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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






6. 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






7. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






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






9. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






10. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






12. 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.






13. 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)






14. More confident and more outgoing






15. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






16. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






17. 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 )






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






19. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






21. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






22. 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






23. 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






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






25. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






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






27. 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






28. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






30. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






33. Define intelligence






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






35. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






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

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






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






41. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Based on the standard deviation






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