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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Define intelligence






2. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






3. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






5. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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)






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. 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 )






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






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






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






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

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20. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






22. The sens of balance is known as ________________






23. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






25. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






26. Based on the standard deviation






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






28. 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






29. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






30. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






32. What happened in the past






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






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






35. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






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






37. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






39. 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






40. Young kids that talk to themselves






41. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






42. 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

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43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






50. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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