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Educational Psychology Basics
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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. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are
Control variable
Universal
Intelligence
Vygotsky
2. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Identity foreclosure
Piaget
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
3. What happened in the past
Kohlberg
Early maturing girls
Beverly Fargot
Correlation
4. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression
Learned helplessness
Educational psychology
6 hour retardets
Frequency distribution
5. _____ had a huge impact on
Erikson's criticisms
Normal curve
Educational psychology
Piaget
6. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Control variable
Stages
Invariant
7. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________
Invariant
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Scheme
Frequency distribution
8. 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
Beverly Fagot
Adaptation
Beverly Fargot
Zone of Proximal Distance
9. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
Different types of tests and surverys
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
Egocentric thinking
10. 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
'storm and stress'
Beverly Fargot
Educational psychology
Carol Gilligan
11. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Moral development
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Hartshore and May
12. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Double blind study
Pase vs Hannon
Egocentric thinking
13. Define intelligence
Psychosocial moratorium
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Invariant
Think at different ages
14. 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
Adaptation
Criticisms of Piaget
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Erikson's contributions
15. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
BITCH test
Preconventional morality
16. 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
Criticisms of Piaget
Adaptation
Erikson's contributions
Zone of Proximal Distance
17. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
Critical period
Contributions of Piaget
Independent variable
Emotional intelligence
18. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Educational psychology
Psychosocial moratorium
Early maturing girls
19. 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
Early maturing girls
Pase vs Hannon
Parpain
Percentile score
20. 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 )
Accommodation
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Late maturing boys
Control variable
21. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time
Psychosocial moratorium
Erikson's contributions
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Decentration
22. 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 )
Concrete-operational stage
Conventional morality
Vygotsky beliefs
Erikson's criticisms
23. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this
Control variable
Reversibility
Normal curve
6 hour retardets
24. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)
Object permanence
Late maturing boys
BITCH test
Invariant
25. 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.
Erikson's criticisms
Naturalistic observations
Moral development
Contributions of Piaget
26. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________
Correlation
6 hour retardets
Psychosocial moratorium
Experimental methods
27. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Standardized testing
Early maturing girls
Zone of Proximal Distance
28. Based on the standard deviation
Individual case study
Reliability
Emotional intelligence
Standard score (derived score)
29. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
Formal operation stage
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Standardized testing
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
30. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play
Intelligence
Parpain
Lorenz - imprinting
Naturalistic observation
31. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Conservation
Dependent variable
Experimental methods
32. Are the scores repeatable?
Decentration
Egocentric thinking
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Reliability
33. 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
Early and late maturation
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Identity achievement
Early maturing boys
34. More confident and more outgoing
Invariant
Jean Block
Late maturing girls
Early maturing boys
35. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?
Trust vs mistrust; if the child's basic needs are met during this stage then they come out with a sense of trust; if not met they come out with a sense of mistrust
Early maturing girls
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
36. Does it measure what it claims to measure?
Post conventional morality
Experimental methods
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Validity
37. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______
1st year ; development of trust
Vygotsky
Naturalistic observation
Reversibility
38. 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
Beverly Fagot
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Correlation
Parallel play
39. 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
Different types of tests and surverys
Accommodation
Moral development
Assimilation
40. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary
Early maturing boys
Adaptation
Educational psychology
Independent variable
41. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight
Experimental methods
Object permanence
Arthur JEnsen
Conventional morality
42. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)
Educational psychology
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Sandra bem
6 hour retardets
43. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills
Adaptation
Intelligence
Stages
Conventional morality
44. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development
Clinical method
Experimental methods
Negative correlation
Language
45. 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
Accommodation
BITCH test
Emotional intelligence
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
46. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Percentile score
Role confusions
Jane Mercer
47. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school
Jane Mercer
Control variable
Adaptation
Positive correlation
48. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained
Concrete-operational stage
Identity foreclosure
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
Positive correlation
49. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance
Contributions of Piaget
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Invariant
Norm reference test
50. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually
Formal operation stage
Lorenz - imprinting
Psychoscoial moratorium
Organization and adaptation