PLT Practice

Question 1

Between 6 months to 1 year, infants find an adult to be their primary attachment figure. This person is likely to be...

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The baby’s mother who stays home with the baby

Question 2

________ processes refer to changes in the individual's thought, intelligence, and language.

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Cognitive

Question 3

B. F. Skinner, a behaviorist, would argue that the most important things that shape development are ________.

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Rewards and punishments

Question 4

________ means the capacity for change.

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Plasticity

Question 5

Peter uses polite phrases and words. In the context of the five systems of rules involved in language, this is...

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Pragmatics

Question 6

The ________ includes the cerebral cortex and several structures beneath it.

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Forebrain

Question 7

Which of the following strategies would hel students develop self-motivation?

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Assigning meaningful work, Offering positive reinforcements, Offering discovery learning opportunities

Question 8

Which of the following is the system that involves the way words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences?

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Syntax

Question 9

When working on classroom management, which of the following tools can you employ?

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Choose a book about classroom management to read, Invite a veteran teacher you admire to visit and observe the class, Find a plan that is tailored for students in your classroom, Choose a new technique to try

Question 10

________ involves individual differences in behavioral styles, emotions, and characteristic ways of responding.

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Temperament

Question 11

Jenny is 4 years old. She is self-sufficient and develops school readiness skills. What developmental period is she in?

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Early childhood

Question 12

Whether a carefree adolescent is bound to have difficulty holding down a job as an adult most likely reflects the...

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Stability-change issue

Question 13

________ processes involve changes in the individual's relationships with other people, emotions, and personality.

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Socioemotional

Question 14

Rene remembers very little about the first three years of her life. Psychologists find this normal and refer to it as...

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Infantile/ childhood amnesia

Question 15

Jean Piaget believed that children...

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Actively construct their own cognitive worlds

Question 16

Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that

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begins at conception and continues through the human life span.

Question 17

________ refers to the match between a child's temperament and the environmental demands the child must cope with.

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Goodness of fit

Question 18

A school modeled in an essentialist tradition would employ which of the following strategies during instruction?

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Teacher-centered instructional methods

Question 19

________ is the behavior patterns, and beliefs of a particular group of people that are passed on from your ancestors.

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Culture

Question 20

Kelly responds to her baby's needs consistently and timely. Erikson would say that her son is developing a sense of...

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Trust

Question 21

The idea that no one theory can explain development as a whole, but that each theory plays a role, is referred to as...

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Eclectic theoretical orientation

Question 22

When babies use language, some synaptic connections will be strengthened or replaced. This process is...

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Pruning

Question 23

Which of the following is the purpose of a no-stakes assessment?

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To understand what students know and can do

Question 24

Changes in motor skills, nutrition, exercise, puberty, and cardiovascular decline are all examples of _____ development.

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Biological

Question 25

Which of the following is a requirement for joint attention?

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An ability to track another's behavior

Question 26

A teacher using a constructivist approach based on the theories of Jerome Bruner requires...

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Reliance on prior knowledge

Question 27

An IQ test assesses one person’s intelligence in comparison to others. This type of assessment would be...

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Norm-referenced assessment

Question 28

Which of the following would NOT be an acceptable accommodation for a student with a disability?

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Providing the student with a portion of the answer

Question 29

During a discussion in an English class, which of the following strategies can be employed to promote critical thinking?

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Suggesting alternative points of view, Draw conclusions, Challenging the relevancy of information offered, Challenging students' assumptions

Question 30

A group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share experiences as a result is referred to as...

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A cohort

Question 31

Andy is nine months old, but he seems to be struggling with following another's gaze. These could be an early sign of...

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Autism

Question 32

Hidalgo, eight, has a hard time understanding algebraic problems that his older sister does. Hidalgo is currently in...

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Concrete operational

Question 33

"Easy child" and "difficult child" are basic types of ________ identified by psychiatrists Chess and Thomas.

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Temperament

Question 34

June knows the names of all the states in the United States. The names of the states are part of June's ________ memory.

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Explicit

Question 35

When using the ideas of Lev Vygotsky, which of the following ideas might you employ?

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Pairing up low-performing and high-performing on certain assignments

Question 36

Which of the following resources can be used by a Social Studies teacher during instruction of a unit of study?

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Guest speakers, Videos, DVDs, music, Artifacts, Computers

Question 37

Which environmental system consists of the patterning of events and transitions over the life course?

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The chronosystem

Question 38

Assessments that rank the achievement and ability provides data that is most useful to...

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Teachers

Question 39

While teaching of a novel, which would NOT be an appropriate strategy to help those students comprehend the novel?

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Assigning a Cliff Notes or other study guide version

Question 40

Which of the following statements is true of chronological age?

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It has become a less accurate predictor of life events in American society.

Question 41

Which of the following rights is limited for a high school teenager?

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Freedom of the press

Question 42

Which of the following statements is true about the specialization of function in a hemisphere of the brain?

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Complex thinking is the result of communication between both hemispheres

Question 43

A teacher is giving students a major project in class. She offers her students a checklist. This encourages...

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Time management, Measuring milestones, Setting goals, Monitoring progress

Question 44

When people use labels such as "Blacks," they downplay the differences among people in the same racial group. This is...

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Ethnic gloss

Question 45

In a woman's behavior, it may be more important to know that she's a mother than to know her age. This reflects her...

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Social age

Question 46

Which of the following words is an example of a word with a single morpheme?

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Shoe

Question 47

Which of the following strategies might a teacher use to promote her students desire to achieve?

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Extrinsic motivators

Question 48

Which of the following is a reason that school districts use statewide standards for instruction?

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The standards are aligned to the statewide mandatory assessment

Question 49

Which of the following would be the best assessment of the effectiveness of a standards-based approach to instruction?

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A standardized test

Question 50

Danny's mother is even-tempered. Seeing this, Danny is growing up to be a polite boy too. This models the concept of __.

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Observational learning

Question 51

Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?

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They assume a person's behavior is consistent and stable.

Question 52

Which of the following would be an appropriate component for an in-school enrichment program?

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Completing independent projects

Question 53

In the brain, the ________ lobe is involved in voluntary movement, thinking, personality, and intentionality or purpose.

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Frontal

Question 54

Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how ________ guides cognitive development.

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The unconscious mind

Question 55

At the end of the unit, Mr. Condor wants to determine what the students have learned. This is...

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Summative Assessment

Question 56

Which of the following is least likely to bring about the outcome of self-efficacy?

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Negative reinforcement

Question 57

A vocabulary of only 200 words can be recombined to say thousands of different things. This is...

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Infinite generativity

Question 58

Riding a bike requires you to use your memories of skills and routine procedures. This is _____ memory.

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Implicit

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