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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






2. 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






3. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






9. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






10. Behavior being measured in experiment






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






17. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






18. 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






19. 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






20. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






21. Stages all happen in the same sequence






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






24. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






25. 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






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






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






28. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






29. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






30. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






32. 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






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






34. Are the scores repeatable?






35. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






38. 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)






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






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






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. 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






43. 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






44. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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