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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. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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 )






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






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






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






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






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






11. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






12. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






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






14. The sens of balance is known as ________________






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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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23. 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






24. 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






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






26. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






28. 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






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






30. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






31. Behavior being measured in experiment






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Stages all happen in the same sequence






39. 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






40. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






42. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






43. 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)






44. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. What happened in the past






50. 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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