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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. 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






2. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






5. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






7. 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)






8. 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






9. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. Behavior being measured in experiment






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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

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






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






21. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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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33. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






34. More confident and more outgoing






35. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






43. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






44. 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






45. 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






46. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






47. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






50. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?