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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






3. 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






4. What happened in the past






5. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






6. What are the two types of adaptation?






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


8. 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)






9. 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






10. 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






11. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






12. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






13. 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






14. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






15. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






16. Are the scores repeatable?






17. 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






18. Define intelligence






19. Behavior being measured in experiment






20. 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






21. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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)






25. 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






26. More confident and more outgoing






27. 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






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






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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






34. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






50. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes