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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






17. 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






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


19. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






20. What are 5 different types of testing?






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






32. 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 )






33. 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






34. _____ had a huge impact on






35. Are the scores repeatable?






36. 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


37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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)






42. 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






43. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






44. Based on the standard deviation






45. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






46. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






48. What are the two types of adaptation?






49. 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






50. 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