Understanding Educational Psychology
Give one Latin word that describes the word 'education'
Educare or Educere
Which one below is a strategy of intentional teaching
A) Shouting at students
B) Applying corporal punishment
C) Thoughtful Questioning
D) None of the above
Thoughtful Questioning
the scientific study of ways in which people change, as well as stay the same, from conception to death is called
Lifespan Development or Human Development
In psychology how is learning defined
Learning is defined as a process that leads to long-term change in behaviour, knowledge, skills or attitude that occurs as a result of psychological or social experience.
In 1913 John B Watson discovered a movement in psychology called
Behaviourism
Who said this Quote “Educational psychology deals with the behaviour of human beings in educational situations”
Charles E. Skinner
This approach encourages students to take ownership of their learning
Learner-centered approach
In Development Psychology what is the main difference between growth and development?
Growth refers to physical changes throughout lifespan while development more refers to internal or psychological changes through the lifespan
This type of learning occurs when an organism makes connections between stimuli or events that occur together in the environment.
Associative Learning
Functionalism in psychology was founded by who
William James
APA American Psychological Association describes psychology as......
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour
In the learner-centered approach, 'real world-applications' strategy means
Provide opportunities for learners to apply their newly acquired skills and knowledge in the real-world situations, such as case studies, virtual labs, or project-based assignments
What are Developmental Milestones?
things most children can do by a certain age. e.g Skills such as taking a first step, smiling etc
A natural unlearned reaction to a stimulus US E.g. Cutting an onion makes your eyes produce tears
An Unconditioned Response
True or False: The history of educational psychology illustrates that for nearly over a 100 yrs blacks were seen as less intelligent than the white race.
TRUE
Which one is an important factor in the scope of educational psychology?
A) Resilience.
B) Learning experience
C) Grooming
Learning experience
Collect numerical data in educational psychology research e.g. through experiments, survey etc. is called
A quantitative research
Non-normative influences according to developmental psychology are
Unpredictable events such as getting a degree,Marriage etc
When prior learning by animals or humans becomes overwhelming, stressful or traumatic and causes an innate psychological negative mental state of passiveness or ‘give up mentality’ this is called
Learned Helplessness
The first African-American Woman to receive a PhD was
Inez Beverly Prosser
It is a three-prong analysis in studying human behaviour from multiple perspectives across the lifespan
The Biopsychosocial Approach
Mixed Research in educational psychology is called
A mix of both quantitative and Qualitative research
The three domains of human development are
Cognitive,Physical and Psychosocial Development
There is no direct interaction between learners and models in this mode. Instead, learners imitate behaviour from various representations in media, such as books, films, and games.This called
Symbolic modelling
He was the first African American to be given the title 'School Psychologist'
Albert Sidney Beckham
According to the Biopsychosocial Approach in the classroom, what are 'predisposing factors'?
What are the longstanding factors in the student’s life that may be affecting their functioning? E.g. medical conditions and poverty
The Task stage in the three development stages of an educator is described as
The second stage of teaching in which a teacher’s concerns focus on improving his or her teaching skills and mastering the content being taught. How to best help students learn.
In Jean Piaget's Cognitive Development, the Formal Operational stage begins at what age
12-upwards
An approach to learning that holds that students actively construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by the experiences of the learner is called
Constructivism
His mother was Jamaican and his famous research 'The Doll Study Test' was used in the American court to remove segregated schools and classroom
Kenneth Clark