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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






9. 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






10. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






11. 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






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

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






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






15. 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






16. Behavior being measured in experiment






17. Define intelligence






18. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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 )






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






31. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






32. 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






33. 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)






34. 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)






35. 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






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






37. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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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43. Are the scores repeatable?






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






45. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






47. Stages all happen in the same sequence






48. 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






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






50. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful