EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
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Educational Psychology - ANSWERA scientific discipline that uses psychological
concepts and research methods to understand how the various characteristics of
students, teachers, learning tasks, and educational settings interact to produce the
everyday behaviors common in school settings.
Quantitative Research - ANSWERcollecting data in number form (or data can be
easily converted to numbers) Can be statistically analyzed, and underlying
trends/patterns in the data are identified
Descriptive Studies - ANSWERDescriptive research uses tests, surveys, interviews,
and observations to describe characteristics of a situation or phenomenon
Correlational Research - ANSWERLooking for relationships (and the direction of
relationships) between variables
A positive correlation exists - ANSWER(about .5) between the number of questions
teachers ask and student achievement
A negative correlation exists - ANSWER(about -.4) between achievement and the
time teachers spend in noninstructional activities (roll taking, passing papers, etc..)
Mesosystems - ANSWERlinks between microsystems
EX: links between family and school, links between family and peers
Exosystem - ANSWERa setting in which a student does not have an active role - still
has the potential to impact their immediate context
EX: school boards
Macrosystem - ANSWERinvolves the broader culture
EX: ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, etc...
EX: Beliefs about gender roles in a culture or larger society
Chronosystem - ANSWERtakes history into account (and how things have changed
over time)
Technology and Education
Using predictors of success - ANSWERwe CAN make courses that have a better
chance of being more effective
Experimental Research - ANSWERsystematically manipulate variables in an attempt
to determine cause and effect
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Educational Psychology - ANSWERA scientific discipline that uses psychological
concepts and research methods to understand how the various characteristics of
students, teachers, learning tasks, and educational settings interact to produce the
everyday behaviors common in school settings.
Quantitative Research - ANSWERcollecting data in number form (or data can be
easily converted to numbers) Can be statistically analyzed, and underlying
trends/patterns in the data are identified
Descriptive Studies - ANSWERDescriptive research uses tests, surveys, interviews,
and observations to describe characteristics of a situation or phenomenon
Correlational Research - ANSWERLooking for relationships (and the direction of
relationships) between variables
A positive correlation exists - ANSWER(about .5) between the number of questions
teachers ask and student achievement
A negative correlation exists - ANSWER(about -.4) between achievement and the
time teachers spend in noninstructional activities (roll taking, passing papers, etc..)
Mesosystems - ANSWERlinks between microsystems
EX: links between family and school, links between family and peers
Exosystem - ANSWERa setting in which a student does not have an active role - still
has the potential to impact their immediate context
EX: school boards
Macrosystem - ANSWERinvolves the broader culture
EX: ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, etc...
EX: Beliefs about gender roles in a culture or larger society
Chronosystem - ANSWERtakes history into account (and how things have changed
over time)
Technology and Education
Using predictors of success - ANSWERwe CAN make courses that have a better
chance of being more effective
Experimental Research - ANSWERsystematically manipulate variables in an attempt
to determine cause and effect
