Section 1.01 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Teaching and Educational Psychology .................................................... 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes ............................................................................... 1 Application Exercises ........................................................................................17 Test Items...........................................................................................................22 Test Answer Key................................................................................................34 Chapter 1: Teaching and Educational Psychology (a) Chapter 1 Learning Outcome Quizzes Learning Objective 1.1: Reflect on and evaluate some of your existing knowledge and beliefs about human learning and effective instructional practices. [Q1] Which one of the following statements is substantiated by published research findings? 1. Anxiety sometimes helps students learn and perform successfully in the classroom. [correct] 2. Some children are predominantly left-brain thinkers, whereas others are predominantly right-brain thinkers. 3. Children‘s personalities are largely the results of how their parents have raised them. 4. Instruction is most effective when it‘s tailored to students‘ individual learning styles. [Feedback for Correct Answer 1] Many people think that anxiety is always bad. Evidence from research indicates that a little bit of anxiety can actually improve learning and performance, especially when students perceive a task to be something they can accomplish with reasonable effort. [Feedback for Answer Choice 2] Researchers have learned that the two hemispheres do seem to have somewhat different specialties, but they continually communicate and collaborate in tackling even the simplest of daily tasks. [Feedback for Answer Choice 3] Certainly children‘s home environments mold their behaviors t