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EPSY 2130 UGA test #1 questions ncorrect answers
ABC's of psychology - correct answer ✔✔Affect (emotion)
Behavior (actions)
Cognition (thinking)
Definition of educational psychology - correct answer ✔✔-Study of teaching and learning
--application of psychology to educational settings
--Provides teachers w research-based principles to guide them
What makes a good teacher (based on research) - correct answer ✔✔1) High teacher self-efficacy: The
belief that one can reach the most difficult students and help them
2) Reflective thinking: Thinking back, analyzing what you did and why, consider what to do next to
improve student learning
3) Knowledge and Inventiveness: Teachers should know their content and pedagogy, make it flexible for
all students
____% of students today are liveing in immigrant families - correct answer ✔✔25
____% of students today living in poverty
How many qualify for free and reduced lunch? - correct answer ✔✔22
1/2
Is wealth assoc with race? - correct answer ✔✔YES!
-Black homes have 6% of white houses' wealth
-Hispanic homes have 8% of white homes' wealth
,What fraction of students have developmental disabilities? - correct answer ✔✔1/6
What are the percentages of ethnicities of students in GA? - correct answer ✔✔-39% white
-37% black
-16% hispanic
-10% foreign-born
-4% Asian/Pacific Islander
Correlation - correct answer ✔✔-Describe AND strength of relationships btwn 2 variables
-Range from (-1)-0-1
Positive Correlation - correct answer ✔✔-2 variables decrease/increase together
Negative Correlation - correct answer ✔✔-1 variable increases when the other variable decreases
Spurious relationship - correct answer ✔✔Correlation caused by 3rd variable- "z"
Causal variable - correct answer ✔✔-Manipulate an independent variable
Outcome variable - correct answer ✔✔-Determine effects on dependent variable
Experiments - correct answer ✔✔-Important to control for other variables
-Random assignment into control and experiment groups
-Dependent (outcome) variable and independent (causal) variable
Field experiment - correct answer ✔✔-Can be dome in lab or classroom
Quasi-experimental - correct answer ✔✔-NO RANDOM ASSIGNMENT; Assign classes or schools to
conditions instead of individuals
, --Utilize changes on policy
ABAB design - correct answer ✔✔Single-subject design
A - baseline established
B - treatment offered
A - withdraw tx for a time
B - offer tx again
To show effectiveness of tx
Experimental method pros and cons - correct answer ✔✔-Takes more effort
-Expensive
-Not always possible/ethical
BUT
-Can establish causality
Pros and cons of correlational method - correct answer ✔✔-Takes less effort
-Less expensive
-No need to manipulate or intervene, observe natural
BUT
-CANNOT establish causality
Case studies - correct answer ✔✔-Extended, in-depth study of a single individual or situation
Ethnographic Methods (case study) - correct answer ✔✔-Embedding self into environment
--Jane Goodall
Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔✔-Case studies
-interviews
-ethnography
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