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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






2. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






3. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






4. The sens of balance is known as ________________






5. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






6. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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7. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






8. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






9. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






10. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






11. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






12. Stages all happen in the same sequence






13. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






14. _____ had a huge impact on






15. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






16. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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17. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






18. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






19. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






20. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






21. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






22. Young kids that talk to themselves






23. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






24. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






25. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






26. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






27. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






28. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






29. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






30. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






31. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






32. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






33. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






34. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






35. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






37. What are the two types of adaptation?






38. Define intelligence






39. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






40. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






41. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






42. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






43. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






44. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






45. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






46. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






47. Are the scores repeatable?






48. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






49. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






50. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score