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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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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. Based on the standard deviation






2. Behavior being measured in experiment






3. 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)






4. 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






5. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






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






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






8. 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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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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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. What are the two types of adaptation?






15. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






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






17. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






18. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






19. 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






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






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






23. Define intelligence






24. What happened in the past






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






31. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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32. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






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






34. 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






35. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






36. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






37. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






38. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






40. What are 5 different types of testing?






41. 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






42. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






43. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






45. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






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






47. 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






48. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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