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Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

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Key Terms Quiz


1		The debate about how to teach reading focuses on the language approach versus the basic skills and approach.


2		Early is important for children who have reading problems.


3		Schooling that is based on age-appropriate activities emphasizing the hands-on approach to learning exemplifies developmentally practice.


4		Puberty makes the transition to junior high school more difficult as does the increase of responsibility and , the move to a new school, and an increased focus on .


5		One way to maximize student's learning potential is to limit class .


6		Eliot Aronson believes that the jigsaw classroom promotes student through cooperatively striving for the same goal.


7		Ethnic minority children run the risk of being exposed to teachers who have expectations for them and may encounter stereotypes about ethnic minority groups.


8		When disabled children are placed in regular school classes with other children, they have been .


9		Children of normal intelligence, who have severe difficulty with some but not all academic areas, and who have no health or emotional condition that explains their problems, are labeled disabled.


10		The desire to accomplish something or reach a standard of excellence is called motivation.


11		A key factor in understanding internal causes for achievement is .


12		Children with helpless orientations react to challenges by questioning their ; children with mastery orientations react to challenges by focusing on their learning .


13		Children who hold an theory of intelligence believe that intelligence is fixed.


14		learning involves small groups of children who work together to master learning material.


15		Compared to the traditional classroom, the classroom is relatively unstructured.


16		The smaller the school, the more likely students are to participate in activities.

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