SVSU Psych Quiz Qs 2, 8, 3, 4, 5
As children grow older, many of their neurons begin to transmit messages more rapidly
than they did in the early years of life, thanks, in part, to:
a. Myelination.
b. Greater variety of neurotransmitters.
c. Synaptogenesis.
d. Increasing dominance of one brain hemisphere over the other. - Correct Answer-a
Kallie observed rocks sinking in water and said, "I already knew that. All rocks sink."
Then she saw a piece of pumice floating on water and was told that pumice is rock.
Several days later, she was asked again if rocks sink in water. She replied, "Well, most
do." In Piaget's terms, what process did Jeannie use to draw this conclusion?
a. Seriation
b. Assimilation
c. Conservation
d. Accommodation - Correct Answer-d
Almost all developmental theories have the following general principle in common
a. Developmental change is sometimes usually very gradual and constant.
b. Maturation is more important than the environment
c. Individuals develop at the same rate.
d. Development occurs in a generally predictable sequence. - Correct Answer-d
In the human brain, a great deal of synaptic pruning occurs in early childhood. This
pruning appears to be:
a. An adaptive process that allows children to deal more efficiently with typical tasks in
their environment
b. Due to an imbalance of important nutrients, and especially to low levels of the B
vitamins in many children's diets.
c. The unfortunate result of home and school environments that provide only limited
stimulation.
d. The result of the cortex's gradual takeover of responsibility for functions that have
previously been controlled by other parts of the brain. - Correct Answer-a
Which of the following cognitive stage and characteristic describe the state when
children believe everyone else sees the world the same way they do.
a. preoperational stage; conversation
b. concrete operational stage; egocentric thought
c. preoperational stage; egocentric thought
d. concrete operational stage; conversation - Correct Answer-c
Current views about Piaget's theory generally support the idea that
, a. Piaget tended to overestimate the influence of the social environment.
b. Piaget tended to underestimate younger children's abilities and overestimate
adolescents' abilities.
c. Piaget's tasks appear to have generally been too easy for subjects.
d. Piaget's overestimated the role of the environment verses maturation. - Correct
Answer-b
According to Vygotsky's view of cognitive development, cognitive tools are
a. mental structures that are used to assimilate and accommodate information.
b. social activities that are used to promote self-talk.
c. are at least partially symbolic tools used to solve problems or respond to situations.
d. almost always physical tools such as rulers, calculators and pencils. - Correct
Answer-c
The role of private speech, or self-talk, in Vygotsky's view is to
a. guide one's activities in solving a problem.
b. encourage children to learn new words.
c. stimulate the development of language from simple words to full sentences.
d. call attention to oneself during play. - Correct Answer-a
Research on bilingualism indicates that
a. children exposed equally to two languages will learn to talk more slowly than those
exposed to just one.
b. acquiring a second language interferes with remembering the first language.
c. children who are bilingual have, on average, higher creativity and metalinguistic
awareness.
d. children will mix-up grammar rules in the two languages well into their elementary
school years. - Correct Answer-c
Three of the following strategies should be effective in working with English language
learners. Which one is UNLIKELY to be effective?
a. Especially in the early years of English instruction, speak more slowly and clearly
than you might otherwise.
b. Teach reading skills almost exclusively by using books written in English rather than
in students' native language.
c. When students work in small, cooperative groups, encourage them to use their
native language if doing so helps them communicate with one another more effectively.
d. When teaching academic subject matter, make a very gradual transition from
students' native language to English—perhaps a transition that takes 5 to 7 years to
complete. - Correct Answer-b
A theory of learning that focuses on how individuals' physical, social, and/or cultural
surroundings support learning, development, and behavior is referred to in your book
as:
a. information processing theory
b. a contextual theory
, c. a behaviorist theory
d. the social cognitive theory - Correct Answer-b
When we say that different cultural and ethnic groups have different worldviews, we
mean that:
a. their native language inevitably distorts how they think about their physical and social
environments.
b. they tend to think of their country of origin as being the best possible place in which
to live.
c. they may have little understanding of geographic regions other than their own.
d. their basic assumptions about how the world operates may be different. - Correct
Answer-d
A community of learners can best be described as:
a. a small group of students that chooses a special topic it wants to pursue
independently.
b. a classroom in which students learn almost exclusively through individual and small-
group experimentation.
c. a classroom in which students and teachers help each other gain knowledge.
d. a classroom that has an elected "government council" that directs learning activities.
- Correct Answer-c
Which one of the following statements best describes theorists' rationale for advocating
the use of authentic activities?
a. Authentic activities are the most efficient way of teaching basic skills.
b. Authentic activities have built-in scaffolding that assures students' success.
c. Authentic activities help students relate classroom subjects to real-world contexts.
d. Students' performance in authentic activities is easier to evaluate objectively. -
Correct Answer-c
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind regarding effective use of technology
in the classroom is that
a. technology should enhance students' thinking and learning, not replace it.
b. technology should blur the lines between work and play.
c. technology should provide more authentic activities than can be developed using
other classroom means.
d. technology should be minimally distracting but also highly interactive. - Correct
Answer-a
The ability to perceive and mentally manipulate the sounds within words is called
a. letter-sounds correspondence.
b. concepts of phonics.
c. phonological awareness.
d. sound awareness - Correct Answer-c
As children grow older, many of their neurons begin to transmit messages more rapidly
than they did in the early years of life, thanks, in part, to:
a. Myelination.
b. Greater variety of neurotransmitters.
c. Synaptogenesis.
d. Increasing dominance of one brain hemisphere over the other. - Correct Answer-a
Kallie observed rocks sinking in water and said, "I already knew that. All rocks sink."
Then she saw a piece of pumice floating on water and was told that pumice is rock.
Several days later, she was asked again if rocks sink in water. She replied, "Well, most
do." In Piaget's terms, what process did Jeannie use to draw this conclusion?
a. Seriation
b. Assimilation
c. Conservation
d. Accommodation - Correct Answer-d
Almost all developmental theories have the following general principle in common
a. Developmental change is sometimes usually very gradual and constant.
b. Maturation is more important than the environment
c. Individuals develop at the same rate.
d. Development occurs in a generally predictable sequence. - Correct Answer-d
In the human brain, a great deal of synaptic pruning occurs in early childhood. This
pruning appears to be:
a. An adaptive process that allows children to deal more efficiently with typical tasks in
their environment
b. Due to an imbalance of important nutrients, and especially to low levels of the B
vitamins in many children's diets.
c. The unfortunate result of home and school environments that provide only limited
stimulation.
d. The result of the cortex's gradual takeover of responsibility for functions that have
previously been controlled by other parts of the brain. - Correct Answer-a
Which of the following cognitive stage and characteristic describe the state when
children believe everyone else sees the world the same way they do.
a. preoperational stage; conversation
b. concrete operational stage; egocentric thought
c. preoperational stage; egocentric thought
d. concrete operational stage; conversation - Correct Answer-c
Current views about Piaget's theory generally support the idea that
, a. Piaget tended to overestimate the influence of the social environment.
b. Piaget tended to underestimate younger children's abilities and overestimate
adolescents' abilities.
c. Piaget's tasks appear to have generally been too easy for subjects.
d. Piaget's overestimated the role of the environment verses maturation. - Correct
Answer-b
According to Vygotsky's view of cognitive development, cognitive tools are
a. mental structures that are used to assimilate and accommodate information.
b. social activities that are used to promote self-talk.
c. are at least partially symbolic tools used to solve problems or respond to situations.
d. almost always physical tools such as rulers, calculators and pencils. - Correct
Answer-c
The role of private speech, or self-talk, in Vygotsky's view is to
a. guide one's activities in solving a problem.
b. encourage children to learn new words.
c. stimulate the development of language from simple words to full sentences.
d. call attention to oneself during play. - Correct Answer-a
Research on bilingualism indicates that
a. children exposed equally to two languages will learn to talk more slowly than those
exposed to just one.
b. acquiring a second language interferes with remembering the first language.
c. children who are bilingual have, on average, higher creativity and metalinguistic
awareness.
d. children will mix-up grammar rules in the two languages well into their elementary
school years. - Correct Answer-c
Three of the following strategies should be effective in working with English language
learners. Which one is UNLIKELY to be effective?
a. Especially in the early years of English instruction, speak more slowly and clearly
than you might otherwise.
b. Teach reading skills almost exclusively by using books written in English rather than
in students' native language.
c. When students work in small, cooperative groups, encourage them to use their
native language if doing so helps them communicate with one another more effectively.
d. When teaching academic subject matter, make a very gradual transition from
students' native language to English—perhaps a transition that takes 5 to 7 years to
complete. - Correct Answer-b
A theory of learning that focuses on how individuals' physical, social, and/or cultural
surroundings support learning, development, and behavior is referred to in your book
as:
a. information processing theory
b. a contextual theory
, c. a behaviorist theory
d. the social cognitive theory - Correct Answer-b
When we say that different cultural and ethnic groups have different worldviews, we
mean that:
a. their native language inevitably distorts how they think about their physical and social
environments.
b. they tend to think of their country of origin as being the best possible place in which
to live.
c. they may have little understanding of geographic regions other than their own.
d. their basic assumptions about how the world operates may be different. - Correct
Answer-d
A community of learners can best be described as:
a. a small group of students that chooses a special topic it wants to pursue
independently.
b. a classroom in which students learn almost exclusively through individual and small-
group experimentation.
c. a classroom in which students and teachers help each other gain knowledge.
d. a classroom that has an elected "government council" that directs learning activities.
- Correct Answer-c
Which one of the following statements best describes theorists' rationale for advocating
the use of authentic activities?
a. Authentic activities are the most efficient way of teaching basic skills.
b. Authentic activities have built-in scaffolding that assures students' success.
c. Authentic activities help students relate classroom subjects to real-world contexts.
d. Students' performance in authentic activities is easier to evaluate objectively. -
Correct Answer-c
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind regarding effective use of technology
in the classroom is that
a. technology should enhance students' thinking and learning, not replace it.
b. technology should blur the lines between work and play.
c. technology should provide more authentic activities than can be developed using
other classroom means.
d. technology should be minimally distracting but also highly interactive. - Correct
Answer-a
The ability to perceive and mentally manipulate the sounds within words is called
a. letter-sounds correspondence.
b. concepts of phonics.
c. phonological awareness.
d. sound awareness - Correct Answer-c
