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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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 )






3. Are the scores repeatable?






4. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






5. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






6. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






7. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






8. 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






9. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






20. The sens of balance is known as ________________






21. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






22. 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.






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






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






25. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






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






29. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






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






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






33. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






34. 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






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






36. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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

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42. 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






43. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






44. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






46. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






48. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






50. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?