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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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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. Are the scores repeatable?






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






3. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






17. 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






18. 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






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






21. 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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22. 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






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






24. Stages all happen in the same sequence






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. Based on the standard deviation






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






39. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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. 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






42. 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






43. 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






44. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






46. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






48. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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