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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






3. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






4. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






15. 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)






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






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






18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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

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






22. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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 )






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






39. 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






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






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






42. 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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43. 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






44. 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)






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






50. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play







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