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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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


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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






11. 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)






12. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






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






14. Define intelligence






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. Young kids that talk to themselves






26. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






28. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






31. Based on the standard deviation






32. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






33. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






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






35. 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)


36. What happened in the past






37. 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






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






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






40. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






41. 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.






42. 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






43. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






44. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






46. _____ had a huge impact on






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






48. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






50. 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