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Educational Psychology Basics
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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. 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
1st year ; development of trust
BITCH test
Conservation
Clinical method
2. 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)
3. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Identity foreclosure
Reliability and validity
Preoperational stage
4. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them
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
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Parallel play
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
5. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
Control variable
Grade equivalency score
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Decentration
6. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________
Experimental and control
Think at different ages
Vygotsky beliefs
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
7. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class
Naturalistic observations
Educational psychology
Clinical method
Kohlberg
8. The sens of balance is known as ________________
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Beverly Fargot
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Norm reference test
9. 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
Zone of Proximal Distance
Sensorimotor stage
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Emotional intelligence
10. 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
Late maturing girls
Zone of Proximal Distance
Emotional intelligence
Sandra bem
11. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school
Sandra bem
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Jane Mercer
Identity vs role confusion
12. 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
Learned helplessness
Accommodation
Invariant
Preoperational stage
13. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______
Experimental methods
BITCH test
Universal
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
14. 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
Vygotsky beliefs
Reliability and validity
Stanine scores
Dependent variable
15. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )
Clinical method
Experimental methods
Parallel play
James Marcia
16. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes
6 hour retardets
Identity diffusion
Beverly Fargot
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
17. 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
Nature vs nurture
Beverly Fargot
Hartshore and May
Reliability and validity
18. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
Accommodation
Positive correlation
Educational psychology
Independent variable
19. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority
20. 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
Preoperational stage
Concrete-operational stage
Role confusions
Late maturing girls
21. 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
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Adaptation
Standardized testing
22. 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
Early and late maturation
Adaptation
Validity
Early maturing boys
23. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment
Reliability and validity
Assimilation and accommodation
Preconventional morality
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
24. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages
Reversibility
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
James Marcia
Kohlberg
25. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Different types of tests and surverys
Pase vs Hannon
Testing
26. 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
Naturalistic observation
Accommodation
Vygotsky
Clinical method
27. _____ had a huge impact on
Language
Identity vs role confusion
Piaget
BITCH test
28. 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
Carol Gilligan
Initiative vs guilt
Learned helplessness
Post conventional morality
29. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________
Late maturing girls
Invariant
Emotional intelligence
Jane Mercer
30. 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
Early maturing girls
Negative correlation
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Nature vs nurture
31. 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
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Zone of Proximal Distance
Initiative vs guilt
Carol Gilligan
32. 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
Late maturing girls
Erikson's contributions
Conservation
Standard score (derived score)
33. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Industry vs inferiority
Decentration
Normal curve
34. Young kids that talk to themselves
Adaptation
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Late maturing boys
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
35. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________
James Marcia
Parallel play
Intelligence
Correlation
36. Based on the standard deviation
Standard score (derived score)
Identity foreclosure
Standardized testing
Early and late maturation
37. An organized pattern of behavior or thought
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
Vygotsky beliefs
Scheme
Frequency distribution
38. 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 )
Reliability and validity
Accommodation
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
Scheme
39. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that
Testing
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
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Learned helplessness
40. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Moral development
Educational psychology
Kohlberg
Psychoscoial moratorium
41. 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
Laray Pee case
Negative correlation
Kohlberg
Standardized scores
42. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______
1st year ; development of trust
Identity vs role confusion
6 hour retardets
Preoperational stage
43. What are 5 different types of testing?
Correlation
Concrete-operational stage
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
44. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?
Correlation
Late maturing girls
Cognitive reasoning
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
45. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?
Emotional intelligence
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
Role confusions
Double blind study
46. Does it measure what it claims to measure?
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Universal
Decentration
Validity
47. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)
'storm and stress'
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Early and late maturation
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
48. 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
Egocentric thinking
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Nature vs nurture
Jane Mercer
49. 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
BITCH test
Initiative vs guilt
Beverly Fagot
Invariant
50. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)
Erikson's criticisms
Sandra bem
Early maturing girls
Egocentric thinking