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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






3. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






4. 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






5. 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)


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






7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






9. What happened in the past






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






11. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






12. 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 )






13. Young kids that talk to themselves






14. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






15. 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






16. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






17. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






20. 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






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






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






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. Define intelligence






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






37. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






38. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






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






41. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence


42. 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


43. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






45. More confident and more outgoing






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






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






50. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.