Educational Psychology Quiz

What describes an instructor’s education style?

• Teaching philosophy

• Schema theory

• Cognitive intelligence

• Operant conditioning

Which describes Jean Piaget?

• Looked into how children learn and their development of cognitive intelligence

• Indicated children’s thinking process takes a completely different approach compared to adults

• Pointed out the key components of a person’s cognitive development

• All of the answer choices are correct

Which does NOT describe the preoperational stage?

• Occurs between ages two and seven

• Children spend more time playing and pretending

• Children struggle with logical thinking and perspective-taking

• Children use deductive reasoning and understand abstract concepts

Which learners learn better by thinking through situations?

• Reflective learners

• Sensory learners

• Active learners

• Global learners

Which learners like innovation and dislike repetition?

• Reflective learners

• Sequential learners

• Sensory learners

• Intuitive learners

Which is NOT correct about sequential learners?

• They gain information linearly

• They solve problems logically

What is the process of taking in new information into existing schemas?

• Equilibration

• Compensation

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

A boy thinks a dog is a small, furry animal. If he sees a large dog and still calls it a 'dog', what process is this?

• Equilibration

• Compensation

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

Which period involves children thinking logically but struggling with abstract concepts?

• Sensorimotor stage

• Preoperational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

Who developed the theory of classical conditioning?

• Carl Rogers

• Lev Vygotsky

• Ivan Pavlov

• Reggio Emilia