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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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)






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






9. 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






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






11. Behavior being measured in experiment






12. 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






13. 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






14. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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. 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






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






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






20. 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)






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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)

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






27. What happened in the past






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






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






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






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






32. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






33. 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






34. 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






35. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






36. 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.






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






38. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






40. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






48. 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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49. 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)






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

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