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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






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






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






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






6. 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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7. 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.






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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

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






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

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






16. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






17. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






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






19. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






20. Define intelligence






21. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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






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






24. 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






25. Based on the standard deviation






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






27. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






28. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






29. 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






30. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






31. 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






32. 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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33. More confident and more outgoing






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






40. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






41. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






44. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






45. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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46. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






47. 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






48. 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)






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






50. Behavior being measured in experiment