Decision elements in the lesson plan tell the teacher what to do when typical types of questions are asked, and they allow for unanticipated circumstances.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 2Any relatively permanent change in thought or behavior that occurs as a result of experience is called:
a. canalizationb fixation
c. maturation
d. learning
Ques. 3The changes in mental skills that occur through increasing maturity and experience.
a. learning
b. maturation
c. canalization development
d. cognitive development
Ques. 4Students with high self-efficacy in one academic area tend to have high self-efficacy in all academic areas.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5Ms. McCarthy is concerned about one of her students, Kelly. Kelly is doing well in her academic subjects in school, but she can't seem to relate to her peers in an appropriate manner. Ms. McCarthy will be better able to help Kelly if she realizes:
a. social skills are weakly canalized abilities
b. social skills are highly canalized abilities
c. Kelly has a learning disability
d. that there is nothing she can do to influence social skill behaviors
Ques. 6Which of the following describes theories that assume cognitive abilities are acquired gradually, with each new accomplishment building directly on those that came before it?
a. Piaget's cognitive stage theory
b. domain-general cognitive development theory
c. domain-specific cognitive development theory
d. continuous development theories
Ques. 7Mental patterns of organization that influence our ways of dealing with the world.
a. cognitive abilities
b. mental structures
c. cognitive structures
d. continuous structures
Ques. 8If development occurs more or less simultaneously in multiple areas, then which developmental theory is most correct?
a. domain-specific
b. domain-general
c. cognitive-developmental
d. stagelike development
Ques. 9Piaget's theory is based on the premise of
a. the child as an explorer.
b. the child passively understanding the world.
c. the child as a scientist.
d. the child's domain-specific development.
Ques. 10If development occurs at different rates in different areas, then which developmental theory is most correct?
a. domain-specific
b. domain-general
c. cognitive-developmental
d. continuous development