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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. What are 5 different types of testing?






8. 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






9. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






10. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






11. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






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






13. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Behavior being measured in experiment






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


23. 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






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






25. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






29. 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 )






30. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world


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






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






33. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






36. 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






37. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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


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






45. 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)


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






47. 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






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






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






50. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______