Test your basic knowledge |

Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. 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)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






6. 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)






7. 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






8. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






11. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






19. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


23. 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 )






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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)






32. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






33. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






35. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






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






37. 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






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






39. _____ had a huge impact on






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






48. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






49. 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






50. 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