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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






3. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






4. _____ had a huge impact on






5. What are 5 different types of testing?






6. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






10. 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


11. 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






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






13. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






14. The sens of balance is known as ________________






15. 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






16. Based on the standard deviation






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






18. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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






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






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






22. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






23. What happened in the past






24. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






25. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






26. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






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


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. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






32. 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.






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Define intelligence






38. 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






39. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






41. 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






42. More confident and more outgoing






43. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






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






45. 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






46. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






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






49. Stages all happen in the same sequence






50. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression