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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. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






6. 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






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

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8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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)






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Based on the standard deviation






19. 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






20. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






34. Define intelligence






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






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






37. 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)






38. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






40. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






42. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






44. 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






45. 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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46. More confident and more outgoing






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






48. 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






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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