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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. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






5. 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






6. 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)






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

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






9. 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






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






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






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






13. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






15. 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 )






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






17. 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






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






19. 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)






20. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






22. 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






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






24. What are 5 different types of testing?






25. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






26. Behavior being measured in experiment






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Define intelligence






34. The sens of balance is known as ________________






35. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






40. Based on the standard deviation






41. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






45. Stages all happen in the same sequence






46. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






47. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






48. 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






49. 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






50. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________