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






2. 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






3. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






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






6. 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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7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






15. 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






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






17. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






20. Stages all happen in the same sequence






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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

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






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






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






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

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33. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






34. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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 )






40. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence