EDUC 2130
Quiz #5
W. Huitt
Question #1
An infant has always used one hand to pick
up a small ball. But now, when faced with a
large beach ball, she picks it up with two
hands. The child is exhibiting
a.
b.
c.
d.
conservation.
homeostasis.
accommodation.
assimilation.
Question #2
Which of the following statements correctly
describes humanistic education?
a. A student must first master prerequisite
knowledge before he can learn through
discovery.
b. Affective goals of education are as important as
cognitive goals.
c. Teachers should emphasize direct instruction in
order to facilitate student achievement.
d. Letter grades are preferable to written
evaluations.
Question #3
According to Piaget, individuals organize
and process information by
a. adjusting for physical development
inadequacies.
b. manipulating the external environment.
c. applying biological principles to thinking.
d. constructing cognitive structures.
Question #4
Humanistic educators believe that
a. education that is more structured is
superior.
b. standardized testing is the most valid
form of assessment.
c. the job of the teacher is to impart a body
of knowledge to students.
d. students should have a substantial say in
directing their own education.
Question #5
One of the educational implications of sensory
memory is that
a. attention is necessary if children are to
remember information.
b. reinforcement is necessary if children are to
retain information.
c. children can take in and comprehend almost a
limitless amount of information.
d. information is seen and brought into
consciousness immediately.
Question #6
A humanistic educator would be MOST interested
in helping a child
a. perform better on standardized tests of reading
and math.
b. acquire socially accepted values and attitudes.
c. work in a group under an adult’s leadership.
d. develop an understanding of individually
defined values and goals.
Question #7
In order to develop a behavior modification
program, the most important principle is to first
a. be certain that you have identified a
consequence before beginning the program.
b. verify that the process has been deemed legal
and ethical by one’s supervisor.
c. focus on increasing a behavior before
decreasing an imcompatable one.
d. clearly identify the behavior to be modified.
Question #8
Henry is attending a school where teachers
implement facilitative teaching as developed by
Carl Rogers. What would you predict regarding his
achievement motivation as a result of attendance
in this type of classroom?
a.
b.
c.
d.
More positive
Less positive
No change
Unpredictable
Question #9
What is the term that Piaget used to
describe the process of adjusting perception
of the environment in order to fit it into
existing schemes?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Accomodation
Organization
Assimilation
Construction
Question #10
Which is a conclusion of contemporary evaluations of
Piagetian theory?
a. It is weak in accounting for the role of experience in
learning specific types of reasoning tasks.
b. It is strong in accounting for cultural differences.
c. It is weak in describing cognitive changes that occur
with development.
d. It is strong in the accuracy of its description of children’s
cognitive processing abilities from infancy through
adolescence.
Question #11
A researcher has completed a study correlating middle
school students’ science interests and science
achievement. The results of the study will show
a. what happens when one of the two variables is kept
constant for two or more groups.
b. the degree of relationship between the two
variables.
c. how one variable causes the other .
d. how a single student who is low or high on one
variable scores on the other.
Question #12
Regarding the relative effectiveness of most approaches to
open education and Roger’s facilitative instruction, an
appropriate interpretation based on a meta-analysis of over
150 studies, as well as additional research on facilitative
instruction, is that
a. facilitative instruction is preferable for improving scores on
standardized tests of basic skills.
b. open education is preferable for improving self-concept
and achievement motivation.
c. both approaches worked, but not as well as traditional
instruction.
d. neither method has worked well and, therefore, traditional
instructional techniques do not need to be modified.
Question #13
Which of the following is the correct sequence of
phases for understanding observational learning?
a.
b.
c.
d.
attention, retention, motivation, reproduction
motivation, attention, reproduction, retention
attention, retention, reproduction, motivation
motivation, retention, reproduction, attention
Question #14
Probably the most frequently used research
method in educational psychology is the
a.
b.
c.
d.
correlational study.
ethnographic study.
experimental laboratory study.
randomized field experiment.
Question #15
Of the following, which explanation does NOT describe
how social cognitive theory differs from operant
conditioning?
a. Both define learning as an enduring change in
observable behavior, but social cognitive theorists
propose a person’s characteristics as well as the
environment impact it.
b. Social cognitive theory views behavior, the
environment, and personal factors as all capable of
influencing each other, whereas behaviorism does not.
c. Punishment and reinforcement are concepts used by
operant conditioning theorists as well as social cognitive
theorists.
d. Vicarious reinforcement is a central idea in both operant
conditioning and social cognitive theory.
Question #16
According to the principles of humanistic
education, evaluation of classroom learning
should be done by
a.
b.
c.
d.
the teacher.
standardized testing.
the students themselves.
no one, since there is no evaluation.
Question #17
What term did Vygotsky use to describe a
level of development in which there are
tasks that the student has not yet learned
but is capable of learning with assistance at
the present time?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Private speech
Scaffolding
Self-regulation
Zone of proximal development
Question #18
Irene knows how to count to ten. She counts the coins
she has in her pocket (2 quarters, 5 dimes, and 3
nickels) and says, "I have ten cents." From Piaget's
perspective, Irene is
a. accommodating the counting task to the fact that
the different coins have different values.
b. assimilating the counting task to the way she has
counted things in the past.
c. experiencing disequilibrium about how to count
money.
d. showing insufficient physiological maturation to
perform the task correctly.
Question #19
In Bandura’s classic study on modeling, children in a
playroom who observed a film showing an aggressive
adult being punished (in comparison to children who
were in the control group)
a. showed less desire to see movies in later classes.
b. engaged in significantly fewer aggressive acts
during subsequent play.
c. appeared unaffected by the film in subsequent play.
d. engaged in significantly more aggressive acts in
subsequent play.
Question #20
When Kent was tardy three days in a row, he lost his
recess privileges for a week. He was told that for every day
he was on time, he would have his lost recess privileges
reduced by one day. What method of operant conditioning
was used?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Removal punishment then positive reinforcement.
Response cost then negative reinforcement.
Negative reinforcement then response cost.
Time out then response cost.