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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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

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






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






6. 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.






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






8. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






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






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. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






16. 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






17. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






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






19. 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






20. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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)






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






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






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






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. 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






30. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. What are the two types of adaptation?






35. The sens of balance is known as ________________






36. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. What happened in the past






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






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






46. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






49. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






50. Define intelligence