Test your basic knowledge |

Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. 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






2. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






3. 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






4. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






17. _____ had a huge impact on






18. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






30. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






32. 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 )






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. 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 )






37. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






39. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






40. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






41. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






43. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






44. 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






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






46. 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)






47. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






50. What happened in the past