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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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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. 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






2. 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






3. 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)






4. 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 )






5. 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 )






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. More confident and more outgoing






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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)






16. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






17. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






23. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






24. 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






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






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






27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






29. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






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






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






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






36. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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