WGU D307 - Educational Psychology Verified
Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual Exam
Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update
1. A middle-school science teacher notices that his students are not working
well together during lab experiments. How can he use a behaviorist
approach to instruction in his classroom? - ANSWER Award extra-credit
points to individuals who use good social skills during lab work
2. Sara can often tell the mood of her mom by how her car door shuts when
she gets home. If the door slams, she is upset. When this happens Sara can
often feel her anxiety increase. If the door is closed gently, her mom is likely
in a good mood. This gives Sara a more at-ease feeling. This continuous
pairing of neutral stimulus with an outcome that creates a conditioned
response is called.... - ANSWER Classical conditioning
3. Justine has positive self-esteem and strongly believes that goodness and
beauty exist in the world. In addition she hold individuals with a strong
sense of humor in high regard. According to Maslow, Justine may be
satisfying her need for - ANSWER Self-actualization
4. Jim's teacher often allows students to share their views about various
classroom issues. What theory does this align to. . . - ANSWER
Constructivist
,5. Which theoretical approach to assessment would be most fitting to test
students' problem-solving skills or new connections made with the material
by using essays or some type of performance assessment? - ANSWER
Cognitivist
6. Ms. Jenga needs to show that her 5th-grade students know the material she
taught for her Science Unit on Matter. What will help her determine
whether her students knew this information? - ANSWER Learning
Outcome
7. During their interactive reading group activities, the students are explaining
to each other what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the
stories they read. This falls under the _____________ level of Bloom's
Revised Taxonomy. - ANSWER Understand
8. The student in Mrs. Green's Language Arts Class have been reading To Kill A
Mocking Bird. Students are asked to summarize what happens at the
beginning of the book. At which level of Bloom's Taxonomy are students
working? - ANSWER Understand
9. Mr. Sheridan wants to assess strengths and weaknesses of his students'
understanding of the unit on geology. Which type of assessment will he
use? - ANSWER Criterion-referenced
10.Mrs. Shaw's student, Heather, has been diagnosed with a learning disability.
The school psychologist has determined she has dysgraphia, impacting her
, ability to write clearly. Which instructional technique and learning theory
would best support this student's needs?
11.Small groups, constructivist
Mnemonics, information processing
Motivation, humanistic
Positive reinforcement, behavioral - ANSWER Positive reinforcement,
behavioral
12.Which of the following is an example of direct instruction?
During a classroom discussion about kindness to others, a teacher uses a
checklist to record the incidence of student's expressions of values that are
compatible with kindness.
High school students participate in an online discussion with peers about the
effect that violence in schools has on their sense of security.
Students practice solving two-digit multiplication problems while the teacher
circulates among them, offering assistance and preventing off-task behavior
when necessary.
Students who are working on a term paper circulate independently among a
variety of research materials, collecting the information they think is pertinent
to their topic. - ANSWER Students practice solving two-digit multiplication
problems while the teacher circulates among them, offering assistance and
preventing off-task behavior when necessary.
13.Accomodation - ANSWER Create // Change
Piaget Schemes
, 14.Assimilation - ANSWER Same // Similar
Piaget Schemes
15.Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages - ANSWER Sensorimotor (0-2)
Pre-operational (2-7)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (12+)
16.Social Speech - ANSWER Talking out loud to others
17.Private Speech - ANSWER Talking out loud to self
18.Silent inner speech - ANSWER Talking inside our heads
19.Erikson's Trust v Mistrust - ANSWER 0-1
Adults can be trusted, world is safe
20.Erikson's Autonomy v Shame and Doubt - ANSWER 1-3
Establish independence
21.Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt - ANSWER 3-6
Plan and achieve goals, find purpose
Multiple Choice and Conceptual Actual Exam
Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update
1. A middle-school science teacher notices that his students are not working
well together during lab experiments. How can he use a behaviorist
approach to instruction in his classroom? - ANSWER Award extra-credit
points to individuals who use good social skills during lab work
2. Sara can often tell the mood of her mom by how her car door shuts when
she gets home. If the door slams, she is upset. When this happens Sara can
often feel her anxiety increase. If the door is closed gently, her mom is likely
in a good mood. This gives Sara a more at-ease feeling. This continuous
pairing of neutral stimulus with an outcome that creates a conditioned
response is called.... - ANSWER Classical conditioning
3. Justine has positive self-esteem and strongly believes that goodness and
beauty exist in the world. In addition she hold individuals with a strong
sense of humor in high regard. According to Maslow, Justine may be
satisfying her need for - ANSWER Self-actualization
4. Jim's teacher often allows students to share their views about various
classroom issues. What theory does this align to. . . - ANSWER
Constructivist
,5. Which theoretical approach to assessment would be most fitting to test
students' problem-solving skills or new connections made with the material
by using essays or some type of performance assessment? - ANSWER
Cognitivist
6. Ms. Jenga needs to show that her 5th-grade students know the material she
taught for her Science Unit on Matter. What will help her determine
whether her students knew this information? - ANSWER Learning
Outcome
7. During their interactive reading group activities, the students are explaining
to each other what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the
stories they read. This falls under the _____________ level of Bloom's
Revised Taxonomy. - ANSWER Understand
8. The student in Mrs. Green's Language Arts Class have been reading To Kill A
Mocking Bird. Students are asked to summarize what happens at the
beginning of the book. At which level of Bloom's Taxonomy are students
working? - ANSWER Understand
9. Mr. Sheridan wants to assess strengths and weaknesses of his students'
understanding of the unit on geology. Which type of assessment will he
use? - ANSWER Criterion-referenced
10.Mrs. Shaw's student, Heather, has been diagnosed with a learning disability.
The school psychologist has determined she has dysgraphia, impacting her
, ability to write clearly. Which instructional technique and learning theory
would best support this student's needs?
11.Small groups, constructivist
Mnemonics, information processing
Motivation, humanistic
Positive reinforcement, behavioral - ANSWER Positive reinforcement,
behavioral
12.Which of the following is an example of direct instruction?
During a classroom discussion about kindness to others, a teacher uses a
checklist to record the incidence of student's expressions of values that are
compatible with kindness.
High school students participate in an online discussion with peers about the
effect that violence in schools has on their sense of security.
Students practice solving two-digit multiplication problems while the teacher
circulates among them, offering assistance and preventing off-task behavior
when necessary.
Students who are working on a term paper circulate independently among a
variety of research materials, collecting the information they think is pertinent
to their topic. - ANSWER Students practice solving two-digit multiplication
problems while the teacher circulates among them, offering assistance and
preventing off-task behavior when necessary.
13.Accomodation - ANSWER Create // Change
Piaget Schemes
, 14.Assimilation - ANSWER Same // Similar
Piaget Schemes
15.Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages - ANSWER Sensorimotor (0-2)
Pre-operational (2-7)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (12+)
16.Social Speech - ANSWER Talking out loud to others
17.Private Speech - ANSWER Talking out loud to self
18.Silent inner speech - ANSWER Talking inside our heads
19.Erikson's Trust v Mistrust - ANSWER 0-1
Adults can be trusted, world is safe
20.Erikson's Autonomy v Shame and Doubt - ANSWER 1-3
Establish independence
21.Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt - ANSWER 3-6
Plan and achieve goals, find purpose
