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Educational Psychology Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. 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
Organizations
Preconventional morality
Jane Mercer
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
2. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared
James Marcia
'storm and stress'
Trust vs mistrust; if the child's basic needs are met during this stage then they come out with a sense of trust; if not met they come out with a sense of mistrust
Standardized scores
3. 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
Negative correlation
Identity vs role confusion
Individual case study
Stanine scores
4. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful
4 times - successful suicide
Beverly Fargot
Moral development
Organizations
5. What are the two types of adaptation?
Adaptation
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Assimilation and accommodation
Laray Pee case
6. 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
Clinical method
Standardized testing
Naturalistic observations
Beverly Fargot
7. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?
Positive correlation
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Think at different ages
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
8. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills
Individual case study
Preconventional morality
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Intelligence
9. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?
Identity achievement
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
1st year ; development of trust
Critical period
10. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Industry vs inferiority
Cognitive reasoning
Grade equivalency score
11. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Identity foreclosure
Hartshore and May
12. 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
Individual case study
Decentration
Validity
Early maturing girls
13. More confident and more outgoing
Hartshore and May
Role confusions
Late maturing girls
Positive correlation
14. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Experimental methods
Jean Block
Identity vs role confusion
15. 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
Industry vs inferiority
Zone of Proximal Distance
Identity achievement
Assimilation and accommodation
16. An organized pattern of behavior or thought
Naturalistic observations
Sandra bem
Scheme
Erikson's criticisms
17. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
Critical period
Preoperational stage
Experimental methods
Educational psychology
18. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time
Jean Block
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Emotional intelligence
Decentration
19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?
Jean Block
Erikson's contributions
Egocentric thinking
Validity
20. 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
Sandra bem
Late maturing boys
Criticisms of Piaget
Adaptation
21. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______
Standardized testing
Late maturing girls
1st year ; development of trust
Erikson's contributions
22. Define intelligence
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Control variable
23. 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)
Identity diffusion
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Positive correlation
24. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes
6 hour retardets
Critical period
Correlation
Carol Gilligan
25. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence
26. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained
Positive correlation
Norm reference test
Object permanence
Piaget
27. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Egocentric thinking
Norm reference test
Moral development
28. 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
Early maturing boys
Double blind study
Pase vs Hannon
Identity achievement
29. 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.
Carol Gilligan
Lorenz - imprinting
Erikson's contributions
Piaget
30. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________
Psychosocial moratorium
Egocentric thinking
Standardized scores
Decentration
31. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________
Grade equivalency score
Role confusions
Moral development
Stanine scores
32. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Normal curve
Preoperational stage
33. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____
Reliability and validity
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
Grade equivalency score
Private speech
34. 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
Post conventional morality
Conventional morality
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Formal operation stage
35. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Experimental and control
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
36. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______
Accommodation
Control variable
Stages
Think at different ages
37. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
Egocentric thinking
Critical period
Parallel play
Percentile score
38. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________
BITCH test
Early maturing girls
Invariant
Adaptation
39. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually
Individual case study
James Marcia
Formal operation stage
Preconventional morality
40. 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
Egocentric thinking
Sensorimotor stage
Control variable
Formal operation stage
41. Based on the standard deviation
Correlation
Educational psychology
Standard score (derived score)
Assimilation
42. 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
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
Normal curve
Role confusions
Contributions of Piaget
43. Are the scores repeatable?
Preoperational stage
Assimilation
Role confusions
Reliability
44. 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
Invariant
Reversibility
Preoperational stage
Contributions of Piaget
45. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Moral development
Organizations
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
46. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school
Dependent variable
Jane Mercer
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
47. 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
Learned helplessness
Double blind study
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
Vygotsky
48. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________
Control variable
Jean Block
Experimental and control
Initiative vs guilt
49. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Organizations
Learned helplessness
Grade equivalency score
50. Factor being manipulated in experimental group
Universal
Adaptation
Standardized scores
Independent variable