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






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






4. 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






5. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






15. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






17. Young kids that talk to themselves






18. More confident and more outgoing






19. 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






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






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






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






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. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






44. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






45. 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






46. 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






47. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






50. 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