EDUC 330 Module 2 Quiz
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ As an example of mastery or formal operations, a teacher might ask
students to...
a. list the advantages and disadvantages of the use of plastic products
b. write an adventure story in which they play the role of the main character
c. name all fifty states
d. calculate the area of a triangle.
a. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Sam began his academic career as a history major and, during his first
semester, changed to archeology. He is currently a media-arts student with a C average. When asked
about his mediocre grades he indicates that he has a difficult time paying attention in class because he
loves to daydream. All twelve of his ex-girlfriends say that he is an anxious soul who is uncertain of his
future. James Marcia would most likely say that Sam's identity status is...
a. moratorium
b. achievement
c. diffusion
d. foreclosure
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A student is told by his science teacher that toads are not reptiles, as the
student had originally thought. The student checks an animal taxonomy (classification) book out of the
library in order to determine exactly what toads are, if not reptiles. According to Piaget's theory of
cognitive development, this student is attempting to...
a. create a dichotomy in his understanding of animal life.
b. reorganize his scheme of animal systems.
c. increase the disequilibrium caused by his science teacher.
d. enhance the discrepancy between the old and new perceptions of what it is to be a toad.
c. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Based on what he has seen at the cirucs, Larry came to believe that all
elephants were docile. Recently, on his first African safari, he approached an elephant with the intention
of petting it. Sensing Larry's presence, the elephant wheeled around and proceeded to charge. Larry
must now adjust his elephant behavior scheme. According to Piaget, Larry must...
a. organize
b. disequilibrate
c. adapt
d. active
, b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A four- or five- year old child who has begun to develop a theory of
mind...
a. can engage in abstract thinking.
b. understands that people's behavior is a reflection of their beliefs about the world.
c. understands what is means to mind one's manners.
d. is intellectually advanced and a candidate for a gifted and talented class.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ According to Vygotsky,...
a. peer interactions do more to stimulate cognitive development than do interactions with adults.
b. children benefit greatly from information handed down to them by those who are more cognitively
advanced.
c. genetically determined factors predispose how effectively children assimilate, accommodate, and
equilibrate new information.
d. Piaget was incorrect in asserting that the formal operational stage was the highest level of cognitive
development.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ In the elementary grades, gender differences in motor skill
performance...
a. are no longer apparent because children are more androgynous than they were in the 1950s.
b. are small in magnitude and may reflect gender-role stereotyping.
c. should be acknowledged and reinforced because they allow young children to form more stable self-
concepts.
d. have been magnified in recent years because girls are encouraged to participate in competitive
sports.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Heidi is frustrated with her science teacher. During his lecture, he writes
important facts on the board but will not answer any questions about them. Heidi has politely tried on
several occasions to tell the teacher of her frustration. Each time he apologizes and promises to change
his methods of instruction. Each time he returns to his original form. Heidi's science teacher...
a. is in charge and should run the class in the way that is most comfortable for him.
b. does not possess even one of the three attitudes of a reflective teacher.
c. is simply trying to get the students to think for themselves.
d. seems to be reflective in his own way.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ One example of how unsystematic observation may lead to poor
educational policies or decisions is...
a. free school lunches
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ As an example of mastery or formal operations, a teacher might ask
students to...
a. list the advantages and disadvantages of the use of plastic products
b. write an adventure story in which they play the role of the main character
c. name all fifty states
d. calculate the area of a triangle.
a. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Sam began his academic career as a history major and, during his first
semester, changed to archeology. He is currently a media-arts student with a C average. When asked
about his mediocre grades he indicates that he has a difficult time paying attention in class because he
loves to daydream. All twelve of his ex-girlfriends say that he is an anxious soul who is uncertain of his
future. James Marcia would most likely say that Sam's identity status is...
a. moratorium
b. achievement
c. diffusion
d. foreclosure
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A student is told by his science teacher that toads are not reptiles, as the
student had originally thought. The student checks an animal taxonomy (classification) book out of the
library in order to determine exactly what toads are, if not reptiles. According to Piaget's theory of
cognitive development, this student is attempting to...
a. create a dichotomy in his understanding of animal life.
b. reorganize his scheme of animal systems.
c. increase the disequilibrium caused by his science teacher.
d. enhance the discrepancy between the old and new perceptions of what it is to be a toad.
c. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Based on what he has seen at the cirucs, Larry came to believe that all
elephants were docile. Recently, on his first African safari, he approached an elephant with the intention
of petting it. Sensing Larry's presence, the elephant wheeled around and proceeded to charge. Larry
must now adjust his elephant behavior scheme. According to Piaget, Larry must...
a. organize
b. disequilibrate
c. adapt
d. active
, b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ A four- or five- year old child who has begun to develop a theory of
mind...
a. can engage in abstract thinking.
b. understands that people's behavior is a reflection of their beliefs about the world.
c. understands what is means to mind one's manners.
d. is intellectually advanced and a candidate for a gifted and talented class.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ According to Vygotsky,...
a. peer interactions do more to stimulate cognitive development than do interactions with adults.
b. children benefit greatly from information handed down to them by those who are more cognitively
advanced.
c. genetically determined factors predispose how effectively children assimilate, accommodate, and
equilibrate new information.
d. Piaget was incorrect in asserting that the formal operational stage was the highest level of cognitive
development.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ In the elementary grades, gender differences in motor skill
performance...
a. are no longer apparent because children are more androgynous than they were in the 1950s.
b. are small in magnitude and may reflect gender-role stereotyping.
c. should be acknowledged and reinforced because they allow young children to form more stable self-
concepts.
d. have been magnified in recent years because girls are encouraged to participate in competitive
sports.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ Heidi is frustrated with her science teacher. During his lecture, he writes
important facts on the board but will not answer any questions about them. Heidi has politely tried on
several occasions to tell the teacher of her frustration. Each time he apologizes and promises to change
his methods of instruction. Each time he returns to his original form. Heidi's science teacher...
a. is in charge and should run the class in the way that is most comfortable for him.
b. does not possess even one of the three attitudes of a reflective teacher.
c. is simply trying to get the students to think for themselves.
d. seems to be reflective in his own way.
b. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔ One example of how unsystematic observation may lead to poor
educational policies or decisions is...
a. free school lunches
