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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






2. 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






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






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






5. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






6. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






12. 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






13. 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 )






14. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






16. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






17. 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






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






19. 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)






20. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






21. 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.






22. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






23. Define intelligence






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






26. 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






27. _____ had a huge impact on






28. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






29. 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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30. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






31. 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






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

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33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






39. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






42. Young kids that talk to themselves






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






47. Are the scores repeatable?






48. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






49. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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

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