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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. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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2. 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






3. 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






4. _____ had a huge impact on






5. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






6. What happened in the past






7. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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

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






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






23. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






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. 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






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






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






39. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






40. 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






41. 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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42. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






43. 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






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






45. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Factor being manipulated in experimental group