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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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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. 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






2. Young kids that talk to themselves






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






8. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






9. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






10. 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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11. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






13. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






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






15. 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






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






17. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






18. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






20. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






29. 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






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






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






32. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Define intelligence






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






39. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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)






48. 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






49. _____ had a huge impact on






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