Educational Psychology (EdPsych) MCQ Questions Answers

1. Food ____ can be defined as fear of trying new food.

2. Emotions can lead one to engage in maladaptive behavior when they ___________.

3. Emotionally detached parents with depression often have a(n) __________ style of child rearing.

4. Emotional effects of steroid use seem to depend on the _______ of the steroid used.

5. In a study of serotonin turnover in male monkeys, it was found that those with ____.

6. Children and adolescents who __________ have fewer self-esteem problems.

7. __________ parenting is correlated with unrealistically high self-esteem.

8. During the elementary school years, children grow an average of _____ inches a year.

9. During puberty, adolescents' thoughts center on _____.

10. Wernicke's aphasia is to ____ as broca's aphasia is to ____.

11. A child who __________ to find a hidden toy is demonstrating a tertiary circular reaction.

12. Hereditary factors that influence cognitive development consist of __________.

13. Between 13 and 18 months, infants add approximately _____ new words.

14. According to piaget, when a scheme is modified based on some experience, ____ has occurred.

15. Experts _____ than novices.

16. Knowledge is necessary for self-regulation and behavior modification because __________.

17. The occupation studied in hawkins (2012) work was________________.

18. The majority of early psychologists were all of the following except __________.

19. During middle adulthood, for many, job satisfaction is ____.

20. A trend with age in self-esteem is ________________.

21. In the united states, ________ are those most subject to nonfatal intimate partner violence.

22. During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.

23. Developmentalists consider _____ to be developmentally regressive.

24. John horn maintains that in middle adulthood, _____ intelligence continues to increase.

25. According to erickson, adolescents face a crisis between ____________ as they develop.

26. __________ is positively correlated with fidelity and love for both men and women.

27. Interpersonal therapy derives from _____ approaches to therapy, but it is _____.

28. For observational learning to occur, each of the following must happen except ______.

29. Garcia's first experiment on taste aversion was unusual in that the ____.

30. Secondary reinforcers are also called _______ reinforcers.

31. The research on methods for teaching a second language reveals _____.

32. The fundamental attribution error is to the self-serving bias as _____ is to _____.

33. How do norms differ from roles? norms ________, whereas roles ________.

34. According to your text, group members tend to ________ in age, sex, beliefs, and opinions.

35. Probably the best way of increasing the creativity of stories in an english class is to _______.

36. The potential to understand, connect with, and effectively work with others is ______ intelligence.

37. Erikson's fifth stage of development is _____.

38. When using a behavioral chain, a(an) ____________ makes the outcome of the chain more reinforcing.

39. Strategies for processing information within working memory _____.

40. Deductive reasoning is A type of reasoning that uses logic to determine specific outcomes or expectancies based on general information.

41. Seductive Details refer to the very interesting parts of a text that convey _____ information.

42. The strategy of applying sounds to printed letters in order to identify unfamiliar words; referred to as sounding out, is called __________ .

43. Z Score is a standard score based on units of standard deviation, ranging from _____

44. Measure of how widely scores are distributed is known as ______

45. T score is a type of standard score based on the units of standard deviation with a mean of _____ and standard deviation of 10.

46. Type of validity evidence that demonstrates the test score is consistent with a theoretical aspect of the construct is known as Theory Based Validity.

47. An ethical issue of how to use tests appropriately is known as _____

48. Systemic error in a test score that may or may not be a function of cultural variations is known as _____

49. A group of students considered to be at risk for meeting standard achievement levels at school are known as Students at Risk.

50. Stanine Scores are the type of standard score which converts raw scores to a single-digit system from _____

51. Standard Tests are those that _____

52. Stadard Aptitude Tests assess future potential or capacity to learn in _____ domain.

53. Standardized Acheivement Tests are the tests that assess learning outcomes and skills for_____

54. Standard Scores are the scores that are created by converting raw scores, typically using the_____

55. Estimated amount of error expected on a given test is known as _____

56. The degree of variability in a group of scores or how much the scores deviate from or vary from around the average score is known as _____

57. Skeweness is the _____ of a frequent distribution.

58. Raw Score is the number of _____ answers.

59. Measure of variability that is the difference between the highest and the lowest score in a group of scores is known as _____

60. Predictive Validity is a type of _____ evidence that uses the test score and another criterion assessed in the future.

61. Type of test score that denotes the percentage of people in the norm sample who scored _____ to a raw score.

62. Normal Distribution is a frequency distribution of scores that is _____

63. Tests that are used to compare an individual score to the scores of other students from a norm sample refers to _____

64. Norm Sample is a large group of individuals who represent the population of interest on numerous dimensions such as _____ and SES.

65. Measure of central tendency that is the most frequently occurring score among the group is known as _____

66. Median is a measure of central tendency that is the _____ score in a list of all scores.

67. The accumulation of imperfections that are found in all measurements is known as _____

68. Mean is a measure of central tendency where all scores are summed and the sum is divided by the _____ of scores in the group.

69. GE Scores are based on the _____ score for a particular grade level of the norm group.

70. Simple list of all scores for a group is known as _____

71. The act of making a value judgment about a student’s product or performance, which can be based on measurement of _____ is known as Evaluation.

72. Type of validity evidence that demonstrates a test score is not correlated to another test score that assesses a different construct is known as _____

73. Cultural Test Biased Hypothesis are biased in some way for a categorical group such as gender or _____

74. Type of validity evidence that is demonstrated by establishing a relationship between the test score and some criterion, usually an outcome that is thought to measure the variable of interest is known as _____

75. Tests that are used to compare an individual score to a preset criterion for a learning objective refers to Criterion Referenced Tests.

76. Type of validity evidence that is determined by correlating the test score with another measure of the construct is known as _____ Validity.

77. Type of validity evidence that is determined by how accurately test items or questions represent all possible items and questions for assessing a content domain is known as _____

78. Construct Validity is the degree to which _____ quality or characteristic (construct) is measured accurately.

79. A range in which an individual’s true score lies, based on the individual’s score and the standard error of measurement for the test is known as _____

80. Type of criterionvalidity evidence that evaluates the relationship between the test score and another criterion assessed at approximately the same time is known as _____

81. A score that is typical or _____ of the entire group is known as Central Tendency.

82. Category of standardized tests that assess individual preferences toward certain types of activities is known as _____

83. Changes in the way standardized tests are administered or scored that do not change what is being measured refer to Accomodations.

84. The extent to which a test or assessment actually measures what it is intended to measure so that meaningful interpretations can be derived from the test score is known as_____

85. Table of Specifications is a test blueprint in the form of a matrix specifying the _____ of items to include on a test, based on the number of learning objectives and the class time spent on each of the objectives.

86. A form of assessment that helps the teacher evaluate students’ progress as well as the effectiveness of instructional methods at the end of a unit or grading period is known as _____

87. Subjective Tests is a test format in which the scoring is not open to interpretation.

88. Stem is _____ statement or question in a multiple-choice item that calls for a response.

89. Extraneous clues to the answer of an alternative-response item refers to Specific Determiners.

90. Test item format that requires filling in a short response, usually consisting of a word or phrase is known as _____

91. A test format that requires students to select a response from information given in the test item is known as _____

92. Question format that limits the content of students’ answers as well as the form of their responses is known as _____

93. The consistency of the test score or results is known as _____

94. Practicality is the extent to which the _____ of assessments is economical and efficient.

95. Tests containing items that have one correct answer and that can be scored without interpretation or judgment are known as _____

96. A question format in which students must choose the correct answer from among a list of response alternatives is known as _____

97. Matching Exercises is a test format that presents students with directions for matching a list of premises to a list of_____ .

98. An item analysis technique reporting the degree to which a particular test item is able to differentiate high-scoring from low-scoring students is known as Item Discrimination.

99. Item Difficulty Index is an item analysis technique reporting the proportion of the group of test takers who answered an item _____

100. Item Analysis is the process of _____ information from student test responses to make decisions about whether test items are functioning properly.