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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






3. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






5. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






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






7. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Based on the standard deviation






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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 )






21. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






23. 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






24. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






25. 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.






26. 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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27. 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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28. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






29. 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






30. What happened in the past






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






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






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






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






35. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






38. 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






39. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






47. Define intelligence






48. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






49. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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