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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are the scores repeatable?






2. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






5. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






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






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






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






9. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






15. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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


18. 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






19. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






20. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






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






28. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






29. 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)






30. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






31. 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 )






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. Define intelligence






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






45. 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






46. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






48. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






49. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






50. 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