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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






2. 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 )






3. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






4. 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






5. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






6. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






7. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






8. 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






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






10. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






14. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






15. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






22. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






28. What happened in the past






29. 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






30. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






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






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






33. 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






34. 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)


35. 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






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






37. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






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






42. 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)






43. 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






44. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






45. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






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






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






48. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






49. 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






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