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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. The sens of balance is known as ________________






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






9. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






10. 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






11. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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






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






14. 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






15. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






16. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






17. 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






18. Stages all happen in the same sequence






19. What happened in the past






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






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






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






23. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






24. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






25. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






26. 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






27. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






28. 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






29. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






33. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






35. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






37. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






40. 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






41. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






45. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






46. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






48. 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






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






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