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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Young kids that talk to themselves






19. 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






20. 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






21. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






26. 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






27. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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

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31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






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






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






40. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






42. 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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43. 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






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






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






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






47. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






48. 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.






49. What happened in the past






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