Educational Psychology A Practitioner-Researcher Approach (An Asian Edition) 2nd Edition by Tan Oon Seng – Test Bank

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Educational Psychology A Practitioner-Researcher Approach (An Asian Edition) 2nd Edition by Tan Oon Seng – Test Bank

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Chapter 2: The Teacher as Practitioner and Researcher

1. Which of the following is a wrong statement with respect to teacher’s role?

1. Teaching is a simple process.
2. A teacher has to be instructional expert.
3. This role requires that a teacher possesses not only subject expertise but pedagogical content knowledge.
4. None of the above

ANS: a

 

1. _______________ is knowledge about the effective ways to present information to learners, which in turn requires an awareness of what makes topics difficult or easy to learn for students of different ages and backgrounds.

1. Pedagogical content knowledge
2. Expert knowledge
3. Content knowledge
4. Research knowledge

ANS: a

 

1. Which of the following option is correct?

1. A teacher has to take on the role of a manager.
2. A teacher has to play the significant role of teacher-as-counselor.
3. To facilitate learning, a teacher must be aware of the stressors and be available to assist students directly or to make appropriate referral to other professionals when necessary.
4. All of the above.

ANS: d

 

1. Which of the following option is correct?

1. Teaching is an action or series of behaviors.
2. Teaching is interpersonal, involving a relationship and dynamics between teacher and student(s).
3. Teaching is an intentional process; that is, it is done with a purpose
4. All of the above.

ANS: d

 

1. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of teaching?

1. Teaching is what one DOES in an attempt to induce or facilitate learning.
2. Teaching is an interpersonal process
3. Teaching has a purpose.
4. Teaching involves little effort.

ANS: d

 

1. Effective teachers should demonstrate the ability of

ANS: d

 

 

1. Effective teachers should demonstrate the ability of

1. organizing classrooms by structuring their curriculum.
2. managing by setting and maintaining clear rules.
3. employing didactic teaching.
4. All the above abilities

ANS: d

 

 

1. Educational psychology is concerned with the development, ________, and application of theories and principles of human learning and instruction that can enhance lifelong learning (Wittrock & Farley, 1989).

1. evaluation
2. controlling
3. assessment
4. None of the above

ANS: a

 

1. _________ in the broadest sense of that term is simply a systematic process for collecting information.

1. Theory
2. Experiment
3. Research
4. Assumption

ANS: c

 

1. ___________ research is a research which employs systematic observation and recording of data without manipulation of the observed phenomenon.

 

1. Informative
2. Hypothetical
3. Descriptive
4. Correlational

ANS: c

 

1. ___________research is research which identifies apparent relationships between variables or factors.

 

1. Informative
2. Hypothetical
3. Descriptive
4. Correlational

ANS: d

 

 

1. ___________ correlation is a relationship between two variables in which change in one variable is marked by  change in the other variable in the same direction; as one increases, the other increases

 

1. Positive
2. Negative
3. No
4. Poor

ANS: a

 

 

1. _____________ is a number, ranging between –1.00 and +1.00 which indicates the size and direction of a relationship between variables.

 

1. Value coefficient
2. Correlation coefficient
3. Null coefficient
4. Statistical coefficient

ANS: b

 

1. ___________ variable is a variable in an experiment which is manipulated and tested for its impact on other variables

1. Independent
2. Dependent
3. Confounding
4. Extraneous

ANS: a

 

 

1. _____________ variable is a variable in an experiment which changes as a result of the independent variable; the effect, in a study of cause and effect.

 

1. Independent
2. Dependent
3. Confounding
4. Extraneous

ANS: b

 

1. Significant refers to the degree to which these findings are due to ________ occurrence.

 

1. obvious
2. chance
3. non-chance
4. random

ANS: c

 

1. Which of the following traits would reflective teachers have?

1. A reflective teacher engages in frequent and thoughtful self-evaluation.
2. A reflective practitioner works with a balanced mix of idealism and pragmatism.
3. A reflective teacher continually strives to see the curriculum and pedagogy from the learner’s point of view. This enables the teacher to engage the learner more thoughtfully.
4. All of the above.

ANS: d

 

1. _________ teacher is a teacher who is thoughtful and inventive, who review situations, analyzing what they did and why along with the impact of that decision in order to improve future decision making.

1. Observant
2. Manipulative
3. Researcher
4. Reflective

ANS: d

 

 

1. ___________ research is research which stems from a practical problem and is planned and implemented by the person most likely to be affected by the findings; it involves systematic observation, data collection, and incorporation of results into planning and practice.

1. Dominant
2. Dynamic
3. Active
4. Action

ANS: d

 

20. A ______teacher keeps abreast of educational research findings.
21. dominant
22. academic
23. reflective
24. active

ANS: c

 

 

 

Essay Questions

1. Explain the main tenets of a reflective teacher.
2. Discuss the teaching and learning process.

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Chapter 4- Developmental Theory: Moral and Psychosocial Development

 

 

1. In Jean Piaget’s theory of moral development, the first stage, external morality or moral realism, was used to describe children __________ years of age.
2. younger than 10
3. older than 13
4. younger than16
5. younger than 14

ANS: a

 

2. In Jean Piaget’s theory of moral development, in the first stage, children see rules in
3. relative terms.
4. absolute terms.
5. summated terms.
6. cumulative terms.

ANS: b

 

3. At some point in the late concrete operational stage, with the development of _________, a child begins to perceive rules as being more flexible and subject to renegotiation
4. autonomous cooperation
5. autonomous morality
6. autonomous reality
7. Autonomous thinking

ANS: c

 

4. While Gilligan and Kohlberg agree that the initial stage of moral reasoning is based on self-interests, Gilligan contends that females move from self-interests to a focus on specific individuals and relationships and the problem identified with Kohlberg’s theory was of
6. small sample size.
7. lack of theoretical background.
8. None of the above.

ANS: a

 

 

5. The Lickona model proposes a four-component program designed to facilitate moral behavior. One of the following is not its component:

 

1. Cooperative learning
2. Participatory decision making
3. Logical reasoning
4. Self-esteem

ANS: c

 

 

6. Lickona contends that _____________is also linked with promoting moral behavior, especially helping or prosocial behavior.
7. cooperative learning
8. participatory decision making
9. moral reflection
10. self-esteem

ANS: a

 

Q7. Cheating depends on

1. the situation.
2. the likelihood of getting caught.
3. pressure to succeed.
4. All the above

ANS: d

 

8. Erikson’s theory suggested that personality develops through ______ stages or critical periods of life.
9. seven
10. five
11. eight
12. nine

ANS: c

 

9. The quality of undertaking, planning, and attacking a new task, characterizes stage ____ of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development.
10. 3
11. 4
12. 6
13. 2

ANS: a

 

 

10. James Marcia (1966, 1980), found that there are _____ primary ways or statuses that describe how adolescents resolve identity crisis.
11. four
12. five
13. six
14. three

ANS: a

 

11. When the adolescent considers alternative choices, experiences different roles, but has made no final decision regarding his or her identity, it is called
12. identity diffusion.
13. identity foreclosure.
14. identity moratorium.
15. identity achievement.

ANS: c.

 

12. When the adolescent selects a convenient set of beliefs and goals without carefully considering the alternatives as an example, accepts one’s parents’ choice of life-style and career without considering other options, it is known as:
13. identity diffusion.
14. identity foreclosure.
15. identity moratorium.
16. identity achievement.

ANS: b.

 

 

13. When the adolescent has not made any firm commitment to any ideology, occupation, or interpersonal relationship and is not currently thinking about such commitments, it is known as
14. identity diffusion.
15. identity foreclosure.
16. identity moratorium.
17. identity achievement.

ANS: a.

 

 

14. When the adolescent has a strong sense of commitment to life choices after careful consideration of options, it is referred as
15. identity diffusion.
16. identity foreclosure.
17. identity moratorium.
18. identity achievement.

ANS: d.

15. The state of having a close psychological relationship with another person is a feature of stage_________ of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development.
16. three
17. two
18. six
19. eight

ANS: c

 

16. Generativity versus stagnation characterized by either a sense of productivity or self-absorption is characteristic of stage_________ Erikson’s psychosocial theory
17. seven
18. six
19. five
20. eight

ANS: a

 

17. _________is a sense of understanding how one fits into one’s culture and the acceptance that one’s place is unique and unalterable feature discussed in stage 8 in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development
18. Integrity versus despair
19. Generativity versus stagnation
20. Intimacy versus isolation
21. Identity versus confusion

ANS: a

 

18. ___________an eagerness to produce, typifies stage 4 of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development
19. Integrity versus despair
20. Generativity versus stagnation
21. Intimacy versus isolation
22. Industry versus inferiority

ANS: d

 

19. Self-imposed starvation in which the individual refuses to eat or eats practically nothing is termed as
20. anorexia nervosa
21. bulimia
22. amnesia
23. aIDS

ANS: a

 

20. A technique where students act out potentially troublesome situations and discuss ways to resolve them is termed as
21. psycholinguistics
22. psychodrama
23. psychopathology
24. None of the above

ANS: b

 

 

 

Essay Questions

 

1. Discuss the prominent psychosocial issues which pertain to an adolescent’s development.
2. How can psychosocial theories be applied to resolve problems associated with adolescent psychosocial development?