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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






2. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






3. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






4. What happened in the past






5. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






6. Are the scores repeatable?






7. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






8. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






9. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






10. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






11. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






12. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






13. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






14. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






15. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






16. Behavior being measured in experiment






17. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






18. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






19. What are 5 different types of testing?






20. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






21. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






22. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






23. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






24. Young kids that talk to themselves






25. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






26. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






27. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






28. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






29. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






30. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






31. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






32. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






33. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






34. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






35. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






36. Based on the standard deviation






37. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






38. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






39. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






40. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






41. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






42. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






43. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






44. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






45. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






46. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






47. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






48. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






49. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






50. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount