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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority


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






3. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






4. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






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






7. 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






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






9. What are 5 different types of testing?






10. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






11. 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 )






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






15. _____ had a huge impact on






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






21. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






22. 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






23. 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)


24. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






30. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






31. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






32. 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






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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


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






40. Stages all happen in the same sequence






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






48. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






49. 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






50. 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