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






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






3. What happened in the past






4. 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






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






6. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






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






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

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






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






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






12. 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






13. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






14. The sens of balance is known as ________________






15. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Based on the standard deviation






21. 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 )






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






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






24. 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)






25. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






27. Define intelligence






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. _____ had a huge impact on






30. 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






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






32. 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






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. Stages all happen in the same sequence






35. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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

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44. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






45. 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






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






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






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






50. 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.