Exam 9: Applying Social Psychology to Education

Research reveals that students will be more intrinsically motivated and be more engaged in learning when the classroom environment has which of the following characteristics?

Explain what is meant by the term self-fulfilling prophecy.

Imagine you are a teacher who wants to increase the math grades of your students by following the theory of planned behavior.What would you do to achieve this?

Which of the following theories takes into account multiple determinants of behavior that predict an individual's intention to behave a certain way?

Research reveals that the tendency for high self-handicappers to find or produce excuses for poor performance results in

Research shows that aggressive behavior among children is most influenced by ______.

Which of the following intervention programs focuses on teaching children and their parents prosocial and nonaggressive methods of dealing with negative social situations and feelings?

Which of the following theories recognizes that behavioral intentions and behaviors are affected by the extent that an individual believes he or she has control over a situation?

Which of the following probably will NOT hinder children's school performance?

Sam received a B on an anthropology project.He knows Sandra received an A on the project,so he sets up a time to meet with Sandra to go over the project.Sam wants to figure out why he scored lower.This is an example of ______.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why peer-assisted learning works?

A positive academic self-concept is related to greater motivation,higher academic aspirations,and better academic performance.

One common and effective peer-assisted learning technique is the ______.

Vlad's class is learning about modes of transportation.He is in Group A and is responsible for learning about trains.Vlad leaves his group and joins students from other groups to learn about trains.After learning about trains,Vlad goes back to Group A and teaches them what he learned.This is an example of what cooperative learning method?

The degree to which a student feels self-determined,the messages that he or she receives from others about what is important,and how the student ends up defining successful performance will influence the academic goals that he or she adopts.This is the basis of which theory?

Self-handicapping refers to

Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation?

With Festinger's social comparison theory,comparisons are often made with people who are slightly better than we are,called upward social comparisons,and with those who are slightly worse off than we are,called downward social comparisons.

With respect to its effect on word identification and reading comprehension performance among students with reading disabilities,what effect has peer tutoring demonstrated compared with traditional remedial reading exercises?