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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






3. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






7. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






8. 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.






9. 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






10. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






11. Stages all happen in the same sequence






12. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






14. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






15. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






16. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






17. 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 )






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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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21. 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)

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22. 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






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






24. 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)






25. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






31. 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






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






33. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Define intelligence






47. Young kids that talk to themselves






48. _____ had a huge impact on






49. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






50. 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