controlled research is conducted in the laboratory.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 18. A case study is an in-depth look at an individual. It is often used when unique
circumstances in a person's life cannot be duplicated.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
15. If the results of correlational research indicate that two traits are highly correlated, then one trait most
likely is the cause of the other.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 19. Correlation is not causation. Some other factor could cause the trend.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
16. Many ethnographic studies are long-term projects.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 19. Many ethnographic studies are long-term projects. An ethnographic study
consists of in-depth description and interpretation of behavior in an ethnic or a cultural group that
includes direct involvement with the participants.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
17. The results of a program evaluation research can be generalized to other settings because program
evaluation research usually focuses on general issues rather than on specific issues in educational
practice.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Feedback: Page: 21. Program evaluation research often focuses on a specific location or type of
program. Because program evaluation research often is directed at answering a question about a
specific school or school system, its results are not intended to be generalized to other settings.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
18. In the context of teacher-as-researcher, clinical interviews help teachers obtain information about a
particular issue and also provide them with a sense of how children think and feel.
Answer: True
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
True/False Questions
1. William James is responsible for writing the first psychology textbook, Principles of Psychology, in
1890.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 2. In 1890, William James launched the first psychology textbook titled Principles of
Psychology.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
2. E. L. Thorndike opposed the idea that educational psychology must have a scientific base and should
focus strongly on measurement.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 3. E. L. Thorndike promoted the idea that educational psychology must have a
scientific base and should focus strongly on measurement. Thorndike argued that one of schooling's
most important tasks is to hone children's reasoning skills, and he excelled at conducting detailed
scientific studies of teaching and learning.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
3. In 1954, Leta Hollingworth developed the concept of programmed learning, which involved reinforcing
the student after a series of steps until the student reached a learning goal.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 4. In the 1950s, programmed learning, which involved reinforcing the student after a
series of steps until the student reached a learning goal, was developed by B. F. Skinner. Leta
Hollingworth was the first individual to use the term "gifted" to describe children who scored
exceptionally high on intelligence tests.
Learning Goal I: Describe some basic ideas about the field of educational psychology.
4. According to a recent survey, the "best teachers" expect too much from students.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 12. The worst teachers, not the best teachers, expect too much from students
(Figure 1).
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
5. Effective teachers fail to help students become self-motivated to learn.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 8. Effective teachers have strategies for helping students become self-motivated.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
6. Effective teachers tend to be critical, aggressive, and manipulative when interacting with students.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Copyright ©2018 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior
written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
, Feedback: Page: 8. Effective teachers keep criticism to a minimum and are neither aggressive nor
manipulative.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
7. Ineffective teachers possess commitment and motivation.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 12. Effective teachers possess commitment and motivation.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
8. Effective teachers set high goals for their teaching and organize plans for reaching those goals.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 7. Effective teachers set high goals for their teaching and organize plans for
reaching those goals. They spend considerable time in instructional planning, organizing their lessons
to maximize students' learning.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
9. Grade level and age tend to be good predictors of children's development.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 7. U.S. schools are organized by grade and to some degree by age, but grade level
and age are not always good predictors of children's development. There is usually a two- or three-
year span of ages with an even wider span of skills, abilities, and developmental stages at any grade
level.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
10. Today, one of every five children in the United States is from an immigrant family.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 9. Today, one of every five children in the United States is from an immigrant family,
and by 2040 one of every three U.S. children is projected to fit this description.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
11. Effective teachers only use assessment to document their students' performance after instruction.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Pages: 9–10. Effective teachers not only use assessment to document student
performance after instruction but also before and during instruction.
Learning Goal II: Identify the attitudes and skills of an effective teacher.
12. Good interviews and surveys involve concrete, specific, and unambiguous questions.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 17. Good interviews and surveys involve concrete, specific, and unambiguous
questions.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
Copyright ©2018 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior
written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
, 13. A standardized test often allows a student's performance to be compared with that of other students
at the same age or grade level, in many cases on a national basis.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 18. A student's performance can be compared with that of other students nationally
(or locally) when a standardized test is used.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
14. Case studies are typically used when controlled research is conducted in the laboratory.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 18. A case study is an in-depth look at an individual. It is often used when unique
circumstances in a person's life cannot be duplicated.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
15. If the results of correlational research indicate that two traits are highly correlated, then one trait most
likely is the cause of the other.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 19. Correlation is not causation. Some other factor could cause the trend.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
16. Many ethnographic studies are long-term projects.
Answer: True
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Feedback: Page: 19. Many ethnographic studies are long-term projects. An ethnographic study
consists of in-depth description and interpretation of behavior in an ethnic or a cultural group that
includes direct involvement with the participants.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
17. The results of a program evaluation research can be generalized to other settings because program
evaluation research usually focuses on general issues rather than on specific issues in educational
practice.
Answer: False
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Feedback: Page: 21. Program evaluation research often focuses on a specific location or type of
program. Because program evaluation research often is directed at answering a question about a
specific school or school system, its results are not intended to be generalized to other settings.
Learning Goal III: Discuss why research is important to effective teaching and how educational
psychologists and teachers can conduct and evaluate research.
18. In the context of teacher-as-researcher, clinical interviews help teachers obtain information about a
particular issue and also provide them with a sense of how children think and feel.
Answer: True
Copyright ©2018 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior
written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
