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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. 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






3. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






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






11. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






12. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






15. 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






16. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






17. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






22. Define intelligence






23. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






25. 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






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






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






28. More confident and more outgoing






29. 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.






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. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






33. _____ had a huge impact on






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

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






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






37. 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)






38. 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






39. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Are the scores repeatable?






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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