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Psychology for children: Grade 8

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  1. 1. What is a decision?
    1. A. A sudden urge to act without thinking
    2. B. A rule that an adult gives to a student
    3. C. A feeling that comes from a strong emotion
    4. D. A choice made after considering options ← Answer
  2. 2. What is learning in psychology?
    1. A. A natural talent that you were born with at birth
    2. B. A fact that someone tells you one time and no more
    3. C. A lasting change from experience ← Answer
    4. D. A short mood that passes after a few minutes of rest
  3. 3. What is persuasive design?
    1. A. Features built to keep people using a product ← Answer
    2. B. Tools that help students plan their homework
    3. C. Features that make a product easier to turn off
    4. D. Rules that tell people when to stop using an app
  4. 4. What is prosocial behavior?
    1. A. Action taken only to earn a reward
    2. B. Action taken to win an argument
    3. C. Action that happens by accident each day
    4. D. Voluntary action meant to help others ← Answer
  5. 5. What is reappraisal?
    1. A. Changing the person who started the problem
    2. B. Changing the place where a problem happens
    3. C. Changing how you think about a situation ← Answer
    4. D. Changing the time of day for hard tasks
  6. 6. What is a relationship?
    1. A. A contest to see who can make more friends than others
    2. B. A rule that tells people how to behave in school
    3. C. A list of all the people who live in one town
    4. D. A connection between people, such as family or friends ← Answer
  7. 7. What is mental wellness?
    1. A. Having a perfect mood every day of the week and every month
    2. B. Never feeling sad, anxious or angry about anything that happens in life
    3. C. Keeping every problem a secret from the other people around you
    4. D. Caring for your thoughts, feelings, relationships and body so you can cope ← Answer
  8. 8. What is an impulse?
    1. A. A choice made after a careful list of options
    2. B. A sudden urge to act without thinking ← Answer
    3. C. A calm state in which you can think clearly
  9. 9. What is classical conditioning?
    1. A. Learning by repeating a list until it is memorized
    2. B. Learning to link two things, so one starts to trigger the response the other caused ← Answer
    3. C. Learning from the good or bad results of your actions
  10. 10. What is a variable reward?
    1. A. A reward that comes at unpredictable times ← Answer
    2. B. A reward that you pay for with real money
    3. C. A reward that comes at the same time every day
  11. 11. Which example is prosocial behavior?
    1. A. Sharing notes with a sick classmate ← Answer
    2. B. Teasing a classmate about a low test score on a quiz
    3. C. Taking a seat that was saved for someone else in class
  12. 12. What is a cognitive distortion?
    1. A. A habit of checking facts twice
    2. B. A way of remembering a long list
    3. C. An unhelpful thinking pattern ← Answer
  13. 13. What is a boundary?
    1. A. A rule that other people must follow for you at all times
    2. B. A wall that keeps all people away from you forever
    3. C. A limit that protects your safety, feelings and privacy ← Answer
  14. 14. What are protective factors?
    1. A. Rules that tell people how they ought to behave at school each day
    2. B. Things that make people more resilient, such as supportive relationships ← Answer
    3. C. Things that cause a person to feel hopeless about everything in life
  15. 15. What is a consequence?
    1. A. What happens because of a choice ← Answer
    2. B. A belief about what matters most to you
    3. C. A state of strong emotion in which thinking is less careful
    4. D. A sudden urge to act without thinking
  16. 16. What is operant conditioning?
    1. A. Learning from the consequences of your actions ← Answer
    2. B. Learning by guessing and never checking the answer
    3. C. Learning the facts that you read in a textbook
    4. D. Learning that a sound goes with a certain food
  17. 17. What is infinite scroll?
    1. A. A page that shows only one picture at a time
    2. B. A setting that turns off every notification
    3. C. A feed that ends after a set number of posts
    4. D. A feed with no natural stopping point ← Answer
  18. 18. What is altruism?
    1. A. Helping others, expecting nothing back ← Answer
    2. B. Helping others in order to win a prize at school
    3. C. Helping others so that they will owe you a favor later
    4. D. Helping others only when a teacher is watching you
  19. 19. What is catastrophizing?
    1. A. Planning a series of small solutions
    2. B. Imagining the worst outcome as likely ← Answer
    3. C. Imagining the best outcome as certain
    4. D. Forgetting that a problem ever happened
  20. 20. What does assertive mean?
    1. A. Staying quiet and letting other people decide for you
    2. B. Stating your needs in a way that hurts other people
    3. C. Stating your needs clearly and respectfully ← Answer
    4. D. Refusing to talk about a problem at all
  21. 21. What is a warning sign?
    1. A. A fact that everyone already knows about a friend of theirs
    2. B. A rule that tells people to keep their private feelings to themselves
    3. C. A change in behavior or mood that may show someone needs support ← Answer
    4. D. A normal bad mood that lasts only a few minutes after a hard test
  22. 22. What is a risk?
    1. A. The plan that you make ahead of time with a friend
    2. B. The belief that you hold about what matters most
    3. C. The chance that something harmful could happen ← Answer
    4. D. The reward that comes after a hard task is done
  23. 23. What is reinforcement?
    1. A. A signal that comes just before a response happens
    2. B. A consequence making a behavior more likely ← Answer
    3. C. A consequence that makes a behavior vanish at once
    4. D. A rule that adults write down for a class to follow
  24. 24. What is fear of missing out?
    1. A. Worry about missing out on rewarding fun ← Answer
    2. B. Worry that a test will be too hard to finish in time
    3. C. Worry that a close friend will forget your birthday
    4. D. Worry that a phone battery will run out too soon in the day
  25. 25. What is the bystander effect?
    1. A. The tendency to help more when many people are watching
    2. B. The tendency to notice every problem right away
    3. C. The tendency to help less when other people are present ← Answer
    4. D. The tendency to leave a group when it is crowded
  26. 26. What is rumination?
    1. A. Replaying the same worry again and again ← Answer
    2. B. Asking a friend for their opinion about the worry
    3. C. Planning a new solution step by step for the problem
    4. D. Taking a long break from a task that feels stressful
  27. 27. What does passive mean?
    1. A. Attacking the other person with blame and anger
    2. B. Not stating your needs and letting others decide ← Answer
    3. C. Planning exactly what you will say before you talk
    4. D. Stating your needs clearly and respectfully to a friend
  28. 28. What is stigma?
    1. A. A habit that keeps a person healthy and rested
    2. B. Fair and helpful beliefs about people who ask for help
    3. C. A skill for listening to a friend carefully
    4. D. Unfair negative beliefs about people who need support ← Answer
  29. 29. What is a hot state?
    1. A. Strong emotion that makes thinking less careful ← Answer
    2. B. A reward that you earn after a long school week ends
    3. C. A calm state in which you can weigh each of your options
  30. 30. What is feedback?
    1. A. Information on how you did and how to improve ← Answer
    2. B. A plan that helps you avoid every mistake you might make
    3. C. A prize that you earn for simply showing up to class
  31. 31. What does curated mean?
    1. A. Posted quickly with no changes made to any part of it
    2. B. Chosen and edited to show the best parts ← Answer
    3. C. Hidden from everyone except for the person who posts it
  32. 32. What is diffusion of responsibility?
    1. A. Feeling more responsible when there are many people nearby
    2. B. Feeling less responsible because others could act ← Answer
    3. C. Feeling that a problem has already been solved by now
  33. 33. What is self-talk?
    1. A. The words that you write down in a school report
    2. B. The things you say to yourself in your mind ← Answer
    3. C. The things that a teacher says out loud to the class
  34. 34. What does aggressive mean?
    1. A. Stating your needs clearly and respectfully, while listening
    2. B. Stating your needs in a way that hurts or ignores others ← Answer
    3. C. Staying silent so that no one gets upset with you at all
  35. 35. What is a counselor?
    1. A. A friend who gives advice without any special training in the area
    2. B. A trained professional who helps people with feelings, decisions and problems ← Answer
    3. C. A person who decides which students will get their grades each term
  36. 36. What is a cool state?
    1. A. A calm state in which you can think carefully ← Answer
    2. B. A time when a friend is pressuring you to act
    3. C. A time when you feel too tired to make a choice
    4. D. A state of strong emotion in which thinking is rushed
  37. 37. What is deliberate practice?
    1. A. Casual repetition of whatever you already do well
    2. B. Practice that lasts for as many hours as possible
    3. C. Practice that is done only when a coach is watching you
    4. D. Focused work on hard parts, with feedback ← Answer
  38. 38. What is a digital footprint?
    1. A. The shape of a phone screen when it is off
    2. B. A tool that blocks messages from strangers
    3. C. The number of apps that a phone can hold
    4. D. The record of what you post and do online ← Answer
  39. 39. What is reciprocity?
    1. A. Returning kindness for kindness ← Answer
    2. B. Helping only your closest friends
    3. C. Refusing to accept help from anyone
    4. D. Keeping score of every favor you do
  40. 40. What is a balanced thought?
    1. A. A thought that sees only the bad side of everything
    2. B. A thought that sees only the good side of everything
    3. C. A thought weighing evidence on both sides, honestly ← Answer
    4. D. A thought that another person hands to you to use
  41. 41. What is an I-statement?
    1. A. A sentence that asks someone else to speak up before you do
    2. B. A sentence that describes your feelings and needs without blaming ← Answer
    3. C. A sentence that tells another person exactly what they did wrong to you
    4. D. A sentence that always starts with the word you and a name
  42. 42. What is a crisis line?
    1. A. A free service that connects people with trained helpers right away ← Answer
    2. B. A paid service that closes at night and on weekends and holidays
    3. C. A club for students who like to talk on the phone after school
    4. D. A website that teaches students how to make new friends online
  43. 43. What are values?
    1. A. The chance that something harmful could happen
    2. B. The beliefs about what matters most to you ← Answer
    3. C. The quick urges that you feel in a hot state
    4. D. The things that happen because of your choices
  44. 44. What is a growth mindset?
    1. A. The belief that abilities grow with effort and help ← Answer
    2. B. The belief that talent is fixed for each person at birth
    3. C. The belief that effort alone will solve any problem
    4. D. The belief that mistakes prove that you are not smart
  45. 45. What is intentional use?
    1. A. Using technology without ever stopping to think about it
    2. B. Choosing how and when to use tech on purpose ← Answer
    3. C. Using every single app for as long as is possible
    4. D. Using technology only when nobody else is around to see
  46. 46. What is the helper's high?
    1. A. The pride of winning a prize for helping
    2. B. The good feeling people often report after helping ← Answer
    3. C. The tired feeling after a long day of volunteering
    4. D. The worry about whether help was needed
  47. 47. What is distress tolerance?
    1. A. The ability to win every argument that you start
    2. B. The ability to avoid every hard moment in your life
    3. C. Getting through a hard moment without worsening it ← Answer
    4. D. The ability to ignore your feelings until they vanish
  48. 48. What is consent?
    1. A. A silence that people take to mean yes
    2. B. A promise that can never be changed
    3. C. A yes that comes after being pressured
    4. D. A clear, freely given yes to something ← Answer
  49. 49. What is active listening?
    1. A. Giving full attention and reflecting back what you hear ← Answer
    2. B. Looking at your phone while the other person is still talking
    3. C. Waiting for your turn to talk while you think of your own advice
    4. D. Telling the other person what they ought to do right away
  50. 50. When emotions are strong, what does the brain focus on?
    1. A. The immediate feeling or reward ← Answer
    2. B. The advice that a trusted adult gave
    3. C. The long-term results of the choice
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What 8th grade social-emotional covers

8th grade social-emotional at UpOnly Learning is 7 topics, taught in this order: kindness and prosocial behavior, calming strong emotions: reappraisal and self-talk, making decisions under pressure, social media, screens and the mind, healthy relationships and communication, how we learn: conditioning, feedback and mindset, and mental wellness and supporting a friend. The 50 questions above are drawn from those topics, with the answer marked beside each one, so you can see what has stuck and what needs another lesson. The workbook teaches each topic with a 40-minute lesson; the free PDF sample has one full topic.

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  • Kindness and prosocial behavior: Explain why people help or do not help and plan a safe act of help
  • Calming strong emotions: reappraisal and self-talk: Use reappraisal and balanced self-talk to change the intensity of an emotion
  • Making decisions under pressure: Apply a stepwise decision process and plan responses to risky situations
  • Social media, screens and the mind: Explain how apps hold attention and set guidelines for intentional use
  • Healthy relationships and communication: Tell healthy from unhealthy behaviors and use assertive communication and boundaries
  • How we learn: conditioning, feedback and mindset: Describe conditioning and use deliberate practice and feedback to improve a skill
  • Mental wellness and supporting a friend: Describe wellness habits, warning signs and how to connect a friend with a trusted adult

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Making Decisions Under Pressure

The student will describe how emotion, time pressure and peers affect decisions, apply a stepwise decision process, and plan responses to risky situations ahead of time. · 40 min

Warm-up — say this

“Decisions made in a hurry or with friends watching can differ from the choices we make alone and calm. Let's plan for that.”

Worked example

A group at a sleepover wants to post an embarrassing video of another student. Use the process to decide.

Answer: Define: post or not. Options: post, don't post and say so, leave or call an adult. Consequences: hurts someone, may break rules, cannot be undone online. Values: kindness and respect. Choice: don't post, speak up or leave, tell a trusted adult if needed.

A mistake students make

I should always go with my gut.

How the book fixes it

Explain that gut feelings can be useful, but under strong emotion or pressure they can mislead. Pause when stakes are high.

Note to the parent

Agree on a code word or text your student can use to ask for a no-questions-asked pickup. Making it easy to leave a bad situation is protective.

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