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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






12. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






13. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority


14. 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






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






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


18. 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






19. Young kids that talk to themselves






20. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






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






22. 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






23. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






25. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






26. Stages all happen in the same sequence






27. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






28. 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






29. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






30. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






31. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)


32. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






33. Are the scores repeatable?






34. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






35. 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






36. 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


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






38. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






39. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence


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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






45. 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






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






47. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






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






49. 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)






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