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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






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






7. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






8. 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






9. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






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






13. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






14. 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






15. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






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






17. 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






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






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






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

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






23. 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






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






27. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






28. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






29. 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






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






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






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

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






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






35. What happened in the past






36. _____ had a huge impact on






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






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






42. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






43. 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






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






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






46. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






48. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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