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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. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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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9. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






22. Based on the standard deviation






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. What are the two types of adaptation?






29. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






30. 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)






31. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






39. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






42. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






43. 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)






44. Stages all happen in the same sequence






45. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






47. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






49. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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