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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






2. 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






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






4. What happened in the past






5. What are the two types of adaptation?






6. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






7. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






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






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

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10. What are 5 different types of testing?






11. 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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12. Based on the standard deviation






13. 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.






14. More confident and more outgoing






15. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






16. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






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

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19. 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






20. 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)






21. 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






22. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






25. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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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35. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






36. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






38. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. Behavior being measured in experiment






44. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






45. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






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






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







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