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Midterm-ProfEd2

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The time period between childhood and adulthood that includes physical, social, emotional and mental changes is called:
a)
Puberty
b)
Maturity
c)
Adolescence
d)
Rebellion
2.
A change that occurs in both boys and girls during puberty that is characterized by a dramatic increase in height over a short period of time.
a)
Growth Spurt
b)
Growing pains
3.
Cultures do not differ when it comes to male and female roles or social expectations.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
During puberty boys' voices will begin to change and become higher due to the thinning of their vocal cords
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Getting enough sleep, proper diet, exercise and hygiene are good habits to develop during puberty.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
It is recommended that boys should wear protective athletic supporters or "cups" while engaging in sports.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience 
a)
Learning
b)
Maturation
c)
Egocentric
d)
Critical period
8.
Mental representations of the world; conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world 
a)
Schemas
b)
Surrogate
c)
Socialization 
d)
Maturation
9.
A young child’s inability to understand another person’s perspective
a)
Egocentric
b)
Imprinting
c)
Socialization
d)
Learning
10.
Children’s play that involves assuming adult roles, thus enabling the child to experience different points of view 
a)
Role taking
b)
Imprinting
c)
Learning
d)
Conservation
11.
To take hold of somebody or something firmly, especially with the hand
a)
Startle Reflex
b)
Babinski 
c)
Grasping
d)
Rooting
12.

Which of the following has to do with your actions being because of you genetics?

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture

13.

Which of the following has to do with your actions being because of your environment?

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture

14.

Which of the following most relates to the nature-nurture issue?

a)

parents and peers

b)

genes and environment

c)

culture and norms

d)

DNA and chromosomes

15.

If adopted children are more similar in political views to their adopted parents than to their biological parents, then _______________.

a)

random mutations may be responsible for the differences between adopted children and their adoptive parents.

b)

the genetic code determining political views probably occurs randomly.

c)

political views have nothing to do with your genetics.

d)

specific genes probably predispose people to political views.

16.

Which of the following behaviors are our peers most likely to influence?

a)

popularity in school

b)

exercise habits

c)

giving money to a charity

d)

keeping our room clean

17.

A culture's ___________ are its understood rules for accepted and expected behavior.

a)

dances

b)

norms

c)

past

d)

eating habits

18.

Being able to control the elimination of body wastes

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

19.

Achieving emotional independence of parents and other adults

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

20.

Achieving personal independence

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

21.

Achieving a masculine or feminine social role

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

22.

Being able to take solid foods

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

23.

Preparing for marriage and family life

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

24.

Developing attitudes toward social groups and institutions

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

25.

Relate emotionally to parents

a)

Infancy and Early Childhood

b)

Middle Childhood

c)

Adolescence

26.

Focuses on what's going on to the child as he/she develops psychologically and socially.

a)

Cognitive Approach

b)

Biological Approach

c)

Socio-Emotional Approach

27.

Involves the study of the growth and changes int he physiological aspect of a person, basically this includes body and brain, the senses, motor skills and health and wellness.

a)

Cognitive Approach

b)

Biological Approach

c)

Socio-Emotional Approach

28.

How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?

a)

one

b)

three

c)

four

d)

two

29.

What stage includes an infant exploring the world through sensory and motor contact?

a)

Concrete operational

b)

Preoperational

c)

Sensorimotor

d)

Formal operational

30.

How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?

a)

one

b)

three

c)

four

d)

two

31.

Does the formal operational phase include adolescents to create reason to think in hypothetical terms?

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What is the goal of Piaget's Theory?

a)

To explain the mechanisms and processes by which infants and then children develop into individuals

b)

To track child development as children age.

c)

To finally understand why these hip young kids won't get off his lawn.

d)

To create a road map for cognitive development.

33.

To Piaget cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental process as a result of?

a)

Radioactive waste

b)

Biological maturation and environmental maturation.

c)

Nurture as the child development.

34.

The concrete stage of development marks the beginning of?

a)

Preiperational stage

b)

formal operational stage

c)

Concrete operational stage

d)

Sensorimotor stage

35.

Piaget was interested both in how children learned and in how they thought.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Within the classroom learning should be student centered and accomplished through active discovery learning. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning, rather than direct tuition. Therefore, teachers should encourage the following within the classroom:

a)

Focus on the process of learning, rather than end product of it

b)

using collaborative as well as individual activites

c)

evaluate the level of the childs development so suitable task can be set

d)

All of the above

37.

What is the key feature of the formal operational stage?

a)

Egocentrism

b)

Object Permanence

c)

Manipulate ideas in head

d)

none of the above

e)

all of the above

38.

Piaget's cognitive development has been instrumental in determining the structure of educational curricula.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

How does Piaget's theory differ from others at the time?

a)

Concerned with children,rather than all learners

b)

focuses on development, rather then learning

c)

It proposes discrete stages of development

d)

all of the above

40.

What is the most important development at the Preoperational stage?

a)

language

b)

shapes

c)

problem-solving skills

d)

reasoning

41.

If you're teaching a 10th grade history class what stage should your students be at?

a)

Formal operational

b)

Concrete operational

c)

preoperational

d)

senserimotor

42.
Which option is key while incorporating Vygotsky's theories in your classroom?
a)
Scaffolding
b)
Hands-on activities
c)
Learning Styles
d)
Discovery Learning
43.
The zone of proximal development is:
a)
The most a child can learn in a given day
b)
The gap between what the child can do on their own and what they cannot do without assistance
c)
What the child already knows
d)
The intelligence level the child is projected to be at given point
44.
Which of the following is a theory of Vygotsky?
a)
Cognitive Learning Theory
b)
Guided Discovery
c)
The More Knowledgeable Other
d)
Multiple Intelligences
45.
What is the self-regulating form of language?
a)
Silent inner speech
b)
Social speech
c)
Private speech
d)
None of the above
46.
Vygotsky believed that language and thought are interconnected from birth.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
Vygosky’s theory emphasized which contexts of learning and that knowledge is mutually built and constructed? 
a)
developmental
b)
social
c)
theoretical
d)
conditioned
48.
According to Vygotsky,  why is language important in development?
a)
Language is the main means by which adults transmit info to children.
b)
Language is a powerful tool of intellectual adaptation.
c)
Language is an accelerator to thinking and understanding.
d)
All of the above.
49.
According to Vygotsky, which of the following is not true?
a)
Children construct knowledge.
b)
Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.
c)
Development cannot be separated from its social context.
d)
Language plays a central role in mental development.
50.
Mr. Jones gave his first-grade students some simple sorting and counting problems to work on. He noticed that the children, working independently, readily solved the problems, however, there was some self-talk, or “private speech.”  According to Vygotsky, what is likely to happen to children’s self-talk if Mr. Jones gives the children a more challenging task to solve?
a)
The amount of private speech should decrease because the children have to concentrate harder.
b)
The amount of private speech should remain the same because private speech is a natural part of development.
c)
The amount of private speech should increase because it facilitates problem solving through self-communication.
d)
The self-talk will stop.
51.

Bruners presented three models of cognitive develoment representation

a)

Inductive, Deductive, Transductive

b)

Enactive, Iconic, Symbolic

c)

Inductive, Iconic, Symbolic

52.

Symbolic representation is

a)

Learning through actions or physical objectcs

b)

Learning through images

c)

Learning abstract concepts or symbols

53.

Scafolding in learning is

a)

Logic reasoning

b)

Creative develoment

c)

A guide development

54.
Who's theory of instruction should address the following major aspects: (1) predisposition towards learning, (2) the ways in which a body of knowledge can be structured so that it can be most readily grasped by the learner, and (3) the most effective sequences in which to present material? 
a)
Bruner
b)
Vygotsky
c)
Piaget
d)
Dewey
55.
What theorist used the methodology of clinical interviews, really opened the door to understand student thinking?
a)
Bruner
b)
Vygotsky
c)
Piaget
d)
Dewey
56.
The fact that learners acquire enactive, iconic, and symbolic modes of representation, in that order, supplies the inside-out part of the development is from what theorist?
a)
Bruner
b)
Vygotsky
c)
Piaget
d)
Dewey
57.
How does the problem-based learning model represent constructivism? 
a)
develops critical thinking and creative skills
b)
helps students learn to transfer knowledge to new situations
c)
students work as self-directed, active investigators and problem-solvers in small collaborative groups
d)
all of the above
58.
This theory states that social interaction precedes precedes development; consciousness and cognition are the end product of socialization.
a)
Bransford's anchored instruction
b)
Vygotsky's social development theory
c)
Bruner's discovery learning theory
d)
Dewey's experiential learning theory
59.
According to which theorist does learning means to “talk learning”?
a)
Bransford's anchored instruction
b)
Vygotsky's social development theory
c)
Bruner's discovery learning theory
d)
Dewey's experiential learning theory
60.
Most people’s scientific argumentation skills are poorly developed; they have difficulty interpreting data, distinguishing claims from evidence, and drawing conclusions from evidence presented.
a)
Individual Constructivism
b)
Social Constructivism
c)
Discovery Learning
d)
Meaningful Learning
61.
Name Gardner's eight intelligences.
a)
Body, eyes, brain, speech, environment, music, self-aware, and other aware
b)
Moving, seeing, thinking, speaking, appreciating, singing, reflecting, and communicating
c)
Bodily/Kinesthetic, Visual/Spatial, Logical/Mathematical, Verbal/Linguistic, Naturalist, Musical/Rhythmical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal
d)
Physical, visual, intellectual, verbal, natural, musical, personal, and public
62.
According to Gardner, what is intrapersonal intelligence?
a)
The gift of environmental awareness.
b)
The gift of verbal or linguistic skills such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
c)
The gift of working with people and understanding the complexity of human relationships.
d)
The gift of inner thought, self-awareness, and self reflection as demonstrated in goal-setting, self assessing, and self regulating.
63.
According to Gardner, what is visual/spatial intelligence?
a)
The gift of being able to read maps.
b)
The gift of understanding what one sees and putting those sights into words.
c)
The gift of visually representing and appreciating concepts, ideas, and information, such as through drawing, building, and designing.
d)
None of the above.
64.
You have a high verbal/linguistic intelligence, so you have been assigned as a tour guide for a nature walk in the local park. You will be teaching tour groups about protecting the natural plant life in the park, so you have to have pictures of the plants that appear earlier and later in the year. You can choose an assistant to help you prepare and brief the pictures.    If the potential assistants possessed the intelligences listed in options A-D, which would be most helpful to you?
a)
Naturalist; Visual/Spatial; Interpersonal
b)
Naturalist; Bodily/Kinesthetic; Interpersonal
c)
Visual/Spatial; Logical/Mathematical; Intrapersonal
d)
Naturalist; Visual/Spatial; Intrapersonal
65.
What are the characteristics of Gardner's bodily/kinesthetic intelligence?
a)
Drawing, building, or designing
b)
Physical prowess, coordination, fitness, and action
c)
Thinking in symbols or abstractions
d)
Listening, reading, or thinking
66.
Sam likes to play computer games. His favorites are complex games that require him to use logic to solve problems and work through puzzles. In classes, Sam always asks questions, and he likes to participate in group discussions.  Outside of class, he always seems to be talking to someone.    If you had to label Sam by his intelligences, which two would best apply?
a)
Bodily/Kinesthetic and Interpersonal
b)
Logical/Mathematical and Interpersonal
c)
Verbal/Linguistic and Intrapersonal
d)
Visual/Spatial and Interpersonal
67.
Standardized tests, such as the IQ test and the SAT test, only measure… 
a)
how well you memorized a text book
b)
verbal and mathematical abilities
c)
what kinds of grades you usually get
d)
problem-solving abilities
68.
According to Gardner, what is the musical or rhythmical intelligence?
a)
The gift of visually representing concepts through drawing, building, etc.
b)
The gift of reasoning and thinking in symbols such as graphing.
c)
The gift of verbal skills such as listening, reading, and writing.
d)
The gift of melody, music, rhyme, rhythm, and sound, as demonstrated in playing an instrument, singing, timing, and patterns.
69.
You are on the planning committee for the spring prom. You are in charge of planning, setting up entertainment, and decorations. You also have to choose three other students to assist you.    If the following choices (A-D) were the intelligences possessed by other students, which one would you prefer NOT to have as an assistant?
a)
Interpersonal; Musical/Rhythmical
b)
Interpersonal; Bodily/Kinesthetic
c)
Logical/Mathematical; Intrapersonal
d)
Visual/Spatial; Interpersonal
70.
According to Gardner, what is naturalist intelligence?
a)
A gift of natural musical talent that includes melody, rhythm, sound.
b)
A gift of environmental awareness as manifested in an understanding of interrelationships of the natural world.
c)
A gift of reasoning and thinking naturally in symbols such as graphing.
d)
A gift of innate verbal skills such as listening, reading, and writing.
71.
You just bought a used car. Your friend's dad gave you this advice, "Make sure you get a mechanic who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty, and likes to work alone."    If you take his advice, what two kinds of intelligences would you like the mechanic to possess?
a)
Bodily/Kinesthetic and Intrapersonal
b)
Naturalist and Intrapersonal
c)
Visual/Spatial and Interpersonal
d)
Logical/Mathematical and Interpersonal
72.
According to Gardner, what is verbal/linguistic intelligence?
a)
The gift of rhythm and harmony.
b)
The gift of strong language and literacy skills such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
c)
The gift of physical powers, coordination, fitness, and action.
d)
The gift of visually representing concepts and ideas through drawing, building, and designing.
73.
According to Gardner, what is interpersonal intelligence?
a)
The gift of verbal or linguistic skills such as listening, speaking, and writing.
b)
The gift of inner thought, self-awareness, and self-reflection.
c)
The gift of working with people and understanding the complexities of human relationships.
d)
The gift of environment awareness of the natural world.
74.

Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence included Practical, ________, and Creative

a)

Musical

b)

Interpersonal

c)

Analytic

d)

Emotional

75.

When the same procedures are used in giving a test to all people, the test has been __________

a)

Standardized

b)

Validated

c)

Normalized

d)

Operationalized

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