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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






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






4. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. What happened in the past






12. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






13. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






14. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






15. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






16. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






21. 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






22. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






23. 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






24. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






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






26. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






27. 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






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






29. _____ had a huge impact on






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






31. Young kids that talk to themselves






32. 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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33. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






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






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

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43. 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






44. Define intelligence






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






46. The sens of balance is known as ________________






47. 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






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






49. Are the scores repeatable?






50. More confident and more outgoing