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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






2. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






3. 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)






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






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






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






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


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






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. 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. 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






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


13. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






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






17. What happened in the past






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






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






31. 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






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






33. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






36. 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






37. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






39. 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






40. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






42. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






45. What are 5 different types of testing?






46. 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


47. 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






48. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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