Plato
Locke & Rousseau
James, Dewey, & Bruner
Carol Dweck
IQ & other Questions
100

The main story Plato is known for is a famous discussion called the “Allegory of the __________.”

Cave
100

Who promoted the concept of the “noble savage?”

Rousseau
100

William James and John Dewey were both known as proponents of which concept in educational psychology?

Pragmatism
100

Carol Dweck’s research focuses on promoting a __________mindset in students and teachers.

Growth
100
In the twins studies we discussed, whose IQ is likely to be most closely correlated?:

a. adopted children who live with their adoptive parents

b. siblings of different ages raised together

c. twins raised apart from each other

c. twins raised apart from each other

200

Plato’s school, which survived for 900 years, was called The __________.

Academy
200

Who promoted the concept of the “tabula rasa?”

Locke
200

Dewey felt that education should be mostly _____-centered.

child
200

In her TED talk Dweck talks about the “Power of Not __________.”

Yet
200

What percentage of data points fall above the mean on a bell curve?

50
300
What do the prisoners see on the wall in Plato's allegory?
Shadows
300
Concerning education, John Locke prioritized


a. nature 

b. nurture 

b. nurture 

300

Which of the following teaching styles would Bruner most likely prefer, based on the readings for this week?

a. hands-on activities

b. in-person lecture

c. online modules  


a. hands-on activities

300

Dweck argues that teachers and parents should praise not intelligence but __________.

effort
300
This is the name of the first widely-used IQ test.
Stanford-Binet
400
Plato wrote: "The object of education is to teach us to love what is _____."
beautiful
400
Rousseau wrote: "But man is not meant to be a child for ever. At the time prescribed by _____ he passes out of his childhood."
nature
400

Jerome Bruner was known as proponents of which concept in educational psychology?

Constructivism
400
When allowing students to retake a test, Rick Wormeli argues that the retake should be more _____.
difficult
400
What country did Horace Mann want to use as a model for American schools?
Prussia
500
How do the chained people in Plato's allegory react to the man who brings knowledge back to them? 
They mock and hate him.
500
Locke argues that children should be treated as "_____ creatures" as soon as possible.
rational
500
Who formally promoted the concept of "discovery learning?"
Bruner
500

"Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much."  This statement is an example of a _____ mindset.

fixed
500
The OpenMind app discusses the problem of the rider and the _____.
Elephant
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