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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. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






12. 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

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13. Are the scores repeatable?






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






19. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






26. 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






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






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






29. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






30. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






33. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






34. 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.






35. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






36. What are 5 different types of testing?






37. 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.






38. 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 )






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






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






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






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






43. What are the two types of adaptation?






44. 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






45. 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






46. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






49. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






50. Define intelligence