PSY 370 Final Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Which of the following statements about the role of educational psychology
in teacher education is accurate?
A. Educational psychology is the study of learning theory without regard to
classroom application.
B. tells teachers exactly what to do in order to be effective in the classroom.
C. focuses more on subject matter knowledge rather than pedagogical
knowledge.
D. provides teachers with research-based principles to help guide and
improve their teaching.
✓ D
Manuel assumes that there is only one absolute truth and it is always
attainable. He is probably identity
A. foreclosed.
B. moratorium.
C. achieved.
D. diffused.
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✓ A
During early infancy, Piagetian schemes take the form of
A. fantasies.
B. symbol systems.
C. sensorimotor physical actions.
D. mental images.
✓ C
As an educator (or future educator), which of the following statement(s) most
accurately and completely captures the most important educational
implication of Piaget's theory?
A. The child is a passive learner.
B. Thinking is always a creative and constructive process.
C. None are correct.
D. Social interactions and language are the most important aspects of
cognitive development.
E. Behaviors should be reinforced on a contingency basis.
✓ Not B
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What is the hallmark of Piaget's stage of formal operations?
A. Semiotic function
B. Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
C. Reversible thinking
D. Organized thinking of dependent elements
✓ B
According to Piaget, which of the following cognitive tasks requires formal
operational thought?
A. Arranging objects in a sequential order, such as from short to tall.
B. Inferring simple relationships among objects
C. Using logical reasoning about hypothetical situations and conditions
D. Thinking only about what is possible.
✓ C
In response to the "Heinz dilemma," Cynthia says, "He should steal the drug,
because if it was the other way around, his wife would steal it for him."
Kohlberg would probably say Cynthia is at stage
A. I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine.
B. Good boy/Nice girl.
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C. Punishment-obedience.
D. Law and Order
✓ A
The role of private speech in Vygotsky's view is to
A. call attention to oneself during play.
B. encourage children to learn new words.
C. stimulate the development of language from simple words to full
sentences.
D. guide and direct one's activities in solving a problem.
✓ Not C
Corrinna has mastered this type of problem: "If the white house is bigger than
the blue house, and the blue house is bigger than the red house, is the white
house bigger or smaller than the red house?" What stage of Piaget's theory
does this situation best illustrate?
A. Sensorimotor thought
B. Preoperational thought
C. Formal operations
D. Concrete operations
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