According to Maag (2001) punishment is used in the classroom most likely because
a. Punishment is more effective than positive reinforcement
b. Punishment teaches students new behaviors
c. Teachers are negatively reinforced for using punishment
d. Punishment provides a long-term solution to behavioral issues.
c
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Which of the following is a criterion for determining the extent to which experimental research has strong external validity?
a) A factor is present in different amounts and/or intensity across the levels of the independent variable. b) The results can be generalized to other individuals, measures, procedures, or settings. c) The manipulation of the experimental variable alone can account for the results. d) The instrument used in the study was valid.
University students often say that their aversion to poetry stems from
a. A lack of poetry books at home. b. A poor selection of poetry at public and school libraries. c. Not being exposed to poetry in the elementary school. d. The way it was presented in their elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms.
A visiting curriculum evaluation team criticized a school district for teaching too much inert knowledge. A disadvantage, they said, is that, according to educational psychologists, inert knowledge is:
a) at too high a level for students in the various grades. b) useless due to the students' inability to apply it outside the classroom. c) highly difficult for teachers to present. d) only one point of view, not necessarily the correct one.
Though parents grow and develop throughout their child's life, in the earliest stages of parenthood, their focus is initially on the ________ of the infant
A) Developing Autonomy B) Socialization C) Psychological Stimulation D) Safety