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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






15. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






18. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






22. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






24. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






26. 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






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






28. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






29. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






30. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






33. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






34. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






35. 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






36. Define intelligence






37. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






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






40. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






41. What happened in the past






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






43. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






44. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






45. 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






46. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






48. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






49. 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






50. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.