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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






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






3. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






4. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






5. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






7. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






8. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






9. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






10. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






11. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






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






13. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






14. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






15. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






18. 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






19. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






20. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






21. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






22. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






23. Behavior being measured in experiment






24. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






25. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






26. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






27. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






28. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






29. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






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






31. What happened in the past






32. 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






33. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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34. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






35. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






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






37. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






38. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






40. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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41. 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






42. 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






43. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






44. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






45. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






48. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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49. 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






50. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one