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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Are the scores repeatable?






5. 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






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






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






8. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






18. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






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






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






21. 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






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






23. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






25. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






26. 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






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






28. The sens of balance is known as ________________






29. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






31. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






32. More confident and more outgoing






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. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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)






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. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






40. 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






41. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






42. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






44. 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 )






45. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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