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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






2. 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






3. 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






4. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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)






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






14. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






15. 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






16. 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






17. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






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






22. 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 )






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






24. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






25. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






26. 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






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






28. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






32. 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






33. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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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48. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






49. 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






50. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte