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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






2. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






3. Are the scores repeatable?






4. 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






5. 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






6. Stages all happen in the same sequence






7. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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

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






10. Define intelligence






11. 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






12. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






18. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






20. 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






21. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






22. 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






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






24. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






25. 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






26. 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






27. What happened in the past






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






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






30. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






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






32. 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.






33. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






39. More confident and more outgoing






40. 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 )






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






42. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






43. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






44. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






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






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






50. 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