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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






2. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






3. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






4. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






5. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






6. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






7. 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)






8. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






9. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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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13. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






14. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






15. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






16. 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






17. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






23. 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






24. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






25. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






26. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






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






28. 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.






29. Behavior being measured in experiment






30. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






31. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






32. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






33. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






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






35. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






36. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






37. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






38. 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






39. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






40. What are 5 different types of testing?






41. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






42. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






43. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






44. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






45. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






47. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






48. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






49. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






50. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________







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