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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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2. What happened in the past






3. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






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






5. 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






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






7. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






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






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






11. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






12. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






14. 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






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






16. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






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






29. Stages all happen in the same sequence






30. 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






31. 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.






32. What are 5 different types of testing?






33. 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






34. Are the scores repeatable?






35. 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






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






37. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






38. 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)






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






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






41. 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






42. 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 )






43. 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






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






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






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

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48. 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






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






50. The sens of balance is known as ________________