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Chapter 2: Student Similarities & Differences

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory is about:
a)
positive mental health 
b)
the human mind 
c)
what motivates people to do the things they do 
d)
how successful someone can be 
2.

Researchers say that boys tend to show a type of aggression that is based on attempting to meet a specific goal like grabbing a toy or establishing dominance in an activity? What is this called?

a)

Instrumental Aggression

b)

Relational Aggression

c)

Play Aggression

d)

Dominance Aggression

3.

Girls show aggression in a more emotional way that can include name-calling, gossiping, or saying mean things. What is this type of aggression called?

a)

Instrumental Aggression

b)

Relational Aggression

c)

Verbal Aggression

d)

Emotional Aggression

4.

Boys tend to blame their failures on lack of effort; whereas girls tend to blame their failures on lack of ability.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

LGBTQ individuals are more likely to experience anxiety and depression so severe that up to 50% of transgender youth attempt suicide before the age of 20.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Only about one third of states have anti-discrimination laws to protect people based on sexual orientation.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the term that refers to a person's ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly?

a)

Cognitive Development

b)

Social Cognition

c)

Moral Reasoning

d)

Moral Compass

8.

All of the following are included in Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning EXCEPT?

a)

A rule is a rule, and people obey rules to avoid punishment

b)

Rules can be followed or ignored based on a persons religious beliefs.

c)

Society's rules are what's right, and people conform to expectations

d)

Rules are followed or disobeyed based on rewards

9.

A high level of this indicates an ability to understand others' as well as one's own feelings and respond appropriately to them?

a)

Emotional Intelligence Quotient

b)

Cognitive Ability

c)

Zone of Proximal Development

d)

Moral Reasoning

10.

All of the following are ways in which children work on their Social Development, EXCEPT?

a)

Parallel Play

b)

Associative Play

c)

Cooperative Play

d)

Cognitive Play

11.

What term identifies relating to others and thinking about them and ourselves and the relationship between the two?

a)

Social Cognition

b)

Moral Reasoning

c)

Scaffolding

d)

Gender Equality

12.

The level at which a child can almost, but not completely grasp a concept or perform a task successfully. As learning takes place, this widens.

a)

Stages of Cognitive Development

b)

Zone of Proximal Development

c)

Scaffolding

d)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

13.

This is a widely accepted depiction of which things humans need to have available for healthy and full human development.

a)

Piaget's Cognitive Development

b)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

c)

Zone of Proximal Development

d)

Nature vs. Nurture Stages

14.

In Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, all of the following are HIGHER-ORDER needs, EXCEPT?

a)

Aesthetic Needs

b)

Self-Actualization Needs

c)

Safety Needs

d)

Need to Know and Understand

15.

A term for temporary supports given to children to help them move through the levels of learning:

a)

Proximal Standards

b)

Growth Chart

c)

Lesson Plan

d)

Scaffolding

16.

What law states "No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal assistance."

a)

Education Gender Equality Act

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Congressional Unity Act of 1972

d)

Title 9 of the Education Amendments Act

17.

All of the following are characteristics of culture, EXCEPT?

a)

Culture is Learned from family and friends

b)

Culture is Adaptive to its environment

c)

Culture is Sustained & Strengthened by Sharing

d)

Culture is Specifically tied to Race and Ethnicity

18.

What term describes the process of bringing persons of all races and ethnicities into the mainstream by having them align with the dominant culture.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Cultural Pluralism

c)

Multicultural

d)

Minorities

19.

This approach was developed in order to schedule a significant amount of the school day dedicated to the explicit teaching of the English as a 2nd language.

a)

Bilingual Education Hour (BEH)

b)

English Language Learners Class (ELLC)

c)

Structured English Immersion (SEI)

d)

Cultural Pluralism Class (CPC)

20.

What is the definition of a Culturally Responsive Teacher?

a)

A teacher who is sensitive to diversity and regularly seeks ways to know, include, and validate that multiple cultures of their classroom.

b)

A teacher who sponsors an after school multicultural club.

c)

A teacher who teaches a class on multicultural awareness to promote diversity within the school.

d)

A teacher who guides students with diverse cultures with strategies to assimilate into the dominant culture of the community.