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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






2. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






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






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

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7. Based on the standard deviation






8. 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






9. 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)






10. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






12. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






14. Behavior being measured in experiment






15. Define intelligence






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






22. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






23. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






24. 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






25. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






26. _____ had a huge impact on






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






28. 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)






29. 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






30. 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






31. What are 5 different types of testing?






32. Are the scores repeatable?






33. 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






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






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






36. 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 )






37. 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






38. 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






39. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






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






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






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






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






44. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






46. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






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






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






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






50. 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