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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • 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. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






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






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






4. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. More confident and more outgoing






9. 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






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






11. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






13. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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


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






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






18. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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)


27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






28. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






29. What happened in the past






30. 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






31. Define intelligence






32. 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






33. 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)






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






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






36. 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






37. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






40. What are 5 different types of testing?






41. 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






42. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence


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






44. 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






45. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






48. _____ had a huge impact on






49. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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