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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






3. What happened in the past






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






5. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






8. 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






9. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






10. 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






11. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






12. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






13. Define intelligence






14. 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






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






16. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






17. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






18. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






19. 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






20. 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 )






21. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






22. 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 )






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






24. 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)






25. 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.






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






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






28. Based on the standard deviation






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






30. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






31. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






32. Are the scores repeatable?






33. 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






34. More confident and more outgoing






35. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






36. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






42. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






43. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






44. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






45. 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






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






47. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






50. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually