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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






3. 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






4. Are the scores repeatable?






5. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






8. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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 )






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






15. 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






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






17. 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)






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

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






20. 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






21. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






22. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






23. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






25. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






28. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






30. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






31. 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






32. 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)






33. 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






34. 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 )






35. _____ had a huge impact on






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






37. Define intelligence






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






39. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






40. 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






41. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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