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Educational Psychology Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
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
Adaptation
Piaget
Standard score (derived score)
2. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports
Role confusions
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
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Grade equivalency score
3. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one
Jane Mercer
Late maturing girls
'storm and stress'
Control variable
4. 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
Conservation
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Individual case study
Naturalistic observation
5. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment
Cognitive reasoning
Control variable
Invariant
Preconventional morality
6. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )
Psychoscoial moratorium
Vygotsky
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
James Marcia
7. Behavior being measured in experiment
Dependent variable
Pase vs Hannon
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Parpain
8. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Grade equivalency score
Early and late maturation
9. Stages all happen in the same sequence
Pase vs Hannon
Invariant
Parpain
Carol Gilligan
10. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence
11. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores
Identity diffusion
Identity foreclosure
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Arthur JEnsen
12. 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
Adaptation
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Lorenz - imprinting
Post conventional morality
13. 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)
Identity diffusion
Clinical method
BITCH test
Individual case study
14. 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
15. 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
Initiative vs guilt
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Parallel play
Identity diffusion
16. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes
Correlation
6 hour retardets
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Think at different ages
17. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that
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
Testing
Norm reference test
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
18. 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
Organization and adaptation
Assimilation
Jean Block
Conventional morality
19. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score
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
Percentile score
Pase vs Hannon
Vygotsky
20. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority
21. More confident and more outgoing
Late maturing girls
Psychosocial moratorium
Concrete-operational stage
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
22. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?
Invariant
Positive correlation
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
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
23. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Early and late maturation
Private speech
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
24. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared
Adaptation
Standardized scores
Standardized testing
Negative correlation
25. 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
Clinical method
Percentile score
Identity achievement
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
26. 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
Preconventional morality
Emotional intelligence
Piaget
James Marcia
27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.
Lorenz - imprinting
Scheme
Kohlberg
Different types of tests and surverys
28. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards
Standardized testing
Dependent variable
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Positive correlation
29. 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
Piaget
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
Nature vs nurture
Educational psychology
30. 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
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Carol Gilligan
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Post conventional morality
31. 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
Jean Block
Vygotsky
Pase vs Hannon
Universal
32. 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
Accommodation
Norm reference test
Object permanence
Industry vs inferiority
33. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount
Intelligence
Reversibility
Early and late maturation
Late maturing girls
34. 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
Contributions of Piaget
Psychosocial moratorium
Early maturing girls
Language
35. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Norm reference test
Emotional intelligence
Moral development
Correlation
36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group
Norm reference test
Independent variable
Naturalistic observation
Concrete-operational stage
37. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________
Carol Gilligan
Psychosocial moratorium
Early and late maturation
Correlation
38. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________
Role confusions
Language
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
Experimental methods
39. 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
'storm and stress'
Positive correlation
Invariant
Stanine scores
40. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
Criticisms of Piaget
Control variable
Cognitive reasoning
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
41. 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 )
Post conventional morality
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Conventional morality
Dependent variable
42. 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
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
Criterion (criteria) reference test
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Nature vs nurture
43. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
6 hour retardets
Contributions of Piaget
Stages
Critical period
44. 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
Conservation
Double blind study
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Vygotsky
45. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them
Parallel play
James Marcia
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Naturalistic observation
46. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______
Learned helplessness
Stages
Accommodation
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
47. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve
Naturalistic observations
Preoperational stage
Invariant
Nature vs nurture
48. 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
Preoperational stage
Assimilation
Naturalistic observations
Dependent variable
49. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)
Educational psychology
Identity diffusion
Vygotsky
Parpain
50. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence
Reliability
Sensorimotor stage
Zone of Proximal Distance
Positive correlation