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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






2. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






3. 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






4. 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)






5. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






6. 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






7. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






8. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. What are the two types of adaptation?






13. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






14. Define intelligence






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






25. 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






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






28. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






38. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






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






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






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






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






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