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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. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






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


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






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






12. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






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






21. 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)






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






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


24. 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)


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






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






27. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






28. 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






29. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






38. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






39. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






40. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






43. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






45. 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)






46. 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






47. 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






48. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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