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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






2. More confident and more outgoing






3. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






4. The sens of balance is known as ________________






5. 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.






6. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






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






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. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






11. 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






12. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






17. Stages all happen in the same sequence






18. 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






19. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






20. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. 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)






25. 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






26. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






27. What happened in the past






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Based on the standard deviation






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






49. 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






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