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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






3. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. _____ had a huge impact on






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Define intelligence






23. 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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24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






35. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






36. What are 5 different types of testing?






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. 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






39. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






40. What happened in the past






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






42. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






45. Based on the standard deviation






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






47. 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 )






48. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






50. 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