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Educational Psychology Basics

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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. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






3. 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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4. 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






5. 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






6. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






11. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






12. 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






13. 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)






14. 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






15. _____ had a huge impact on






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






23. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






24. What happened in the past






25. 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






26. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






28. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






30. Behavior being measured in experiment






31. What are 5 different types of testing?






32. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. Are the scores repeatable?






49. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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