Chapter 1 Educational Psychology: A Tool For Effective teaching Flashcards
Learn about research
Correctional research
Measures the strength of a relationship between two variables
Correction does not equal causation
Expermental research
Research that allows the determination of the causes of behavior and involves consulting an experment
Independent variable
The manipulated, influential, experimental factor in an experment
Dependent variable
The factor that is measured in an experment
Experimental group
The group whoose experience is manipulated in an experment
Control group
In an experment, a group whose experience is treated in every way like the experimental group except for the manipulated factor.
Random assignment
In experimental research, the assignment of participants to experimental and control groups by chance
Educational Psychology
The science of human behavior applied to the teaching and learning process
Goals of psychology research
Describe pheomenon
Predict phenomenon
Introduce enough control over variables you test theory
Explain phenomenon
Correctional advantages
Sometimes manipulated of variable is impossible or unethical
Efficent looks at a lot of data
Correctional disadvantages
Cannot determine causation
Could be a lurking variable
Observation
We look at things all the time
Laboratory
A controlled setting from which many of the complex factors of the real world have been removed
Naturalistic observation
Observation conducted in the real world rather than in laboratory
Participant observation
Observation conducted while the teacher-researcher is actively involved as a participant I the activity or setting
