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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






12. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. The sens of balance is known as ________________






22. 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






23. _____ had a huge impact on






24. 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






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. 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






27. 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






28. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






29. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






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

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32. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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33. 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)






34. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Define intelligence






41. 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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42. 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 )






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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)






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






49. 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






50. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time







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