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. 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.






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






3. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






4. 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






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






6. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






7. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






8. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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


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






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






11. 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






12. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






15. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






17. 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






18. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






19. 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






20. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






21. 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






22. Behavior being measured in experiment






23. 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






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






25. What are the two types of adaptation?






26. 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


27. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






28. Young kids that talk to themselves






29. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






32. 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






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






34. What happened in the past






35. 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 )






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






40. 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






41. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






43. 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






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






45. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






47. 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






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






49. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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