EDF 3210 TEST 1 (WITH 100% ERRORLESS ANSWERS)

educational psychology correct answers apply psychological knowledge in order to improve the quality and outcome of the educational process -uses science to uncover information that helps teachers solve problems and teach effectively -uncovers trends in how teachers teach and how students learn -Teachers can learn from descriptive and experimental research What can Education offer Psychology correct answers The challenge of explaining learning and cognition in realistic situations What can Psychology offer Education correct answers Scientific valid methods of instruction based upon research evidence and testable theory principles correct answers describe well-known and established relationships between events Theories correct answers attempt to explain principles (explain why things happen the way that they do) Hypotheses correct answers testable ideas that are used to help us build Theories Descriptive Research correct answers -Single-Case Study (Watson's approach; lots of observation but not lots of subjects) -Survey Research (evaluations) -Correlational (doesn't mean causation) -Quasi-Experimental (close as you can get to experimental research without random assignments) Experimental Research correct answers -lab studies -randomized field trials -can be unethical if you are withholding something good from subject -error taken care of; can make causal claims (but only for specific populations) -population/sample: random; needs control group positive correlation correct answers a relationship between variables in which one variable increases as the other variable also increases; graph goes from left to right "up" no correlation correct answers There is no relationship between data sets