EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND
MEASUREMENT EXAM 1
List the 6 things that expert teachers do: - Correct Answers -1. Continue professional
development
2. Understand content to be taught and why students make mistakes
3. Deeper understanding of underlying classroom behavior
4. Recognize behavior problems and has several responses and solutions
5. Automatic routines
6. Sets appropriate goals and objectives for education
What is the point of an objective? - Correct Answers -To aim a lesson or an activity
toward a specific goal
Teachers should design activities that: - Correct Answers -Help students succeed and
reach an objective/goal
Research - Correct Answers -Systematic application of methods that are employed to
provide trustworthy information about problems
What makes educational psychologists different? - Correct Answers -How they apply
what we know to make the learning better
Basic - Correct Answers -Develop or enhance a theory
Applied - Correct Answers -Apply or test a theory and evaluate its usefulness
Dependent - Correct Answers -A variable whose value depends on another
Independent - Correct Answers -A variable whose value does NOT depend on another
Constants - Correct Answers -Things we intentionally keep the same
Correlational Studies - Correct Answers -A study that uses correlational statistics to
explain the strength and direction of a relationship between two things
Define correlation: - Correct Answers -How things relate to one another
Positive - Correct Answers -Relationship moves together
, Negative - Correct Answers -Relationship moves apart
Correlation Coefficient - Correct Answers -Strength of the relationship
No correlation - Correct Answers -When changes in variables aren't associated
Spurious Correlation - Correct Answers -Occur randomly and don't relate to each other
(ice cream and murder)
Causation - Correct Answers -When a cause leads to an effect
Experimental Studies - Correct Answers -Studies cause and effect ; introduce changes
Random Assignment - Correct Answers -Assigning participants to experimental and
control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those
assigned to the different groups
Introduces Changes - Correct Answers -Needed to produce a different variable to
produce change
Statistically Significant - Correct Answers -Significant if p < .05
Development - Correct Answers -Changes that occur between life and death ; cause
permanent changes
Is nature or nurture more important? - Correct Answers -Both are equally important
Epigenetics - Correct Answers -Shows how nature v. nurture affects ones genes (Ex. if
you have the gene it could be activated by a trauma response)
Occipital - Correct Answers -Vision
Parietal - Correct Answers -Sensation
Temporal - Correct Answers -Hearing and memory
Front - Correct Answers -Movement and executive function
Piaget's 4 Stages: Stage 1 - Correct Answers -Sensorimotor (birth-2) object
permanence ; sense; reflective actions to goal directed ; imitate
Piaget's 4 Stages: Stage 2 - Correct Answers -Preoperational (2-7) use language ;
egocentric world view ; collective monologue ; one direction actions
MEASUREMENT EXAM 1
List the 6 things that expert teachers do: - Correct Answers -1. Continue professional
development
2. Understand content to be taught and why students make mistakes
3. Deeper understanding of underlying classroom behavior
4. Recognize behavior problems and has several responses and solutions
5. Automatic routines
6. Sets appropriate goals and objectives for education
What is the point of an objective? - Correct Answers -To aim a lesson or an activity
toward a specific goal
Teachers should design activities that: - Correct Answers -Help students succeed and
reach an objective/goal
Research - Correct Answers -Systematic application of methods that are employed to
provide trustworthy information about problems
What makes educational psychologists different? - Correct Answers -How they apply
what we know to make the learning better
Basic - Correct Answers -Develop or enhance a theory
Applied - Correct Answers -Apply or test a theory and evaluate its usefulness
Dependent - Correct Answers -A variable whose value depends on another
Independent - Correct Answers -A variable whose value does NOT depend on another
Constants - Correct Answers -Things we intentionally keep the same
Correlational Studies - Correct Answers -A study that uses correlational statistics to
explain the strength and direction of a relationship between two things
Define correlation: - Correct Answers -How things relate to one another
Positive - Correct Answers -Relationship moves together
, Negative - Correct Answers -Relationship moves apart
Correlation Coefficient - Correct Answers -Strength of the relationship
No correlation - Correct Answers -When changes in variables aren't associated
Spurious Correlation - Correct Answers -Occur randomly and don't relate to each other
(ice cream and murder)
Causation - Correct Answers -When a cause leads to an effect
Experimental Studies - Correct Answers -Studies cause and effect ; introduce changes
Random Assignment - Correct Answers -Assigning participants to experimental and
control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those
assigned to the different groups
Introduces Changes - Correct Answers -Needed to produce a different variable to
produce change
Statistically Significant - Correct Answers -Significant if p < .05
Development - Correct Answers -Changes that occur between life and death ; cause
permanent changes
Is nature or nurture more important? - Correct Answers -Both are equally important
Epigenetics - Correct Answers -Shows how nature v. nurture affects ones genes (Ex. if
you have the gene it could be activated by a trauma response)
Occipital - Correct Answers -Vision
Parietal - Correct Answers -Sensation
Temporal - Correct Answers -Hearing and memory
Front - Correct Answers -Movement and executive function
Piaget's 4 Stages: Stage 1 - Correct Answers -Sensorimotor (birth-2) object
permanence ; sense; reflective actions to goal directed ; imitate
Piaget's 4 Stages: Stage 2 - Correct Answers -Preoperational (2-7) use language ;
egocentric world view ; collective monologue ; one direction actions
