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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the two types of adaptation?






2. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






4. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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)






11. 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






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






13. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






14. 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.






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. What are 5 different types of testing?






19. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






20. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






22. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






24. Young kids that talk to themselves






25. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






35. 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






36. 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






37. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






39. 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 )






40. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






42. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






44. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






46. Stages all happen in the same sequence






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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