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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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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21. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






28. 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






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






30. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






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






33. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






35. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Define intelligence






43. 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






44. Based on the standard deviation






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






46. Young kids that talk to themselves






47. _____ had a huge impact on






48. 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






49. The sens of balance is known as ________________






50. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________