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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






2. 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 )






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






4. Are the scores repeatable?






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






10. What happened in the past






11. Define intelligence






12. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






14. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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






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






17. 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






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

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19. 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






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






21. _____ had a huge impact on






22. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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

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25. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






26. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






28. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






29. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






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






31. 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.






32. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






33. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






35. 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)






36. Based on the standard deviation






37. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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

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39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






46. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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