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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






10. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






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






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






13. 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.






14. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






16. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






17. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






24. 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






25. Define intelligence






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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

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44. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






45. What happened in the past






46. 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






47. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






49. _____ had a huge impact on






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