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Educational Psychology Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factor being manipulated in experimental group
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Arthur JEnsen
Sandra bem
Independent variable
2. 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
Standardized testing
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Naturalistic observations
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
3. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play
Language
Parpain
Standard score (derived score)
Critical period
4. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________
Stages
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Industry vs inferiority
Role confusions
5. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time
Universal
Decentration
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Control variable
6. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development
Assimilation
Language
Preoperational stage
Critical period
7. 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
Hartshore and May
Critical period
Negative correlation
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
8. More confident and more outgoing
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Early maturing boys
Vygotsky
Late maturing girls
9. Behavior being measured in experiment
Dependent variable
Reliability and validity
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
10. 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
Zone of Proximal Distance
Negative correlation
Sandra bem
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
11. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency
Initiative vs guilt
Pase vs Hannon
Naturalistic observations
Frequency distribution
12. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
4 times - successful suicide
Critical period
Think at different ages
13. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes
Correlation
6 hour retardets
Private speech
Lorenz - imprinting
14. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Testing
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Sensorimotor stage
15. 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
Assimilation
Standardized scores
Norm reference test
Nature vs nurture
16. 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.
Concrete-operational stage
Lorenz - imprinting
Organizations
Preoperational stage
17. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class
Educational psychology
Stanine scores
Industry vs inferiority
Pase vs Hannon
18. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )
Identity achievement
Correlation
Validity
Conventional morality
19. 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.
Decentration
Erikson's criticisms
Naturalistic observations
Criticisms of Piaget
20. 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
Early maturing boys
BITCH test
Laray Pee case
Normal curve
21. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared
Educational psychology
Identity diffusion
Lorenz - imprinting
Standardized scores
22. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount
Assimilation
Reversibility
Think at different ages
Preconventional morality
23. 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 )
Sensorimotor stage
BITCH test
Accommodation
Experimental and control
24. 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
Individual case study
Beverly Fargot
James Marcia
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
25. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?
Control variable
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Identity foreclosure
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
26. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
Adaptation
Preoperational stage
Grade equivalency score
27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.
Different types of tests and surverys
Criticisms of Piaget
Parpain
Correlation
28. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment
Laray Pee case
Preconventional morality
Kohlberg
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
29. 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
Naturalistic observation
Jane Mercer
Beverly Fagot
Percentile score
30. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities
Think at different ages
Psychoscoial moratorium
Dependent variable
Zone of Proximal Distance
31. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.
Think at different ages
Control variable
Language
Sandra bem
32. 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
Testing
Validity
Initiative vs guilt
Positive correlation
33. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
Standardized testing
Trust vs mistrust; if the child's basic needs are met during this stage then they come out with a sense of trust; if not met they come out with a sense of mistrust
Reliability and validity
Educational psychology
34. 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
Industry vs inferiority
Contributions of Piaget
Stanine scores
Organization and adaptation
35. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are
Vygotsky
Independent variable
Negative correlation
Conventional morality
36. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______
Assimilation and accommodation
Stages
Normal curve
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
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
Private speech
Clinical method
Negative correlation
Normal curve
38. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________
Experimental methods
Dependent variable
Psychosocial moratorium
Sensorimotor stage
39. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight
Object permanence
Assimilation and accommodation
Invariant
Parallel play
40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills
Intelligence
Critical period
Identity achievement
Early maturing girls
41. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)
Vygotsky
Control variable
Identity vs role confusion
Sandra bem
42. Are the scores repeatable?
Reliability
Scheme
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
43. Define intelligence
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Zone of Proximal Distance
Invariant
Reliability and validity
44. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority
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45. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one
Adaptation
Standardized testing
Arthur JEnsen
Control variable
46. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Beverly Fagot
Early maturing girls
Post conventional morality
Moral development
47. 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
'storm and stress'
Conservation
Criticisms of Piaget
Standardized scores
48. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?
James Marcia
Cognitive reasoning
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Identity achievement
49. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )
Standard score (derived score)
James Marcia
Testing
Identity vs role confusion
50. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)
Early and late maturation
Private speech
Parallel play
Assimilation