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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. What happened in the past






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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 )






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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)






20. 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






21. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






22. 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






23. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






24. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






25. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






29. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






30. _____ had a huge impact on






31. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






32. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






33. 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






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






35. 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 )






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






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






38. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






43. More confident and more outgoing






44. 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)






45. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






46. 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






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






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






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






50. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?