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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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. 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






4. 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






5. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






8. 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






9. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






11. 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)






12. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






18. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






20. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






21. 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 )






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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






30. 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






31. Based on the standard deviation






32. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






33. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






35. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






36. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






37. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone


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






39. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






41. 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






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






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






44. What happened in the past






45. Young kids that talk to themselves






46. 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






47. 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 )






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






49. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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