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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. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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






3. 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






4. What happened in the past






5. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






8. 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






9. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






11. 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






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






13. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Behavior being measured in experiment






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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 )






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






28. What are 5 different types of testing?






29. More confident and more outgoing






30. 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






31. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






32. 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






33. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






34. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






44. Define intelligence






45. 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






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






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)


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






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






50. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________