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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






5. 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






6. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






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






14. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Define intelligence






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






24. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






25. 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






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

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27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. Behavior being measured in experiment






29. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






31. What happened in the past






32. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






35. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






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

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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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)






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Based on the standard deviation