EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
1 (CH.1-3) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Teacher's sense of efficacy - ANSWERA teacher's belief that he or she can teach
even difficult students
Reflective - ANSWERThoughtful and inventive. Reflective teachers think back over
situations to analyze what they did and why, and to consider how they might improve
learning for their students
Positive correlation - ANSWERA relationship between two variables in which the two
increase or decrease together.
Example: calorie intake and weight gain
Negative correlation - ANSWERA relationship between two variables in which a high
value on one is associated with a low value on the other.
Example: height and distance from top of head to the ceiling
Experimentation - ANSWERResearch method in which variables are manipulated
and the effects recorded
Participants/Subjects - ANSWERPeople or animals studied
Random - ANSWERWithout any definite pattern; following no rule
Differentiated Instruction - ANSWERTeaching that takes into account students'
abilities, prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the
subject being taught but also students' needs.
Educational Psychology - ANSWERThe discipline concerned with teaching and
learning process; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as
well
Descriptive studies - ANSWERStudies that collect detailed information about specific
situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combination
of these methods.
Ethnography - ANSWERA descriptive approach to research that focuses on life
within a group and tries to understand the meaning of events to the people involved.
Participant observation - ANSWERA method for conducting descriptive research in
which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better
understand life in that group.
, Case study - ANSWERIntensive study of one person or one situation
Correlations - ANSWERStatistical descriptions of how closely two variables are
related
Quasi-experimental studies - ANSWERStudies that fit most of the criteria for true
experiments, with the important exception that the participants are not assigned to
groups at random. Instead, existing groups such as classes or schools participate in
the experiments
Statistically significant - ANSWERnot likely to be a chance occurence
Single-subject experimental studies - ANSWERSystematic interventions to study
effects with one person, often by applying and then withdrawing a treatment
Microgenetic studies - ANSWERDetailed observation and analysis of changes in a
cognitive process as the process unfolds over a several-day or several-week period
of time
Action research - ANSWERSystematic observations or tests of methods conducted
by teachers or schools to improve teaching and learning for their students
Evidenced-based practice in psychology (EBPP) - ANSWERPractices that integrate
the best available research with the insights of expert practitioners and knowledge of
the characteristics, culture, and preferences of the client
Principle - ANSWERestablished relationship between factors
Theory - ANSWERintegrated statement of principles that attempts to explain a
phenomenon and make predictions
Hypothesis - ANSWERa prediction of what will happen in a research study based on
theory and previous research
Empirical - ANSWERbased on systematically collected data
Development - ANSWEROrderly, adaptive changes we got through between
conception and death and remain for a reasonably long period of time.
Physical development - ANSWERChanges in body structure and function over time
Personal development - ANSWERChanges in personality that take place as one
grows
Social development - ANSWERChanges over time in the ways we relate to others
Cognitive development - ANSWERGradual orderly changes by which mental
processes become more complex and sophisticated
1 (CH.1-3) QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
Teacher's sense of efficacy - ANSWERA teacher's belief that he or she can teach
even difficult students
Reflective - ANSWERThoughtful and inventive. Reflective teachers think back over
situations to analyze what they did and why, and to consider how they might improve
learning for their students
Positive correlation - ANSWERA relationship between two variables in which the two
increase or decrease together.
Example: calorie intake and weight gain
Negative correlation - ANSWERA relationship between two variables in which a high
value on one is associated with a low value on the other.
Example: height and distance from top of head to the ceiling
Experimentation - ANSWERResearch method in which variables are manipulated
and the effects recorded
Participants/Subjects - ANSWERPeople or animals studied
Random - ANSWERWithout any definite pattern; following no rule
Differentiated Instruction - ANSWERTeaching that takes into account students'
abilities, prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the
subject being taught but also students' needs.
Educational Psychology - ANSWERThe discipline concerned with teaching and
learning process; applies the methods and theories of psychology and has its own as
well
Descriptive studies - ANSWERStudies that collect detailed information about specific
situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews, recordings, or a combination
of these methods.
Ethnography - ANSWERA descriptive approach to research that focuses on life
within a group and tries to understand the meaning of events to the people involved.
Participant observation - ANSWERA method for conducting descriptive research in
which the researcher becomes a participant in the situation in order to better
understand life in that group.
, Case study - ANSWERIntensive study of one person or one situation
Correlations - ANSWERStatistical descriptions of how closely two variables are
related
Quasi-experimental studies - ANSWERStudies that fit most of the criteria for true
experiments, with the important exception that the participants are not assigned to
groups at random. Instead, existing groups such as classes or schools participate in
the experiments
Statistically significant - ANSWERnot likely to be a chance occurence
Single-subject experimental studies - ANSWERSystematic interventions to study
effects with one person, often by applying and then withdrawing a treatment
Microgenetic studies - ANSWERDetailed observation and analysis of changes in a
cognitive process as the process unfolds over a several-day or several-week period
of time
Action research - ANSWERSystematic observations or tests of methods conducted
by teachers or schools to improve teaching and learning for their students
Evidenced-based practice in psychology (EBPP) - ANSWERPractices that integrate
the best available research with the insights of expert practitioners and knowledge of
the characteristics, culture, and preferences of the client
Principle - ANSWERestablished relationship between factors
Theory - ANSWERintegrated statement of principles that attempts to explain a
phenomenon and make predictions
Hypothesis - ANSWERa prediction of what will happen in a research study based on
theory and previous research
Empirical - ANSWERbased on systematically collected data
Development - ANSWEROrderly, adaptive changes we got through between
conception and death and remain for a reasonably long period of time.
Physical development - ANSWERChanges in body structure and function over time
Personal development - ANSWERChanges in personality that take place as one
grows
Social development - ANSWERChanges over time in the ways we relate to others
Cognitive development - ANSWERGradual orderly changes by which mental
processes become more complex and sophisticated
