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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






9. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






10. What happened in the past






11. Are the scores repeatable?






12. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






14. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






15. 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






16. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






17. The sens of balance is known as ________________






18. 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






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






20. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






21. 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)






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






29. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






32. 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)






33. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






34. 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






35. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






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






37. 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 )






38. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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

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41. 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






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






43. Define intelligence






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






49. 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






50. 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