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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






4. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






5. 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






6. 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






7. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






8. 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.






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






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






11. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






13. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






17. Behavior being measured in experiment






18. 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






19. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






20. 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






21. Define intelligence






22. Young kids that talk to themselves






23. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






24. 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






25. 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






26. What happened in the past






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






35. 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






36. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






37. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






38. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






39. 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






40. What are the two types of adaptation?






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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 )






44. 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






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






46. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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






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






49. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






50. 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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