When we look at developmental theories in historical perspective, we find that ______.
a. theories do not develop in a vacuum because each draws upon earlier ideas or concepts
b. over time theories have given more and more weight to the influence of early experiences on development
c. all of our current best ideas are really just old ideas that have been recycled
d. the oldest theories, such as psychoanalysis and classical conditioning, are really still the best ones
Ans: A
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1. According to the textbook, when writing completion items, teachers should lift sentences verbatim from material students have studied and replace a word or two with blanks. 2. According to the textbook, for completion items there is typically only one correct answer. 3. According to the textbook, placement of the blanks in a completion item can make it more difficult for students.
All of the following techniques foster creative reading except
a. using stories as stimuli for writing new products. b. using creative drama activities. c. encouraging children to predict what will happen next. d. asking only questions that have absolute answers.
Define transitional services.
a. Written documents that ensure special services are delivered to infants and toddlers and their families b. Focus on the control or elimination of future serious behavioral infractions as well as the development of positive social skills c. A detailed data collection system that frequently measures how well a student is learning specific instructional targets d. Written into an IEP and includes appropriate, measureable postsecondary goals based on age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, and employment
On average, children who attend schools for gifted students have lower self-esteem than children of equal intelligence who attend regular schools with students of widely varying abilities. If we consider research about factors affecting youngsters' sense of self, we can explain this finding in which one of the following ways?
a. Children who attend gifted programs typically have assertive parents, and such parents tend to undermine their children's self-esteem. b. Having a label of any kind—even the label "gifted"—tends to lower self-esteem. c. Identifying a child as gifted requires an intensive evaluation, and evaluations inevitably lower self-esteem. d. Children form their self-concepts in part by comparing their own performance to the performance of those around them.