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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. 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 )






2. 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






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






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






5. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






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






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






12. 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)


13. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






14. 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






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






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






17. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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


24. 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






25. 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






26. Are the scores repeatable?






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






28. 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 )






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






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






31. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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






33. 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






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






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






36. _____ had a huge impact on






37. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






39. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






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






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






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






43. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






44. The sens of balance is known as ________________






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?