Test your basic knowledge |

Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. 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






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






3. 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)






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






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






6. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. What happened in the past






13. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






14. 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)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


15. 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)






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






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






18. 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






19. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






20. Based on the standard deviation






21. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






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






23. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. Define intelligence






29. 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






30. 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






31. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






34. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






38. Are the scores repeatable?






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


44. 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






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






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






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






48. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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