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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






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






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






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






5. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






6. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






7. Young kids that talk to themselves






8. 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






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






10. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






11. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






12. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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






14. What are 5 different types of testing?






15. 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






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






17. 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






18. 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 )






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






20. 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






21. _____ had a huge impact on






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. More confident and more outgoing






27. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Define intelligence






41. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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

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43. 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






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






45. 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)






46. 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






47. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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