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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • 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. 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






2. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






3. 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






4. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






5. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






6. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






8. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






9. 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 )






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






14. Stages all happen in the same sequence






15. 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






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. 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


18. 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)






19. 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






20. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






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






22. 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






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






24. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






27. 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






28. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






30. 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)






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






36. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






37. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






38. 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






39. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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






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






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






43. Based on the standard deviation






44. What are 5 different types of testing?






45. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






48. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






49. 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






50. What are the two types of adaptation?