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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






2. 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






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






4. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






21. 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






22. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






24. 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






25. Stages all happen in the same sequence






26. 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






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






28. 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 )






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

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30. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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. 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.






33. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






35. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






36. 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 )






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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

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






43. 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






44. Behavior being measured in experiment






45. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






48. 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






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






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