A theoretical perspective examining the ways in which the understandings and expectations of others are communicated through social discourse is called:
a. Deconstruction
b. Social construction
c. Social class formation
d. Symbolic interaction
Ques. 2If a concept is universal, it has the:
a. Same meaning across cultures
b. Same meaning across childhood
c. Same meaning across the lifespan
d. None of the above
Ques. 3The United States compared to other countries is ranked _________ in terms of the number of under-15-year-olds:
a. First
b. Third
c. Sixth
d. Tenth
Ques. 4When children in first and second grade use invented spelling in their writing, teachers and parents are advised to:
a. be supportive of children's efforts without excessive corrections.
b. consider having the child assessed for a language-specific learning disability.
c. encourage conventional spelling in class work but not private writing.
d. provide conventional spellings for words that should be familiar.
Ques. 5A perspective in which progress through scientific research is no longer seen as universal and objective, but partial and subjective is called:
a. Secularism
b. Postmodernism
c. Logical positivism
d. New Age
Ques. 6Middle childhood is considered a:
a. Developmental stage
b. Developmental transition
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
Ques. 7Who is considered the first developmental psychologist?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. William James
c. William Alexander
d. None of the above
Ques. 8When critics argue that the Common Core State Standards are not developmentally based, they mean that:
a. researchers decided to begin standardized testing in the third grade, leaving younger children without appropriate test-taking skills.
b. researchers first identified skills necessary for high school graduation and then worked backwards to identify skills for earlier grades.
c. researchers focused more on basic grade-level cognitive skills than on assessing individual differences among students.
d. researchers targeted only English language arts and mathematics, without considering what children should know in other content disciplines.
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