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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


2. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






3. 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






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






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






6. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






7. 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






8. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






9. 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






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






11. 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)


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






13. What happened in the past






14. Define intelligence






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. 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






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






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






19. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. What are 5 different types of testing?






28. 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)






29. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






30. _____ had a huge impact on






31. 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






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






33. Are the scores repeatable?






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






35. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






36. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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)






43. 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






44. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






46. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






48. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






49. 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






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