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






2. 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






3. 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






4. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






5. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






7. What are the two types of adaptation?






8. The sens of balance is known as ________________






9. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world


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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. What are 5 different types of testing?






24. 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


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






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






27. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






28. 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)


29. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






31. 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 )






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






40. 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)






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






42. 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






43. 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)






44. 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 )






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






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






47. 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






48. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






49. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






50. 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