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How do children learn in a child-centered preschool program?

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Correct Answer: Children learn through play in a child-centered preschool program.

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Who constitutes the forgotten third?

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Correct Answer: Students who graduate from high school and who do not attend college.

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According to Donald Super, at what age does occupational development begin?

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Correct Answer: Adolescence

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What type of approach do Montessori schools take?

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Correct Answer: Child-centered

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Dennis just lost a board game to his friend. His friend has difficulty convincing Dennis to play the board game again. When asked why he does not want to play, Dennis responds by saying, “I don’t have any skill at games!” Which of the following best describes Dennis’s mindset?

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Correct Answer: Learned helplessness orientation

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About how much of a retirement income should a person plan for?

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Correct Answer: 70–80% of his or her preretirement income

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______ is the process of moving a child to the next grade level, even if he or she did not meet the previous grade’s standards.

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Correct Answer: Social promotion

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Which of the following best describes the difference between a middle school teacher’s views and an elementary school teacher’s views?

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Correct Answer: A middle school teacher is less likely to be trusting of his or her students.

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According to Eccles, negative effects of school transitions occur when there is ______.

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Correct Answer: Little stage-environment fit

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Fourteen-month-old Xavier likes to wave at people and watching them smile. He likes to kick his mobile above his crib and watch it spin. Which of the following best describes Xavier’s actions?

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Correct Answer: Mastery motivation

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Five-year-old Dottie has high self-esteem. She has a positive sense of self and sometimes declares she is the best in the world. As she grows older, how will Dottie’s sense of self likely change?

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Correct Answer: Dottie’s sense of self will likely become more realistic.

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Karl is in day care. While in day care, his day is structured around learning shapes, numbers, and colors. What kind of day care does Karl attend?

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Correct Answer: An academically centered program

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Nancy has been working a mid-level position for 5 years. She has been commended as the best employee in that position. Her company recently announced that a new management position was open. She applied for the position but was not selected for the promotion. Instead, a male colleague with 1 year of experience was selected. Which of the following best describes Nancy’s situation?

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Correct Answer: Nancy has reached the glass ceiling.

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Which of the following best describes the General Educational Development (GED) exam?

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Correct Answer: The GED is a test that signifies a person has the knowledge of a person who has earn a high school diploma.

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Bridget was expected to memorize rules and the sounds of each letter to sound out words. Her teachers drilled her on words and sound patterns. What type of reading method did her school use?

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Correct Answer: The phonics method

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____ burnout is a sense of mental exhaustion that accompanies long-term job stress, excessive workloads, and reduced feelings of control.

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Correct Answer: Job

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The challenge of finding time and energy for both a career and and personal pursuits is work life balance

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Correct Answer: True

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An invisible barrier that prevents women and ethnic minorities from advancing to the highest levels of the career ladder is glass ceiling

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Correct Answer: True

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A belief that success stems from trying hard and that failures are influenced by factors that can be controlled, like effort is ___ orientation

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Correct Answer: Mastery

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The drive to explore, understand, and master one’s environment is called

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Correct Answer: Mastery motivation

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Learned helplessness orientation is an orientation characterized by a fixed mindset and the attribution of poor performance to internal factors.

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Correct Answer: True

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The willingness to persist at challenging tasks and meet high standards of accomplishment is called

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Correct Answer: Achievement motivation

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Stage environment fit refers to the match between the characteristics and supports of the school environment and the developing person’s needs and capacities.

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Correct Answer: True

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Non-traditional college students refer to college students who are ____ than the typical-age student.

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Correct Answer: Older

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First generation college students are students who are the ___ in their families to attend college.

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Correct Answer: First

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General educational development exam is a high school equivalency test that ___ people who drop out have the option of taking.

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Correct Answer: Young

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The practice of promoting children to the next grade even though they did not meet academic standards out of the belief that it will foster self-esteem is called

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Correct Answer: Educational promotion

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Whole language approach is an approach to reading instruction that emphasizes meaning, not phonics. Children are exposed to reading materials without instruction and emphasis is on meaning-making.

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Correct Answer: True

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Whole language approach is an approach to reading instruction that emphasizes meaning, not phonics. Children are exposed to reading materials without instruction and emphasis is on meaning-making.

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Correct Answer: True

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An approach to reading instruction that emphasizes teaching children to sound out words and connect sounds to written symbols is called

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Correct Answer: Phonics

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A constructivist approach to early childhood education that encourages children to actively build their own understanding of the world through is ___ centered programs

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Correct Answer: Child

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An approach to ___ childhood education that emphasizes providing children with structured learning environments in which teachers deliver direct instruction on letters, numbers, shapes, and academic skills is academic centered programs

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Correct Answer: Early

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