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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. What happened in the past






16. Define intelligence






17. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






18. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






20. What are 5 different types of testing?






21. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






23. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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






25. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






27. 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)






28. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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33. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






43. 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 )






44. 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






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






46. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






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






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






50. 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