ED PSYCH 331 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
accommodation - Answers the process by which children modify existing mental structures or
schemes in order to adapt to new experience- according to Piaget
age norms - Answers the norm (as height, weight, or intellectual achievement) of individuals of a
given age
anorexia nervosa - Answers an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose
weight by refusing to eat; if you do eat it's followed by working out and not eating
assimilation - Answers the process by which children incorporate experience into existing mental
structures or schemes- according Piaget
automaticity - Answers gradual elimination of attention in the processing of info means less effort is
needed to do smaller tasks- things become automatic or habit
casual relationship - Answers when one variable causes a change in another variable. There se types
of relationships are investigated by experimental research in order to determine if change in one
variable actually result in changes in another.
conservation - Answers understanding that the properties of objects like mass, volume and number
do not change just because the objects' appearance changes
eg: two different sizes glasses filled with same amount of water
constructivist approach - Answers perspective that knowledge must be constructed by the learner,
you can't just place knowledge in someone's head
core knowledge - Answers innate, skeletal conceptual structures that develop early and easy, without
instruction, and are universal, but may require experience to fine-tune
correlational study - Answers study that determines if two variables are correlated. Study to see if an
increase or decrease in one variable corresponds to an increase/decrease of another variable
critical period - Answers a period during a child's development in which a skill or characteristic is
believed to be most readily acquire
cross-sectional study - Answers data is collected at one point in time from two or more age groups to
investigate age trends
dependent variable - Answers outcome variable, value which depends on the independent variables
elaboration strategies - Answers a method of enhancing memory that involves creating visual or
verbal links or representations to associate two or more items
experimental study - Answers a study where the experimenter manipulates variables to try and find a
result. This relies on control materials, random assignment, and the manipulation of variables to test
a hypothesis
expertise - Answers great skills or knowledge as a result of practice
g - Answers general intelligence
hypothesis - Answers a falsifiable prediction that is starting point to further investigation
independent variable - Answers experimental variable, this gets manipulated and it affects the
dependent variable
intelligence quotient (IQ) - Answers mental age/ chronical age x 100, score of 100 is average for age,
first IQ test = binet simon scale, most common = Weschlers
long-term memory - Answers the relatively permanent storage of information duration is long and
capacity is large and unlimited
longitudinal study - Answers data is collected from the same individuals two or more times, separate
by some period of time
macrosystem - Answers cultural environment in which the child resides
memory scripts - Answers a schema for how to do something or for an event
metacognition - Answers cognition that reflects on, monitors, or regulates other cognition,
awareness and understanding of one's thoughts
microsystem - Answers child's immediate surroundings
neurons - Answers cells responsible for sending 100 billion brain signals
-snapyses are junctions between nerouns
organizational strategies - Answers chunking
rehearsal strategies - Answers a type of encoding where you repeat things over again
reliability - Answers consistency of a test, if it same answer multiple times then reliable
retrieval strategies - Answers just trying to remember and translate to a recognition task
accommodation - Answers the process by which children modify existing mental structures or
schemes in order to adapt to new experience- according to Piaget
age norms - Answers the norm (as height, weight, or intellectual achievement) of individuals of a
given age
anorexia nervosa - Answers an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose
weight by refusing to eat; if you do eat it's followed by working out and not eating
assimilation - Answers the process by which children incorporate experience into existing mental
structures or schemes- according Piaget
automaticity - Answers gradual elimination of attention in the processing of info means less effort is
needed to do smaller tasks- things become automatic or habit
casual relationship - Answers when one variable causes a change in another variable. There se types
of relationships are investigated by experimental research in order to determine if change in one
variable actually result in changes in another.
conservation - Answers understanding that the properties of objects like mass, volume and number
do not change just because the objects' appearance changes
eg: two different sizes glasses filled with same amount of water
constructivist approach - Answers perspective that knowledge must be constructed by the learner,
you can't just place knowledge in someone's head
core knowledge - Answers innate, skeletal conceptual structures that develop early and easy, without
instruction, and are universal, but may require experience to fine-tune
correlational study - Answers study that determines if two variables are correlated. Study to see if an
increase or decrease in one variable corresponds to an increase/decrease of another variable
critical period - Answers a period during a child's development in which a skill or characteristic is
believed to be most readily acquire
cross-sectional study - Answers data is collected at one point in time from two or more age groups to
investigate age trends
dependent variable - Answers outcome variable, value which depends on the independent variables
elaboration strategies - Answers a method of enhancing memory that involves creating visual or
verbal links or representations to associate two or more items
experimental study - Answers a study where the experimenter manipulates variables to try and find a
result. This relies on control materials, random assignment, and the manipulation of variables to test
a hypothesis
expertise - Answers great skills or knowledge as a result of practice
g - Answers general intelligence
hypothesis - Answers a falsifiable prediction that is starting point to further investigation
independent variable - Answers experimental variable, this gets manipulated and it affects the
dependent variable
intelligence quotient (IQ) - Answers mental age/ chronical age x 100, score of 100 is average for age,
first IQ test = binet simon scale, most common = Weschlers
long-term memory - Answers the relatively permanent storage of information duration is long and
capacity is large and unlimited
longitudinal study - Answers data is collected from the same individuals two or more times, separate
by some period of time
macrosystem - Answers cultural environment in which the child resides
memory scripts - Answers a schema for how to do something or for an event
metacognition - Answers cognition that reflects on, monitors, or regulates other cognition,
awareness and understanding of one's thoughts
microsystem - Answers child's immediate surroundings
neurons - Answers cells responsible for sending 100 billion brain signals
-snapyses are junctions between nerouns
organizational strategies - Answers chunking
rehearsal strategies - Answers a type of encoding where you repeat things over again
reliability - Answers consistency of a test, if it same answer multiple times then reliable
retrieval strategies - Answers just trying to remember and translate to a recognition task
