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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Behavior being measured in experiment






8. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






9. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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


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






12. 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






13. 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)






14. 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


15. 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






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






17. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






18. 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






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






20. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority


21. More confident and more outgoing






22. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






23. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






28. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






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






34. 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






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






36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






37. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






39. 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






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






41. 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 )






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. 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