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Educational Psychology Basics
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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. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________
Psychosocial moratorium
Initiative vs guilt
'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
2. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________
Reversibility
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Independent variable
Correlation
3. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight
Object permanence
Beverly Fagot
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
Experimental methods
4. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________
Role confusions
Emotional intelligence
'storm and stress'
Sandra bem
5. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school
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
Concrete-operational stage
Jane Mercer
6. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role
Identity achievement
Concrete-operational stage
Invariant
Nature vs nurture
7. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Invariant
Kohlberg
Emotional intelligence
8. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance
Reliability
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Pase vs Hannon
9. 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
Concrete-operational stage
Moral development
Initiative vs guilt
Conventional morality
10. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )
Nature vs nurture
Conventional morality
'storm and stress'
Experimental methods
11. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports
Grade equivalency score
Experimental and control
Independent variable
Identity diffusion
12. 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
'storm and stress'
Hartshore and May
Standardized scores
Vygotsky
13. 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
Preoperational stage
Adaptation
Psychoscoial moratorium
Parpain
14. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.
Universal
Organization and adaptation
Experimental and control
Think at different ages
15. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority
16. 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
Naturalistic observation
Emotional intelligence
Positive correlation
Early maturing girls
17. Factor being manipulated in experimental group
Egocentric thinking
'storm and stress'
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Independent variable
18. 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
Sensorimotor stage
Standardized testing
Concrete-operational stage
19. 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
Egocentric thinking
Private speech
James Marcia
Beverly Fargot
20. 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
Post conventional morality
Negative correlation
Validity
Contributions of Piaget
21. 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)
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Individual case study
Reliability
Think at different ages
22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?
Naturalistic observation
Pase vs Hannon
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
Correlation
23. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)
Identity diffusion
Conservation
BITCH test
Positive correlation
24. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)
Late maturing girls
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
Early and late maturation
Late maturing boys
25. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
Identity vs role confusion
Adaptation
Educational psychology
Vygotsky beliefs
26. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?
Laray Pee case
Standardized testing
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
Invariant
27. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
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
Standardized scores
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Psychoscoial moratorium
28. 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)
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
Role confusions
Beverly Fagot
Carol Gilligan
29. 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
Standardized testing
Role confusions
Negative correlation
Educational psychology
30. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do
Jane Mercer
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
6 hour retardets
Egocentric thinking
31. 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
Conservation
Learned helplessness
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
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
32. 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
Accommodation
Stanine scores
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
Jane Mercer
33. 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
Vygotsky beliefs
Identity achievement
Double blind study
Reliability
34. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______
Stages
Assimilation and accommodation
Naturalistic observations
Parallel play
35. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful
Concrete-operational stage
Nature vs nurture
Percentile score
4 times - successful suicide
36. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards
Standardized testing
Preconventional morality
Concrete-operational stage
Parallel play
37. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency
Parallel play
Erikson's contributions
Frequency distribution
Experimental methods
38. 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
39. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them
Dependent variable
Naturalistic observation
Parallel play
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
40. 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
Early and late maturation
Normal curve
Hartshore and May
Criticisms of Piaget
41. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are
Vygotsky
Initiative vs guilt
Jane Mercer
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
42. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?
Cognitive reasoning
Moral development
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Kohlberg
43. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Industry vs inferiority
Preconventional morality
Normal curve
44. Stages all happen in the same sequence
Invariant
Conservation
Universal
Erikson's criticisms
45. 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
Early maturing boys
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Zone of Proximal Distance
Positive correlation
46. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
Hartshore and May
Vygotsky beliefs
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Critical period
47. 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
Clinical method
Reversibility
1. preconventional morality 2. conventional morality 3. post conventional morality
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
48. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score
Percentile score
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Identity achievement
Organizations
49. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class
Organization and adaptation
Educational psychology
Initiative vs guilt
Conservation
50. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions
Invariant
Clinical method
Pase vs Hannon
Moral development