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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. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






3. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






4. Define intelligence






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






6. 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)






7. 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






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






9. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Based on the standard deviation






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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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






19. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






20. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






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






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






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






25. 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






26. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. 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


29. Are the scores repeatable?






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






31. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






32. 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






33. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






34. 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






35. 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






36. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






46. What are 5 different types of testing?






47. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






48. 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






49. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






50. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes